The evening times., 1900-10-10
WOULD COME TO CONGRESS.
William a. Garland Announces That
He Is q Candidate.

William A. Garland Announces That
He Is u Candidate.
William A. Garland, a son of the late
Augustus H. Garland. who was Attorney
General duri9g the first Administration OF
President Cleveland, has announced him
self as candidate for Congress from Ar
kansas. Young 'N-r. Garland is we'll
known IN Washington His announce
ment, which has been widely published
in the newspapers OF Arkansas. follows:
Benton. Ark. Oct. 6.
ITO The People of Arkansas:
The official census of this year shows
that the population of our State has in
creased some hundred and eighty odd
thousand thereby emitting US to an ad-
ditional Representative in the lower
house of Congress.
This Representative for the coming
two years will be designated as Con-
| gressman-at-Iarge and any citizen Gf the
State possessing the constitutional and
| statutory qualifications has the right to
become a candidate.
..At our national election, which occurs
early next month, it will be your duty TO
select your Congressman -at-large for the
term of 190o-1902, and, without more ado,
| I hereby offer myself as candidate tor
! this office.
Being comparatively unknown to the
| voters, some sort of an Introduction Is
! necessary, and, as no host of admiring
constituents has solicited this candidacy,
it is proper that I be my own spokes-
man, and in SO doing I shall be briet ana
| clean and, [ trust, sincere and becom-
i ingly modest.
u was born in Little Rock August 19.
1875 MY parents being Augustus H and
Sarah Virginia Garland, former residents
of Hampstead county, and afterward OF
] ~ulaski
In 1888 my father removed his family
| to Washington, ID. c., where l lived un-
til 1895. when / returned home and have
since remained here.
Between the ages of eight and eight
cen l attended ST Johns College at wash
ington. In the fall of 1894 | entered tne
law department OF the Georgetown Uni
versity In the early part of December,
1895, as above stated, / returned to Ar
kansas and lived at Hominy Hill the best
part of the ensuing year, and nnl5hed up
the course of legal textbooks on which
my father had started me in 1893. Inc
latter part of 1896, all OF 1897. and the
first part OF 1898 were spent at Alexander,
nYe miles from Hominy Hill.
ION the organization of the First Ar
/ kansas Volunteer Infantry, IN 1898, De-
| came q member of Company ID, cCm-
) pany from Arkadeiphia. Since lsaf. .ng
the army in 1898 I have been q fesid At
: OF Benton Saline county. except ng a
few months at Arkadelphia. In SeEtem
5 | Der, 1891 / married Miss Cora MePaer-
: son. of Benton, and am at present 1he
father of two boys-Rufus and HenoeFsoh
l Garland.
In September, 1898. I published a po-
: Iitical story entitled 'The BrCk5n l. CD
, et;' IN February, 1899, a satire, entt led
Congress- and in February, 1890, booA
] entitled Matthew Doyle
o During the past few years / have
oil a1f a
otherwise, for the Arkansas Gazette,
, Arkansas Democrat, Silver knisht,
.Watchman' washington. d. CO, sunny
South (Atlanta Cal. and various 9TH
er smaller journals. l am now assocl-
] ate editor OF the Benton Democrat. an
editor of a iiterary-legal monthly mag
D azine entitled the Quill Driver
: Having never held any Office but
D mayor cf Alexandria, I have no politica
: record of any moment Have been q
: Democrat some twenty-five years and bet
I ter. and expect to remain so IS long "a
the party keeps witE'n shouting distance
. of the Kansas City platform
/ THE best direct proof l can offer yo'
; Of my past humble political loyalty t
. Democratic doctrine is letter from AF
d Bryan, written me late IL Sc, thanking
y me for the appearance of certain article:
: on bimetailisrn and endorsing my feeble
: efforts in behalf of the same. So muci
| IOF the past.
2 Regarding the present IL E. my candt
III dacy for Representative at-large1, frs
. and foremost a belief that l can serve yol
: well in that capacity justifes my an
: uouncement. Next 10 that. wish to rep
: resent my State in the body of which m!
father was d member moves me to ask th'
/ honor.
: Mark well, my friends. I am not. Il
d use current phrase travelling on N.
6 fathers name. While I dearly prize th
s example Of his greatness, l prize il as
6 eitizen-as one Of you, just as L prize witt
n you our dear old States other noble son
: and daughters.
d Il hope any pray that being the son 0
l. Gus Garland hasn't made me snob. an
{, / shall trust TO your common sense 10 TAX
/. my word for it. So much for the present
: As TO the future should my candidac,
o obtain your favorable consideration il
q short, should you elect me-with fui
and serious knowledge of all its reSponsi
biIities I pledge you the caTefuiest dis
&c charge of my Congressional duties as m
: abilities will make possible / canno
y make this pledge any stronger by 1pro4oHg
II ing it and. as the orators say, dressia
u it up so / tender it to you with the ex
Il pectation CT being held faithfully to 1t b
II you as my constituents. and God as m
i Judge So much for the future.
e "A word in closing: AS there can b
tt no primary election for nominee 70
[, Representative or Congressman -at-Large
r and as the entire citizenship of the State
/ in this exceptional instance is the prop
: er body before which candidates for thi
honor must submit their claims. it is nat
uraI TO presume that you will have con
siderable number to pass upon Let mt
then as man to man, ask fair and gen
r. erous Judgment at your hand-a judgmen
that viii be within the Limit and sanctio
of the Golden Rule. Beyond that I hav
S no right to your suffrage. but, if I ca
= aid you In reaching that kind OF VeI
If diet write me as many enquiries as yo
may deem material, and I promise yo
prompt and truthful answers. Having az
l. corded me that hearing. rest assured, II
;, friends that I will hold your fmpartialit
d. in lasting remembrance.
Hoping for your endorsement at II
al polls. I am, to use good old Arkanss
TX expression, yours powerfully thankful,
ly "WILLIAM A. GARLAND,
le Benton. Saline County, Ark
"