Pocahontas star herald., 1908-08-28
From Jack Lewis

10 the people OF handolph county:
Gentlemen and fellow citizens, |
wish to present to you these few
lines in regard to my candidacy for
/ the Office of circuit clerk and re-
corder Of Randolph county.
First, / wish to say that am
still proud of the nomination
awarded me in the primary March
1908.
At that time ! went before you
in long friendly campaign oppos-
ed by two of our native boys and
discussed the issues of the race.
When the battle was over, | was
certainly proud to find that | had
received the nomination by 32l
votes.
| have kind feeling for all,
whether they voted against me or
not; | feel that am citizen of
Randolph county and as such |
have great respect for all her people
and their rights and privileges,
and | have tried to SO conduct my
self and the affairs of the Office in
trusted to me as to also have the
respect and friendship of you all in
return.
And | feel that the friends of my
esteemed opponents in the March
campaign are my friends and that
you viii now give me your support
and stand by me as the nominee of
the Democratic party, with pleasure.
The business Of the Office danands
my personal attention now so that
can not again make a personal
campaign. / have not been able to
get any one to attend to the busi-
ness for me. Chancery cosrt meets
on the 7th of Sept. and it is impos-
sible for me to leave with justice to
the parties in that court. Most
every one that | have called on and
nearly every one who has called on
me here, advise me to stay In the
office and attend to the business,
that the people will take care of my
campaign and | truly believe you
will do SO.
feel that / am the nominee of
over Two thousand democrats in the
banner Democratic county OF the
whole State and as much trust that
| may receive the support of all
democrats in the county.
To the Republicans of Randolph
county, wish to say that | respect
your rights to be so. am a demo
crat and believe that the democratic
platform is the greatest platform |
ever read in my life; | believe that
the time has come for a great vic
tory for us throughout the United
States. We believe in equal rights to
all and that the high tariff protec-
tion provided and granted to the
great manufactures of this country
has long since become an unjust
and unfair burden on the masses
and should be repealed.
You all know that we have an
ideal platform and we trust that
you will admit it, and in the name
of humanity and the welfare and
rights of the Southland and the
masses of the common people of the
United States, we trust that you
will lend your support to William
Jennings Bryan and his running
mate for President and Vice-P Presi-
dent and we believe that you will
be proud that you have done so.
And promise you that | would
be proud TO have your support in
the coming election and it will be
my desire to make you a good Of
ficer and treat all alike regardless
of partisanship.
To one and all | will say that
feel that most all of the people of
the county know me and that you
will approve of my staying in the
Office and attending to the business,
especially since ! have already been
nominated by the majority for re-
election.
Thanking You all for past favors