Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-10-29
THAT CIRCULAR.
Some Very Remarkable Statements
made BY Mr.. herolz Ia . .Dodger''
Sent to individual Voters.
He Makes Assertions Which Are Well
Known to Be Utterly and Alb.
solutely False.
Facts and Figures Are Given to Show
That the Circular Was Intended
to Mlslead.

luAS SuS StSOsaG was uU9euOe0
to Mlslead.
At the beginning of the present
campaign the editor of the Record
invited Mr.. c. A. Herolz, his com.
petitor for election to the legisla
ture. to join him i'll joint discus
sion at various points throughout
the county, to the end that the
voters might know just where each
candidate stood on the various ques
tions to come before the coming Sc
sion. THIS PROPOSITION MIR.
HEROI.Z DID NOT ACCEPT.
A month ago the Record pub
lished a list of figures giving
Mr.. Herolz's loans during the two
months of last year in the heart of
the panic, when it was impossible
for anyone. east or west, to get more
than few dollars from the banks.
Previous to that time he had prompt
ly appeared i'm print in the Record
stating his side of the case, but when
the statement of his loans appeared
in the Record he made no reply
although the editor of this paper
had Offered him space at any time,
without charge. to answer our criti-
Cisms.
But. last Wednesday night, the
door of the Advocate office was lock
ed while the press was at work on
a large lot of circulars to be sent in
envelopes to the voters of the cOun-
ty. These circulars were not cir
culated in Linton that day, but
were sent to the northern part of
the county. During the afternoon.
when the Record was on the press,
two copies were procured from
parties living in the country. Mr..
Patterson cautioned them that he
did not want the circulars to become
public in Linton until after the Rec.
ord had gone to press.
Next day, Friday, the circulars
were mailed to people here in Lin
ton
The Record had predicted that Mr.
Herolz would wait until a week or SC
before election. And. sure enough.
the prediction came true.
In the circular Mr. Herolz had
printed affidavits from seven Ger.
mans of this county to whom he had
made loans during. the money strin-
gency. and another affidavit, not
from the borrower himself but from
another German who stated that he
knew the money had bee paid to
the borrower by Mr.. Herolz's person
al check and not by cash.
Now, it should be remembered,
that during the time Mr.. Herolz says
he was making real estate loans and
giving checks in payment therefor
not more than few dollars at a
time could he obtained from the big
banks or the little banks, even by
those. who had money on deposit in
such banks. The fact is that nc
capitalist in this part of the county
is more given to asking" the poll
tical influence of those to whom he
was loaning money than is Mr.. Her
OlZ
Five of the eight men to whom
MIR. Herolz loaned money on mort
gage during the panic are German:
who cannot read English. The aft
davits were written on a typewriter
and most of them were acknowledged
before Mr.. f. A. Grain and Mr.. w
o. Irwin, officers of the bank II
which Mr. Herolz is a stakeholder
Mind you, the men who signed thOs'
affidavits knew nothing whatever o.
their contents except as such con
tents were explained to them by MIR
Herolz or the bank officers who tool
the affidavits. Is it any wonder
that Mr.. Herolz waited month al
ter the accusation was made before
he went into print, and even then
not as he had previously done. blu
by circular. sent out after the las
issue of the REGARD published an.
considerable time before election
had gone to press, the same bein'
sent up north twenty-four hours De
fore they were circulated in Linton
we are perfectly willing to submit
| 10 the voters OF this county the ques
| ton of whether or not any one o
| them would in the midst of pani
give mortgage on his land. AM
take as consideration under tina
mortgage anybody's personal checl
when he did not know but that n