Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 29, 1898, Page 8

“Lili ran ‘tans TratRven City and Vicinity. NOTES OF NEWS AND PERSONAL. DEFEAT OF McV¥ICAR. Register of Deeds A. Bi Clair has been kept busy during the last three days receiving the congratulations of his friends upon his increased popularity since the Magnet spewed out about two columns of filth and falsehood concerning his private and public hfe mits 1ssue of Wednesday jast. There never has been any doubt of Mr. Clair’s election either since,or before his nomipation by the allied re- He was conceeded to be the candidate for any office on either ticket. However, the Republicans nominated their strong- est man against him, and McVicar was putting up a pretty good fight inability to run the office should he be elected. But the sssians of disgust with the the many Re- form forces. strongest considering _ his general expr Magnet bhcans who now openly declare article and their intention to work Clair is evidence that he will be elect- ed by two-thirds majority. It 1s very a counterfeit editor | and vote for seldom that even can write a two column. article upon any subject without accidently work- ing a fact or two, although his inclina- | tion may dictate the contrary caurse. statements made in the | | not one | } | | But of all the article there is absolutely single truth put in type, and there ap- pears to have heen a made to escape anything that might contain even the appearance of fact, The Herald-Review compromises its respectability by giving any notice whatever to the disreputible falsehoods that have appeared in that contempt- There may be those, how- ever, who do not understand the ut- ter unreliability of thase who are re- sponsible for the publication in ques- tion and for the benfit of such voters we will state the facts as they are: First, the Magnet has been urged by jnterested parties to make a fight on Register Clair, because he would not permit a few land grabbers to use his office for their special benefit. That } paper has been urged, also, to vilify jum by a few alleged prominent Re- publicans who endeavored to defeat him two years ago, and who helped to nommate him because they figured he would be an easy mark for Charles Kearney, Democrat, to defeat. He was a silver Republican and did not hesitate to gay so at that tme. The bigotry of the local Republican lead- ers overshadowed their judgement, and: they have never forgiven Mr. Clairfor daring to poll more votes than the “gang” decreed he should receive. Such eminent entities as Dan Gunn, W.C. Gilbert, Ed Kremer, H.R. King and a few more of that particu- lar brand of grafters have been after Mr. Clair’s political scalp from the first, because he would not be to them as clay in the potter’s hands. Inde- pendent of the great influence that the Grand Rapids rng imagines it exer- cises Mr, Clair went out among the people {wo years ago and made qn honorable campaign and he was elect- ed by the vote of the boys who knew him as one of their number. He did not ask the support of the gang. Neither did he receive it. He went through the campaign on his own merits and received a handsome en- dorsement from the laboring classes. But the Magnet and its co-defamers are prompted by reasons other than ap- pear upon the surface in devoting so much’ attention to the ragister of deeds. The Magnet and its political masters know that Mr. Clair is sure of re-election, but in making a great howl against him they hop¢ to direct public attention to his candidacy and thus make possivle the re-election of H.R. King and Arthur Kremer. They are very much alarmed lest the search light of the Herald-Review should be turned in their direction. They do not want the fact published that Auditor K:ng has used his office to so large a personal advantage that today he is the posessor of many million feet of valuable pine, and that during the past year his cruiser has cost the people of Itasca county no less than $4 per day. our years ago King went into office practically bankrupt and heavily mortgaged. ‘Today he is the possessor of a fine lot of pine. The manner in which he wade this accumulation of wealth ible sheet. | wa | Clair had been assaulted and robbed, | | over the ground and tound emphatic | | par with the rest. | to correct what it claims | pear before the will make very interesting reading. The gang does not desire these facts to appear, and in order to divert public attention to other subjects the cheap and silly falsehoods concerning Clair are sent out. But the dodge wont work. ‘The people’s eyes have been opened, and they are out tor a change both in the office of auditor and treasurer, The Magnet says that Clair was in- duced to withdraw from the contest for clerk of court in the interests of Wade Blaker, ‘The Magnet is a liar. Mr. Clair, who went into the conven- tion with a strong backing, withdrew in I. 2, Rassmussen’s behalf and the men who waited on him to bring about this result pledged Mr. Clair that he would receive their hearty and earnest support for the office of regis- ter of deeds. These were the same men who desired to defeat Blaker in the convention. Nearly every lead- ing Republican in Grand Rapids went; back on Clair after his nomination. | They were the real traitors to the party, not Clair. However, he neith- er courted their support ror feared their enmitv. His personal strength greater than the combined op- position of the whole gang. ‘The story that Clair claimed to have been | robbed for the purpose of creating | sympathy, is well known to be a false | hood, ‘The tcident referred to oc- | cured one myht after Mr. Clair had} walked from Deer River to Grand | Rapids in company with Dick Knox | and before the former had reached his | hotel. Mr. Knox stopped at Co-| hasset and Clair came on alone. Ue} was picked up by ’Lige Price, John} Beckielt and Mat. Shoemacher. These | men never doubted the fact that nor did Sheriff Toole, | who looked} evidence that a robbery had been} committed. The records on file in the telegraph office. will refute the in sinuation that the report of his father’s | dangerous illness was trumped up for a purpose. The Marvin story ison a ‘The Magnet tri | was a typo-| graphical error,and says that the alleg-| ed agreement was signed Nov. 4, mstead of Nov, 24, 1896, as it first reported. ‘The §Mag- net evidently does not know that the election of 1896, was held on Nov- ember 3. What would be Mr. Ciair’s object in making such an agreement the day after elected. The reference | to Mr. Clair’s official acts is simply | a case of criminal libel, and the Mag- net knewitto be such when the article was published. Mre McDer- mitt sent to the register of deeds a check or draft for the amount of Ins taxes, but protested against the pay- ment of $35 reassessment that appear- ed up on the records against his pro- perty. He requested Mr. Clairto ap-! board in his behalf and present certain arguments in| favor of an abatement of that amount. The letter was written under date of September st, 1898. ‘The county board met on September 2—the day folfowing. Mr. Clair, a month later, and at the first opportunity did as he} had been requested, and appeared be-; fore the board in Mr. McDermitt’s behalf. In the meantime Tteasurer A.A. Kremer received a letter from McDermitt and called Mr. Clair’s at- tention to it. The latter immediately paid over the money to the treasurer and took a receipt for same. Kre- mer knew the facts in the case and it was evidently he who aided the Magnet in concocting the story for publication. Mr. Clair’s friends should remember this on election day. In conclusion we desire to repeat that-there was not one word of truth in the Magnet article from start to finish, and the effect of vici- ous an attack will be shown on elec- tion day, when A. B. Clair will be in- dorsed by a larger majority than any other candidate for office in Itasca county. A Card to Voters. To the voters and citizens county: It has come to my ears that a} story is being circulated which alleges that Land my wife had made some remarks derrogatory to the Catholic church and her members. I brand such statements as lies of whole cloth, During my eight years’ residence in Grand Rapids my wife and Ihave had none but the most pleasant relations with the good people of the town, and those with whom wehayve associated in the closer bonds of friendship are mem- bers of all creeds and denominations. Financially I have always aided all | denominations to the extent of my | ability when solicited. True it is} that I worship, God in a different creed than do the great majority, but, like them, I follow the dictation of my conscience. In this enlighten- ed world men are judged by their| worth and not by their religion, and I sincerely hope that you will find me worthy of your support on Nov. 8. Putt. CASELBERG, Democrat and People’s Candidate for Sheriff. of Itasca ‘ A Card. To our faiends and patrons: Drs. Ehle and Russell have return- ed from their post-graduate course in Chicago, and are again prepared to § i i i } ib anne eed ad serene 7 An Open Letter, To the voters of Itasca county: I want tosay a few words with reference to the legislative platform adopted at our recent convention. I want to say emphatically if elected, I will introduce legislation as will be in accordance with the sug- gestions therein contained. 1 under- stand that my opponent, in a speech recently made at Grand * Rapids, | stated that this platform was the most infamous pronouncement that has | been made by any political organiza- | tion, since. men have banded them- selyes together for the betterment of mankind, and that ifasked whether he would support any measures advo- cated by that platform, he would a wer “no.” 1 cannot ccnceive upon | what ground he should have made! such a charge, nor can I conceive | why he should be opposed to meas- | ures in the interests of the toilers of | this district. I suppose he regards | some of the suggestions made in that | platform as inimical to the welfare of| a few employers; but, my friends, he only is the wise legislator, who legis- lates in the interests of the many and | not of the few. I do not inténd to discuss the platform in detail, but only parts of it lumbermen in this plank in that tacks with the greatest vigor, is, I am told, the labor plank. ‘That plank has reference mainly to the It is hardly nec- such those that concern our | district. The one platform which he at- “ume check imposition.” cessary for me to say, that conven- tion resolutions are only suggestions SS! to law makers,—they co not embody the laws that are to: bring about the desired result. There can be no question in the of any honest man, that when a man has worked for mind one day or one month, or six months, his pay in lawful money of the United States. No man has the right to hire another to labor for him, unless he intends and sees his way clear to pay that m1 according to the contract. he is entitled to We do not propose any very radical measures to bring this about, and we that might be decided in a court as unconstitutional. There certainly is, as Iam told my opponent asserted, a provision in state of Minnesota, against imprison- ment for debt, but my friends there is no provision in the constitution of this state that permits a man to perpetrate anything in the nature ofa fraud. Our labor laws should be so amended, that unless an entered into between employer and express contract was 'employe as contemplated in chapter 76 of laws of 1897, the refus:! to pay for labor in money when perormed should be considered a frauwiulen, transaction. I know ail about tie workings of the time check system, and do not hesitate to say that it is a fraud upon our workers. It is pure- the money shark to reap a usurious harvest out of the toiler. I would abolish the 30 days waite after the de- mand for payment 1s made. so amend the law that an attorney fee, of $10 or $15 should be taxed in the costs, if the laborer has to go into the courts to collect his claim and also his wages and board for the time the case is pending.. I woud make it unlaw- ful to try a labor claim in any court outside of the county in which the labor is performed without the con- sent of the laborer, and in addition the employe should be given the right to immediately attach and lien all property upon. which he has per- formed labor, if he is compelled to go into the courts to collect his pay. Another amendment. of the labor law should protect the employe from being compelled, without entering in- to any contract to sustain or support iby forced assessment any public or; private institutions. in which his em- ployer is interested. I know that a man’s time is, money to him, and I believe that when the money is earned he should receive it, an] when ne has received it he” has the right to use it in the manner that seems best and most profitable to bim. and standing upon it, I appeal to the voters of this county tostand by me on the 8th day of November next. W. H. Skemp, | Candidate for State Senator upon the Democratic ticket. Cok rado is a Spanish word, applied devote their full attention, as in the past, to hospital and general practice, « Drs. Eure & Russet. 4 to the Rocky Mountains on account of its many colored peaks. wee certainly do not propose any measure| the constitution of the} , ly and simply a system which enables | I would | 3" This ina_ nutshell is my platform, ‘It Costs No More to become the possessot of a high-grade, reliable than it does one of those ill fitting and cheaply made garments with which the country is flooded. from $4.00 up to $50:00 Look| Label inside the for | Re collar—it’s a guar- the J antee of correct style, perfect fit and superior finish —an assurance that you're buying the best that’s made—a Cloale that graces and beautifies the figure as no other garment can. Our reputation for handling the best of everything is emphatically expressed in our Cloak Department, ~ BEGRPELT SM ATEER GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. | Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of 2n execution issued out of and | undr the seal of the distrig¢¢ court in and for | the county of Itasca und state of Minnesota, upon a judgment rendered and do ed in the Nsnth day ‘aconer & fof te said | jd df nduts tor the sum . hundic. seveny-seven and | 38-100 dollars, w hich execution Was directed and delivered to me as sheriil in and for the gaid county of Ltase’ ve this 2ith day of D. 18% “d upon all the st of the said defen- ner and John Welsh, co- < Welsh, in and to the eal proper rth-east quarter (nes) of the south yof townshiped3, range 27 favo ar follow The west qharter (s otice is hereby given. that I, the under- dy iit id, will sell the ‘ty tothe highest at the abo <i real pro pe bidder, for cash. at public aueti front. door of the court house Rapids. in the county of Itasea and s Minuesota, on Monday. the 2ist day of N A. D. 1393, ub 10 o'clock a, m. of th to Sutisty the said execution, to- get th interest and costs thereon. Daca, Sept. 27, A.D. 1898. L. ‘LOOLE. Sheriff of Ita: Couuty, Minn.. Per J. E. Johnson, Deputy. Notice for Publication. (Timber Land Act Unitec Duluth. Mi Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of e 3. 1878. entitled “An act for the sale of gon, Nevada and shington Territory,” as extended to all the public land states by act of Aug 4, 1892, Thomas Lurley of Grand Rapid: aunty of Itasca. state of Minnesota, filed in this office his sworn state- for the pure of the e% of No. 8 and n‘s of sw of s jon No. 63 north, range No. 25 nd will offer proof to show ought is more valuable for its or stone than for agricultural pur- plish his claim to said land the Registe $ at Duluth, Mi y of November, Denni: timbe ewman of Grand Rapids, ry of Grand Rapids, Minn., m Haley of Grand Rapids, 'Minn.. Henry Me er of Minneapolis. Minn. Any and all_ persons claiming adversely the above-descrived Innds are requested t ir cliims in this office on or before said 23rd day of November. 1898. __ Wa, E. CULEIN, Register. Public Land Sale. United States Land Office, St. Cloud, Minn. Notice is hereby given that-in pur- suance of instructions from the Com- missioner of the General Land Office under authority vested in him by section 2455, U.S. Rev. Stat.. as am- ended by theact ofCongress approved February 26, 1895, we will proceed to offer at public sale on the 18h day of November 1898, at 9 o'clock a.m, at this office, the foliowing tract of !and, to-wit: southeast quarter northwest. quarter, sec. 2. township 54 north range 27 west Minn. Any and all persons Claiming adversely the above | described lands aread vised to tile their claimsin this office on or before the day above designated for the commeu- cement of said sale, otherwise their rights will be forfeited. THEO. BRUENER, Register. St. Cloud, Minn.. Oct. 5, 1898. 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