The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-03
DAVE HILL
REPLIES
To the Charges Made against Him BY
the Trades Council and Others
To tie Voters Of Grady County


To the Voters Of Grady County:
On April, 80, 1907 there was pub
lished in both the daily papers of
Chickasha a resolution Of the Trades
Assembly Of Chickasha, which / am
told represents the labor organiza-
tions, in which was Denounced by
by such organization. The reason
sucn resolution was adopted and pub
lished does not appear. It has been
charged by some Of my opponents for
the nomination for sheriff OH the dem
ocratic ticket that l was against ua-
ion labor; that employed non-union
men to construct my house two miles
west Of Chickasha | presume my op-
ponents who are seeking to make pol
;tical capital out O.. this matter know
the facts; but I am going to explain
the matter to the people of this ccuE-
ty, So there can he no mistake.
When l decided to buid my house
vest Of Chickasha, | determined not
to let it by contract, thinking that
some material changes might be made
and that / could have the home built
Just as wanted it. I built it for
a horie FIR my family and | wanted
it built 70 suit them. l purchased the
material myself and employed man
to oversee the building and to en-
plcy men by the day to do the work.
I paid him $3.50 day and | paid the
men employed $3.50 and SO per day. I
had nothing to do with employing the
men except ! paid them for their work
and / knew nothing about the union
labor matter. When the house was
being constructed the overseer was
short Of help and l tried repeatedly
in Chickasha to secure union laborers
to do the work on the building. I
have worked on farm and ranch all
my life and | have done as hard work
as any man. G. W. Ladd and are
now having building constructed
in the city Of Chickasha and union
labor men are doing the work.
1t has also been charged by some
Of my opponents that about two years
ago ] refused to let the farmers un-
ion hold meeting in school house
which | had built on my place about
six miles east Of Chickasha. This is
not true my permission was not ask
ed.
| built small school mouse for the
use Of myself and my neighbors so
that we would have a school near
enough to send our children, and it
was used for that purpose by all the
people in the community who wanted
to send their children to school. When
school was not in session the house
was kept locked and the key was
kept at my house. About a year and
half ago some man, | do not konw
his name, came into the community
and solicited a meeting Of the farm
ers. He did not see me and | did
not know when he was to have his
On the afternoon before
the meeting the man went to my house
AMI was not at home. He asked my
wife for the key to the school house
very abruptly and without telling her
her what kind of meeting he was
going to have. She told him that |
was not at home and that he would
have to see me about it. | never saw
him. The people Of that communit,
have always had the use of the school
house whenever they wanted it, and
refer to them.
1t has also been said that / assisted
J. B. Kelsey in spotting and helping
IN to collect the tribal tax from farm
ers throughout this country on lit
tie lunches of cattle. This is also
false. There is absolutely no ground
for such a report. never had any
thing to do with the cattle tax in my
life.
It has also been charged by my op-
ponents that ! am citizen and have
no taxes to pay and that built my
my house west of Chickasha, but was
particular to build it just outside the
corporate limits of Chickasha in or
der to escape taxation. My house is a
mile from the corporate limits on nv
own allotment of ITO acres of land.