The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-03-31
Horace w. Vaughan's
Address to the People.
tADvERTIsEMENT.1


urged by my opposition. Is there any
reson why the District Attorney should
live in any particular County? No; then
what reason is there in voting against
q man just because he lives in Bowie
County? 0ne-half the pay the Distrit
Attorney will get will come from cases
tried in Bowie County. One-half of the
felony case he will try will be tried in
Bowie County; and yet just because
live in Bowie County should be de-
feated. The floating population through
the city of Texarkana with her great
number of railroads, causes the large
number of criminal cases in Bowie
County, and furnishes one-half the bus
mess the District Attorney will have to
attend to, and if residence in Bowie
County should cut any figure in tie Sc
lection of District Attorney it should
be recommendation rather than
drawback, for by reason of my resi-
dence 1 am personally acquainted with
the jurors that will try at least half the
cases. But l am not claiming that |
should be elected because l live in
Bowie. l think the District Attorney
should have sufficient Acquaintance with
the people all over the District not 20
be at a disadvantage when it comes to
selecting jurors and knowing witnesses.
believe that by reason of my extern
sive acquaintance in the District
would have an advantage in discharg-
ing the duties of the office that neither
of my opponents would possess.
But why should be defeated Just be-
cause live in Bowie County? Why
should ! be turned down because have
been faithful servant of the people of
| N " ,rh
opponets better qualified or are they
better men than l am because they
have been faithfully defending the
criminals while have been prosecut-
ing them? Why should l be the pecu-
liar victim. the singular and only suf-
ferer on account of my residence in
Bowie County? cannot see any JUS
tice in the proposition that should be
defeated just because other Bowie
County men have been elected. I can.
not see why the fact that other Bowie
County men have been trusted and
found worthy should afford reason for
my defeat. If my living in Bowie Coun-
ty affords any reason why should not
be elected, why are the supporters of
my opponents going around Texarkana
begging people to vote for them and
promising that my opponents will move
to Bowie and to Texarkana if they
should be elected? Will they deny this2
Will they deny that they themselves
have tried to get the votes by promis-
ing to move to Texarkana?
L wish to let the people know of some
OF the jobbery that has been attempted
by the opposition to me in this race
Both of my opponents admitted at New
Boston when 1 charged them. with it,
that they had agreed to submit them
selves to the lawyers of the District and
let the lawyers say and that they tiled
to get the lawyers to say which of them
should run against me. Up to date the
lawyers have not decided the matter; l
don't know when they will,or that they
ever will. Why do these men wish to
let the lawyers say between them? Why
did they wish to have lawyers candi-
date for District Attorney? Why not
have confidence enough in the peo-
pie of the whole District to trust them
to elect District Attorney? l suppose
the lawyers will yet decide the matter
between "Alphonse" and Gas
ton,' but I don't think the peo-
pie of. the District need the
lawyers to pick District Attorney
for them. Each of the gentlemen run.
ming against me agreed that he would
come down and let the other have a
clear field against me if the lawyers
} would SO decide and tell him to come
down. tell the people that if you
elect me District Attorney, I'll not come
down when the lawyers say come down
But the lawyers have not been fast
enough in deciding between them. They
then both agreed to leave it to prima.
ny to be held in Camp, Morris and Titus
Counties to say who should be the man
} to run against me; and the only reason
they have not held the primary is be-
cause it would cost too much TO hold it
Why hold primary to unite on man
against me? Why cut Bowie, Cass, and
Marion out of the primary? Why not
, trust the whole District to select the
man to beat me if must be beat2
warn the people of this District against
! and candidate for District Attorney
picked out by the lawyers. warn yol
against the politicians who for selfist
, ends are trying to draw Mason anc
Dixon line through the District anC
, array one end of it against the other
Gould they not trust their friends il
3 Bowie to select the man to do me up
] know their friends in Bowie wish tt
see me defeated, why could they no
3 be trusted to select the man to do tn,
/. job? Why could they not let theil
Y friends in Cass or Marion have say il
! selecting the man to run against me o
t in deciding the matter between the tw,
+ as to which should run? Why hold
, primary to pull down one of them anC
t put up one man as a man to unite oil
e against me? Why hold that primar,
( to decide between them, when the Law
e forbids the holding of any except upoI
regular primary day? Our election Law
forbids all such combinations as tina
4 which which was agreed to by both o
: my opponents, and requires all prims
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