Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-05-31
Z. +. BAKKEN.

To re hepGohcan voters Oh WINNIE
SEX County.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As the work in the office has pre-
vented me from making any kind OF
canvass, as / feel that my frs.
duty Is 70 DO the work here whether
get any votes or not, and as ] 10
not want anyone to think that ] do
not want 10 solicit your support j
am going to write these few lines
and thus reach as many of you a.
possible.
Will begin by saying that there
are mainly two reasons why l want
TO be retained as your county audi
tor, the first being ehis, anyone who
has a family these days to supper.
must work, and as this is my pos
ton at the present time, | 90 not
feel that / am obliged TO step ouE
just because someone else aspireS
for the office. Anyone who has
job now had better hang onto It if
he can. This of course does not con-
Germ you and / am not asking you
to take it into consideration when
you cast your vote, but it does con-
Germ me and is the main reason why
want the office.
| The other reason is this, the longer
stay here and see the aano~nt of
work that has to be done in the
auditors office, when / see that eY.
erytime the legislature meets some
thing new is added to the work al
this office, the more firmly ram /
convinced that the policy of chang
ing public officers every few years
is absolutely wrong. They are keep
ing their county officers longer ~
many other places, not only in many
counties in this state but in other
states as well. Then why-aet il
good old Winneshiek county. II a
person gets a position with a busi-
ness man, especially in bank OF
with any other good sound business
concern, after he has been there fG7
a while and learned something about
the business he is given a raise ev-
cry year. That is good business log
ic. But here, after we have been
here a few years and have learned
something about our duties In the
offices someone tells US that we have
been here long enough and that some
one else should be given the chance.
That is not business at all. 1t is
the county that should come first. It
is the county that should be given
the chance and not the Individual. |
| know some of you will not agree
with NE and ! viii not argue The
point with you but viii only say thai
if l could take you all in here for a
year and show you what we have
to 90 through in one years time
In0 more arguments would be necess-
airy.
As YOU have seen by the papers
| l have chosen as my deputy a
splendid soldier boy whom intend
TO take in hand and train him for
this office and then when he has ac-
customed himself to the duties here
you can then put him in charge here.
In this way | have taken care of the
soldier question and think that is
the right way as it is good. sound
business method
| In conclusion let me say that !
appreciate the support given me
heretofore and that the outcome Of
this election win be in no way az
feet my regard for the Republican
party. ! have always tried to be
a good Republican and shall always
be one. am only going to ask you
TO stop and cons. der what is best for
the county's interest before you cast
your vote. If you will do this, !
have no fear of the outcome.
Sincerely yours,
OSCAR WTNCEP