Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
Impossible to Take The Field In His Own
 Behalf
A Heart To Heart Talk With The
 Voters
<From Saturday's Daily.)

Tho Editor of tho Journal. Miner has received the following lettcr from Thomas J. Laird, candidate for assem. blyman on the Republican county ticket. who, through his inability to take the field in tho interest of his candidacy, owing to n press of business affairs, takes this manner of putting himself be. fore the voters of Ysvapai county:
 GROWN KING, Oct. 25, 1906.
 Editor Journal. Miner:
 Not being able to take tho field and introduce myself to the citizens of Yav. apai county, as I would like to, I wish
 Q say, through tho medium of the
 Journal. Miner, that this is the first timc I ever came before tho people of this county, and whether l am elected or rejected, I shall always feel proud of tho honor of having been chosen by, and of having received, the unanimous endorsement of . hundred good citizens at tho convention held in the Elks' theater, tho latter part of September, 1908. I fccl proud of tho honor of hay. ing my namo on the Republican ticket with such men named thereon this year. | consider that in itself distinction.
 Fellow voters of this county, I do not wish to convey the impression that am throwing bouquets at myself, but miners and all other elasscs, look over this ticket carefully. You may be Denocrats or you may not Do, 1t mat. ters not. You all know that whom machine is worn out, It is no good, an there must Do new ono.
 Just % with our government, whom 1t becomes corrupt. We must get . now one; we must mako . change the American people demand it and will havo it.
 l wish to call the attention of tho mining class of mcn to this ticket. The candidates for councilman and assem. blymen are good, upright mining mon
 not corporation men, but solid men, out for the good of the masses and not the classes. Knowing these men per. sonally, ss I do, know that money cannot buy them. know they will look after the interests of tho miner to the very best of their ability. They arc men whom the miners have sat around the Afeside with and talked of, but win they support them now, at this critical moment, ia tho question.
 Not by any means were these impor. tant offices given out promiscuously, at our convention. These men were choscn from the best, and from different parts of the county. For Supervisors, one from Verde, the other from Harrington. 1 For District Attorney, n Prescott man, one of the brightest lawyers in the county. For Sheriff, little Jim Smith, of Octave, who, I believe, has moro friends than any othor men in the county, and when he gets into the sad dle to go after man hc invariably lands him, and the voters of this coun. ty will find. him the right man in the right place, who will always be there with the goods. For Treasurer, hon est old Fred q. Brecht, of Prescott. | For Recorder, n man that has always been honest with his fellow workers in all things. Knowing him personally, know he will have the welfare of the people close at heart. I also mention J. c. Bradbury, Cor as we fellows call him, Charlie Bradbury), and so l could go on with the whole of our ticket. Again I say, elected of rejected, l shall al- ways be proud of having had my name on tho Republican ticket of 1906. In regard to my sentiments on the state hood question, my answer to the letter of Representative Andrews of New Mexico, that I had published in the Journal Miner, at that time, should show the voters of this county that there isn't enough Now Mexico poodle to buy ms.
 Dear Editor, in looking through some old newspaper clippings l found the speech that our martyred President, William Mckinley, made in Phoenix, Arix., complimenting so spIcndidiy our beautiful country. I wondered, as l rcread it, did tho thought even faintly present itself to him that there would ever come day when we should he |