The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-05-19
MORE ABOUT The
ROAD QUESTION
Supervisor Burger explains
how it happened, and
talks about consistency

So much has been said through tn
county press concerning the action o
the Board of Supervisors at their Apr
session, that it seems fitting that som
of the misstatements be corrected.
The Hartford Day Spring says, dea
was consummated between the democrat
and the South Haven solons whereof.
Supervisor Burger was elected Chairman
and two democrats elected on the count!
board of highway commissioners, thus
disrupting the republican program.
Now Mr.. Day Spring, l really DON
think that any democrat knew that the
republican members Of the Board had {
formulated program for this election, sc
we should not be blamed for things we
did not know. The Day Spring ALEC
says there was frame up on which the
republicans of South Haven voted for a
democrat for chairman and two demo
Gratis for commissioners in return for the
democrats vote for Converse l know
personally this is every word false. The
Day Spring says further that petition
was received from South Haven citizens
asking for the election of Dr. Young
and objecting to the election of Converse
This is also wrong. The facts are, a re.
quest was received from South Haven
signed by a number of citizens, asking
South Haven Supervisors to use their
influence to elect DR.. Young, but no OBJ
lection was made to the election of MIR.
Converse. In fact Mr.. Converses' name
was not mentioned in the request. The
Day Spring further says the republicans
assisted 10 the election Of Mr.. Waber
with the understanding that Trip, of
Covert, and Young, Of Paw Paw, were
to be named the other two commission.
ers.
Now, Mr.. Editor, will you be so kind
as to tell your readers who this under
standing was with? Surely some one
must have misipformed you or else YOU
are giving a wonderful elasticity to your
imagination, or was this a part Of the
disrupted programsY.
The True Northerner of April 18th, IN
an editorial with headlines TOO Much
Politics. says, il any question under the
heavens should be kept out OF politics it
is the good roads question and in the
same paragraph he is lamenting because,
as he says, "all three men elected are
democrats. Now, friend Wake man, the
people agree with you that qualification
and not politics should be- considered in
selecting these commissioners, and for
that reason what matters it whether this
Board of County road commissioners,
are all democrats or all republicans or
that they are divided 10 politics, il quail
fication and fitness are the only consider
atiousY Consistency thou art a jewel"
The Northerner says it has been suggest
ed that the public should attend the
sessions of the Board Of Supervisors that
they might know what was going on. l
have been a member of this board for
ten years and in all that time the board
has never set behind closed doors. Dur
ing these ten years the publisher of the
True Northerner has lived at the county
seat and could have attended any and all
sessions Of the board II he so desired,
but the only instance that l can call to
mind of his visiting the board was when
be had an ak to grind, something like
making a supplementary bid on the coun-
ty printing. In the third paragraph OF
his editorial he says little could have
been learned at this session as it was in
The secret caucuses of the democrats and
heir allies that everything was fixed.
This is every word untrue. There was
10 secret caucuses held by the demo. |
rats or by the democrats and their allies, |
IL he terms them.
Because Converse received the same |
lumber of votes for commissioner that
ecided the Craftsmanship the Norther.
Ter insinuates that the same supervisors
lected each. Wrong again, also doing
outh Haven supervisors an Injustice
The facts of the case are, every one of
be commissioners elected were nomin.
ted by republican supervisors and they
ere not ell South Haven supervisors
ther, and don't think the majority of
lie supervisors.ever gave the politics of
~ candidate consideration. Mr., Waber
as nominated.by Supervisor Slonaker,
Mr.. Converse was nomin.
ed by a republican supervisor from
,uth Haven, am not sure which one
1T the records will show, and Mr..
APPLETON was nominated by Supervisor
Dung of Decatur, also republican.
While the men elected were not oil
y choice, believe:they are all capable
d efficient men and will give.the coun-
good service, and whether they are 2