Fergus County Democrat., 1916-11-02
F F|NE RECORD Of
GUY c. TULLOCK
HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT NE
is THE MAN TO FILL THE
OFFICE OF SHERIFF.
IS NO GUESS WORK ABOUT THIS

AS IA sort of windup to the campaign
of the literary bnrcpsi or the rcp,rbli.
can campaign committee here circu
lar letter has been issued addressed
to "Tho Voters Of Fergus County" It
is devoted chiefly to n laudation of
the republican candidates indiscrin,
inately and some stress is laid upon
the contest for sheriff In connection
with this, some loose, inaccurate and
totally misleading statements aro
made. 1t Is said. for instance, that
the members of the family have drawn
from this office In salaries and fees
alone more than $5S.QO0.
Guy Tullock. the democratic cundi.
date for sheriff. has been q deputy
under the present administration for
the past three years and ten months
During that time he has been to every
part Of the county time and again.
IN every sort Of weather and on all
sorts Of missions IN connection with
the serving OF processes. For this
he has received $l25 month. the
: amount allowed by statute, and no
more.
During the time the present admins
tration has been in office. the sheriff's
department has paid into the county
from fees collected in civil business
the sum OF $li.S2O.l9 This. of course
Is part of the "$5S,000" which the ma.
| lieiously false republican circulars
says has been drawn by "One family
Under the previous administration
of the office. which was republican
there was paid into the county the
sum of $4,91023 from fees for civil
business for two years, while the pres
| cnt administration has paid an aver
! age of $7,9041G for the two.year per
! iods.
The statute provides that the iailor
shall work but eight hours. but tho
office has been able to get along with
! but one tailor where three might
! have been. and under republican
administration, under the same condi
tions, probably would have been EN-
| ploycd This alone has saved Tho
, county $4,000 a year.
The county has paid to the incum
I bent about sl1,500 for board of pris
oners, which represents the feeding
! of $4,000 men one day or the serving
all told of about $4,000 meals fol
! 800 There have been about 400
warrants served as IA result of whicl
| l.216 men have been confined in the
county Jail, or this number 1871 wer,
arrested for felonies and 81 of then
! pleaded guilty. being sentenced with
! out the cost of trials. Thirty were
/ fugitives from justice. Men wanted
here were located and arrested fOl
felonies in Alaska. Nebraska. Nevada
Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Oregon. Wash
ington and several other states. II
this connection it might be stated thai
| ii has not been necessary to use force
in making the arrest of single pris
oner
So much for the conduct OF tht
sheriif's office in general during thu
past two terms. AS for Guy Tullock
it may be said with entire safety tha
he has performed every duty tha
has fallen to his lot with absolute
fidelity, good judgment and marked
ability. He has on some occasion:
been called upon to do things tha
involved great personal risk, as whe!
he broke into the cabin in which thu
Castle Butte burglar" was hiding
armed and prepared to resist any at
tempt to arrest him. He SURRENDERED
when Guy Tullock came through thu