THE 3I0RXIXO OREGONHLY WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 2i, 1910.
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IWESTKBOWSBEST.
I SAYS BMilNGEH
JEast Does Not Yet Understand
t Land Problems and Must
;: Be Educated.
I
fjDAHO TO GET ITS SHARE
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JXVorle Entitled to Count on Com-
I fiction of Project Already Be-
Can Reclamation Serrlce
1 Deferring of . Praise.
BOIFE. Idaho. Sept. n. Spe-lal
jFotlowtng hl examination or th Boise-
Payette Irrigation project, and a rous
Jln reception tendered to him by the
people of this city. Secretary Fatllna-er
in an Interview declared that the West
.understood, the policy- of his depart-
'ment. for which he had no apoloiy to
.make. The work he wn striving- o no.
ald to tha Secretary, was closer to and
'meant mora to the West than to the
tFast.
' "We in considering matters that af
fect lha arrowth and development of
rtha entire Western country" said he.
-"Important questions involve legisla
tion as well aa administration. At no
.'lime in the history of this country hi
such proaresa been made as under the
administration or President latu
i Work Most Be Completed.
4 "No state haa done more than Idaho
In Carey art development and In Irri
gation projects. What we want now
,l the completion of what has been un
dertaken, i ou are entitled to it ana n
ls the duty of the Government to pusn
It to completion. The Government must
jaIo consider the projects In all of the
'other Western states. I understand the
; board of army engineers appointed to
'pass .upon the feasibility of these pro-
, tecta haa been here. Their report will
'be hastened as rapidly as that board
ican perform Its function. I know that
'Idaho will receive the full measure of
'the funds set aside for completion of
'Irrigation projects.
' "I want to emphasize the fact that
,'no man In Congress Is entitled to mnri!
'rredlt for the passage of tire KO.OOO,
010 bond bill than Senator Borah.
Field Force Commended.
"Resrardlna" the reclamation service.
I wish to say that there Is no more
faithful or earnest band of men In the
public service thnn the field force.
Certainly a areat work Is brlns;
compllehed alone; the reclamation llnj.
"Before our Kastern brothers ran un
derstand us. we of the West will have
to do a lot of educatlne. I am not
INatlonaltst. I do not believe In Xatloi-
Itllim. so-called, nor am I a state a
rtichts man. I believe in each separate
.department of government. . or rather
:?ach entity, exercising- the duties with
in Its own province, and I believe that
"neither should be beyond the rieht llm
.Its of control. The Federal Govern
ment, says the I'nlted States Supreme
"Court has no rtejht to Interfere with
the state's rla;ht of fisheries. Govern
ment control, ends with navigation. I
fthlnk that ItVs well to consider that
J the same rutins; applies to water power
irnaation ana otner uses.
"In the development of the public do
, main. I believe there. is enough to kee-
(the men of the present generation, and
Jot many (Fenerations to come, busy all
jf the time. The"tuhllc domain ought
fto be distributed to the a-reateft num
ber of people for development of our
resources. The Government domain has
.never been regarded aa a direct Nation-
fat asset, except in the early days of
,tne Kepuonc. when it was treated as
subject for revenue to pay the public
iOeois. it Is not jlaht that the resources
should be taken away from the newer
states and divided among the older
without a dissenting; vote, in which
outside companies and people were
called upon to apply for telephone
franchises, members of the Pendleton
City Council are to have an opportunity
to grant or turn down an application
for a franchise from an Indepndent
company. The question will come up
at the meting of the Council ednes-
day evening;.
The service given by the Pacific com
pany in this city tn the past has been
far from satisfactory to users of tele
phones. The last strw came a few
months no, when th rates for the
party line service wers) Increased.
When citizens appealed to the Council
for relief a committee was appointed
to Investigate. The committee report
ed that the company was not Justified
In Increasing the rates and that the
service was poor, and recommended
that applications for franchises be In
vited, and a resolution to that e fleet
waa passed.
In response to that Invitation O.
Morsraan. representing; the Kellogg
Switchboard Supply Company, of Chi
cago, and a system of Independent tele
phone companies, which already has
systems In Spokane. La Grande and
Boise, with others projected at Baker
City and Walla Walla, has told the
Council that. If given a franchise, he
will Install a modern plant, costing
f 1 10.000. and wfil guarantee a three
minute aervlce.
Four members of the Council have
virtually assured him that they will
vote for the franchise, while the other
three are opposed. The Mayor Is non
committal thus far. The people gen
erally seem to be In favor of granting
the franchise.
TWO OATHS DIFFER CONVINCING PROOF
Court Accepts Woman's Op
posing Statements.
SUIT FOR INSURANCE WON
SUITOR BECOMES THIEF
SILK PRESS STOLEN TO HELP
BRING ABOUT MEETING.
Leon Warner Continues to Force l'n-
wcleome Attentions on Woman
Who Wedded Another.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. (Spe
rial.) Still fighting acalnst the fates
hlch took Evelyn Bailey from him and
made her Mrs. E. E. Ballou. I -eon
Warner, falling- to compel the young wo
man to desert her husband of the past
18 months. Is chanted with having re
sorted to theft to bring a meeting be
tween himself and the woman who Jilted
him. It is chanted that he stole Mrs.
Ballou's best black silk dress from her
home and then served notice on her that
she could hnve It only by appearing In
person at his anartments. A warrant
charging Warner with burglary has been
Issued by the Prosecuting Attorney's of
fice.
According to the statement made to
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Finch by
the wronged husband. Warner, whose
suit was rejected by the wife, has fol
lowed Mrs. Ballou with dogged persist
ency ever since her marriage. On the
streets Warner has accosted her and
even laid his hands on her. begging her
to leave her husband and Join him.
Ballou says that his house. 3U Fre
mont avenue, was entered by a thief yes
terday and that his wife's best black
silk dress was stolen. The thief had
torn down a vine covering a window In
forcing his entrance to the Ballou home,
loiter In the afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth
Bailey, mother of Mrs: Ballou. met
Warner on the street and Warner said
that he had stolen the dress and that
her daughter could have It only by ap
pearing In person to claim It.
Accompanied by City Detective Ralph
Jones. Mrs. Bailey went to Warner's
apartments snd found the dress.
$25 PAID FOR KISSES
WOMAN VXABLE TO STOP EM
BRACES OF MAN.
Landlady of Ko.soburg Hotel Has Ad-
ntlrer Arrested and He Says He
MuM Have Been Drunk.
States.
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Water- Owned hy States.
In view of the fact that the states
n and control the water necessary
for development. It would seem that the
'most feasible and practical method for
uorivpmrni OI waier power
;would be to transfer these sites to the
nates upon ezpress condition that thev
Jdlspose of them for development under
auch provisions as will secure maximum
'development and utilization and at t.ie
same time a-ive ' to the public full
protection from extortion or Injurious
r
"In this connection I may say that
rtne contention that the Interior Ie-
tparimeni may unaer existing laws ex-
vact a charge from the public for the
,use of these waterpower sites Is utter
ly without foundation. The act of 1901.
,-tne only law providing for the acqui
sition or rights for development of
.electrical power on the public domain,
dn no way authorizes or permits the
'collection of any rental or charges.
i-tate resources are here and should be
used to the benefit of the state and
not me corporation Or the Interests."
BULLET CUTS POWER WIRE
ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.)
Alleging that she was klesed and
bugged against her wishes. Mrs. E. M.
Kills, landlady of the Cintial Hotel, ap
peared In the local Justice Court this
morning and caused a warrant of arrest
to be issued for Joe Donnell, on a charge
of assault and battery.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Ellis. Donnell accosted her In the parlor
of the hotel last evening and without
uttering a word of warning, placed his
arms about her neck and sprinkled kiss
after kiss upon her brow. She said ahe
resented Donnell's attentions hut was. un
able to make her escape until help was
summoned and he was carted off to the
City Jail.
When arraigned in the Justice Court
this afternoon. Donnell admitted that he
kissed Mrs. Kills, but for what reason
he did not know.
"I must have been Intoxicated." he de
clared, "for 1 am not a man who would
Intrude upon the property of others."
Justice Long, before whom Donnell was
arraigned, explained that kissing wives
other than his own was a dangerous
practice, and accordingly fined the pris
oner $-5. .
Both Mrs. Ellis and Donhcll are well
known In Roseburg. where they have re
sided for some time.
pllrrd Man, Shooting at Hawk, Sev
jcrs, Pendleton's Lljrht Connections.
PENDLETOJ, Or.. Sept- 20. (Spe
cial.) A hawk, a gun and a man were
(responsible for depriving Pendleton of
'light and power for half a day. It
has been discovered that the high pow
er wire which was severed near the
Judge ee ranch on Wild Horse Creek
as rui in iwo oy a outlet from a
rifle In fhe hands of a hired man who
was shooting at a hawk on the aide
"bt II. .
Industries depending upon electricity
lor their power were closed down for
a full half day. until the severed wire
was repaired.
GATE MONEY STOLEN?
PROMOTERS OF AVTO HACKS
ACCVSKB OF LARCENY.
Dtstric-t Attorney Bases Charge
Against Brown and Floyd on
Ryan's Fake Running Race.
HAWLEY BETTERS SERVICE
Through representative's Efforts
More Mail Clerks Are Allowed.
SALEM, Or, Kept. JO. (Special.)
Representative Willis C. Hawley has
Just received word from Washington
mat nis ertort to secure addltonal as
sltance for railway postal clerks be
tween Portland and Eugene, on the
Southern Pacific, has been rewarded,
and an additional clerk has been or
.dered to reduce the average hours of
duty on trains II and IS.
Woman Swears Husband It Dead
and Stops Payment of .Lodge.
Does, Then Gets Divorce on
Grounds of Desertion.
OLTMPIA. Wash. Sept. 20. (Spe
clal.) under the circumstances It waa
perfectly proper for the dlstrsoted wife
to swear her husband waa alive In on
case, and that he was dead in another,
both In the same court. Is the final do
termination of the Washington Supreme
Court today In the suit of Tena Butle
against the Supreme Court Independen
order or t oresters.
August Schneider disappeared from
his horns at Spokane. July 7. 188. lit
had said he contemplated visiting
mines In which he waa Interested. No
trace has ever since bean had of him,
though search haa been made by the
lodge and friends all over the world
A herd worker, sober, saving and with
no family troubles, his disappearance
aroused much interest.
The wife spent all the money she had
In the search, then tried, to mortgage
the home. As community property this
was impossible without the signature
of the husband. Finally ahe waa per
suaded by her attorney and brought auit
for divorce, alleging desertion, secured
a default decree and title to the prop
erty.
Later, when no trace could be found,
she brought this suit to collect the in
surance from Foresters. The order
made the defense that she stopped pay
ment of his lodge dues prior to swear
ing to the divorce decree, that the di
vorce decree was baaed on the theory
he was alive and that she was estopped
from assorting he waa dead In another
suit.
Twice the case came to the Supreme
Court and went back to Spokane for
trial. The woman married again and
In her new name finally won a verdict
from a Spokane Jury that Schneider lost
his life soon after he left home, prob
ably tn the mountains near the mines
and that at the time he was examining
mines and not mining, mining being a
prohibited occupation under the policy.
In the last appeal some reference was
made to the discovery of a pair of wo
man s red slippers under Schneider's
bed, which did not belong to Mrs
Schneider, who was out of the city
when he disappeared, but the Supreme
Court thought any presumption they
might raise should not offset the de
cision of the Jury.
O'NEIL ORDERED RELEASED
Wife at Montesano Refuses to Ac-
, . ...
cuse Him of Felony.
MOXTESANO, Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Edward Payette, today
telegraphed Medford authorities to re
lease Harry- O'Nell.- alias' Charles Dally;
alias Frank Do well, who has been held
for two weeks by Oregon authorities
on a charge of grand larceny, the com
plaint being made by his wife.
Mrs. o ren says she married O'Nell
ast December In Wisconsin, and he In
duced her to sell her property, which
brought 12300. They came West and she
was taken 111 at Spokane. O'Nell 'in
duced his wife to place the money In
the bank and indorse her drafts over to
him. He then deposited them In his
name, later deserting her and taking
the money. He was traced to Saora
mento. thence to this city, where he
was to meet his wife, but he left be
fore she arrived.
Mrs. O'Nell refused to sign tha nec-
esary sffidavits for requisition papers
that her husband might be brought
bark to be prosecuted for committing a
h-i.mij uuu not ror me purpose of col
lecting a debt, and the authority.
dropped the case and telegraphed to re
lease xj eii.
LANE FAIR OPENS TODAY
Prospects of Successful Exposition
Good, Despite Rain.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 10. (SDecial.l
Though rain has fallen for two days, in
dications are that the Lane County Fair,
which opens Wednesday, will be the
best yet held In this county.
Yesterday the heads of the different
departments were busy preparing the
pavllllon' for the exhibitors, and, although
they did not expect much In the way of
entries until today, they were busy re
ceiving them from early morning until
they closed In the evening.
A large string of horses is In the stable
and on the track and the livestock ex
hibit is already much better than last
year.
Friday the merchants will close their
stores in the afternoon In order that
everyone may attend the fair.
PHONE FRANCHISE ASKED
Independent Company Would Install
Service at Pendleton.
PEyPLETOX. -Or. Sept. 30. (Spe
ctaiArter passing a resolution.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. In. (Special.) In
formation was filed In Justice Court this
afternoon against W. M. Brown and Fred
Floyd charging them with larceny of
I'.'iO from F. W. Durbln. Dr. C. H. Rob---
ertson. E. T. Barnes. A. N. Bush, Dr.
T. C. Smith. Jr. and sundry others.
Brown and Floyd were promoters of
the auto races here Monday, alleged to
be under the auspices of the Intermoun
taln Racing Association, and It is stated
that they left with the major portion of
the gate -receipts of races which were
alleged to be "faked" by nearly all of
the 2000 people in attendance.
The action taken Is based on the Ryan
case, which created a stir here several
years ago. when Ryan promoted a fake
running race and started away with the
proceeds. The courts held at that time
that there might be a lawful taking of
money, hut if the original design was
felonious, that In itself made the taking
unlawful and constituted larceny, and
on these grounds District Attorney Mc
Nary bases his present action.
Marshfleld Postmaster Applles.o
OREGONIAN NEWS Bl"REAlT. Wash
ington. Sept. 10. The postmaster at
Marshfleld today applied to.haveb.Is of
fice made a postal savings bank.'
WOMAN SAVES MAN'S LIFE
He Falls, Trying to Board Train, but
Is Dragged From Under.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.) By
presence of mind yesterday afternoon
Mrs. L. S. Rowland. 1391 Waller street,
saved a man's life, near her home.
A one-armed stranger got off a passing
train and wandered about in the neigh
borhood of her home. She warned him
against trying to ride trains, and In the
meantime telephoned the police. As she
was doing this, the man attempted to
climb aboard a passing freight but was
struck on the head and fell a few Inches
from the car wheels. She ran out of the
house and pulled the man away.
Mrs. Rowland then bathed the man's
head and discovered he was not badl.v
hurt, as In a few minutes he walked
away. He appears to have been demented.
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FIRES DESTROYED $633,150
Damage Done In Crater Lake Forest
Summarized by Supervisor.
MEDFORD, Or.. Sept. 20.-(Speclal.)
Timber -alued at 1633.150 was destroyed
by fire during tha lest month, according
to tha figures contained In the report of
M. L. Erickson, supervisor of the Crater
National forest, to the Forestry Bureau
t ashinjrton.
Two hundred and thirteen million eight
undred and twenty thousand feet of tim
ber was ruined, of which 138.300.000 feet
was within the National forest. Mr.
Erickson figures that $303,850 worth of
reproductive timber was destroyed and
hat tbe total loss to both young and old
Imber within the National forest amount
ed to 1451,701. The forest fires, which
number 41. burned over 110,115 acres. Of
this area, 83.716 acres was Inside the Na
tional forest and 2S.400 acres was private
ly owned. All but a few of the 41 forest
fires started between August 30 and Sep
tember 10. Twenty of the fires burned
over 1000 acres. The largest area cov
ered by one fire was 30,000 -acres. This
One was around the base of Mount Mc
laughlin. Eighty per cent of the region
burned by this fire, however, was an old
burn which oontalned no marketable tim.
ber. Only 10 per cent was valuable first- I
class forest, the other 10 per cent being
second-rate timber .
The most destructive Are was the one
on the South Fork of the Rogue River,
east of Prospect, which covered 14,000
axres.
BEAR TRAPPED IN ORCHARD
Huge Beast's Yells Silenced by Bul
let From Llllej's Rifle. "
FOREST GROVE. Or., Sept. Ml (Spe
cial.) Prowling- about In the prune or-
-Cross English Gloves, the Pair $1.5Q
Open a. Regular Monthly Account Here
Every School Girl and
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"Loof a" Sponges
IMPORTED BY US
Direct From Japan
Before preparation for commerce the Loofa resem
bles a large gourd or giant cucumber. When dead
ripe it falls from the tree to the ground, where the
meat in. time falls off, leaving the fibrous sponge.
like framework, which is gathered up by the natives,
the seeds shaken out and the sponges packed in large
bales of 2000 or 3000 sponges each. These sponges
are ideal for the bath and no one should be without
one. See the display in our windows.
Price IQc and 15c
Sole Agents Orange Blossom Candy.
chard of William Busse, a rancher of
the Glenwood section, northwest of this
city, a huge black bear was caught In
tran Saturday evening ana so louaiy
did he yell that he had to bs shot by
Joe Lilly.
Tha bear weighed more than ztsu
pounds. The hair was jet black and the
hide will be transformed into a rug.
This is the first report of a bear killed
this season.
Oddfellows': Order Growing Fast.
ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 30. The prediction
that by 1913 the Independent Order of
FRANK S. FIELDS AS A "BUSINESS" MAN
SEATTLE MAY MISS HOSTS
Walla Walla Commercial Club Also
Is Going Visiting.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Sept. 30.
(Special.) That Seattle will visit Walla
Walla when Walla Walla Is not at home
Is the fear of the officers of the Commer
cial Club, who ere uncertain as to the
date of ths visit of the Queen City Jun
keters. It has been announced that the Seattle.
Ites will leave their home Monday on a
trip through the state. This would bring
them here about Thursday, the day set
for the visit of the Walla Walla Com
cerelal Club to the Touchet Valley fair
at -Dayton. - Walla Walla also Inteids
visiting Pendleton Saturday, so unless
In hbt quest for votes to secure his re-election to
the office of County Clerk. Frank S. Fields, pres
ent incumbent, and pensioner of the county's
bounty, has Issued a card carrying a comparative
statement, under the head In sr. "Business vs. Poli
tics." In which he seeks to show that he personally.
Instead of the law. Is responsible for an alleged
saving in the cost of conducting tha office, as com
pared with other administrations.
In the first place, his office now Is a consolida
tion, made In 1901, of three different departments,
which, of course, did away with all overhead
charges, salaries and cost of separate maintenance.
Fields, however, had nothing whatever to do with
that, as the law making the change from the old
system was passed at the time he took office, and
Iihs been In effect during the entire time he has
filled the position of Clerk. He has had absolutely
nothing to do with any saving of expertse effected
bv the operation of that law. His statement that
he has, even in the most remote way, is an absolute
Book No. Cert. No.
Sec. Savings & Trust Co 25152
Hibernia 28fi5
La ild & Tllton 2150
Ladd & Tllton 124673
Ladd & Tllton .124673
Ladd & Tllton 124674
.Ladd & Tllton 124675
Ladd & Tllton 124676
Portland Trust Company. ......... 626
Portland Trust Company 5267
Portland Trut Company... 5271
Portland Trust Company 6983
Portland Trust Company 6168
falsehood.
At converting public funds to his own use. how
ever, he has done much; he has been very active
and exceedingly effective.
In a report which Is now on file in his office,
made to the County Court by Mr. Ferguson, an ex
pert accountant, who was employed by the court to
examine the affaire of Fields' office, the statement
Is made that in the very face of the law which pre
scribes that the County Clerk shall have a salary- of
13000 a year and no other fees or other emoluments.
Fields has received Interest amounting to thousands
of dollars from different banks in the city, on funds
held by him as Clerk, which he has refused to ac
count for snd turn over to the County Treasurer.
Unearned fees and funds itvhls hands on account of
lltleation. etc.. has on an average amounted to over
$S0. 000, on which he receives and pockets 4 per
cent Interest.
Here is where at least a part of It was at that
time. Nota the amount:
Rate. Interest.
4 per cent $ 198.33
4 per cent 198.83
4 per cent 116.50
4 per cent , 68.23
4 per cent 68.23
4 per cent 68.23
4 per cent 68.23
4 per cent 68.23
4 per cent 72.06
4 per cent 72.06
4 per cent 108.09
4 per cent 310.84
4 per cent 522. 78
. Date.
Mav 4, 1908..,..
May 4. 1908
May 4. 1908
June 2,3. 1908...
June 23. 1908...
June 23, 1908...
liino 9.t. 1908
June 23, 1908 2.000
Sept. 23. 1905 500
Sept. 23. 1905 500
Sept. 23. 1905 750
June 25, 1906 .... 2.992.14
Sept. 19, 1906 5,000
Amount.
. . 5.000
, . 6.000
,. 2.937.24
,'. 2,000
. . 2.000
2.000
2.000
Ladd & Tllton Interest due June 1, 1907
Ijidd Ac Tllton interest due July 1, 1907
Hibernia. July l
Total
. . .132,679.38
16.89
51.55
eresi aue juiy i, ivvi
1907 116.65
This interest, according to the requirements of
law, belongs to the county, but Fields "cribs" it for
his own use.
He also holds $1874.77 belonging to legatees, heirs
of estates and insane persona, deposited in trust,
while the law plainly provides that all such funds
shall be deposited with the County Treasurer. He
thus puts himself above the law.
Out of $18,243.00 collected by him from hunters
for licenses, he withholds from the State Treasurer
. $2806.80. which Is deposited to his personal credit
In the defunct Title Guarantee & Trust Company
bank. The expert finds that after crediting dlvl-
dends paid to the receiver of that concern. $2571.85
, is still standing to Fields' personal credit Instead of .
the credit of the county. This money has clearly
been converted to his own use, but for some mys
terious reason he has never been Indicted for the
embezxlement of public funds.
He has also converted td his own use $626.00 re
ceived by him as fees for Issuing and certifying
naturalization papers.
Ha baa turned over no fees to the County Treas
urer on account of filing declaration of intention
papers since September 26. 1906, although 1937 of
such papers have been filed at $1.00 each. One-half
of that fund has been paid to the Bureau of Immi
gration, and the other $968.50 has gone Into Fields'
pocket. All the work done In connection with
filing these papers In his office has been performed
hv deputies who have been paid by tha county, yet
Fields tAke and keeps the money.
Having been caught with the goods on him.
Fields attempts an explanation in justification of
his crooked course by saying the Immigration law
of the National Government provides that the
"County Clerk" shall retain one-half of the fees for
the services required In carrying out the law. True.
But the law of Oregon, under which Fields is ope
rating, and under which he was elected to office
and under which he is paid his salary, provides that
the "County Clerk" shall turn over all fees and
other emoluments attaching to his office, for the '
Total amount of accrued interest $2125.23
benefit of the county. The Federal laws do not
say that "Frank Fields" shall retain one-half of the
fees provided, but says the "County Clerk" shall
receive them; the Oregon law does not say "Frank
Fields" ejtall receive a salary of $3000 a year, .and
turn ovef all fees and emoluments, but says the
"Countv Clerk" shall be so paid and shall eo com
ply wtfh its mandates. Fields dignified himself by
construing the law as applying to him, personally,
when, in fact, his small personality was never taken
into consideration when the law wa framed and
passed. It was enacted for the government of
"County Clerks," and not for the Frank Fields.
Another thing. When was Fields designated as
the proper official to construe the laws? By what
right does he say he Interprets the law as "permit
ting" him to withhold one-half of the fees provided
for the County Clerk? Time and again nave the
courts decided that the Clerk's duties were minis
terial onlv. He arrogates to himself the right to
exercise judicial functions and say for himself that
the law means directly the opposite of what its
printed letter states, and then says no suit has ever
been brought against him to show that he is
wrong. Away with such doctrine. Elect some man
who will comply wtlh the spirit and letter of the
Business with a big "B," Isn't it? He wants
you to help keep him In office so he can continue
his "Business" methods in plain defiance of law.
He can't live without office. He won't work, so
depends on being made a life pensioner on the
county, In the hope that his peculiar Ideas of "Busi
ness" will, as In the past, fatten his bank account
at the expense of the taxpayers.
His only opponent for election to the office Is
John B. Coffey. In his declaration to the public,
Coffey says. If elected, he will turn over to the
county all such fees and emoluments, as the law
requires, and accept nothing but the $3000 a year
legally provided.
Vote Coffey No. 94 in. Vote Fields out.
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