Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-03-29
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NOW BEN AGED
Shenaou. Eforts Being Made 10
Defeat Mayor Lawson and
Aldermen

A tremendous campaign is being
waged in our city in an attempt to de-
feat Mayor Lawson and Aldermen N.
p. Nelson and Carl j. Freeberg for.
reelection. Certain parts Of the old
political machine, assisted by parties
who have real or fancied grievances,
are buttonholing voters and doing
their best to convince them that
change would be desirable for the CT
ty. The arguments used usually:
differ according to the views Of the
person interviewed, and some would
look ridiculous in print. For instance,
members of the athletic association
have been told that if the mayor and
aldermen were reelected Sunday base
ball would be prohibited in the city,
while certain church people have been
assured that Sunday movies and pool
halls would be permitted. Persons
who wish: to keep their party regular
itv strictly at par have been urged to
get out and work in the city election
on partisan lines. Persons have been.
appointed to canvass every block with
the main idea of finding out how peo-
pie intend to vote. Then a determined
effort is to be made; to get out: all the
voters, women especially, who are IA
vorable to the Anderson ticket. and by
this means win the day.
This attempt to rush the voters with
a grand onslaught of workers will
hardly succeed in the city, for people
will keep their heads cool and decide
local issues on their merits instead of
considering matters which have moth
ing to do with the city government.
Among the conservative voters the
workers for the Anderson ticket
blame the mayor and aldermen for the
Increased taxation. In the first place
the city part of the taxes have not
been increased to any appreciable de-
gree, altho more work has been &C
complished than at any other time.
The increased taxes have come from
the increasing demands Of the schools
which every fair minded person must
admit. In the second place, who has
done any more than the mayor and the.
two aldermen attacked to keep down
expenditures? Where are all these new
demands for city money coming from
if not from the very bunch that now
talk ECONOMY" around the street cor
ners? ~-
Alderman Freeberg of the Fourth
Ward as chairman OF the finance com.
mittee has been veritable watch
dog" Of the treasury and has become
a marked man for: the opposition. Al.
derman n. P. Nelson has given the CT
ty very careful work as overseer of
the poor, and has been very valu-
able man on the council His tech
nical knowledge on deep we'll pumps
saved the city plant q big outlay dur
ing the year, he carrying his point
against recommendation of both the
board and engineer. Both of these al
dermen are men who stand on their
own feet, and who will stand by their
convictions when they feel that they
are right. .=~
Voting. has already begun at the
county auditors Office. Anyone who
expects to be absent from the city
next Tuesday has the privilege under
the law to vote and file his sealed bal
lot with the county auditor who will
send it to the judges of the proper
precinct on Tuesday morning.
Voting will not be confined to those
favoring the Anderson ticket, how
fif wi hoc
stirred up the folks on the other side
as we'll and there promises to be big
vote out 5s@ u4