Little Falls herald., 1908-10-23
They DID NOT [NIHUSf.
Republicans Have Meeting
on West Side Wednes-
day Evening

on West Side Mednes-
day Evening
A political meeting under the
auspices of the republi leans was held
on the West side IN the vacant store
room, west of the West hotel. Wednes.
day evening: The room was we'll
A parade was started from the head.
quarters on Broadway, headed by the
band. Outside of the band about 70
people were in line
j. j. jacobson, county COM
missioner, of Elmdale, was introduced
as an able exponent of matters on the
county finance. He took up the line
of argument along the lines of his
letters which have from time to time
appeared in the Transcript, and also
taking that papers figures in COM
parison of counties. He claimed that
no other counties in this vicinity had
floated bonds for revenue purposes.
He is in error, as Crow Wing county
just north of us has done that very
thing. He says Taxpayers here pay
s., where in other counties they pay
$2 He is In error again. BY referr-
ing to an article by Taxpayer in
our last issue, this statement is shown
to be false. The statement therein is
a matter of record, and cannot be
refuted. For instance, land of the
same character, amount, and territory,
except III different counties, show a
tax in Crow Wing of 5000, as
against $24, ,29 in Morrison; in Cass
county $37.20 as against $25. 13 in
Morrison. as- .
The county of Beltrami has $500, 600
of unpaid county warrants outstand-
ing. Practically all the county officers
are republican, and the republicans
have always controlled the county
How about this, Mr.. jacobson and Mr..
Williams?
Mr. jacobson claimed that at the
end of the republican control of
county affairs, that there was $12, 900
in the revenue fund. This came about
by Auditor Harding, republican,
placing in the revenue fund besides
the regular apportionment of the large
absolute tax sale, an amount of SIG, 600
in penalties. The speaker forgot to
mention this, as it would be plainly
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shown otherwise
Mr.. Jacobson said that he did not
impugn the honesty Of the democratic
members of the board, neither did he
say that he voted against any Of the
appropriations made, or bills allowed
for payment; neither did he mention
the fact that he had voted to rebate
the Thayers some $40, 600 In taxes,
after the supreme court had said it
must be paid. 2
AS one of the extravagances of the
preesnt board that appealed to him,
was the installing of telephones in the
different Offices. Wouldn't that jar
you7 Also SAID he had noticed some
boxes full of stuff standing in the
basement of the court house, inferring
that there was something bought, just
to blow In the peoples money. The
boxes, no doubt, may contain the
cancelled receipts of the Thayers tax,
which Mr.. jacobson voted to refund.
Although the speaker said that there
was something '.rotten in Denmar
he did not produce one piece of
evidence to verify the assertion. In a
few words, Mr.. Jacobson said that the
democrats we're honest, that they were
not, that they didn't squander the
peoples money; but he thought they
did.
Mr.. Williams followed with his
usual volume of gllttering generalities.
He seemed to indorse the remarks of
the preceding speaker, who is the
god father of the extravaganza
issue, and apparently Mr.. Williams
desires to be the godmother of that
fake issue. Mr.. Williams anxiety to
make a showing this fall, and his
practice of oratory, are evidently pre-
parations for his advent into the con-
gessional field, probably in opposition
to Congressman Lindbergh.
E. A. King spoke on national
issues. He claimed that the repub-
/ lican party had kept every promise
made, and had continually won by
fair tactics. As far as promises are
concerned on the revision of the tariff,
they have already kept it for eight
years. with prospect of four more,
| If they should win out. Whether
coercion of employees :and the buying
up of votes in 1895 couple of weeks
before election, when it is common
knowledge that the predatory interests
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is fair tactics, we leave to our reders
to judge.
He spoke of democratic times, but
did not state that our mill industry
here was now running on only half
time; neither did he say anything
about the thousands of men in the
larger cities of the country taking
advantage of the soup houses which
are in existence today, nor the ar
rangement made in many Of the large
cities like Chicago, to give the
thousands Of starving little school
children their breakfast every morn
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In speaking Of j. F. jacobson the
candidate for governor, he gave him
credit for practically all the good laws
passed while a representative. Gov.
johnson, while an able man, and {
good fellow, has not, in his estima
tlon, done puch Of anything. Neither
did the speaker say anything abou