New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-20
To the Tax.pay ers of Brown Co.

In the issue ofsthe Brown Co. Jour
nal OF April End, 1910, a paper pub
lished by the big, bright, brainy,
brilliant dissemination OF disrup-
ton who calls himself the New
Ulm Booster" (which means in
the opinion of other people the New
Ulm 'Knocker'' of good Judgment
and principles, Mr.. Philip Liesch,
has some time ago learned to his
surprise that there are white
Elephants in the ranks of the Re-
publican party and just recently dis
covered the biggest White Elephant"
in the building of the County Poor
home. las a matter of fact this gentle
man who reminds me of 81. G. Hays
who published the Sleepy Eye Herald
and who gave him the pet.name 'The
Wienerwurst of the Volksblatt, -
should possess more. self-respect than
to get sarcastic and use insinuations in
matters that don't quite come up to
his ideas.
I have on several occasions ex-
tended invitations to this editor of
Yellow Journal to meet me at my
Office as [ would be delighted to show
him the necessary qualifications to be
just to his fellow beings.
Let us see what he saws:
First: The county has invested
1925, 900 in buildings and grounds for
the Poor, which I suppose he has seen
in my Financial Statement under
Assets and Liabilities. Correct you
are.
Second: He says that the main
tenance for the poor for the past year
has been So, 9e3.42.
Here he willingly and knowingly
falsifes facts. My Financial State
ment does not show maintenance
account of the Poor. but according to
the figure mentioned,it must be state
ment "E'' of the Poor Fund account
under the heading of "Poor Farm
Expenses Why not ascertain facts
from the proper officials who are able
to furnish the figures for the main
tenance of the Poor at the County
Poor Home for the year 1909, before
pu blishing figures you do not know
anything about?
For the benefit of e. P. Bertrand or
ather known as "a. J. Nietzke'',
will say that you are getting old and
suppose your mind is wandering
back to the happy days when you were
the county commissioner mother,
but you don't come up to facts wher
you say that the county poor expenses
were S9469. rs for the year 1909. 'tGo6
forgive you, you are getting very
feeble-minded in your good old age
Or did you get the news from Lieschi
AS to the interest, Brown County is
notin the banking business by charging
itself with interest on all of the invest
ments for improvements of County
buildings, bridges and roads, as
they are not a Corporation, Trust OF
Money Broker, but VIII at they
have, belong to the p u b G.
It is the duty of the Board of County
Commissioners, of the Counties of the
State, that work under the County
System, to provide for the poor anG
destitute regardless of the cost tc
maintain them, whether at a poor
home, poor farm, hospital, hote
or by relief orders. And if these
conditions of our laws will not bt
complied with by any other County
Boards throughout the State, it vii
then stand to reason that the State
Board of Control is bound to show
its strong arm of the law. Shame te
a man that should find fault with the
poor and destitute, as such a hypo.
critic should be considered an I'm.
desirable Citizen
JUST THINK THIS BOOSTER PAID
AS HIS SHARE OF TAXES THE SUM OF
90 40 CENTS TOWARDS THE Mantle
NANCE OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR OF
1909. (My, isn't it terrible)?
The true facts of this controversy il
which Philip Liesch is trying his ut
most to bamboozle the public and us,
insinuations towards the Government
of this County is merely this:
The Call Of the Blood