Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-06-15

change in this office and one less ia
miliar Herewith installed, and one
who has said he would not use sucl
evidence in the trial of any crimina
case, Notwithstanding the fact tha
the state must rely upon the docu
mentary evidence which have secur
ed for a conviction. The state cannot
compel the attendance of witnesses
residing beyond it's borders. The doc
uments in my possession bear Pierce's
genuine signature and were audited
by the Standard Oil company. II
Pierce is convicted these documents
must be used, yet my opponent has
denounced them and said he would
not use this evidence. = -
Therefore, when their secret cam
paign of SANDER and abuse failed in
its purpose to drive me from my post
as some of the other trust organs
daily predicted would occur, they re-
sorted to ends never before attempt
ed in the history of any country. They
timed their attacks just at the time
when | appeared before the supreme
court at Washington to argue the
Waters Pierce Oil receivership case
and sent many copies of the paper to
members of congress and other public
men in dastardly effort to humiliate
the officer of the people and destroy
his influence before the supreme
court for the benefit of the Waters
Pierce Oil company. Such a stroke at
the vital interests of the people and in
behalf of a criminal corporation was
never before attempted and should
arouse the Indignation of every pa
triotic citizen. This attack delivered
for an obvious purpose was the con-
summation of the desperate conspir-
acy which they deliberately planned
and shows you what an officer must
endure if he be faithful to the peo-
pies interest and -antagoni,@
trusts and combinations that can only
exist in violation of law and under
the protection of officers friendly to
their interests.
81 denounce the attack made upon
my private character as the slime
and SANDER of guilty law breakers. I
have always lived an upright and
moral life. l revere virtue and hold it
sacred. | have never thought it nee
essary to instruct my agents to re-
quire all persons who are unfortunate
enough not to own their own homes
and who are compelled to live in rent
ed property, to furnish certificates as
to their good moral character before |
they could find shelter in home |
Any charge that | ever rented any
owned by me for immoral |
purposes is unqualifiedly false. Any |
statement that | ever knowingly per-
mitted the rental of any property of |
which l am executor to improper or |
persons, or that | ever had |
any knowledge that it was so occu-
pied, is malicious falsehood. When |
the SANDER reached Washington | |
paused in my public duties and wired |
my agents to investigate it and evict
any improper tenant, if such there be- |
have never known and do not know
today any of the persons who rent |
from the agents of that es-
late. 1t required man stepped in
venom and Injured to his own mental
1epravity to pen such story for pub
ication. From the mire of their own
vile conscience arise the fumes with
which they would blacken the name of
he most upright if he stood between
them and the people whom they wish
70 plumber and despoil. | warn you
now that they will resort to the bas-
est ends to shake public confidence
n my Integrity in order to accomplish
heir ends and consummate their con-
'piracy, but | defy them to do their
worst. Let them revel in their rGtu-
al element and tongue the Islander
hat flows in natural streams from
heir corrupted souls. The people of
Texas will not misjudge their pur-
'oses. l have firm faith in the
pirit of justice and honor among the
'eople who can penetrate the veil of
and deceit and behold the
skull of fraud behind the
masks they wear"