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- VOLUME I FALLS CITY t I , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 4 , ' 1904. NUMBER 44
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ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE ;
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No political party deserves to succeed on false pretenses or false
v assertions. No \rty' which attempts by false assertions to de-
x" ceiv the voters , deserves thc favorable consideration of honest men.
The Falls City News of last week contained an alleged answer
to'1.'he Tribune's article wldch for unadulterated
to . tax , , misrepresentation -
tation was the limit. \Ve do not know who wrote the News article ,
but we do know who so ever did write it , is either a very ignorant .
or a very untruthful man.
It will he remembered that 'l'he 'l'ribunc stated that on June
30th , ) .904 , there was on hand in thc county treasury the sum of
S4,3 6.94 in county funds without an outstanding warrant. 'rite
Tribune stated further that S5J,003.00 was the largest sum of money
collected by this county in taxes for anyone year. A four mill levy
by the county board would have produced the soul of S24)5.00.
'rhe amount on hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S46,3)6.94
Amount fGur .mi11lcry would produce. . . . . . . 24,65.00 .
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. . . Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ $71,022.
, A four mill levyvith thc amount of monGY on hand would to-
duce the above sum of S7T,022.9.l 01 MOIm 'rIIAN $18,000.00 , IN EXCESS -
CESS 01 THE COI.1.HC'I'IONS l OR ANY ONE YHAH.
A four mill levy would have decreased thc taxes ( state and
county ) of every tax payer in Richardson co un t y. The democratic
county board , however , levied nine mills , five mills more than will
, bc required and for this reason and this eason alone , the taxes of
fr- ' thc property owners of Richardson county will , be increascd.
S Now comes thc Falls City News and says that the 84OOO.OO
was not county moncy. Let us quote thc statement : "Hut all of
thc S4,000.00 , as reported by the county treasurer in his last semi-
annual statemcnt , does not belong to thc 'county. This is proven
. . by thc report itself , which shows that a large percent of this fund
belongs to the state and school fund , and must go to thc schools and
state and to no other source. So then , instead of S4,000.00 of
county money being on hand , * * * * but a small percent of
this sum is really thc property of thc county. "
Wc now assert and will prove that the abovcquotatiol\ either
an unwarranted mistake of its author or is a deliberate attempt to
deceive the voters of this count"
The records of the county treasurer arc opera II to thc inspection
of cverybody. \Ve ask you to go to them and sec whether or not
Thc Tribune made a false statement when it asserted and now repeats -
peats that every cent of this S4ooo.00 was county money and not
i one penny of it belonged to thc state or schools.
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' ' ) - / " On page 133 of the book of balances in thc ofHcc of the county
'f" treasurer will be found all moneys hand , June 30th , 1904 , thc
' ' end of thc fiscal year. You will find there the following county
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} , County General fund. . . . . . . . . . $28.310.42
. . _ County Bridge fund. . . . . . . . . . . 11,625.64
. : Count Road fund . . . . . . . . : . . . ( ) ,093.46
. . , { , - , Soldiers . Relief fund. . . . . . . . . . . 340.42
' . : ' ; Total . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,399.94
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tr It'l'he . Tribune had dcsired-to . descend to the low lc\'elof false
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. . . . and fradulcnt statcmcntslt could have said that the county treasurer
had on hand the sum of 880.194.28. The same page of the same book
shows that this stun was on hand June 30th 1904 in state , county ,
- township and school tax.Vc however , desired to present only the
truth and therefore stated that the county had on hand an unex-
. pened balance of $46.000.00. More than that , at thc bottom of this
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'f : : : " \Vc do hereby certify that wc have examined the above statement -
I mcnt of Martin Zook county treasurer of Richardson county , Nebraska -
braska for thc six months ending June 30th , 1904. 1'0 thc best of
our knowledge we believe each collection has been correctly entered
and properly accounted for and that thc vouchers and other items
of credit were in proper form and correctly entered and that the
FOOTINGS WERE VERIFIED BY US AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT ,
' ' AGREES WITH SAID AC-
AND TilE ABOVE STATEMENT OF BALANCES
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COUNTS IN SAID COUNTY TREASURlmS LEDGER.
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Joseph Glasser , Chairman li'inancc Committcc.
C. J. Santo ,
Charles B. Sn ) del'
Thus wc see , that on a public record , thc committcc of the
democratic county board ccrtifiea , on June 30th , 1904 , that there was
more than $4,000 of COUNTY MO.HY in the hands of the County
'rreal1rcr.
And yet the News says "but a small per cent of this sum is
really thc property of the county.
'rhc certificate discloses more ; it shows that the democratic
county board knew when the nine mill levy was madc , that a tour
mill levy would be more than s\-1fi cicnt. 1\1' Glasser who signed
this certificate as chaIrman 01 thc finance committee IS A DtJ\OCHAI'
AND IS 'l'I1H IAN WIIO INTRODUCED 'l'lIJ ; RESOLUTION MAKING A NINE
MILL LEVY WHEN HH MUSTIIAVE1 NO\VN'1 ' IIA'rAFOURMILILIVY\VOULD
IlAVit RAISED MO1iICVI'I'ir : : 'I'Hn BALANCE ON HAND 'l'IIAN 'r III : COUNTY
HAD EVER RAISED IN ONE YHAR OH IsviR ; I SPENT IN ONE YHAH. VHY ,
1l NOT 'l'q CREATE AN ISSUE ON 'l'I1H 1fl VENUE I.AW BY INCREASING
'I'I1H TAXESVIITN 'l'IIlW SHOUl,1) IIAV BEEN I.oWJDHED ? -
\Ve will Bake another quota tion from the remarkable News
article : "If all thc money reported by thc county Treasurer in his
July report belonged to thc county , then a four mill levy for one
year would be sufficient to run thc county ! "
\Vc have here thc admission of thc official organ of thc demo-
cratic party that a four mill levy would have been sufficient , for all
of time S4,000 reported by thc county Treasurer did belong to thc
county. If there is any tax paycr iIi Richardson County who doubts
the figures and statements herein contained hc has but to go to thc
Treasurer's office to ascertain their truth or falsity .
'l'his attempt of the News is to deceive thc voters into voting
the democratic legislative tickeL 'l'his is desired , not to repeal thc
revenue law , but to elect W. J. Bryan United States Senator and to
defeat Elmer J. Burkctt. Don't bc dcceived.
Are you in favor of the continuation of thc present prosperity ?
Arc you in favor of the Panama Canal ? Are you in favor of the
retention of the Phillipine Islands ? Arc you in favor of a protect-
ive tariffArc you in favor of President Roosevelt in his fight against
MorganIlillBelnnont , ockfcllcr and the wall street gang ? Are you
in favor of this continuing to be a government of thc pcoplc-by the
people-for the people ? Then vote for the republican ticket-Grin-
stcad. Tucker , Hog-rcfe and Smith who will vote for E.J. Burkett to
go to Washington to sustain and uphold the arms of him who has
staked lmi3 future in thc interest of the t "plain people "
The dcmocrats are talking revenue and taxation \Vhat they
mean is "scnd Bryan to the scnate. Any republican who Votes thc
democratic legislative ticket is casting his vote fpr Bryan and
against Burkctt. ,
Any republican who votes against Grinstead , Tucker , Hogrefe
or Smith is voting against Roosevelt and for Parkcr.
Don't-Don't 1Je fooled.
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Since the above was written , thc public dispatches have stated
that thc speeches delivered by W. J. Bryan in Indiana , West Virr
ginia and Illinois were dclivcrcCl upon thc expressed condition that
thc democratic national committee was to send fifty thousand dol-
lars of its Wall street money to Nebraska to elect a democratic legislature -
islaturc in order that Mr. Bryan shall be elected United States scn-
ator. 1\lr. Bryan is now speaking in this state from the rear end of
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train advising them to LET to spend
time in electing the democratic legislative tickct.
Again wc say-don't be fooled and don't be bought. A republican -
lican legislature means Roosevelt United States senator ; a democratic -
cratic legislature means Bryan.
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