Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-05-15
AN OLD STORY.
Grassland Out EIectioneering More Than a Year
Ago.-The Newspaper Attack Upon James
and How 1t Rebounded.

ing, which tie admits:
This is to certify that Sam II
Grassland was in my tobacco patch
last Sept. electioneering with me
for congress. j. NJ. Skinner.
This May 10, 1902
This is to certify that Sam II
Grassland came to me in Wick
life in April. 1901, and election
eered with me for congress
M. f. Ellington.
Both Mr.. Skinner and Mr.. Bill
lington are gentlemen of the high
est character and standing in their
community. | charged these
things on him in their presence.
and he did not deny them, but adj
mitted that they were true Now,
/ submit TO the fair minded yoters
is it true that he had never gone
among the voters in the interest
of his candidacy, or rather is it
not fact from all this proof that
his assault upon the committee is
unwarranted, unfair and insin-
cere; and aIe we not forced to say
of him
80 how tangled is the web he weaves,"
A paper down here at May field
that has sprung forth with cam-
paign edition, uses this language
of ma in its editorial column:
He gets the committees 10 in
vite him to make speeches; he
asks and generally gets them TO
pay his expenses, collected from
good stay at home Democrats"
Here is an attempt to discredit
my Democracy and TO impugn my
motive in my efforts for party sue
cess in the past. aud it not only
touches me bet is an insinuatiou
upon the sincerity and honesty of
purpose of illustrious Democrats
of bygone days in this distric'
in the State. Let us see if this
insidious, half concealed attack,
strikes me or if it rebounds upon
the individual who seeks advant-
age without testing the ground
upon which he stands. When this
charge was made l intended that
it should be answered by those
who had acted as chairmen of the
party in the years gone by. | sent
the following telegram to Senator
j. G. S. Blackburn
Marion, KY, April 4. 1902
Charges are made that the cam
paign committee, of which you
were chairman in 1899, paid my
expenses to campaign the state. Is
this true? Answer.
Ollie M. James.
A similar telegram was sent to
the other gentlemen whose ans
wers l have and here they are:
Washington, ID. O., 4-5, 1907
Hon Ollie M. James, Marion, Ky:
Committee did not pay your ex-
penses in 1899, nor any part of
same, and no man rendered great
or service.
j. @. S. Blackburn
l sent like telegram to Sena-
tor elect James B. McCreary, anG
in reply received the following;
Richmond, KY, A, 1902.-Ol
lie James, Marion. KY: You new
er asked me to pay your expense
in the campaign of 1900. To my
knowledge the campaign commit.
tee never paid any part of your
campaign expenses.
James B. McCreary.
l sent like telegram to Hon.
HI. A. Summers, who was chair
man in 1896, and received the fol-
lowing reply:
Elizabsthtown, KY, April 4,
1902-Ollie James, Marion, KY:
Speeches you made in 1896 we're
made without compensation.
FL. A, Summers.
then sent telegram to Gov.
j. @. W. Seckham' and received
the following reply:
Frankfort, Ky, April 3, 1907
Hon Ollie M. James, Marion, KY:
The committee did not pay your
expenses in campaign of 1901. No
man in Kentucky rendered the
party more distinguished and val
liable service than you did.
j. @. w. Beckham.
suppose this will be a sufii-
cient answer to the assault made