The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-12
HE ADMITS IT
The Tribune Interviews Marvin
Bristow Who States That
Auditing Report is Correct

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accused the Democrat Of sling
ing mud because it asked a few
pertinent questions about the
record and qualifications tor
Office Of D. d. Hoag, Guy Gillett,
Marvin Bristow A. j. Perry and
Blankenship, which have not
been answered yet and won't be
until just before the election
when it is too late for the hollow
ness Of said "reply" to be shown.
Instead of replying to these
questions, the Tribune published
the following little screed, from
the Republican County Central
Committee, written undoubtedly,
by Marvin Bristow. The Demo-
crat reproducesi it for two reasons.
The first is that it contains an
admission that the report of
Messrs Vaughn and Crom in 1908
is correct, whioh is to say that
he admits himself guilty of more
than the Democrat ever request
ed him to explain. He says that
the whole world knows that such
practices prevail in all police
courts. The other reason is that
Mr.. Bristow advertises himself to
J the community in his true light
by giving out a slanderous lie
when attention is directed upon
him. The editor cares nothing
for the Tribune's Bristow inter-
view, as his father law never
had one dollar invested or loaned
in the purchase of the Democrat,
and nothing is easier than to
show it. But Mr.. Bristow shows
himself up as a skunk, and the
Democrat is interested, like all
forces for decency in the county,
in trying to prevent the election
of q skunk to suoh an important
office as county attorney. The
article follows, and shows how
hard pressed Bristow is who is re-
presented to the Democrat by
prominent Republicans as being
one of the worst corruptionists in
Caddo county.
BRIsTow INTERVIEWED
A Tribune reporter asked Mr..
M. Bristow il he had anything to
say in answer 70 charges made
by the Democrat of Thursday,
Sept. 9th and Monday, Sept. 9th,
and he requested us to say:
1.-THE attacks are malicious and
villainous. The Democrats
publication of the 9th is in proof
of its statements of the 9th and
to answer the latter is to answer
the former. The report of that
committee is substantially cor
rect but the council then and
now as we'll as the whole world
knows that the practice prevails
in all police courts-democratic
and republican, where worthless
individuals who are a burden to
the community and guilty of
crime, a fine is imposed and the
individual given time 10 leave
1.-THE city or community. II the
democrat does not know this, it's
IGNORANCE is too densefor it to be
Iblamed-but it DOES know better
{ nd is therefore dishonest. ii
made my reports to show the
truth when if dishonest, | could
have cancelled the truth. / am
hot afraid of those malignant as
Isaults where / am known.
Neither am ! afraid of the re-
butts where the Democrat editor
8 known or where it is known
bow he got his tainted" and
l'crooked"money with which he
purchased the plant which he
how 8 lei to sling mud indiscri.
lltely and sweepingly at his WELL
known fellow citizens. To be
1lear and specific, Herndon's
Isther in law, one G. w. Brown,
b indicted for breaking three
banks to.wit; One at Comanohe,
T., one at Rush Springs, /. T.,
Ind the other at Mountain Home
arkansas, and at the last named
llace was almost mobbed by the
hraged ~depositors, many of
thom were laborers, widows and
lephans, but he came out wealthy
Ind furnished part Of the money
nth which Herndon's plant was