Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 18, 1904, Page 4

i S, Y— t DESSU——— Sp— HE SQUEEZED '"EM SO THEY HOLLER Secret of the Singular and Strenuous Opposition of the Traveling Men to Robert Jobbing Houses a U Who Raised Their Tax Assess- ments So Heavily. [tis a striking fact in the pres- ent state campaign that traveling men who have a word to say in regard to politics are vigorously opposed to the election of the publican nominee, Robert Dunn. Ask a traveling man his opinion of the spective candidates and he either refuses to talk or he roars. He tells you that he has voted the republican ticket from the cra- dle up, and he shows you his gray hairs, but he informs you that he cannot stomach Bob Dunn. An Intercsting Collection. The traveling man’s reasons for his opposition to Mr. Dunn, that is the reasons he gives you, area unique collection of politi- cal arguments. In northern Minnesota he informs you that there isn’t a manin southern Minnesota who will vote for Dunn and in southern Minneso- ta he tells you that every man in northern nnesota is for John- son. He says he met Dunnon the street and Bob failed to recog- nize him although he used to knew him twenty years ago. Most traveling men are truthful —when they are serious—and they hate to retail the cheap mugwump lies about mineral leases, timber trespass, etc., so they shout such charming little stories as the above. To make up for the lack of real argument the traveling man has to make a big noise and so he hollers just as hard as he can and to hear him talk you would think that Dunn intended himself to yote for Johnson. The Real Reason, The real reason for his opposi- tion to Mr. Dunn the traveling man never says anything about. Confront him with it and he draws heavily on a lot more blnster to hide his confusion. The real reason is that he has his orders from his house. The interests of the big jobbingand wholesale houses demand Dunn’s defeat and it has been put up to the traveling men to help accom- plish that defeat. Why the Jobbers Hate Dunn. The secret of the great noise made by the traveling men is an open book to anyone who is at all familiar with what has happened PRINCESS Grocery Co. Pickling and Canning Pears. Colorado Peaches. Fine Italian Blue Plums, Tokay Grapes. Concord Grapes. Deleware Grapes. Green Peppers. Red Peppers. Green Bunch Onions. Celery. Green Tamatoes. Crab Apples. Cranberries Cape Cod. Spanish Onions. Pampkins. Squash. Pound-Sort Apples. 20 oz. Pippins. Cooking Apples 20¢ a Peck. Detroit Table Apples. Honey Comb. Extra Select Bulk Oysters. Princess Grocery Co M. E. CARSON, Mgr Phone 282 .| present in person and by attor- merits of the re-|: C. Dunn. nit Against the Man/ each year for the past ten years at the meeting of the state board of equalization. At every meet- ing of the board the jobbers and wholesalers of the big cities are neys and the most active efforts re made to keep down the as- ments of these big concerns. At each meeting of the board for the past ten years Mr. Dunn in his capa -ity of state auditor has appeared before the board and has shown conclusively that the i jobbers and wholesalers are not assessed one tenth of what they should be assessed. Mr. Dunn| even went to the labor of investi- | gating the amount of insurance rried by the jobbers and whole- in the twin cities and | salers when he appeared before the state board of equalization with the figures, it was found that the total assessed valuation of the ocks carried was but a small raction of the insurance placed upon them. A Bold Thing. It is a matter for marvel that any man who has held the office of state auditor and done his duty should dare tv become a candidate for goyernor. The jobbers and wholesalers and {other big corporations of Minne- sota pay but a small portion of the taxes which should be levied against them. The merchants in the smaller towns and cities, the professional men, the working men have to pay for them, Any state auditor who knows his duty and does it must lay these facts | before the state board of equali- zation and by nis investigations, recommendations and personal efforts compel the big concerns to pay their just share of taxes. The state auditor who does this and then has the boldness to run for office will find solidly arrayed against him some of the most powerful influences in the state. The Cry of *Stop Thief.” Mr. Dunn has done this bold thing. He has exposed the in- isignificant assessment of the | jobbers and wholesalers. He has ! vigorously demanded that they | be made to pay what they ought to pay. He bas repeatedly ap-| ! peared before the state board of ,equalization, armed. with facts and figures and refuted the con- | tentions of the paid attorneys of the big twin city concerns. It was a bold thing to do, but it was | ithe right thing to do. Now that | i Mr. Dunn is a candidate for gov-| ernor the jobbers and wholesal- jers are naturally much disturb-| ed. Itisa favorite ruse of the the thief to cry “stop thief” and to raise a great furor to divert attention from himself, the real culprit, and this appears to be labout the position the twin city jobbers and wholesalers are tak- ing. Can’t Blame the Jobber. You can’t blame the jobber. His pocketbook is affected. If he should have to pay his share of the taxes his pocketbook would 'be a good bit flatter. By the same token yours and mine, | gentle reader, would be fatter. The jobber has good cause for alarm; he has good cause to be afraid of Bob Dunn, and it is very natural, under the circum- stances, that he should do every- thing in his power to defeat the man who has already compelled him to pay more taxes than he used to pay and who as governor would be in a still better position to force his tax assessmant up to an equitable figure. Wherc-| fore the traveling man journeys jup and down the state and hol- |lers. “Dassent Say a Word.” There has been a great deal of | speculation as to why the travel- ing men are so steauous in their opposition to Mr. Dunn. There have been hints of the real rea son, but until the present issue of the Pioneer, there has been no attempt made to fully explain the situation. This seems a little strange, does it not? The truth isthat the republican newspapers and the republican speakers dare not say a word about it. The Pio- neer Press is expending a great deal of energy in Mr. Dunn’s be- half but it dares not say one word about the matter—it does not even dare say that the job- bers and wholesalers are against Dunn. Senators Nelsor and {Clapp are stumping the state public men and they want to be re-elected and their campaign speeches do not know that the jobbers and wholesalers exist. Neither the twin city dailies nor Senator Nelson and Clapp can for one moment afford to antagonize the jobbers and the wholesalers of the twin cities, These con- cerns are allogether too power- ful. So they are silent and the people wonder why the traveling men are so violent in their oppo sition to Mr. Dunn. Where We Are At. In view of these facts it is not very wonderful that the traveling men are making such a noise. It is very much to their interest to doit. It the rest of us are satis- fied to pay taxes for the jobbers and wholesalers we can keep right on doing it by voting against Mr. Dunn, REGISTRATION Boards of Registration Copying Names of Those Who Voted at Primary Election. The two registration boards for the city, the one for the first and the other for the second ward, are busy today copying the names of those who voted at the primary election and arrang- ing the names in alphabetical or- der. The lists when complete will be placed in prominent places in the rooms where the elections are held. All those who did not vote at the primary election will be allowed to regis- ter during the session of the board of registration. The meet- ing places of the two bodies are the old Iirst National Bank building in the first ward and the fire room of the city hall for the second ward. J.H, French, Thos, Maloy and O. M. Skinvik compose the board in the first ward and D. C. Smyth, George Smith and David Booth in the second. DAR REESE Prominent Minnesota Politician Will Address People of Be- midji Next Week. Chairman Olson of the county republican committee is making arrangements fora grand repub- lican rally to be held here some day next week, in all probability on Tuesday, the occasion being the appearance here of Hon. Darius F. Reese of St. Paul. Mr, Reese is one of the ablest speak- ers in the state and will discuss publican state and national plat- forms at length. He is making a tour of the state and will make speeches in nearly all the smaller cities throughout this section. Later—Mr. Reese will spealk at Blackduck on the evening of Oct. 24 and will be in Bemidji on Tuesday evening, Oct. 24. Married Yesterday. The marriage of Miss Lucy Grey and Mr. Wm. Shields took place at the office of Judge of Probate Clark yester- day afternoon. Both the young people are residents of Grand Rapids and are known to a large circle of friends there. They have also a numerous acquaint. | ances in this city who extend the political situation and the re- | THE SONG RECITAL Charlesworth Company Will be Heard at The Qpera House Tonight. SEVERAL HUNDRED TICKETS ALREADY SOLD. Company is Composed of Artists of High Repute—-Program In Full. The Charlesworth Company ap- pears at the opera house this evening under ‘the auspices of the Ladies’ Musical Club and Be- midji will have an opportunity of hearing some excellent music. Following' is the program given in full. (@ “ov des Marionettes' Violin Solo . G -Gurlitt --Trouselle - Molloy Thomas ......... Elgar ooooeePetrie The Charlesworth comes to Bemidji especially well company recommended from. all towns where it has appeared since starting on its western tour, and will give to Bemidji lovers of good music, a program which will please all who are fortunate enough to hear it. The program is both classical and modern, but it should be understood that t“classical” as applied to music, does not always mean something i which the musically uneducated | cannot understand and enjoy or the “modern” means rag-time tor popular songs. The Charlesworth company has recently appeared at Hay- ward, Wisconsin, Virginia, Two Harbors and Grand Rapids, Min- nesota and from each of these towns have came letters and telegrams testifying to ihe ex- cellence of the company. The letters and telegrams are from school superintcodents and samples are given below: (Telegram to Mrs. R. B. Foster.) Grand Rapids, Minn , Oct. 18, 1904. “The Charlesworth Company will please your people.” Signed —E. A. Freeman, Supt. of Schools. (Telegram to A. T. Whe=lock.) Hayward, Wis., Oct, 18, 1904. “The Charlesworth Company is the best that ever appeared here.” Signed ‘—B. M. Gilbert, Supt. of Schools. New Blacksmith Shop. Henry Pingel has just com- pleted theerectionof a building on Irvine avenue between Third and Fourth streets and will soon oc- cupy the building with a black- smith outfit. Mr. Pingel has con- ducted a shop on Fourth street between Beltramiand Minnesota avenues for a number of years and is well known to the people of the city, congratulations. L. H. B“ailey returned this a,f-{ ternoon from St. Paul, WANTED-—A night cook, female, at City Restsurant, Hand Painted W 1vigorous]y for Dunn but they are ——at A. E. WINTER Leading Jeweler W All kinds of Engraving done free. Teesesecesesseseceecese ESEESE JO D P M P’ P PRINT e S T TR The Bazaar, LZESS GARMENT in New and Up-to-Date coats ¢ suits ¢ skirts Bemidji, Minn. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that | science has been able to cure in allits stages, and that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh be- ing a constitutional disease, re- quires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in- ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pi ietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dol- lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimon- ials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all drug- | gists, 75e. Take Hall’s Family Pills for: constipation. ! Broke Inio His House. { 8. Le Quinn of Cavendish, Vt., lwas robbed of his customary health by invasion of chronic con- stipation. 'When Dr. King’s New Life Pills broke into his house, his trouble was arrested and now he’s entirely cured. They’re {guaranteed to cure, 25c at all druggists. Nothing can be better than the best—Mark’s lung Balsam is the best. ! ALl STUDENTS entering our night classes before October 19 will re- ceive two months tuition Absplutely Free ommercial work ally done moflices Bemidji Commercial College, P. J. CONWAY, Principal. Box 744, 108 Sixth Street, between Bemidji and Beltrami Avenues. % 3 and Baby Pictures —GO TO— » HAKKERUP Up-to-Date Work and Prices Reasonable. Eularging, Framing and Finishing for Amatuers. Hakkerup Stlidio Two Doors East of City Drug Store. TSSO TSI =lllllllllfllil | P I O Our Overcoat Dis- | | | play is without i & Pe i :n Bemidjt | Wl THE (2797 CLOTHIERS. ——EXCLUSIVELY=—— Highest Grade Clothes A large stock of highest standard, n Money Cheerfully Refunded. Mail Orders Filled Here W and supreme afiility to serve, has made this the most (;onspicuously successful clothing store in Bemidji commien, 1008 B.KuppeanEiMERa Coy . = Extra Special Announcement! Stein-Bloch Rochester, N. Y., Finest Suits and Overcoats; Ideal Swagger Clothes; Sold in cities at $18, $20, $22; special $15.00 Immense Savings! Best Fit Best Styles Demonstrating Mightiest Value-Giving Two Hundred Frieze Overcoats, “look for the label”’; Two Hundred Single and Double Breasted Suits in fancy and plain materials ’ $10.00 Display and Sale of Men’s Sweaters. We have placed on sale 20 dozen Four-Thread English Worsted Sweaters in oxford, gray, blue, maroon, and black; sizes from 34 to 44; Sweaters that < are unequaled at $1.50; special for one week only, at : 95 cents NN P o Smart Clothes! Best Wear E— o g e