Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-11-05
{. { BLANCHARD ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS v, 7, MILLER
To W, T, Miller.
Alias Melbourne Dunn;

!
Why did You not sign your own
name to the questions asked instead
OF getting Dunn to signs This act Is
In keeping with the rest OF Your cam
paign.
had not intended to put out any
more political matter, but viii an
swer Your covert attack and will also
ask you some questions. PLEASE
ANSWER EVERY ONE.
list, certainly voted for the pre-
sent Dry Law. which was drawnsby
the committee OF 100, No ms,A OF
honor would have done otherwise,
and. have not been around max
ing claims. 1t was not necessary, My
attitude has never been questioned
Srd. What | said at Spence was
practically this: THAT so far as any
authority held by you tmeaning those
worthless warrants). a man could
bring into the state a thousand tons
and YOU would be powerless to pre-
vent It." And have made this state
ment at other places In the county,
and | make Il now, Mr. Dunn had n
nice outing at the expense OF the tax
payers.
ith. criticized Mr.. Miller not for
any real. effort at enforcing the law.
but because every act in connection
with the work ou the state line was
farce in every way II was In my
opinion an effort to play political
game at the expense OF the county,
5th. did not say that In doing
this he was interfering with our
rights as citizens, but in substance I
did say. that the political game so
played was an imposition upon the
! taxpayers" Let us see. Mr.. Dunn.
how long were you there How much
did you receive? How much was
paid you as mileage? Why had you
a right to any mileage? Under what
law? How many people did you
arrest' How much liquor did YOU
seize? What did you do with II?
Did You not know that the warrants
held by you were worthless7 Did
you. Mr. Miller, not say to wet man
right at Holland that Mr.. Dunn was
not placed on the state line to inter-
fere with liquor coming into the llli-
nois valley. but only 10 prevent Its
being taken to Grants Pass? Do you
mean to say you treat different sec
tions OF the county differently Did
you not say to the w, C. T. Z. that
you had TO write three letters to the
Governor before he would consent TO
the appointment; and later did you
not say to an eX-saloonkeeper In
Grants Pass that YOU didn't want TO
put a guard over there but that the
W. c. T. L, made you do It, and did
you not say to other wet men in the
Illinois valley that you had nothing
to do with II at all. but that the
Governor did II? Is II not true thar
you made the appointment before the
Governor ever consented TO II?
Did YOU ever have anyone arrested
under the present dry law since II
was in force? Did you ever seize any
liquor under it? If so. when and
where, and what did you do with II?
How then. can you claim to have en-
forced the Dry Law? State fully.
Did you not say to the Governor
that the liquor situation was 50 bad
in this county that you must have
help, and thus secured the appoint
ment OF Dunn? Why did you say
that before trying to enforce II your
self? Was the situation so bad In
this county that you must have help?
II so, how does 1t come that you made
no arrests nor seized any liquor
either here or on the state line, AT
any time. II you KNEW. as stated
to the W. c. r. T., that lots Of liquor
was coming in," why did you try to
hide behind them and get them 70
swear out the warrants? Was 1t fol
the same reason that You got Dunn
to sign the question Of yesterday?
How does 1t appear that you have
/. not put in motion any force to dis
cover who shot all those cattle In
Murphy and Leland, although urgent
ly requested to do so? Were you
afraid OF losing some votes? DO you
not believe the law should be en-
forced during election time?
Did you not make blunders In fore
closing t3 Of the 3G delinquent ta'
certificates, whereby the county nh
s0lutely lost about S3,25O.OO In de
Iinquent taxes? Please explain.
Did you not cause to be paid out ir
one bunch sl35.0O Of the county'i
money which the statute speclfcallS
, said you should not pay?
Did you not waste $1,000 OF The