Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-26
SMITH FOR HERRIoTT
Will stand by Candidate from the
Ninth District

Will stand by Candidate from the
Ninth District
In reply TO a letter received by Con
gresham Smith from a prominent
Citizen OF his own county, he writes
| the following frank and sensible reply
NOT CoERcING ANY BODY
Dear Sir. | have your letter, OF
April B. If you mean to refer to the
report published in the Des Moines
Register and Leader, and pretending
to come from Audubon, that | have
been writing the federal officials in the
district in the interest of John Herriott
| have only to say that 1t is false.
hood pure and simple. | have not
been so writing to postmasters or
other federal officials in the district.
or course if were trying to coerce
the federal officers in the district my
conduct would be subject to criticism,
but, while the statement in question is
absolutely false, ] do not wish there
should be the slightest misunder-
standing as to my attitude in this cam
paign,
IN FAVOR OF HERRIoTT
l am not fighting Governor
Cummins or Mr.. Perkins affirmatively
but | am most heartily in favor of
John Herriott.
II am for him because l am always
for the Ninth district against every
place else / always support good people
from the Ninth district as against
people from any other locality. ! am
for him as am for Hon. II. w. Byers
for attorney general and shall be for
Cass county's candidate for railway
commissioner. | am for him because
he is my long time personal friend.
| am for him because of his record of
fidelity to every public trust through
his long course of years. | am for
him because his candidacy means pro-
lection to every right Of the people
and at the same time peace In the re-
publican party.
AGAINST DICTATIoN
IL note what you say about asking
the congressional delegation to keep
hands Off / have been perhaps more
generously honored than any single
individual in southwest Iowa. ] am
not only deeply grateful to the people
of that section for my kind treatment,
but realize my obligation in affairs
incident to my Office to be their SER
want, but. | have been citizen of
Pottawattamie county for more than
forty years and cannot for one NOM
ept consent to the proposition that
seems to, bein some places taught in
Iowa that because | am member of
congress- forfeit my rights as a citi-
zen. l do not wish, much less claim,
the right to dictate to any human be-
ing what his course shall be in Iowa
politics and as | do not claim the
right to dictate to any one else so
will not permit anyone to dictate to
me whom | shall support for governor.
1.-The hand of Douglass is his own,
and my vote and my support are mine,
and ii John Herriott receives the
support of Guthrie couhty will support
him II he has no other support in the
Ninth district outside of his own
county.
II have written you plainly that
there may be no Misunderstanding
about this matter.
81 am simply claiming and intend
to exercise exactly the right enjoy ed
by the humblest citizen in Iowa and
no cry about Washington crowd" by
men who came to Iowa when l was an
old settler there will have the slight
est influence to deter me from pursuing
the course that believe to be my duty,
nor will talk about my being hurt
have such influence.
81 have served the people of south
west Iowa with conscientious fidelity,
and whenever the time comes by any
cause when they desire a change, ]
shall accept their judgment with COM
posture, remembering with gratitude
their many past kindnesses and for
getting that they ever grew weary Of
me, but will not consent, in order to
stay In congress, TO surrender the
rights that belong to the humblest
citizen OF our district. Respectfully
yours, WALTER l. SMITH. 4"
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