Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-03-28

To ue' Voters of Abilene:
l am informed that certain persons
are circulating the report that ! am
"whiskey man" and in favor o.
"ioints " In fairness to the party
which nominated me, and in justice
to myself, wish to state that sucn
report is malicious and contemplate
ialsehood, and was concocted for po-
litical purposes only.
| desire to say further that II the
people Of Abilene see fit to elect me
mayor. pledge them my word ana
honor that / will do everything in my
power to see that the prohibitory law
and every other law, is enforced both
in spirit and letter. l myself have
family Of boys to educate and raise 10
Abilene, and no den Of vice ana
iniquity will be allowed to prey upon
the innocent children Of our town II
am elected mayor.
1t shall be my greatest pleasure as
well as my duty during my term 0i
office to assist in the enacting and en-
forcing Of such laws and policies az
will be for the moral, financial ano
com mercial Improvement Of our beau
tiful city. A H. ELwioA'
The above straight-from-the-shoui
der statement OF Mr.. Elwick nails ul
one story that the Rice followers hay
been industriously circulating IN Tn
hope Of deceiving the voters MI
Elwick stands for clean town. d
will be found working heartily VII
n County Attorney Parent to keep AD |,
leue in the same ''dry" condition
IS which 1t now is. Nobody know
q better than Mr.. Rice that never !
1t Abilene's history was this such q clea
le town as 1t is today; that never has u
,e law been so well enforced and tn
al the Republican administration is ma
iup Abilene a far cleaner town th'
,r ever it was under Rice's administr
y tion.
n The advance Of Abilene depends
having an administration that W
,SS work for Abilene's interest.
SSs SSs Now is the time to build up Able
csS NOT to drag up a lot Of old'til
90 DO troubles and the Rice kind Of admin
SO tration.
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q! II the city hall of Abilene were
100 40 Gated where it should have been
900 stead Of being sthck in what was u
'Oao y. a mudhole and is yet far from
'ss ss1 business portion Of town it would
,T4 worth $4,000. That city hall '
M, o., located under Mr.. Rice's adminis'
ar. ar ton; bonds for $4,000 were 70
,ta. for it-and over 100000 was sPen'
build 1t.
LUE n ..
One of the issues in this carnpa
! $50 ia John Sherman, one Of the best n
ARE oII sbals this town ever had. He is
Sus kind Of q marshal John Favor '
-. -. fearless. honest, clean and doing
duty everywhere regardless oi
'i,V% person affected. Many Oithe men
- o.s want Mr.. Rice for mayor we're aga
JohnFavor; they tried to beat hin
$3.50 sheritT-but the people OF Dickil
n, 70. county elected him by q big malc
O0.SSO and reelected him by bigger mi
T7'% ity than that by which he was at
~ ass elected. There is another eleI
'Is.SlS against John Sherman and tina
:. 20, those young men and boys who
~ ,Oss a natural hankering for disobe
liSOTs the law. They have been vigor'
is, ,ls prosecuted by the marshal an'
assistant, John Julian. That s'
sSs - sss officers deserves praise. A hghI
ssOO man for doing bis duty will al
!, - y recoil on the persons making IT,
-slaEO In his seli-laudstory letter =
DIV public in which be tells how a.
is A. W. Rice says great care $
diSses he exercised to see that the taxi
Swart are not Overburdeued." He
Mrs. 81 am Of the opinion that con
honor able saving can be acOOmPli
% win Let's see. Mr.. Rice was may
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