Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 25, 1906, Page 4

aa en Brand Rapids Peras"Review Published Every Saturday. TWO DULLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCH Entered in the Postoffice at Grand Rapid Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter, E. L. Minar of Duluth is going after.that congressional nomination in a manner that indi¢ates his inten- tion to defeat J. Adam Bede, BESS. THE opposition to Dan Gunn, Itasca county’s candidate for the state senate from this distriet, is of such small consequence that it.hardly attracts attention. It certainly has no influence with the voters as will be noticed at the primaries on Sept. 18th.—Border Budget. permease * THE GOOD ROADS movement is Dot being lost sight of in these days of Good roads adyocates.are as in their campaign of education. A meeting was held at International Falls this week which was addressed by State Engineer Cuoley. Pushing the educational propaganda from both ends of the county will bring results, politics. busy as ever ‘THE of Cole by the Republicans was a mighty good thing Northern Minnesota. It will force issues that otherwise would lave been ignored; it will be a cam- paign of education of the southern balf of the state as to the importance of the north balf, and it will result in much needed legislation that otherwise might bave been ignored for years to come. The Party Organ. nomination for (ONE of the late newspaper direct» ories gives an interesting insight into the changing conditions under which newspapers and partisanship are as- sociated. ~ There are fewer party organs 1n this country today than there ever “were before, and the change, which is still in progress, is all one way. No independent pewspapers are becomr ing partisan organs, while many here- tofore strictly party papers are be- coming independent. Even those that the party Jabel have largely ceased their old-time habit of unthinking allegiance, so the actual conditions are really much farther advanced than the figures show. With the old-time party orgar, there was but one side, either in the news columns or upon the editorial page. “Our peerless candidate” w:s always a man without a blemish, the soul of honor, the highest develop- ment of statesmanship, the greatest man that ever lived. “Our disreput- able opponent” was always the scum of the earth, without a touch ef honor or decency, who was simply seeking a job at the public expense that he might transfer to the people the re- sponsibility for his support. “Our party” was the source of all good, the author of good crops and good weather as well as of the na- tion's growth and prosperity. The other party was so consistently, the source of all evil and the refuge of the offscourings of bumunity. Every member of “our party” was an ideal citizen, and every member of the other party was an enemy of society. The strictly party organ was almost retain without influence, even in the ranks} of its own party. Everybody knew just what it was going to say every day. It would complacently accept the yellow dog candidate and praise him as fulsomely as it did the finest specimen of the real merit that ex- isted in all parties. It would swallow what originality it might have pro- fessed and stultify itself cheerfully if necessary, in order to enthusiastic- ally acclaim every plank in the plat- form and every candidate on the ticket as the very choicest product of politics. No wonder thie breed is dying out. lt finally became laughable, and sometimes pathetic. Its knell was sounded when it ceased to pay, when the public began to drop its patron- age of “organs,” whether they repre- sented a political machine or a cor- rupt special interest. While there are yet many papers calling themselyes Republican or Democratic, as the case may be, there used to be, and even these usually scold their own partics when they go wrong, and the parties are the better for it. The only newspapers of real influence teday are those that own no allegiance to any party, but kept their news columns free from bias and tell the truth in their edi- torial columns without adulterating it with partisanship.—Duluth Her- ald: ; a Cole’s Educational Work. Northern Minnesota people are in terested in the gubernatorial cam- paign—be they Democrats or Republi- cans—from a business standpoint. This will be a campaign of education, no matter waat the result on Novem- ber 6, The opinion has too leng pre- sailed in the southern half of the state that Northern Minnesota is a wilderness, covered with vast swamps, sand hi |s and some pine trees worih stealing. ‘The rights of this section have been, contemptiously ignored by the legislative majority from the south. This condition, however, can- not long continue to exist. This is by far the richest half of the state in natural The awakening to the true condition will come sure and swift. By opening his campaign in the southern part of the state Candidate Coie will do much in edu- cating the people uf that section to the importance of the north thalf of Minnesota. The News Tribune very aptly says: “A. L. Cole will try to educate Southern Minnesota up to the idea that improvement of state lands in the northern part of the Tesources. state means their purchase by settlers and their conversion taxable property to relieve the people in dis= tricts more thickly settled from the burden of paying more than their share of taxation. It is to Southern Minnesvta’s immediate interest to get the state lands in Northern Minnesota into the hands of set- tlers.” into Passard Wants Sympathy. In iis campaign for votes in the Fourth commissioner ‘district. Candi date Passard is seeking sympathy by asking for vindicatian of hi, character as a citizen against alleged charges made by the Herald-Review that he is not an honest man. Mr. Passard may save his crocodile tears on that play. It will not work, now that he does not want the office ; and would rather not serve any longer as a county commissioner, but that the Herald-Review said he was dis- honest and that almost broke his heart. He couldn’t sleep for thinking about it. Now he has determined to make the fight just to prove that he is not dishonest. Mr, Pussard must have figured that very few people in the ¥ourth district read the Herald- Review, else he would not be about telling that foolish story. The Her- ald-Review did not say that Passard He says! is_dishonest or corruyt. It simply said that he 1s utterly incompetent for the position and shoud be retired. Mr. Passard stated to the Herald-Re- view that he would again be a can- didate because it was much easier to go over to the court house and sit around all day for three dollars than to dig ditches for it. Three dollars per day is not the fixed compensation for commissioners under the new code, but that’s the way Mr. Passard put it {in his conversation with the Herald- Review. Heretofore Passard has been elected to office by default. It 1s time that the taxpayers should take a hand in the matter and elect some man who is capable of understanding the business that 1s to be transacted, © Road Approved by Board. Two miles and eight hundred feet of road on the north side of Prairie tiver bridge as constructed by M. Callaban, has been examined and. ace cetped by the board of county com- missioners. The committee drove over the road last Friday and found the work to be in keeping with the specifications. It is all completed ex- cept in one or two places where the material was not yet at hand when the committee viewed the work. ac cording to the report a first-class job has been done and no criticisms were offered. The contract price \ was 83.207. The board held a meeting last Friday and officially accepted the road, with the two pany exemptions. mentioned. Democratic Candidate tor Re Election to the Office of County Auditor Matt Spang, the genial gentleman who has served two years as auditor of Itasca county, will be continued to serve the public in that capacity by unamimous‘consent, The printing of his picture and the comments here made are not necessary for campaign purposes. While Auditor Spang has not made use of the county press through which to solicit votes this fal) he nevnrtheless feels grateful tor the confidence that is thus reposed in him by the people whom he hasserved dur- ing the past two years. There may be some new settlers in the county who are not acquainted with our popular auditor and for that reason the Herald-Review presents his inalf- tone features to the public in this issue. The office of auditor is the most important of any in the county, inasmuch as it 1s the counting room and clearance house of the entire public business. ‘fo properly look alter the multiplicity of pubhe affairs that must pass through the auditor’s hands requires the services of a man of good ability and good judgment. M. A. Spang fills the bill admirably and that he will have no opposition is not to be wondered at. E. J. WGOWAN Candidate For Register of Deeds. Republican After serving the people of Itasca county as register of deeds for a period of two years E. J. McGowan finds lumself up against no opposition at all. This is pretty good evidence that the taxpayers are satisfied with his services to an extent that even relieves the situation of partisan opposition. This bespeaks his worth as a public servant and popularity as a citizen. A second term of office is usually con- ceded to one who‘has given reason- ably good satisfaction, but even then some are wont to clamor for a change on general principles or for party ex- pediency. But even that class of op- Position has not developed in his case The register of deeds. is a fee office, those having business to do therein paying a fee fixed by law. It pays more or less according the activity of real estate transfers made in the county. The duties are cutirely clerical, but yet very exacting and im- portant. All deeds, mortgages, etc., are there made of record and errors in recording cr neglect mht result in serious entanglements. _It 1s therefor necessary that the register of deeds should be competent, painstaking.and exacting in his methods. Mr. Mc- Gowan has demonstrated his eminent fitness and hence the people are satis- fied with him. J. E. Johnston, the Bena hardware merchant, was in town yesterday. Jake is happy over the final outcome of the Bena townsite company. He and his associates have won. confident that Bena will soon be a a prominent and - Prosperous business. aie s ‘ 2 FOSS O SSCS SOSS OS SSS SSS OOOS SOS OG OSES IOSGOOS “He is} Republican Candidate tor the Office of County Attorney. DeLaittre Withdraws. C. P. DeLaittre of Aitkin has with- drawn from the legislative contest. This s the fleld open to Col. Geo. W. Knox, so tar as Aitkin county is concerned in the fight. Vhe tollcw- ing letter is self-explanatory: Ellsworth, Maine, Aug. 16, 1906. D. M. Gunn, Grand Rapids, Minn. My DEAR Sir: On account of certain matters of a busivess nature that have developed that will require my undivided at- tention during the coming winter it will be impossible fur me to be a can- didate for the legislature from our district. Wishing you suecess, I am Yours truly, C. P., DELAITTRE. Peach Sundae at Miller’s ice cream parlors. ‘I'ry it with your next order. Hon. Fillings up to Date. On Wednesday of next the books wil be closed by Auditor Spang and thereafter there will be no more filings for offices on any party ticket. The fo ‘owing firings have been made up to the hour of going to press: | For‘uditor on Dempcratic 1c) — M.A Spang. sherffon the Dom ¢ Wiliam? Hoolihi; 1 ticket--john G Fiaser, Qe Wi For attorney on the Re, uch tic’ t—Alind L Thwing For treasurer on Republic n tc {Arthur Kremer, | For register o! deeds on Repu ticket—Edward |; McGow For jodge of wroh eo tickei\—H. Hus ny bh A For coroner on Re pubhean ucke —Dr. Thomas Russell. —Joseph Nolan, John A. Brown. For commissioner in the Fourth district on Democratic ticket—George L. Dewey; Republican ticket—James Passard. County Commissioner Frank 5S. Lang of Internauonal Falis will file jor re-election in the Second district. C, M. King of Effie is in town to day and it is probable he vill file as a Democratic candidate for the office of For surveyor on Republican ticket} county attorney, Dunng the past few days there has tent near the Myers’s livery barn, bright, with a breast hke a turkey, the arms and limbs of a woman and wears a ladies’ size, No. 13, shoe, He pos- sesses the ordinary knees, has a doubt- pomted sharply projecting bone be- tween knee and foot, He is able to twist his limbs into almost ‘any con- ceivable position. What is far more interesting is that he is a well read, intelligent man; interesting to meet end converse with, as he is exceptionally bright.” < inom inee will be elected, unless an been a freak of nature showing in a! This 1s a man, mentally sound, very ' JOSEPH NOLAN Republican Candidate For County Surveyor. Joseph Nolan has filed as a candi- date for the office of county surveyor and on September 18 wil! ask bis friends to vote for his nomination. As there is no Democratic candidate the nominee will be ether Mr. Nolan or John A. Brown. The Republican in- dependent should break into the game. Mr. Nolan has. been a resi- dent of this county for the past thirteen years, and during all that time he has been engaged as a timber cruiser, es- jtimator and surveyor, He 1s well known throughout the county and will make a thorough campaign, If elected he says he will give his per- \ sonal attention to the duties of the ‘office and at all times be ready to \serve the public, ro tHE [Linnmesota State Fair VIA THE Great Northern Railway “The Comfortable Way” FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO 8T. PAUL OR MINNEAPOLIS $0.75 FOR Tickets on sale Sept. 1 to 8, final return limit, to Sept. 10 For Further Particulars Inquire of C. 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