Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02
.T0WERY R0UTS
HIS ENEMIES !.
Seatters Their Cohorts to the Four Winds of
the Earth!
MASTERY REPLY OF THE PROSECUTED
OFFICIAL!

In answer TO the gentleman who
penned the dying words for the Re-
cord in last weeks issue, will say to
my readers that | was taught in my
boyhoOd days to always treat my ad-
versary in an argument with the
greatest respect, whether it be in
debate or through the press. And /
have always refrained from using any
epithets and insults before the pub
lie in regard to my adversary, and
the good people of Crittenden county
have long since learned to turn down
any man who will suffer himself to
indulge in such degradation.
NV friend calls my attention to the
vote that was cast in the primary last
April, which has never been ques-
toned. | have accepted the result,
and kindly thank the little number
which had the courage to support me
in face of such an outrage as was
perpetrated upon me by designing
men at the last march, term of our
grand jury. You still insist upon
me to name the persons who carried
the news of the indictment to the va
rious precincts. Does not every vo-
ter in this county know how he heard
it, and doubtless they further know
that the first parties who circulated
it are now denying it, and for this
reason we are not going to give you
an opportunity to deny it for them.
1t seems that from inquiries made
by my friend, that he only wants to
know who went to Frances Union,
Rosebud and Bells Mines, leaving
the impression on my mind that he
is acquainted with the gentlemen
who went to Shady Grove, Sheridan
and Tolu, and also the gentlemen who
de alt the cards in Marion. You say
that | did not have any chance to be
renominated for several reasons, one
of which, you say, was a lot of re-
publicans noticed me chuming with
Ollie James and Press Maxwell.
Now friendly readers, if l was the
only republican in the county who
chummed with Ollie James, your
complaint would have some founda-
ton, but since have been acquain-
ted with your courts here l see quite
a number of republicans cumming
with him. | have seen him 90 be-
fore juries in this county and defend
some of the best republicans in the
county. Furthermore, | have seen
him submit his claims as the stand
rd-bearer of the Democrats in the
district and carry our republican
county by the aid of republican votes
and | have told you heretofore that
when the State Board of Equaliza.
ton raised our taxable property in
this county, making an advance il
our taxes of about four thousand dol
lars, then it was that the republican,
of this place requested me to chun
with o. M. James and secure hii
; services, which | did and relieved
our county of that tax.
Again, you condemn me for chum
ing with Press Maxwell. l want tC
say to you that county judge very
often has to chum with a man like
Press Maxwell and Mr.. Carnahan
especially when the fiscal court has
ordered him to build bridges and fail
ed to make the county levy to NEE
same.
Now we come to the republican
band wagon. And here let me re
mind you of the fact that the sensi
BILE republicans well remember wher
that band wagon was in the minority
in this county; that what swee