Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-10-08
AN EXPLANATION.
But 1t Left Mr.. cole Out in the Coid--IIis
Tickets Did Not show Up.

hut II Left Mr.. Cole Out IN the C0id--his
Tickets Did Not show Up.
The friends Of Jackson Cole throughout
Sussex county who knew that he had been
a resident of, and done business for more
than eight years in Sandyston township
were amazed when the returns came in
showing that he had secured but the beg
carly number Of ss votes in this town for
County Clerk In Justice to Mr.. Cole who
has many warm friends in this township,
who have the highest regard for his ability
and integrity, / wish to call attention to
the most apparent reasons why Mr. Cole
did not receive that support to which he
was entitled, and which a large number Of
our people stood ready to accord to him
In jackson Cole was represented two well
defined principles Of Democracy, as he
views it, First. To maintain the one term
policy as declared, and established in
Democratic convention; Second, To apply
honest business methods to the conduct Of
the campaign, to the charge Of the Office If
elected.
When he came into this town, only three
or four days before the primary, he an
nounced his candidacy to the people, and
left his tickets with Mr. Alfred Bevans,
with promise from him. that he would
take them to tho polling place. or distrib-
ute them, and requested mo- as an old
| friend of his, to aid Mr. Bevans In getting
them into the hands of the people On
going to the primary did not find Mr.
Bevans there, nor any tickets there bear
ing Mr.. Coles name, nor did inquiry elicit
the fact that they were there IN the charge
Of any other person Upon inquiry Of Mr..
Beyans late in the afternoon as to what had
become Of the tickets (Of which there was
two packages, with 100 in cach) left in his
charge he answered, that he had taken
them to Elyin e. Smith (the candidate for
Assembly, that morning, and requested
him to distribute them. That Mr.. Smith
replied that he would perhaps be very busy
distributing his own but would place the
| tickets in the hands Of man who would
| distribute them, and work for Mr. Cole.
1t does not appear that any of Mr. Coles
tickets showed up in the ballot box, on the
table nor as being distributed That day
Mr.. Smiths version of the incident is. that
a considerable time after balloting com
menced he discovered the two packets in
his pockets, and handed one Of them to a
person, whose name he does not now re-
member, telling him to put them
on the polling table. And he says that
the other packet was shown to
James B. Fuller, and r. b. Kintner
near the conclusion of the voting, in a
room off of the polling place with some
remarks about his not having thought it
advisable to distribute them, as it might
antagonize the other candidates or their
friends who were working in their inter
ests. Thus you see that with no tickets
in view for Mr.. Cole the idea of deals,
Withdrawals or combinations was likely to
arise and many friends of Mr.. Cole be in
doubt as to the true situation and thereby
Withhold their votes from him. Whether
there was an intent to accomplish this l
cannot say, without further investigation
l have given a'eareful resume of the Incl
dent and its effects. The motive each may
eonstrue as their best Judgment may die
ttate. That it was disastrous to the cause
of Jackson Cole in this township there
| can be no question. E.