Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-03-31


be presented, so that you can do so
within the ninety days called for by
the petition, and hence If there is
the expense of special election, 1t
will be the fault of the court and
not mine; and If you have only the
good of the country at heart, why In
the name Of common sense don't you
simply accept the petition when pre-
sented. Set the election for the date
of the Primary and let the pople set
tie for themselves what they want
about the matter and not try by ev-
cry means of argument in your pow
er to hold to this office, regardless
of the will of the people; and again
IL the required fifteen per cent sign
the petition, it relieves YOU of any
RESPONSIBILITY In thematter; then
why should you take 1t so to heart.
l am thankful that the law compels
you to act on this petition, as l
Aotl II IL uiu llOtJ IL mi6uI 81 tiS
same road that the petition of thir-
| ty1five out of forty-one did, and
again if you or rather the court
should call this election at the gen.
eral election on ten per cent petit
tion, there would enter In the optional
feature with the court and place
more responsibility on you.
QUESTION OR STATEMENT O.
In regard to what l tell the people.
ANSWER--I simply tell them that
we wish to abolish the office Of High
way Engineer; and they need no fur
ther argument, for they are pretty
thoroughly convinced that the office
is useless and unnecessary and q
large expense for very little re-
turn.
STATEMENT 1O--ln regard to
concrete culverts.
ANSWER - God hasten the day
when we can get a few WOODEN cul
verts in West Audrain, Come up
Judge, and we will show you roads
in West Audrain that are simply a
disgrace to the great county. We
have begged and pleaded with the
court to give us a few needed
bridges on our mail routes, one in pa
ticular, which was halfway promised
but never built There is not a dozer
sound culverts in all West Au
drain; boards rotten, culverts too
small and the cry always is no none!
to do with; | can show you roads
that have not been touched for si1
years, roads with great bitches dow
the very center Of the road; ant
when Mr.. County Highway Engineel
has been called upon to see to same
all we got was promises, IL we go
even that much; and again | feal
that If the work Of building concret'
culverts should begin, 1t would star
in the vicinity of Mexico, and reacl
our end Of the country about tn,
time that Gabriel shall blow hi
horn; don't talk about concrete cul
verts until you can give us enougl
money to fix up the DIREFUL MUl
HOLES temporarily.
Now Judge, few questions: =
1 If you are so anxious to save th'
1 county money, why don't you sto
making donations to County fairs
Please sight us to your legal at
thority for such donations?
Did not the County Surveyor fol
: merly do the Highway Engineer
work and his own work too for les
than $500 per year; and were ou
: roads and bridges in better shap
then than now?
D You state that your only objectio
is the special election and that yo
are willing to have the people vot
on the proposition. Will you sig
the petition If 1t 1t presented s
that you can set the day at the Pr
: mary; and thus show your willing
D ness to let the people vote, or wi
: you refuse. and thus show that yo
l do not wish to give the people
chance at the office.
= You say that Mr.. Wakefield pay
: his own expenses. Did the Cour
. not pay certain telephone expense
D for Mr.. Wakefield, and did yo
l not tell him on one occasion, in m
: presence, to go to Centralia, hire
rig and go to the country; and whe
Mr.. Wakefield objected, you ordere
} him to go on the first train, hire
t rig and the Court would pay tn
. expense?
Why do you select ME for you
|. open letter; why did you not writ
Mr.. sites, who signed the state