The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Gets Compliment

the same as do, that to pick out
one, two or three county attorneys
in an open letter to the press is
not a fair statement of the facts
as they exist in the state of Min
nesota.
81 will appreciate your COM
ments on the matter"
Streissguth's reply read as fol-
lows:
81 have before me a mimeo-
graphed copy of an open letter to
county attorneys, which was just
received by me, Notwithstanding
it was released to the press on
December 80.
Sin that letter, you state that
the legal representatives of Clay,
Brown, and st. Louis counties
took the floor at the recent coun-
ty attorneys convention, in an at
tempt to blame the commission
er's office for the evil conditions
existing in these counties, per-
haps in resentment for the per-
sistent pressure from this office
for the conditions prevailing in
these counties
''In the first place, you are alb
solutely mistaken in your state
ment that I took the floor, during
your presence at the convention,
and. attempted to blame you for
anything.
"Quite to the contrary, I was
entirely silent, during your debate
with the county attorneys, which
provided me with more entertain
ment than I had had for a consid-
cradle time.
81 was impressed with your
ignorance of the duties of the Of
flee of county attorney, and par
ticularly with your absolute lack
of tact in meeting issues of the
debate; so much so, that, after
you left, l made the suggestion
that we present you with copy
of Dale Carnegie's book.
'In your so-called open letter,
you refer to persistent pressure
from your office for the conditions
prevailing in certain counties, in
cludlng BOWn.
Il assume, by pressure you re-
fer to the fact, that, on two occa-
sions, you sent me carbon copies
of letter, addressed to the sheriff
of this county, calling his atten-
ton to the fact that investigators,
employed by you, had discovered
intoxicating liquor for sale, in
certain 80 beer taverns, in this
county.
Immediately upon receipt of
the latters referred to, I got in
touch with you, personally, and
asked that you kindly cooperate
with me in the institution of the
prosecution of the offenders re-
ferred to.
Sin order to jog your memory
bit, I quote from letter adj
dressed to you dated August 10,
1887:
Twill you kindly have your
investigator, who reported these
violations, drop in at my office,
upon his next visit to New Ulm,
prepared to sign a complaint
against the parties involved,
bringing with him whatever Ii
quor or evidence he may have OBJ
tanned?
"'I shall then institute the
prosecution of the offenders ,"
"You refused to send your in
vestigator to my office, as I re-
quested and refused to give me
any cooperation, whatsoever, in
the prosecution, Notwithstanding
my willingness and desire to pro-
Secute.
when you speak of lack of CO.
operation, I think you accuse the
wrong party of this trait.
"On another occasion, you sent
the mayor of Sleepy Eye, Norbert
j. Pietrus, an anonymous letter
stating that Sleepy Eye was the
worst hole in the state.
"Mr. Pietrus took you to task
for having forwarded this letter
to him, and called your attention
to the fact that your Investigator,
Andrew R. Tkach, had been in
Sleepy Eye, on numerous occa-
sions, and could assure you that
Sleepy Eye was as clean city as
there is in the state. r.
81 do not need to be told that
there are liquor law violations in
this county. Every county in the
state has violations, and 1--WE are
handling the situation as well
here as it is being handled in any
other county.
81 do resent, however, the inn
putation, in your published letter
to the effect that conditions, in
this county, are worse than any
where else, or that the officials
of this county have not given you
full cooperation.
eff you have any complaint to
make, hereafter, about me or my
official conduct, I suggest that you
take the matter up with me, first,
before going to the press, so that
,, in the future, the misstatements
you make might at least be check
ed, before they are published.
IF you feel that you can make
false accusations of this kind, as
you have against Brown county
and Sleepy Eye, and expect CO.
operation, you have an entirely
different view of cooperation,
than I have.
However, notwithstanding the
past, I am willing to start at
scratch, and assist you, in every
way possible, in the future, if
you, in turn, will lend your CO.
operation.