The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-07

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AS: a candidate for city COM
missioner, it is hard to see how
Sifberstein5 Junior could get to
| first base. = ...
/ 0din, Halden, the gumshoe poll
/ ticians and human submarine in
the pool Of politics, is as busy as
1.-THE ,proyerbial little bee these cool
fall days. He comes and goes at
! all hours of the day and night,
sometimes in the county's auto
mobile and sometimes on the VOL
viz. building, railroads. He has
4 forced that smirky old smile back
onto his worried face and is doing
! his best to slap the boys on the
back. He is so gracious and po-
| lite that none are too poor for
him to reverence. Only last Sat-
urday morning, when taking the
| D. NJ. & N. train, he lifted his hat
to the porter on the buffet car,
| pleasing the porter, Of course, but
l exposing that bald spot on the
! back of his hoary old head.
! Halden slowly but steadily is
forcing his reserve deputies and
clerks into the fight. Some Of
| them 60 in very unwillingly, for
i they are confident that the old
king Of the courthouse faces his
I Waterloo and they have no desire
to be kicked out by Bergen, be-
cause Of pernicious activity, in
I dull war times and at the begin
i ing of a hard winter.
But, if there is pernicious activ-
ity on the part Of deputies and
clerks this year, the people will
demand that their new servant,
| w. H. Bergen, summarily dis
charge those most fragrant and
willing in such misconduct.
! The people not only propose to
see what is in those auditorial
pigeon holes, but they also pro-
pose to have auditorial deputies
1 and clerks stick to their work in
| the auditorial chambers and not
| 60 rambling and registering over
| the county, making medicine good
for Kong Odin but very bad for
the taxpayers.
! Walker and Marvin are such
! willing and cheerful violators Of
duty and good taste that nothing
! but the same old stunts can be ex-
| pected of them. Either one would
jump off the dock if given the
royal command. Quick and rad
ical reform is imperative if they
| do not wish to be scrapped on the
dump after the New Year.
! Thanks to the Father and Son
movement in the marble-lined
courthouse, there. will be a mini
mum Of contests in county politics
this fall. Treasurer Vivian, judge
of probate Gilpin, county super.
intendent Young, register Of deeds
Calligan and county attorney
Greene have no opposition, there
fore. their calling and election are
certain, if grim death does not
butt in.
/ Andrew Anderson, the county
4 surveyor who never has surveyed
anything but his paycheck, is
credited with having enough gall
| to run; again. Those who run for
! county surveyor must file on or
before September II. 1t now
seems, quite certain that Thomas
F.. McGilvary, Eddie Farrell and
Charley Krelwitz will contest with
| Andrew Anderson for election to
the office. It has been rumored
! that another Anderson also would
file but which or what Anderson,
rumor sayeth not.
There is not unanimous salts
faction with the way county at
torney Greene has played his
! cards. He waited until it was i'm
possible for anyone to get on the
ticket against Him, then he called
deputy Boyle down from the
range to take charge Of the peo-
pie 8 office while he and assistant
county attorney Forbes hold com
missions and fill some safe shore
, jobs in the army and navy. Com
ing back with titles of Major
Greene and Capt. Forbes, they will
stand. more nearly an even show
with soldier and sailor politicians
:. who saw actual service in the
trenches or among the mine fields
of the North Sea.
u The people now plainly see that
4hav ara not exDected tn have anv.