Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 30, 1912, Page 1

Vor, XXIII. —No 18 Granp Rapids, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912 evicw. ' MINNESOTA SOCIETY, Two Dollars a Year Don’t Neglect to Vote for the Dunn One-Mill Road Tax Amendment ITASCA CANDIDATES JURY IN LEFEVRE FINISH CAMPAIGN GAGE DISAGREES Office-Seekers Conclude Pre-Elec- Four Days Hearing of Libel Suit tion Work and Await the in Justice Court Ends in Decision of Voters. Disagreement. CASE ON AGAIN FOR HEARING rt RE-ELECTION OF MANY IS PROBABLE Indications Point to Return to Of- Evidence Shows Malicious Attack | fice of Big Majority of County With No Foundation in Truth | KILEY SUPPORTED BY | PRESS OF DISTRICT DEMOCRATS HERE MONDAY NOON VOTE FOR RAILROAD TAX AMENDMENT | Sabo RSG Editors Emphatic in Declaration That His Election Will Mean Gain for Entire State Ticket on Speaking Commissioners Investigation Show Northern ivinnesota--issues Which He Advocates and Will Work for if Elected. tion which will furnish a living and meet the payments. | I believe that the state should re- el | sition of all Jands that it owns before} jthe same are put on the market and |that the cost of such work should be jadded to the price of the land and sold on easy terms. This work | should be done on the community ' : Officials---Several Close But Jury Fails to | Contests On. Convict. | | 1 \ Its practically all over now, Speechca The case of Supt. E. A, Freeman| personal argument and literature hava @gainst J. LeFevre, of the Grand Rap- | -— done their best—or worst—and it|ids Examiner ended last Friday] } ; only remains for the voter to record ¢venir era four days session, the| } his opinion next Tuesday on the pr z to agree. | \ dential, state and county aspir oman swore out a warr | for off LeFevre with criminal libel, | ‘ On the presidential iss attac de im the E , like a Wilson victory in I s ago, which chg ’ “GY Taét running second and Roosevelt Mr. Freeman with bei ’ third, Goverbor Eberhart will carry | Claimed that the E “had the} | i the county 6n the Republican tick- | $00ds on him.” came on ‘aot } i et, although the Democratic nominee, | Judge Kearney’s cou tuesday, Oc-j} | : P. H. Ris , piled up a lot of | tober 2, the hearing taking four days,| | | votes for himself in his ont trip | inw hich time about 20 witnesses were through the northern part of the examined. ) state. The mest minute investigation « According to the press reports | inquiry failed to elict any evidence | throughout the legislative district,| of wrong doing on Mr. Freeman's; | E. C. Kiley will carry the district | part. The evidence clearly establish- t in a walkaway. Opinions are divid- | ed the fact that money paid out by ed on Warner and McGarry, all of | Mr. Freeman, and for which he was | | which is not injuring the candidacy | relmbusmed by the board, was for ex- of the Grand Rapids man- | Penses which the board had author-! In the county offices, the big per | ized. | ps cent of the present officials will be| Leading educators all over this} / 4 reelected. R. A. McOuat, county attor~ | section testified to the custom pre-| ney will have a good majority oven | vajent in all school districts of pay-| his Republican opponent Tom Ward;| ing for incidental expenses for the : and the same is true of Sheriff T. | classes such as had been done in. the | | T. Riley, who is on the Republican') several instances cited at the court ' i ¢ ticket for re-election, with George) hearing. | { Riddell, Democrat, opposing hisses He | ‘his: deiecieus. iiakie eau aiianke: ool) } M. A Spang will arohaliy: Wee} thes custom of the board of sanding} } the biggest vote of any Ttasca COME | ee Pecan bo 'Giliercet silanes. tm | { ty ofielal;: hie works: for: the<inteness | the state to secure teachers, ¢claim-| saa Ceee: — te were rea | ing it was a needless expense to the | Sagi ee SaaS Hee ee | district. In the evidence brought | fice of county auditor being matters | 9). fie cust” Gabel oar seetiedol eae of general knowledge. Mr. Spang has | fig obpenenk C.J. lresiit-of Bov | emt. it was shown that when this) is! as his o} . J. Fra’ yo not done, half the traveling expenses! ey who is on the Republican ticket. | ee ° of teachers who appear personally} A good deal of imterest centers | tl ya] SI vay’ id se igs a Kor. clbek ook ete before the board is always paid and} office. I. D. Rassmussen is a can- didate for re-election, on the Republi- One has been found cheaper and moig¥ efective. King, Democrat, Both men are thor- | _!t was also clearly: proven that Mr. oughly qualified for the office, both are old residents of the county and both have a big circle of friends who have taken their coats off to do 1 strenuous work for their candidates. The result has been a pretty fight the standard of efficiency so that the district has drawn over $3,000 more j state aid yearly than under the form- er system. | the system in vogue in district No. | can ticket. Opposing him is Fred A. lern Minnesota are disfranchised. It Freeman's supervision of school mat- | ters in district No. One has raised| | plan. | that is, land should be ope! jed first in the most accesssible te | ritory where the faciliti | kets are best and then gradually ex- | | tended. | | I believe that the Northern Minne-| a’ Development association in tforms represents us of the thought of those men | Northern Minnesota for mai the conc who the | ;most unselfish and sincere interest | have in its prospe y and progress andj} myself to use all honorable means to} for that reason I unhesitatinely pledge \ myself to use all honorable mans to} ther such legislation as they ave adivocated. < I favor granting to evé@py purchaser | |of state and other lané#’ one-half min| ‘eral right, under certain conditions. |if mineral rights are to be reserved | in the sale of lands, the reservation | should be taxed. EDWARD C. KILEY Candidate for Representative, Fifty- | second Legislative District. What He Advocates. Edward C, Kiley has been a resi- dent of t district for twenty years. He resides at Grand Rapids, where | he publishes the Herald-Review, one ; of the most influential newspapers} Press Comment. in nort Minnesota. TRUS areas : see coH a as_one of the| "Vill Accomplish Much for District. most progressive men in the state. Iiasca County Independent, Grand He has been among the leaders in| Rapids: The legislative campaign in’ advocating and assisting every meas- | this district presents a peculiar situa- ure and move that is calculated to|tion- In former years to receive the | advance the material and moral wel-|republi¢an nomination for the legisla- fare of this section of the state. ture in this district was to be practic He has made a careful study of tha Aly assured of election, This year great interests of the vast section| however, there is a democrat in the within the confines of the Fifty-sec-| field in the person of E. C. Kiley, of ond district. : | this city, who has the other candi- | Some of the things he will en-|4ates guessing. From other counties into state laws!Comes the word that friends of the two republican candidates are advis- ing their friends to vote for only I recognize that a just reappor- |02¢ candidate and thereby concen- tionment of legislative districts of| ‘tte all their strength on their favor | the state is first necessary. At the| ite candidate. i Mr. Kiley is making a great cam- esent the peopl North- + pre ime ople of } a ; PaaS ‘< eae the political game, his campaign is attracting some attention and mak- ing some very considerable headway toward membership in the 1913 ses- sion of the legislature. Wherever Mr. Kiley is known, and even among his enemies, he is con- deavor to crystalize are briefly stated in his platform as follows: is a clear case of taxation without representation. In a majority of the legislative districts of the state there is a population of from 12,000 to’ 15,000 people. This district has more j than 60,000 people. The average legis which will not end till the votes are/ The case went to the jury at 5:00 ty treasurer, Opposing Glen Strader, | ing LeFevre and mine for acquit- the Republican. nominee ,for re-elec- ; tal. The case has stirred public senti tion is John BE. McMahon, who is can; | ment to the depth, as it is one ofl didate on the Democratic ticket. Mr; the most flagrant miscarriages of Strader has served the county dur- | justice ever perpetrated here under 4 img the past term and would like | the guise of jury trial. A new action to be returned for two more years.|in the case was set for hearing Mr. McMahon has acted in various | Thursday, October 31, but has been. : official capacities for the village and | continued owing to the abserce from af county ,and was until the opening of | the city of C. C. McCarthy, who is | 5 counted. | ; } : Another fight along similar lines|memt being reported at 6:20, three| | is taking place for the office of coun-| of the jurymen s‘anding for senteac- lative district of Minnesota is made up of two small counties; this dis | o'clock Friday afternoon, a disagree ltrict includes five large ones—larger | than many of the states of the union. Justice to this section of the state cannot be had uitil equal representa- the state is granted. I pledge my best efforts to secure the rights that are provided for in the state consfjtu- tion—reapportionment on the basis of population. I favor and will work for a bill which will make it compulsory forthe state investment board to sell off the tion with that of the southern half of people of the district feel that he ceded to be an ablle man, at any rate, one who is able to get what he goes after where it is a case of political maneuvering. He is well up on state democracy, has a wide acquaintance among men of influence, and the will be in a position to accomplish much for the district. Especially is this true relative to reapportionment, and the district. comprising about a fifth of the state of Minnesota is in a mood for extreme ends to gaina fair and just reapportionment. Another element which will militate! Trip Through Northeastern Minnesota. --Will Close State Cam- paign in St. Louis County, Grand Rapids was host f me Monday to the majo} candidates on the stat ticket, vith stopped Democratic here for 20 minutes en route west on the Great’ in the Northern, Carl J gressma: party were: candidate for P. M. Rinedal, candidate for ¢ or Winn, Powers, « didate .for tenant-governor. Harvey W. secretary Henry F. WeSsell, state treasurer. William F. attommey general. of siate. Donohue, candidate for Julius J. Reiter, candidate for four- year term railroad and warehouse commissioner- John N. Gayner, candidate for six year term railroad and warehguse commissioner. = “The situation looks very satisfac- | tury to me” said Mr. \Ringdal, who spoke from the platform of the Great Northern train to a large gath- ering of. Grand Rapids citizens, ‘TI | have been in many campaigns since | I attained my majority but never im one where the odds favored the Democratic party as much as do this year. The people are not enthusiastic over anyone's candidacy, but are{ thinking deeply and are interested in wht the different caandidates have to say. The unrest that is prevalent in the country will be reflected in next week's vote.” Carl J. Buell, candidate for con- gressman-at-large, also spoke brief- ly, touching on the Wilson sentiment which has been making rapid gains all over the country in the past few weeks. “Thousands of Republican, votes will be cast this year for the Democratic nominee,” declared Mr. Buell,” and he will sweep the coun- try by an overwhelming majority. The Democratic candidates left at 1:20 for Cass Lake and Bemidji where they spoke Monday evening, returning to Duluth the following morning to conclude the campaign in St. Louis county, con- lieu- | Grimmer, candidate for candidate for | | That Railroad Taxes Are Too Low. jonomeh so make che term a oronesi-INGDAL AND BUELL MADE TALKS | QUESTION BEFORE VOTERS TUESDAY mand clear and break a fair propo | Ringdal Says Outlook Pleases Him Amendment Providing for an In- crease From Four to Five Per Cent Will be Found on the Ballot. In each of the two biennial r which have been. tax commission aitte to the fact that railro: this state taxed other property. The | in lieu of all other the state of the Under a w stitution th x not be dimi ed or incr d without the apr al of the voters of the Having become convinced that t tax was too low the its last session mitting the question of i tax from 4 per cent | the voters’ of the upon at the election next Tuesda ued by the is not railroa treasury ar n of our state | » per ¢ siate to be v | The tax commission believes thz | the railroads, like all other tax |ers, are entitled to fair treatment | —no more and no less, and that these taxes should not be increased unless the facts fully warrant it. In order therefore to make assurance doubly | sure the commission, with the abie assistance of Prof. V. Robinson of the department | the state universi pleted another inves whole matter and find that the proposed increase than justified) by the facts. Four per cent cf the jings of railrcads in | 1911 (the last year for which com- | plete reports are at hand) amounted ! to $3,670,760.25. The investigation by f economics of just com- arn- Minnesota im jthe tax commission shows t it ; all roads were assessed and taxed \the same as other property theY | would be required to pay $5,011.267-12: | or $1,340,506.87 more than 4 per cent | of their gross earnings. In order to | obtain this amount on the gross earn- | ings basis it would be necessary ta | raisq the rate from 4 to 5.46 per | cent. | The foregoing figures are based | upon the state’s valuation of the | railroad property with additions to | date, If the valuation allowed by the court in the rate cases, which was | considerably higher than the state's iSTORICAL | state treasury would be [Itasca County Branch of Northern |* | appraisal, should be accepted as cor- |mect, the tax assessed) against the DEVELOPMENT |roads on the same basis as other | Property would be $5,430,964.18; and MEETING FRIDAY «- rate of gross earnings neces~ | sary to bring that amount into the per nt. Minnesota Association Meets | i¢ the valuation which the com- Here. | panies have themselves placed upon at the polls. E. J. MeGowan, register of deeds, hag the Socialist candidate oppos- ing him, and! the vote on the Social- ist ticket is not large enough to 3 car J. Lidberg of Coleraine will be 3 elected county surveyor, running on the Republican ticket. with P. C. Warner of Grand Rapids oppesing} him as an independent candidate. Russell of Grand Rapids and Dr, N. p. Kean of Coleraine are running, with the chances in favor of the former. ‘Clarence B. Webster, non-parti- san candidate for judge of probate, also of Grand Rapids. splendid fight for the office pe a strong factor im the race. Os- | For county coroner Dr. Thomas | will polt one of the biggest votes)! given a county oficial for re-elec- | tion, His opponent is H. S, Huson, | _ Miss Florence Burlingame is putting * » the campaign, chief deputy in the | prosecuting. auditor’s ofice. Both candidates have the best of qualifications for the of- | fice, both have the highest reputa- | JUDGE C. W. STANTON tion for efficiency and integrity, and! Won-Partisan Candidate for Chief i it remains for the equation of person", Justice cf the Supreme " al friendship to settle the question, Court. i ¢ ! | So-called “foreign bonds” fast enough|in favor of Mr. Kiley is the country ‘to keep on hand at least $500,000 press of the district. Not a single of that money at all times for invest paper in the district has had a word | ment in county, township, school dis- | to say against him, and most of them | trict and other municipal bonds. We|have spoken most favorably, this | Should not be required anywhere in! peing especially so in Carlton coun- | Minnesota to pay private investors 6|ty where all the papers have come | per cent when the state has money/out for him. j available on the sale of those bonds which are now bringing under 4 per Meets equirements cent and could be loaned for 4 pen AIR Pine River Sentinel: Edward C. Kiley of Grand Rapids, democratic cent in the state. I favor the principles of the Knee- 2 for: state representative from the Fifty-second district land bill of the last legislature whicly creates the office of commissioner of comprising Cass, Carlton, Aitkin, | : , . . . Public Domain, and abolishes many Itasca and Koochiching counties, was of the cumbersom, costly and unnec- a visitor in town Monday making the saa boards and commissions as acquaintance of the village's business “scr ahr s men and otherwise making himself Likewise I favor the consolidation, known to the voters of this section. of the bureaus, boards and commis~ Mr. Kiley is editor and publisher sions having to do with agriculture, as of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, favored by the Northern Minnesota] 14 for the past twenty years has Development association, been a consistent and fruitful booster | I favor legislation which will make |». all things that pertained to the, it possible for a man who desires to welfare and development of Northern devote his time to opening UP 4 \innesota. Although a democratic can farm,to get money in the shape of} gaete, in an overwhelming republi- A meeting of the Itasca county members of the Northern Minnesota Devel6pment association has been cal- led, for Friday November 1, by the county president, E, J. Farrell. W. R. MacKenzie, secretary of the association, has written that he will be here on that date to confer with teh members of the association; wil) also address Friday’s gathering on the issues that are effecting north- ern Minnesota. The election of officers for the en- suing year will be anothre import ant feature of the meting. Foot Ball Game Sunday. Word was received today that the Cloquet team of football players will be up here Sunday to try conchi~ sions with the Grand Rapids team. The Cloquet bunch has the reputa~ tion of being a good, fast aggrega~ tion and have been thirsting to go up against Grand Rapids for some time. With the team we have it is likely that there will be a pretty ex~ hibition, of the game Sunday—with the chances in favor of sending the visitors home with the short end of the score. i | their property, which is still high- jer, should be taken as the basis of taxation, the rate of tax on gross eamings would greatly exceed any of the above figures. It is clearly evident from these figures that the proposed increase from 4 per cemt to 5 per cent is fully justified. ; Under our constitution, a failure to vote on the proposition is the gamie as a vole against it. Munson in the Market B, P. Munsom was an arrival from Minneapolis last week. Mr. Munson spent some time in California dur- |make money in northern Minne- | sota are still good enough for him. Mr. Munson will be in the market for pine logs and all kinds of forest products this winter, and, as is his | established custom, will pay the highest price. The man who as any~ -thing in this line to negotiate will do well to see Munson before clos™ ing a dead. t Governor Thomas Marshall of In> diana, Democratic vice presidentiad candidate, is campaigning in South Dakota, ‘