The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-06

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IN the closing days Of this campaign
desire to refute and deny certain
charges that have been made against
lme. Unfortunately. my home town
has an element Of sidewalk gossopers,
as I suppose all towns have; they have
no political faith, no convictions, no
consideration for enterprise or other
peoples interests, but go along day
by day and year in and year out, dis
| pensing their vencmous, sianderous
talk At the outset Of my announce
ment they started their hammers on
me, not dealing in facts or truths,
but manufacturing all manner Of
charges. | fear no bad results from
the people who know me, but these
statements in the hands Of strangers
would be evidently misleading and
work an injury in my interest as can
didate for the office to which | aspire.
It has been charged that I bolted
the democratic ticket in our last city
election. This | deny as we have
never at any time been divided on
party lines in any city election.
It has also been charged that in
this campaign have allianced myself,
pledged my services if elected to rail-
road interests, and that ! gave ban-
quet to railroad employees that cost
me a fabulous sum. | have given no
banquets to any one or any organiza-
tion. have never been allianced
with an- railroad. | consider the
railroads she most evil and gigantic
monopolies in this great nation, and
particularly within the confines Of our.
proposed state, and IL nominated and
elected, ! shall devote my entire ener-
gy in protecting the people against
these and other kindred evils. 1t has
also been charged that certain citi-
zen Of my town, who has deliberately
continuously and wantonly slung mud
at me since my announcement, has
been the recipient Of two notices,
therein making statements, which if
carried out, would jeOpardize his lib
erty, and that | either wrote them on
countenanced them. This I deny as
an infamous, damnable lie. Born and
raised In this frontier country among
such environments, have never
threatened any man nor carried weap-
ons, nor do ! ever expect to.
Immediately after my announce
ment my home club endorsed me. Our
township committeeman, who is also
president Of DIR club, and participated
in said endorsement, has from that
time on knocked on me and has stated
that he has written every township
committeeman in the county, denounc-
ing me. This he has done without |
cause or reason unless it were to build |
himself up politically and CONNER
cially at my expense. | have not seen
any Of these letters, nor do know
that he has written them, only | know /
that he has SO stated. Recently he
has become involved in matter be-
fore the courts, and | have heard that |
he and the amalgamated anarchists !.
have charged that | was party to
the making Of charges against him.
This | deny point blank and the court |
records will bear me out in it. And |
further, he knows that several days |
before this matter was brought up !
that he was warned to desist abusing
me, and if he continued to do so he I
would he brought out as before stated. /
! knew nothing Of his affairs and had
to do with it.
| am democrat, not because my
father and forefathers on both sides
Of my family were, but because dem
ocracy as promulgated and enunciated
by Jefferson and resurTected by our
Iillustrious commoner, William Jen-
nings Bryan, is the only true and cor
rect principle by which a people can
secure fair AMI impartial goverrm ut. :
/ am not fettered ani hampered; no
man nor faction has any strings on
me, and If elected to represent Grady
county in our first legislature | sha.l
go there with no AK to grind unless t
1t were broad ak with which to hew
into line all trusts and monoplies, and
put the people in power, and protect
them and their posterity therein.
| have treated my opponents in this
campaign with absolute consideration
and fairness, and all other candidates,
indistriminately; for this | refer you
to them.
] thank my friends for their en-
couragement in this race, and If elect
ed no man viii ever have cause to re-
gret having voted for ME. was born