The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
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SPECIAL % The Washington Herald
Salisbury, Md. Nov. 16.-Congressmsn-
elect William II. Jackson VIII have this
IG say in his newspaper, the Salisbury
Courier. Tomorrow
The statements which have appeared IN
the public press during the past week,
purporting to have come from me, regard
ing the expenditure of money in cOnnec-
tion with my election, have been so gross
J. exaggerated and largely untrue that I
feel that l am compelled. in simple JUS
Iice TO myself. 10 make a statement con-
cerning what old occur az the time the
interviews We're given 10 the Baltimore
reporters.
says He Made No Admissions.
1T is true ] did talk with a correspond
ent of the Baltimore News at my office
here last Saturday morning. but the In
terview, as published, is so grossly incor-
rect as 10 amount to an almost total fabTi-
cation. AS TO the interview in the BaIti-
more sun. ] will say that at the time
was called up at the Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel in Philadelphia Saturday evening
last had not seen a copy of the Satur-
day evening edition Of the Baltimore
News containing the interview, and could
not, therefore. have said that il was cor
rect.
In both interviews every statement I
made regarding the use of money was at
once construed into an admission that it
was used on election day for illegal pur-
poses; whereas / made no statement from
which any such uuwarranted conclusion
could be drawn or any unjust inference be
made. on the contrary. I distinctly stated
that, personally, I knew nothing Of any
expenditures for votes and did not con-
tribute anything for that purpose. Nv
only reference TO heavy expenditures re-
lated 10 expenditures during the campaign
proper; and, by the way. they were par
ticularly heavy. owing 10 q large number
OF causes.
Costs Money TO Register Votes.
In the first place. il is conceded that
there has never been in this district =
Congressional campaign with such an ef-
fective organization as We had this year,
and absolutely no money or pains were
spared TO nave placed on the books every
Republican voter As is well known
there is an exceptionally large and in
creaslng number of voters changing their
residence from county to county, and
from district to district. and only those
who are somewhat familiar with this
kind of work have the faiutest conception
of the cost involved 10 properly take care
of all the expenses connected with work
Of registration
This year not a stone was left un-
turned along this line. including the en-
among them being United States District
Attorney John c. Rose. of Baltimore,
and the gains in registration alone. as re-
ported to Mr.. Goldsborough the chair
man of our campaign committee, showed
that Mr. Smiths alleged plurality Of SO
two years ago was not only entirely
wiped out. but enough more gained TO
have made a plurality in itself larger than
that by which he was returned. In other
words. many thousand voters were gained
from that source alone.
Oyster Men Give Him Majorities.
in addition 10 these heavy expenditures
Of money in connection with registration,
there is an almost duplicate expense in
getting the registered Republican voters
home from their places of employment for
the purpose OF voting. For the infoTma-
the conditions Of labor in the district, it
might be we'll TO say that there is in the
Republican party a large class Of voters
who leave their homes al this season CT
the year 70 engage in the oyster indus
try, who are unable 10 leave their work
and go 20 their various polling places
without assistance. This has always been
considered a legitimate expense by both
rf-,t1a b1c n r1TnpfiCa
for years
But this constituted one. and only one,
Of the many elements which contributed
10 my success. For weeks before the
campaign closed was in receipt of CON
stant assurances from friends in position
to know, that in the tidewater counties a
large proportion Of the oyster vote would
be cast for me, because Of my strong op-
position TO the Haman bill last winter.
NV position upon this subject was well
known throughout the district and an an
alysis Of the votes cast shows that my
heaviest majoIfties came from the three
counties in which the oyster vote was
q dominant factor.
IN Dorchester there was more than
1le3 majority; in Somerset. nearly I,C0o.
and In Talbot, between 500 and COO We
had. before the campaign, not only assur-
anCes from our own people to this effect.
but from the Democrats, as well, that
this large vote would be cast for me, and
] felt confident before the election that
! would receive large proportion Of it
Also Got Good Democratic Vote.
But, apart from these considerations,
there were a large number Of Democratic
friends who had personally given me the
assurance Of support. not only in this
county. but throughout the district. and.
as is we'll known. there have been few
campaigns where as much apathy existed
in the ranks Of our opponents as this
wear. while our own people were never
more harmonious or enthusiastic in a
Congressional campaign. A condition of
this kind was necessarily largely in my
favor. and in Itself a prominent factor
in the result which was attained.
In addition TO all this. there were a
large number Of voters-Democratic Inde-
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