Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-10-30
BUBBLE IS PUNCTURtD
And Another Fake in the
HumbuG Campaign
Exposed

This week few warrants drawn on
the county revenue fund were
registered. This has been the occasion
of great hullabaloo, and the she'd
ding Of some hypocritical tears.
On Oct. 1st, 1908, there was $42, 90
of county funds on hand in the banks
awaiting distribution into various
funds Included was over $13, 600 of
undistributed taxes. Since Oct. 1st
taxes have been paid into the treasury
in q considerable amount, the receipts
now reaching several thousand dollars
q day. A penalty attaches If taxes
are not paid by Nov. LIST, and SO all
who can, are paying. The Thayers
are not following the general ex-
ample.
The result will be that by the end
of the month the funds in the treasury
viii be increased by many thousands
of dollars. The November settlement
must be made In a few days, and the
revenue fund will receive very large
amount, enough to take up the
warrants outstanding and to carry the
county to the next settlement. :.
It IS custom with many township
treasurers and is done IN cities and
counties as we'll, when the time OF
receiving settlement money is near,
and fund should be exhausted, to let
it be overdrawn, because in a few
days the fund will be replenished.
This is simply a matter of judgment
on the part Of the official In charge as
to whether or not this shall be done.
Had it not been for the Gollnik
trial, whose cost, instead OF $500, as
once estimated, will reach $4,000, there
would have been no registry OF
warrants this week. OF course, ac-
cording to the logic now heard. the
democratic candidates are to blame
for the Gollnik trial.
-Four years ago. when Andrew John
son and Peter Virnig first took Office
as commissioners, they found be-
queathed to them as legacy by the
Tedford regime, a revenue fund IN
debtedness Of $42, 600. At the January
session in 1905 the new board allowed
$4,000 of bills contracted under the
Tedford regime, a total of $50, 600
showed onto the new board. II the
now board had greatly increased the
county's debt. you would expect to
find a great debt in addition to the
$50, 900. But though bonds were
assured for $50, 900, the bonds took up
the debt bequeathed by the Tedford
regime. In spite of extraordinary e1-
penses, murder trials, cancelled taxes,
etc the present board has not IN
creased the debt. No man can fairly
or honestly attack Andrew johnson or
Peter Wiring for things they had
nothing to do with, and which oc-
CURED before their advent on the
county board Might as we'll accuse
them of being responsible for the
water power bonds issued years ago,
and found illegal.
The attempt to pick out the DEM
ocratic officers and say they are ex-
travagant, and leave out the repub-
lican officers, is recognized as partisan
ship run mad If the democratic
officials have been dishonesty ex-
travagant, have the republican officials
been the reverse2 The charge is
entirely a fake, not even believed by
those who make it, but who are try
ing to get into Office, not on the COM
potency and personal attributes a man
who seeks Office should have, but
under the smoke of false issue.