Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
The NenIsatIsu Of uaI,ed States Senator.

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To set at rest some false statements
that have been circulated for political
purposes, concerning my position Upon
the Senatorial contest, between Mr..
Long and Mr.. Bristow, I wish to call
tine attention of the Republican voters
of Barber county to the following:
Under the primary election law, the
republicans of this county will have a
chance to vote on August 4th.. for the
nomination of Mr.. Long or Mr.. Bristow
for United States Senator, and who
ever is nominated at that time, will be
the nominee before the legislature.
Whoever is elected representative of
this county, if republican, will have to
vote for that nominee in the legislature
whether it be Mr.. Long or Mr.. Bristow.
In other words the republican voters
will have to decide on August 4, whether
| they want Mr.. Long or Mr.. Bristow to
| represent them in the United States
| Senate, and whoever is nominated at
that time on the republican ballot 1
will cheerfully support, if 1 am elected.
The primary election law has taken
out of the hands of a few, the nomi-
nation of a United States Senator, and
placed it in the hands of the people just
the same as it has the nomination of a
representative, and so far as 1 am con-
cerned, am willing to abide by their
decision on August A.
1t has been maliciously circulated,
"that anyone who voted for Griffin,
was voting against Long,. That state
ment is not only untrue but misleading.
By that statement, they intend to
convey to the Long republicans that 1
was fighting him, and to make my posi-
ton clear, want to say right here and
now, that l am not fighting for or
against Mr.. Long or for or against
Mr.. Bristow, as everyone knows that one
candidate has no right to fight another
candidate, who is aspiring for differ
emit Office, but the choice between
these two men is left entirely with the
republican voters at the primary
The above statement quoted, was
also made to mislead the republican
voter so that he would believe that if he
voted for Griffin, he would be voting
against Mr.. Long, and that Griffin
would vote against him in the legisla-
ture. Every republican voter knows
or should know that, whoever is nomi-
| pota1 of tbo rr,y,,o rv M. Tono -, M.
Bristow, would have to support, if
elected, and it is not a discretionary
maCter with me, but am compelled to
support, whoever the nominee may be
if [ am elected and it can make no differ
ence, so far as Mr.. Longs nomination
is concerned, whether Mr.. Gesner is
nominated or myself.
lam candidate for Representative
to the state legislature against Mr..
Gesner, and the issues between US are
not as to whether we are for or against
Mr.. Long, or whether we are for or
against Mr.. Bristow. but their differ
ences will be finally settled by the re-
publican voters on August 4.
The issues between Mr.. Gesner and
myself are, first, which one is the
more competent to fill the Office or posi-
ton to which we aspire; and, second,
whether Mr.. Gesner represented all the
people in the regular session of the leg
islature, or whether his vote was con-
trolled by few machine politicians, and
therefore against the people.
Respectfully submitted,
| SAMUEL GRIFFIN.