Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 11, 1900, Page 4

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AUSTED KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Pubiishers. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Six Months. $1 00| Three Months.......50¢ Entered in the Postoflice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County, Viilages te Grand Repids and Deer River aud Town of Grand Rapide. Sete gee gate ate ales sah Rea Re RISING EE Sea ae Ee ae DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Eor President— WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. For Vice President— ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. | THE CASE OF MW CLENAHAN, The electors of the Fifteenth judi- cial district will be called upon this fall to say who they want for judge of the district court. It now looks as though it must be Judge Holland, the present incumbent, or W. S. McClana- han, both residents of Brainerd. This matter should be carefully shades, pring and Summer uiting’s Suiting Are now in and ready for inspection. The samples we are showing this year are the latest manufactures of America and Europe and there are thousands of them to select from in’ all We have many kinds of goods but only only one kind. of workmauship—the best. Every garment that leaves our shop is absolutely guaranteed as to fit, style and workmanship. Call and see us before ordering. styles, patterns, prices and weights. PEOPKE & talked over and considered by the electors of the district before they cast their ballots. ‘The persons who have im court are more interested to get a square deal and justice than to learn what political party the judge affiliates with. Mr. McClenahan was in the Rapids about November last, and told parties ere that he was then a Democrat and had always be-n one. He was then soliciting help from Democrats, and many of them here expected to heip him in the coming election { On the 21st of February, 1900, the St Pau! Dispatch had the fvilowing: Flies the Coop. W. S. MecClenahan of Brainerd, parts company with Democracy— gives his reasons. * * * m all reports, Democracy’s futile effort to formulate its anti-expansion tendencies as an issue will cost it considerable strength in the Sixth district. The ideas of thesRepublican party today accord more nearly with my own than they did even in 1896, the year in which the finalcial plank of the Chicago platform drove myself and other Democrats from the sup- port of the ticket.” Mr. McClenahan does not doubt that there will bea strong anti- trust plank in the Republican platform, as well as a satisfactory declaration on sound money. On the 28th of February, 1g00, the Brainerd Arena had this to say: He Departs in Peace. W. 8, McClenahan cases FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Special Attention Given to Transrent Trade. Hotel Gladstone WILDER & HICKEY, Props. Sample Room and Livery in Connection. Hleadquarters for Lumbermen. formally announces his political intentions, * * * On his return to the city an Arena representative asked Mr. McClenahan if he was correctly reported. He udmitted he was. Asked if it was to be taken that here- after he was to be cl: licans, he said: “As the principles I advo- cate are only to be found in the Republican party, that is a reasonable conclusion.” Con- tiduing, he took this shot at.his former asso- ciates: “It is astonishing how many people there are in this district, and I have bven all over it in the past few months, who have no tse for Bryan, Altgeld, ‘Tiliman and such cattle as that.” Mr. McClenahan went on to say that he would be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the judgship this fall. ’ Mr. McClenahan was in Grand Rapids at the gun club tournament which was held in May of this year, and then told several parties here that he wasa Republican and. had voted the Republican ticket for several years past. The people here now ask: What party does Little Mac belong to and how long will he stay there? “BOOTH’S CIGARS of the finest selected stock by experienced workmen in Mr. Booth’s own shops here, and under his personal supervision. ‘This insures the utmost cleanliness and care in manufacture. For sale everywhere, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. - Minnesota. Call for them. 99 Have achieved an excellent reputation all over Northern They are made ; l l i After Little Mac flopped on the 21st of Februvry last, some of his personal fmends «were heard to say that if a Republican attorney of the district should beat Little Mac out of the nomination, he would later ‘be nom- ted just the same and be elected. Whether he intended to flop back to the Democrats or go over to the Populists or get his nomination other- wise we are unable to say. It does seem queer that a Democrat could turn his coat less than three months before the Republican district conven. tion was held and get the Republigan nomination for judge when men who have been Republicans and practiced law in the district from twenty to forty years desired the nomination. The Brainerd Dispatch of June ist, ,t900, says: “Mr. McClenahan will not be elected because he is the Republican nominee, but because he is the most competent attorney in the | district for that position.” Such ego- tism is unparalleled except in the sified With the Repub-' speech of Little Mac when de accept- ed the Republican nomination at Aitkin in May last. He then boasted of his superiority over other attorneys of the district ‘and solicited compari- son. Let us make a few comparisons and first commence at Brainerd where little Mac has practiced law for nearly twenty years: Mr: Alderman, Mr, Fleming and Mr, Mantor have been judges of the municipal court there, and anyone in that city will tell you that each or any of them are superior to Little Mac for judge of the district court, as the rules of practice are the same in that court as in the district court. W. A. Fleming is a lawyer of Brainerd, who has been judge of the municipal court of that city, county attorney of Crow Wing county and a member of the legisla- ture, All of these positions he has filled with ability, skill and honesty, and cared for the wellfare of the peo- ple who elected him. He would have taken the nomination for judge by the Republicans if he had been asked to, but would not solicit it, Still the Brainerd Dispatch says Little Mac is the best qualified attorney in the dis- tnct.. Little Mac is as much inferior to either of the gentlemen mentioned for judge as his little body is inferior and lighter than that of either of those men. There is no lawyer in Grand Rapids but what could perform the duties of the office of judge of the dis- trict court just as well as Little Mac, and some of them many times better. There are Republican lawyers in Cass Lake, Bemidji, Walker and Park Rap- ids who are equal or superior to Little Mack as trial lawyers. Asa lawyer compare McClenahan with Senator McCarthy and you see a dwarf by the side of a giant, and as a trial lawyer Senator McCarthy towers above Little Mac as does the tall pine above the shrubbery about it. It is a general rule that half-grown men and women are the most ego- tustical persons in Little Mac said in nis acceptance speech at the Republican ‘convention at Aitkin that he solicited comparison of the abilities of any lawyer in the district with hirn. It would be hard to find any lawyer except McClena- han in the Fifteenth district so dwarf- ed in body and mind as to publicly boast that he was smarter and knew more than any other lawyer in the district. Still, that is what Little Mac said in his acceptance speech at the Republican judicial convention at Aitkin. Some of Mac’s friends say that he needs this office more than Judge Holland does. There are a dozen other Republican attorneys in the district who need the office more than Little Mac and who are quali- fied to perform the duties of the office just as well. Others say Judge Hol- land has held the office long enough. Ellectors are selfish mortals and do not consider the wants of the candi- date for judge in preference to their own desires, They say to themselves: “Imay be before the court as 4 litigant. Who would I rather have act as judge? From twelve years ex- perience with the present incumbent I know that he will see that I get a square deal. I think we had better let well enough alone and continue Judge Holland in office.” Little Mac says he did not flop for the office. But one thing is sure, he flopped on the 21st day of February, 1900, and the Republican convention that nominated him was held on the 14th day of May, 1g00, at Aitkin— less than three months after he flopped—and_ less than oneweek after he flopped he told the Brainerd Arena |reporter that he would try to get the Republicen nomination. If.a man runs into a cellar when he sees a cy- clone coming or climbs a tree when amad dog is approaching and says he did not run from a cyclone or the mad dog because he had any fear of them but stmply for the exercise, you would think he was joking. When Little Mac says he did not flop to get the Republican nominatiou for judge he prevaricates. the community. Many in the district know that Mc- Clenahan has been working for the judgship for several years, For some time before he flopped his friends said he would get the Republican nomination and :emain a Democrat because the Republicans did not have suitable,timber in its ranks in the dis- trict for judge. He was told by the Republicans that the only sure way to get the Republican nomination was to get on their side of the politi- cal fence, He flopped to get the Re- publican nomination and for no other purpose. te figured that if he got the Republican nomination with its two thousand majority in the district the current would carry him through. He flopped to get the office and everybody in the district knows he did that know anything about the facts. Ifthe Democrats had had a majority of two thousand in the dis- trict the same as the Republicans have, would Little Mac’s conscience have troubled him then about Demo- cratic theories? Little Mac came west from Balti- more wheré he had been raised a southern Democrat and up to the 21st of February last, at which time he flopped, boasted of his unadulterated Democracy. When interviewed by a reporter of the Brainerd Arena. less than a week after he flopped he said, “It 1s astomshing how many people there are in this distnct, and I have been all over it in the past few months, who have no use for Bryan, Altgeld, Tillman and such cattle as that,” and went on and stated that he would be a candidate for the Repub- lican nomination for the judgship this summer. He had then worked and voted with the Democrats for more than twenty-five years and then flopped and called them cattle, Many say that if Little Mac would flop to get the office he could not be trusted if elected He will not get more than one vote in three in this county, Our reporter is informed by citizens of Brainerd that not very far back Little Mac was elected chairman of a Democratic caucus there, and in his speech of acceptance said he was a pure, unadulterated Democrat, and that it was hereditary with him as his mother was a Democrat and Demo- cracy was instilled into him through her breast. He said: “I now ama Democrat, always have been and al- ways will be—I will never change.” McClenahan said when here last November that he was then a Democrat and always had been a Democrat. Now he tells people wherever he goes that he has been a Republican many years. Which story are we to believe? One ‘or the other must be untrue. The fact of the matter is that Mc- Clenahan is purely and simply a flopper; he flopped to get the Repub- hican judicial nomination, and would not have flopped had. their been a Democratic majority in the district. He flopped on the aust of February last, and less than a week after told the Brainerd Arena reporter that he would be a candidate for the Republi- can nomination for judge. He ftopped to get the nomination and for no other purpose. He boasts of his qualifications, when as a matter ot fact there are few attorneys in the district but what can try a case better than he can, and none but what would make fully as able a judge. Little Mac’s principal ability hes in boasting of his qualifications and trying to be- little other attorneys. The people invariably take the correct measure of ‘chaps of his calibre, and he will find on electicn’ day that they have made no deviation from the rule for his benefit. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION AND PRIMARIES. : A Democratic delegate convention for the county of Itasca, State of Minnesota, will be held on Thursday, August 30th, 1900, at 3 o'clock inthe afternoon of said day atthe court house in the village of Grand Rapids, in said county, for the purpose of selecting 8 delegates to the Democratic state conven- tion to be held in the city of St. Paul on Thursday, Sept, 6th, A. D. 1900, for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the several states offices to be balloted for at the general election in the state of Minnesota on November 6th, A. D. 1900. Also for the purpose of selecting five ¢ele- gates to the Sixth District Democratic con- gressional conyention to be held at the city of Aitkin on the 5th day of Sept., 1900, for the pnrpose of placing in domination a candi- for the office of congress for said district, to be balloted for onthe 6th day of November, 1900. The basis of representation shall be one delegate for every 10 votes or major frac- tion thereof, cast for Honorable John Lind for Governor in November, 1898, and also. one delegate at large for every voting precinct. # In accordance with the above apportion- ment the several precincts will be entitled to the following number of delegates: Bass Brook. Tron Range... Koochiching. Kehl and De: 2 a Deer River Decker... 2 Grand Rapids No. 111 Grand Rapids No. 27 Grand Rapids No. 3 6 Hanson Brook. The primaries forthe election of delegates shall be held in the usual votin; pisges in the several precincts on Monday the. day of Aug. A. D, 1900, from 4 to5 o'clock, p.m, By order of Democratic County Committee. J. R. Donanus, T. J, Ausrep, Chairman. PROCEEDINGS: County Commissioners of Itasca County, Minn. Auditor's Office, [tasea County, Minn.. July 3u, 1900 July 20th, 1900. Pursuant to adjournment the board met at the ‘Auditor's office 10 o’clock a. m. Roll Call—Full board present. John Berg made application fora refund of 919.74 which he had paid on eu erroneous as- sessment of personal property for the year 1899. After a careful consideration of the as~ sessment. so made, the application was al- lowed and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. C. B. Watrous made application for the re- duction of his assessed valuation on personal property for the year 1899 from $1650 to $705, and that the taxes on the sams be correspond- ingly abated. After a careful consideration of the same the application was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his ap- proval. The application of Henry Johnson for a re- fund of taxes paid by error on lands in town- ship 152, range 29 for the years 1898 and 189 was received and upon motion duly made and carried was approved and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. Thomas McGuire made application for a re- fundment of $16.76, which amount had throug error been paid twice upon lands in sec 30, township 53, range £3 for taxes of the year 1898. Itappearing to*the satisfaction of the board that the taxes had twice been paid: on motion duly made and carried the appli- cation fora refundment was allowed and re commended to the state auditor for bis ap- proval. Henry Doan made application for a refund- ment of $10.49. the amount of taxes paid by him on lots 13 and 14, block 10, Syndicate Divi- sion, which taxes had previously been paid by other parties. The refund was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his ap- preval, JOH. Grabér made application for a refuad of814.2i, which amount had been pat by er- ror after same had been abated. Gn Motion duly made and carried the refund was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. ation of N. Washburn for a re- ame being delinquent road tax The apy fund of $4 | paid by him, which amount had been pre- viously paid by road work but through an er- ror returned by the town clerk as unpaid The application being accompanied by a cer tificate from the town clerk certifying that the said tax had previously been paid, the re- fund was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. H. D. Powers’ made application for a re- fundment of $110.88 being the umount of taxes paid by him through error for the years Iss. 1897 and 1898 on block 60 of Original plat. Mr. Powers explaining the application sa torily it was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. J. H. Gruber made application for the cor- rection of assessment and abatement of t valuation be reduced from $330 to $30, a: taxes correspondingly abated. It appearing to the satisfaction of the board that an error had been made in the assessment of said lots wherein said lots had been assess*d $3 for improvements when there was no such im- provement on said lots, the abatement was allowed and recommended to the state auditor for his approval. J. H. Gruber made application for the cor- rection of assessment and abatement of taxes upon lands in town 56, range 23, 57-23 and 56 24, owned by the Nibewa Iron company, and the Winona Iron company, for the 1599 assessment in which he requested that the valuation be reduced from $6030, to $920. After carefully considering the application, upon motion duly made and carried the assessment was reduced to the amount of the assessment made for the year 1900 on the said lands as equalized by the county board, and recommended to tho state auditor for his approval. J.H. Gruber made application for the cor- rection of assessment and abatement of taxes upon lands in 56-23, owned by the Stone Land company, for the 1899 assessment, in which he asked that the valuation on said lands be re- duced from $1538 to 172, and that the taxes be correspom ingly abated. Upon motion duly made and carried the arsessment was reduced to the amount of the assessment made for the ygar 1800 on the said lands as equalized by the county board and recommended to the state aaditor for his approval. I. D. Rassmussen made application for the correction of assessment and abatement of taxes upon the ne of the se\ section 16, township 55, range 25, for the years 18% to 1899 inclusive. Upon motion duly carried the abatement was-allowed and recom- monded to the state auditor for his approval. A. F. Brooks made application for the cor- rection of assessment and abatement of taxes for the years 1898 and 1899 upon lands in section 20, township 54, range 24. in gwhich he asked that the taxes be abated from? $54.20 to $24. On motion duly made and car- ried the application. was allowed and re- ednfmended to the state auditor for his ap- proval. Archie Fraser made application for cor- rection of assessment and abatement of taxes upon the west 2}feet of the east 40 feet of Block 40, origina} plat of Grand Rapids, for the years 1896 to 1899 inclusive, upon the grounds that the said lands had been as- sessed for improvements that had never been upon the land. A, Anderson made application for cor- rection of assessment and abatement of taxes upon the nw of section 14, township 54, range 24, for the yeur 1899, in which he asked that the assessment be reduced from 2600 to $250. Matt Matson made application for the _ correction of assessment und abatement of taxes for the year 1899 upon lands in town- half and the taxes: ship 55, range 24, upon the grounds that the same were assessed higher than adjoining property. 2 J.G. McDonald made applicution for the correction of assessment and abatement of asked that the assessment be redu to D taxes upon Lot 4, section 2, township7i, ad f j 1 } } } i ft } ‘