The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-08-25
Minot, N. Dak., Aug. II, 1910.

Minot, N. Dak., Aug. II, 1910.
To the Editor Of the Independent:
Since the publication Of my article
In the Independent Of the 4th inst.
exposing the forged and false circular
entitled, ""The Ward County Tax
League" purporting to be a report OF
a committee of a purported Ta1
League, that was sent broadcast over
this county, a few days before the late
primary election in the interest OF
County Auditor Larson, Murray and
by John s. Murphy, I have been anx-
iously awaiting the appearance OF
some member of that "Tax Lea
que (?)" or Of the committee (D,
who would give the particulars con-
cerning the organization, or give us
the personnel Of the committee. But,
as yet, no one has appeared, and no
information as to the League (?) has
been given. Larson and Murray, who
ought to know something of the al
legged organization, inasmuch as the
false circular was circulated in their
interests, have offered no explanation.
AS was to be expected, the notorious
Murphy has "come back" with an ar
ticle OF vituperation and personal
abuse of me, and I shall not stoop to
answer in kind. But the plethoric
Murphy absolutely tails and declines
to explain as to the circular and its
trumped up contents, or to vouchsafe.
any information as to the organiza-
tion Of the Tax League (?). IT ~as
not; and Is not my purpose to get
into a controversy with this man, Mur-
ply, or to give him prominence or
notoriety, upon which he fattens, and
my only purpose in writing Of this
false circular was that the voters or
this county might know who was re-
sponsible for it's publication and cir.
culation. Had Murphy signed the cir
cular, to q majority OF people, an ex-
position would have been unneces-
sary, a. his signing Of it would have
been sufficient evidence Of its falsity.
It Is wholly immaterial to the
people as to what l think Of Murphy,
or as to his opinion Of me. That Is
not the issue. The issue is: Was
there an organization of Ward
County Tax Lacquer Did a Tax
League appoint committee to inves-
tigate the cause OF high taxes? Was
Ed. Kamerud's name forged or signed
without authority to this false circu-
lar? Was this false circular circu-
lated few days before election fol
the purpose Of deceiving and mis-
leading the voters? If there was or
is such an organization as the Ward
County TAX League" let us have the
names Of the organizers, and the
names of the fifty men who contrib
uted $500 each? II there was an ex-
ecutive committee, who we're they?
If a committee investigated the court
house or the county Judges office. tell
us when. If this circular was false,
in that It was not q report OF COM
mittee Of Tax League, as it was rep
resented to be (and maintain that
It was false), was it circulated for tho
purpose and the sole purpose Of mis-
leading and deceiving the people!
These are the questions at issue. Muir
ply ignores the vital issue. I have
charged, and now reiterate that the
false circular was prepared By Aur-
ply, Larson, ct a., and that 1t was
surrepetttiously sent to the voters Of
this county for the purpose oe Great
ing ths impression among tie voters
that Il was report Of . committee Of
taxpayers, when n truth and in fact,
it was simply the creation oe the per-
vsgeed and degenerate brain oe Major
murphy, ana manufactured out Of the
whole cloth, = without one single fact
as 1 basis. II this IL true and I
charge that Il IL true. and 1schal-
ienge Murphy, or any Of his dupes to
show to the public that my charges
are untrue ARE the authors not guilty.
Of treachery 70 the peoplef The au-
thors Of this false circular made an
attack upon me and my oncial record,