The Lamar register., 1922-11-01
TRUTH ABOUT COUNTY AFFAIRS
A Few Samples to Show How Grossly
The Democratic Campaign Com
mittee Is Lying in Its Ads.

The attempts of the democratic
county committee to spread misinfor-
nation about county affairs through
cloak of DO You Know 2" and "Why ?"
when in reality they do not dare open
ly make the charges that they insinu-
ate, shows the straits to which they
are driven in their desperation. Fac
ing certain defeat they hope to avert
n total loss by campaign of lying
and ISLANDERS to be followed by trading
off all but two or three of their pick
ed candidates. Just few samples of
these lies will show how grossly they
are attempting to deceive.
They say "Do you know" that Sen
ator Hasty voted three times to kill
the initiative and referendum while in
the senate. The question of killing or
even injuring the initiative and refer
endum was Fever up while he was in
the Legislature and he had no chance
to vote for or against it.
They say "Do you know" what be-
comes of the Liquor seized by the
sheriff and how Simpson disposes of
it? There is no trouble for any citi-
zen to find out just what becomes of
every pint of it. Some is in the hands
of the district clerk as exhibits in
cases, some is in the hands of the U.
S. court at Pueblo for the same pur-
pose, some has been given when hav-
ing high alcohol content by order of
the court to the hospital, a large part
has been destroyed by the order of
the various courts, and the balance is
in the county Jail awaiting court or
ders. 1t can all be accounted for and
the men who asked know that it can
They ask do you know" that coun-
ty taxes have been raised. Another
Untruth that is deliberate on the part
of the authors. They know that by
the order of the vote of the people I'M
der the initiative and referendum the
commissioners of this and every other
county in the state are compelled to
levy tax to raise a certain amount
to guarantee teachers salaries. This
amount requires four mill tax levy
but the people of the school districts
could Offset 1t by compelling their
school directors to lower the levy ac-
eordingly. The commissioners have
no option with regard to this levy and
no part in spending it. Outside Of
this levy the county taxes last year
were lowered to the lowest point in
years ST. mills and will be lowered to
less the coming year. The commission
ers are now carefully considering the
tax levy and will reduce it to lowest
point possible consistent with efficient
government
They say do you know" that Sher-
iff Simpson has run his office at an
expense of $3.50 per month while Sher-
1T Downing's last year the expense
was only $500. They fail to add
though that Mr.. Downing had a year
when everything was prosperous and
there was little crime. The figures in
the county treasurer's office show that
during that time the sheriff's office
turned in fines and fees as follows:
Downing sloe7.34 and Simpson c4514.-
6s, leaving even at the expense fig
ures of the democrats balance in ia
vor of the county on Simpsons year
Of over $500. The big items of ex-
pense for Mr.. Simpson include one
trip to California bringing back a
prisoner, one to Kansas City and two
to Tulsa, bringing back his man each
time. These trips are included in the
expense account and amount to much
over n thousand dollars but were all
paid for by outside parties and did
not cost the county a penny.
These are all samples of what the
democrats are doing with their "Do
you know" ads, and it might be well
to ask them that while they are ad-
vocating the guaranty of bank depos-
its, do they know whether their can
didate for treasurer is going to guar
antee the depositors of the Bristol
State Bank.