The Portland daily press., 1900-03-21
THAT CIRCULAR.
Mr.. Connolly Claims 60 Have Been Tn.
fairly Treated in Ward Four.
500 REWARD.

stOO REWARD.
1 will pay one hundred dollars reward
for sufficient evidence TO convict the
person or persons who were guilty OF
forging my name TO q circular letter pur-
porting to come from me which was
mailed TO many Democrats In Ward
Just previous to ths last municipal cleo
tion.
Joseph L. ". Connolly,
Chairman Ward Democratic Commit
tee.
The above advertisement appeared yeS-
terday morning In the columns OF our
contemporary. To some people IL may
not be Understood, but to thoss who have
had the privilege Of talking with Mr..
Connolly during the past few wseks. the
matter has been made perfectly clear.
Mr.. Connolly claims that circular con-
tanning certain statements regarding the
platform on which he was standing 90 o
Democratic candidate for aldsrm aD In
Ward 4 had been circulated about that
ward among the Democratic voters pre-
vious to the last municipal eiection. Mr..
Connolly says that this circular was pur-
ported to have been signed BY MIN as
chairman Of the Democratic oommittes
of Ward 4.
He says that he never sent out any such
circulars or authorized an yone elss to
send them out in his name and that IL
was done as an election tri ok to defeat
him. He has accused in turn all the
Republican candidates of Ward Of per-
petrating this trick. and has gVns SO far
as to 60 out side Of Ward 4 and make
charges against other people.
Toe PRESS made an endeavor yestsr-
day to secure O copy of this alleged cir
cular, but could not find one, though
Mr.. Connolly IL said to have one In his
possession. If MIR. Connolly didn't sign
these circulars which he claims were
sent out to injure him he has Q right
to be indignant and It Is TO be hoped
that he will find who did send them
out and prosecute the offender or often
ders. -
There was . good deal Of literature
distributed In Ward 4 just previous to
the election. Some of this was based
on q speech delivered by Mr.. Connolly
at the Ward 4 caucus which nominated
him In which MIR. Connolly took pains
TO explain his position as the Demo-
cratic candidate. In this speech Mr.. Con-
molly had considerable to say about A.
p. Aism in the Dire department.. about
free baths and various other reforms
which he endeavored to bring about
while q member Of the common coun-
Gil. He also wound up his speech by
saying that he was going ''to lock after
Ward 4 II he was elected, and all the 9TH
er wards could 60 straight to -"
He didn't say just where they could
60 to- but left that TO be inferred by the
Democratic caucus. Mr.. Connolly has
said that this speech was not reported
correctly, but he has never attempted to
deny any Of 1t. He has said. however.
that he does not object to this speech
icing made public. but he does object
to the circular which he says was sent
about Ward saying some other things
against him.
ahe Republican candidates in Ward
have each one. seyeraliy and collective
ly, denied that they knew anything
about the sending out Of these circu-
lars. and those who know them do not
Aco use them Of 1t.
All OF this will help to advertise the
special election in Ward 4, and Mr.. Con-
nolly's friends think that the Repuhll-
cans will stay at home and allow him TO
be- elected in consequence Of the;abovs Ad--
vsrtissmsnt. The election, 1t will be re-
membered, occurs on THURSDAY and the
voters will than have an opportunity TO
decide whether Mr. Connolly win have
chance to look out for Ward to the ex-
clusion Of all the ethsr wards In the
board Of sltermen, or whether sx-Aldsr-
man Frank I. Moore, who Is the Rspub-
lican candidate and who is strong enough
to stand without platform and en- his
own merits, will dignity Ward Z In the