Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-02-13
his rot. Mr.. Fyles takes Carl 70 task

his rot. Mr.. Fyles takes Carl ito task
thusly:
"Kositzky, who draws $4,000 a year
and expenses from the state for acs-
ing as secretary to the tax commission
is insistent that Scandinavian office
holders shall give way to men of Ger
man nationality. To accomplish this
end no is vigorously boosting
three Germans for the railroad com.
mission, thus doing away with the
scandinavian member now in Office.
He has a German candidate for state
treasurer to take the place of Gunder
Olson, and he wants to remove State
Auditor Jorgenson to make room for
a German state auditor.
"Kositzky's attacks on State Au-
ditor Jorgcnson are vile, scurri!ous at
tacks-and as the tax commission is
well acquainted with the politeical
work its secretary is doing it is pretty
well understood the members of the
tax commission have no friendly feel
ing toward the Scandinavians of this
state, else they would stop his dirty
political work and ask him to perform
the duties for which the people are
digging up a handsome salary.
The libelous letters published in the
South Dakota Freie Prcsse of Aber-
deem, signed by Kositzky are no doubt
favored by the members of the tax
commission, and the members of our
tax commission should take due pride
in having in their employ a person so
commonplace as to write letters of this
kind.
In a recent issue Of the Freie Presse
Kositzy makes the statement that the
state auditor had, during his first 5
months overdrawn his salary account
$500. This Statement is a lie. The
records of the stata auditors Office
show that at all times during 1912
State Auditor Jorgenson was paid his
salary at the same time all the other
state officials were pad, and al 40
time during the year before his salary
ws due.
"We would Like to ask this Kosit
ky if the so-callcd Progressive tick,
ct published in the Sunday Courier.
News January 4. was not fixed up in
the tax commission Offices at Bis
marrk. Were not the cuts used in the
article borrowed by you? Is it not
true that CAST week. while out in the
true that last week, while out in guise
Of secretary, aud travelling on the OK
pense of the state, you were carrying
a copy of this paper for exhibition
purposes, and boosting the candidates
named therein2 Is it not true that
you have continually talked politics
while travelling at the expense Of tie
state. and while you were out on tas
commission business?
Jorgenson has proven a good state
auditor and Kositzky's letters won't
change our opinion. 1t IA Jorgcnsor
who asked for the retirement of $50,
600 worth of capital bonds due in 1872;
thereby saving $4,000 in interest an,
making available $4,000 Of farm loan:
and purchase Of school bonds.
cit was Jorgenson who insisted OF
the printing bills of the Devils Lake
Journal being checked by an exper
printer before being allowed. It tool
a fight but the bills were checked an
the printing company had to agree the
bills as filed were excessive in the sun
of $500. Is Kositzky squaref W.
believe not-he hasn't published suci
facts as the above.
"More than all this, Jorgenson ha:
kept faith with the people and has at
tended to his duties faithfully; it i:
seldom you find him away from hi;
otiice-and rumor has it, it is not un
usual to find him working.
"Kositzky should worry".-Bis
marck Tribune.