The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-25
In WHICH SHERIFF AXTELL GIVES REPLY To THE
DIRTY ATTACK OF THE PERKINS COUNTY SIG
NAL DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKs-Norr
CAREFULLY THE STATEMENT OF EXPENSE
Perkins County:


For the first time in nv life and | hone tho, !, i; ,h
asI nave been forced into newspaper controversy bv
tne malicious and dirty methods of the Perkins Conntv
Signal feel that is my duty to LET the neonle know th
ue lact IN the charges they have published and how low
such pubcatons and Wouldbe leaders will stoop in order
to backen my record - " ~
lake the case where they claim that have shown
partay to my deputy, c. Larsh in which it is claimed
tnat neglected to collect 1909 personal tax also that
dd not collect a 1915 Personal Tax from him
ne acs IN this case are that when the personal taxes
were turned over to me for collection, spoke to Mr.
arsh about this and he showed me an Abstract signed
y - r. Perkins, setting forth that all of his taxes had
oeen pad up to 1911 and he also brought Mr. Perkins
INTO my office and Mr.. Perkins told me that Mr. Iarsh
mad PAID that tax and that he would that this matter
was Strengthened up, and also heard Mr.. Perkins tell
she county Treasurer the thing He also went be-
lore the County Commissioners and tried to get them
10 strike this from the records but looks as if this was
held up Tor the purpose of giving the would be leaders
Sole'ihg l 10 attack me on and by the way if had
such an efficient administration under the Republicans
now is 1t this tax was not collected long ago
AS to the 1915 Personal Taxes every body knows
that they are not placed in my hands for collection until
november the 10 OF this year and shows how hard up
uey are 10 get something to charge with, and how
little there Is IN such charge.
AS to my record in Criminal cases. have had more
pleas OF guilty than both former sherffs had together
IN period of SIX years, and how indignant the Signal,
grows the waste Of the County money but does the
Signal remember the time last when they were
caught trying TO collect bill Of forty dollars the
second time and when caught had explanation to
give thereof
AS to the collection of the judgment against Mr.
arSf the writers OF that article well that nor any
one else could collect civil judgment against anyone
until there had been execution issued from the Clerks
Office, and don't you think that our Republican Deputy
States Attorney he thought this should have been col
ected, would have asked the Clerk to execution
and placed the in my hands with instructions to
collect If this had been done then they might have had
for attacking me- but as is this statement
IS on par with the rest of their charges
Then they blame the Sheriff for the continuance Of
the Criminal cases al the last term of Circuit Court Now
the Sheriff had subpoeaed all Of the witnesses in both
OF the mentioned, and far he could go was
ready for trial. and the in the hands Of the
States Attorney 1T he who continued them and not
the Sheriff. the Signal very well knew and in order
TO sur me they have gone far cast reflection
of the best and most efficient officers that the
county had Mr. w F. Eddy Deputy States Attorney.
They call me Renegade Republican because /
would not let few Of the Wouldbe leaders of the repub
party in Perkins County, control me- Neither would
let then rule me, the word sent out that had
dared to go against these mighty who controlled poll
tics n this county and to down any cost. When !
accepted the nomination on the Democratic ticket, they
held up their hands holy horror, but the fact
that these Woud-be rulers me- not once but
several times last spring and urged to out the
Republican ticket for the office Of Sheriff. and they
tried to get some of my Friends get to back
into the fold, and accept their orders When refused
and said that would rather be defeated the ticket that
elected before than TO be elected and tied TO SUCH
had controlled the Republican party in this County for
the last few years. they then said that TO be beaten
regardless Of anything Their false and malicious attacks
prove this and if that makes Renegade surely
one, and / proud of it. If ! had accepted their
proposition and for Sheriff they wished, these
same people would have been out telling what good
straight These same people when they wanted me to
come back to the Republican Party admitted that both
the County Auditor and myself had made good, and II
the good bosses wish, will publish the names q the