Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-21
HANES WRITES HIS VIEWS
ON UNDERWOOD
Editor Oil Review:

/ desire to avail mySelI Oh the
columns of your paper to correct
some statements that appear IN
/ this weeks issue of the Star
Journal, in what purports to be a
letter over my signature, with
drawing as a candidate for Pros
! ecuting Attorney of this county.
While I do not desire to be I'M
derstood as censuring Mr.. Morris,
it is a fact, nevertheless, that the
letter was not authorized by me
and / never saw it until [ saw it
in print in the paper, and grows
out of a conversation by Mr.. Nor
ris and myself in my office, In
which | stated it was my intention
to withdraw as candidate and
that | would hand him, as well as
other county papers, a letter to
that effect, in time to be publish
ed in this weeks issue OF the
county papers, but owing to bust
ness engagements which | could
not put off, did not have time
to prepare such letter, and, in
fact, had entirely overlooked the
matter until Mr.. Morris called my
attention to it after the letter re-
ferred to had been published.
In explanation of my reasons
for withdrawing as candidate,
and first my reasons for having
become a candidate, will say that
as early as the April term, 1903,
of the Circuit court of this county,
a number of the leading and re-
sponsible citizens of the County
commenced importuning me to let
my name be used for Prosecuting
Attorney. From that time on up
until I announced myself as a
candidate, during the April term
of court, 1904, mot only those who
had first requested me to become a
candidate, but numerous others
Joined them and became so per-
sistent that | finally consented to
make the race, after it having
been made to appear that it was
a duty I owed as citizen and to
the party. 1t was also insisted
by those who were importunlng
me to become a candidate, or by
quite a number Of them at least,
that an active campaign on my
part would not be necessary, and
thinking that they were probably
better judges of that than l, 1t
was partly on that account that l
consented. Among those who were
most persistent in their Emporium
tiles was O. c.. Carter, who IS
now a candidate for that office. l
then said to him if he desired
some one to run for that office,
why not do so himself; he stated
to me that he would not have the
office. After Mr.. Carter became
a candidate he called me into his
office and stated to me that he mad
concluded to become candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney, and
that he proposed conducting a
perfectly fair and honorable cam
paign, taking no advantage OF any
.! her candidate, and would not
r sort to any under-handed meth
uGs to secure the nomination;
which statement he made in a let
ter over his signature, published
IN one of the county papers.
Shortly after that time | was ap-
p.ised by some of my friends in
remote sections of the county that
Mr.. Carter was circulating the re-
port that | had withdrawn as
candidate, and he kept on clrcu-
lating such reports in every sec
ton of the county he visited.
Recently | have been told by
those who claim to know that the
faction of the party in this coun-
ty who would support Mr.. Carter
at the primary were most diligent
in their opportunities to get me
to become a candidate, believing
at that time that | would take a
portion Of the vote at the primary
which Mr.. Underwood would 9TH
erwise get, but that after [ be-
came candidate then they, and
especially Mr.. Carter, ascertalned
that they had made a mistake,
and instead of it being to his in