Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-02

The Independent Of St Louis comes
ont with It's usual rot and boomerang
occupying three fourths of a column
trying 70 show that certain republicans
in Alma have undertaken to scare X
Fredricksinto voting republican ticket
The story and attempt are too fat for
the average intelligent person TO take
any stock in. The start of it, COM
menced at the Bradshaw meeting, when
a letter was read claiming TO be from q
business man, 10 the effect "that if the
receiver did not vote for Mckinley he
would loose his job" No name was
read. showing conclusively that it was
a put up job and wholly manufactured.
The rot was started that the letter was
! received by Rob Fredricks, janitor of
the school, and to ipjure j. w.
Holmes who is a member of the school
board and assist Nought. The letter was
reported TO originate from member of
the board. Seeing the trouble ahead and
changed their tactics and admitted that
there was no name signed to the letter
and that they did not know who wrote
it. Such rotten politics is fair sample
Of Nought's entire campaign. 1t is the
general opinion here that Fredricks has
allowed himself TO be made tool Of by
gang who will stoop to any kind of
rot when they see they are beaten He
himself is TO ignorant TO carry out such
scheme and is only blamed because he
lends himself TO such rot and allows
himself to swear false to carry out the
plans and do the dirty work of others.
The following affidavits appear which
are false as can be:
MR.. FREDRICK's AFFIDAVIT.
Bert Woodward says TO me "They
are getting mp plan to get you away"
because was not going 10 vote for Nc
! kinley, but not To mention his name,
They are getting up plan TO get me
away from my job. "
&. f. Brown says TO me when / was
coming down to the postoffice, Il am
! going TO watch you. You have got a
! good job and you want TO mind yourself.
asyou will get the run if you don't the
vote right ticket"
That letter that come 10 me through
the postoffice and which i gave 10 Mr.
Bradshaw, was not from any member of
the school board Il. FRIEDRICH.
! Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Both day of October, A. d. 1900
CHAS. a SwEETMAN,
Notary Public.
Below we give the affidavit of Mr..
Woodward and G. Il. Brown:
have read the article in this weeks
Independent published by one Wander
cook at ST. Louis which purpOrts 60 give
a conversation between me and II Fred
ricks of Alma. The remark attributed
to me is absolutely false | had no such
conversation. BERT WOODWARD.
Sworn and subscribed t. before me
this first day of November, nineteen
hundred. BERT HAYES.
Notary Public.
9. L. Brown appearing before me, be-.
ing duly sworn, deposes and says that
| about October fifteenth Robert Fred
ricks sent to his Office for Mckinley
picture. That said picture was sent to
MN auu ~ lew OaJs lateI ne overlook
said Fredricks on the corner in front of
the grocery store of Win Wilson Walk
ing down the street he asked Fredricks
where his picture was. He said he had
it and would put it up when he had time.
Then he BROWN said THAT Is right
any man with job cannot afford to vote
against Mckinley" This ended the con-
versation. CHAs Il. Brown.
Subscribed and sworn to by me this
first day Of November, nineteen hundred.
BERT HAYES
Notary Public.
To show how much dependence some
of the party have in it, o. w. Rogers
made the statement that he insisted on
it not being read at st. Louis, that he
did not believe it and further. he be.
lieyed Fredricks wrote il himself.