The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-03-23

have purposely waited until the time for con-
testing the election had passed before writing an
answer to the articles above referred. The fact
that the drys did not contest the election ought to
prove to any far-minded person that they had no
grounds for doing So
Money they certainly had in plenty also brains
of certain quality, then why did they not contest
the election like men instead of squealing like
rats? III tell you why. They had no case and
knew it. No man who had a right to vote was
turned down here on election day, but several who
had no right to vote turned down.
The election judges were fair and impartial;
they were men who have lined for years in this
community, and one of them has served repeated
~ as judge Of election, and never before has a
question been raised as to his fairness. 1t would
be joke to compare the life record of any one of
the three election officials with that of F. G.
futile.
When Mr.. futile says told him the day before
election, or at any other time that the vets would
vote whomsoever they pleased and the drys would
only vote such as saw fit to allow, he tells VIVA
he knows to be untruth manufactured out of
whoe-cloth and for a purpose.
What did say was this, that if the drys at
tempted to vote some of the men who voted at the
caucus they certainly would be challenged, and
that thought the election judges knew their
business when it came to passing on man 5 right
t. vote
Now as to the drys and vets, let us see who are
drys and who the vets. believe that every
member of the so.called wet council is practically
atsetotaler, while at least two so-called dry who
were defeated are drinkers
In fact thu head Of the so-called defea,el dry
ticket A. 0. Gimmestad, who poses as dry at
home, comes horne from the Farmland Congress
Chicago last year with a pictIrc of their
banquet which shows himself seated with four
OF Ter men at small table in banqu hail and on
tnis table are at least four bottles of booze.
Gimmestad comes home and tells on man name
application that he drank some of the booze
presented the table above referred to; he also
told another tname application that he
did not drink any of it. Now from these two con-
fiicting statements take your choice. | believe
that he not only did take some but lied about it
when he got home.
If any one doubts the statements above made |
refer them to The Geo. F. Lawrence Co., Photos
Chicago, ILL.,. where they can obtain copy of the
photo in question on which everything is plain
aud recognizable, or perhaps Mr.. Gimmestad
might show the picture himself. However by
this time he may have the bottles painted to rep
resent ketchup.
We have been accused of being agents of the
brewing interests, which is gross libel / have
never. nor do believe that any member on our
side has written spoken single word or had
any understanding agreement of any sort with
representative of any brewing concern. What
we have done has been for the best interests of
the village of Belview as we saw it. We are, /
believe, more dry than the other side only
we differ as to the method Of getting rid Of the
traffic
have no personal quarrel with Mr. Gimmestad
or Mr.. Tuttle Both have made it personal mat
ter against me during the past campaign, and
both have been defeated for an Office they aspired
to and now make decent people tired with the
squeal they put up.
Both in their day have done far more towards
supporting the liquor interests than the writer of
this article ever thought of doing.
Editor Tuttle, since election, is claimed to have
made good dry speech at Echo but neglected to
settle up liquor bill which he owes in that town
and which, had he done, would have put him in
better standing with the drys and better repute
with the brewing interests.
In closing wish to state that before election
told the leaders against me that If / was beaten
they never would hear squeal from me, and
had good reason to think they would refrain from
doing the pig act If they were beaten. but subse-
quent events prove that was wrong so far as
they were concerned.
This il the first article that have written on
the matter Of our village election and win be the
last
only wish to set some of my friends right. who
might have been misled by the lying accounts in
the BeIview Independent.
Yours truly,
F. n. ALDRICH. N. D..
Belview. MINI.