North Park union., 1906-11-02
ALDEN. LARMER COUNTY. NOVEMBER

concerning Crawford.) Iwish | had
that'letter of yours. in which you
were begging for money. in which
you agreedto support the Republi-
can ticket, and if can get it will
publish it, too.
/ |. E. A. Anderson. plead guilty. to
writing letter to VIM. Mari. while
he was in Fort Collins as delegate
to the Republican Convention that
nominated Drake and Wollaver. not
stopping to think that asking for or
accepting it. if rendered. might be
construed to mean that | would
willingly support Drake and VOLTA
yer, If nominated by that conyen-
ton. My first paper after the con-
yeEtion met. came out and said that
inasmuch as Drake and Wollaver
were up for reelection. we would
leave it to North Parkers to mete
out what they considered the proper
reward for Drake and Wollaver be-
traying North Parkers in their eff
fort to secure separate county. or
words to that effect. When Ken
saw my article he told me, (the ex-
act words ! cannot quote because
they would not look well in print.)
that could not hope to get $3.50
or $500 | had asked for. after men,
tioning Drake. who would be called
on for. perhaps. the biggest assess
ment OF any one candidate, like that.
j replied that if receiving $3.50 or
5000 meant thnt | had to support
Drake andsW dllaver; then, did not
want it. 4 few days before | went
to Fort QSaAns Ken asked me if
5000 wdI1, be any iuducement for
me to support Drake. told him
no. I.adGedAs IkIhad to choose be-
tween takfIa 5000 to support
Drake and Wullayer or SlOo for
McHugh and Donath. ! would take
the latter. In reply to the GOOD
for evil story, referring to me per-
sonally, plead guilty to the charge
made by Ken. when | look at it
from Ken's point of view, and |
must admit that played the part
of a coward at that time in asking
for that protection which seemed SO
all important to me then: and since
! am given this opportunity to vim
dicate myself. l will nov promise to
never again, knowingly. at least.
take Coysrds part. and With Gods
help. | know | can keep the promise.
Before proceeding. want TO ac-
knowledge that | had not thought OF
nor considered my position fron,
Ken s point of view as told in this
paner sc,d whila a-a olit hie- point
well taken. must still say that
do not think the ninety per cent OF
North Parxers that signed a petit
ton for North Park to become a
county will charge me with ingrati-
tude because gave MacCallum,
Mosman and Mari chance to re-
ply this week. if they so desired,
a chance they did not care to i'm
prove as requested. at least. SO it
appears to me, through fear of hurt
ing ken's chance of election in the
lower end of the county. Besides.
amt under as much obligation to
several hundred North Parkers, who
have given me their loyal support
during my stay here of four and one
half years as could possibly be to
any two or three business men in
Walden, or all of them combined for
that matter? | say this because
Ken said when he wanted me to
support Drake. Anderson. you know
the people of North Park are feckle.
| replied. yes, some of them. Ken
continued. you cannot afford to
take chances of losing the, Land
Office business, the State Legal ad-
vertising, and other business you
get from the minority, in order. to
fight for your prejudice on the
County question. | did not reply,
but will now say that if fighting