New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1913-10-22
ArInory Project
Encounters Snag
Will Petition Council To APP
propriate Additional
Funds.
Counter Petition Circulated
To Head Of Appro-
priation.

Counter petitions are being circu-
lated this week among the citizens and
tax payers, the ono asking the city
council to appropriate the further
sun Of 90, 900 for the srmory which
10 to DO erected in our city and the
Other % strenuously opposing this
action. The Review 10 unable to give
the exact wording Of the pro-srmory
appropriation document, but the in.
ssrament protesting against the lavish
misuse Of the tax payers money 10
couched IN the following terse
language:
ITO The Hon. City Council Of the
City OF New Ulm, MINI.
We. the undersigned, residents and
tax payers Of the City Of New jlm,
Mum, hereby protest against the
appropriations Of any further money
By Tho City Of New Ulm towards tho
erection Of IN armory In this CITY,"
Altho Il had been rumored for some
tiae that tho friends OF the arnory
proposition favored securing addi-
tionsl funds to build . real monument
TO militarism In our city. 1t never
occurred to any ono that On attempt
would be made to hold up the city for
on additional donation. It should be
remembered that the city council has
already gone on record appropriating
site which costs the city $1,000 and
has voted IN additional $1,000 to the
1900 svailable from the state, thus
placing free site and the. sum Of
81, 900 Of the disposal Of the srmory
consultation for m armory to hoase
the local militia organizations. This It
would seem should be sufficient for the
purpose, especi ally If It be taken into
consideration that Msnksto, St. Peter,
Redwood Falls, Fsirmont, In tact oil
cities with militia companies, outside
OF Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth
have had or have less than go, 600 at
their disposal for the armory erected
or 20 be erected in their respective
communities. .,.....
Differences of opinion will exist at
oil times and 10 nearly oil matters
pertaining to the public welfare and
oil sincere and honest opinions are
entitled to due credit. II the friends
Of the armory feel that $4,000 10 not
ample, no ono questions their right to
raise 90, 600 or even $4,000 among
themselves to pro wide for the erection
of . building that their eyes may de-
light to look upon. But when it is
intended to, so.to-speak, loot the
public treasury, then it Is up to every
tax payer to protest against increased
burdens OF tsx alton which are abso-
lutely unnecessary.
When 1t became noised about town
Monday that . petition addressed to
tho city council asking for additional
aid VAS being circulated, some of our
citizens who feel that the city's money
can be more advantsgeously expended
than for IN armory, held . meeting.
Altho they we're satisfied that the
sentiment of the tax payers Is largely
anti, they felt that IL would do no
harm to get out remoDstrsnce. This
was prepared at once and signed by
those present and has been circulated
30 far with unprecedented success.
whether or not It will o. presented at
to.night's special meeting Of the
council will depend largely upon the
action of those who started the ball
srolling for the appropriation. In
THE connection it might be we'll to
urge that citizens should exercise care
before signing either petition and each |
should know his own mind fully before
he attaches his signature. Some OF
those Who signed the fret petition say
now that they are sorry they signed it,
but stsse that they were busy and
really did not give the matter due
consideration and feel now that they
should in reality have signed the
protest.
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