The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Incidents and Opinions
 Throwing Light on
 The National, Contest

to Otero on behalf of James B. Sher- man, the Republican candidate for vice president, and other associates in the lumber company which sought the land at one-tenth of It's value, first, by
 dummy" entrymen and later by 6 Congressional act.
 ! sherman in his denial of the charge telegraphed here today. denies any Knowledge of the draft. but admits his association with, Promoter Burke, and connection with the undertakings Of the corporation which he and the other directors incorporated in the territory of Arizona--'to secure secrecy" ac- cording to Burke.
 The history of the blanket option, the participation of railroad promot- CT who learned some of the inside" facts and demanded an interest in the official timber" the removal of Gov welt for his share in the transfer of one of the least objectionable trades of the lot. and the letter of Burke to sherman. all are facts with which Nc. statement, given exclusively to The World. follows:
 A Scandal For Years.
 "The charges connecting Vice-Presi- dentiai Candidate sherman with land frauds in New Mexico. are based upon his supposed connection with what was known as the official timber deal which has been a scandal In New Mexi- co for a number of years.
 Just what connection Sherman had with, the deal Is not knowD In New m1so bs s the heTS EnrEs Mso made his appearance in Sante F'e ani soon had what was called blanket option, covering territorial timber lands.
 0ld Time Republican Ba1ks.
 Nashville American.
 Hon. H. Clay Sims, of Wayne coun" ea evsTS RspuDiean soifs %Ao ans since Lincoln, who has been Chairman of the Wayne County Court two terms and trustee of the county two terms, has written the following letter to The
 Accept my compliments for the stand you have taken in our state af- fairs; think you are right, ,r ., Why Thy cause he Is opposed to prohibition, and at the same time indorse Tillman be- cause he favors prohibition? want pabesn rS feST esn sGw stand oSbotS The National Republican Conventton would have none Of prohibition in IaIts its The national platform was made by our wisest and brainiest leaders and they said prohibition wouldn't do;- But our state convention met met and Ia.i'1 said --who Is 1t? Did our National Con vention make a mistake or did our state convention commit the error?
 "Pll tell you, Mr. EJitor,. the national hibition party run its own affairs: but the state convention has tried to take the prohibition platform and write St Into the Republican state platform. Prohibition has never prohibited. It J never will. It has disrupted party, i produced dissension, and accomplish ed nothing practically for. real tenn perance. Look at Maine. After twen- ty-five years of abortive so-called pro- hibition 1t Is a failure and the Repuo- gia Is a more recent instanee, where prohibition has worked injury
 The people are tired of being legis. lated agaInst. They don't want all their privileges taken from them. The public morals do not require the abso- tute prohibition. of wine, beer and liquors Many of our people want. and will vote for personal freedom In ; the use of .spirituous- liquors. and you can't legislate this desire out of uHana. principles of Lincoln. Garfield McKtn- ley and -RooseYert. bHt~ have never heard Of one of these aoId heroes of Republication running on a prohibi- Army when but boy I was captur- ed by the rebels and placed in Libby prison. I have always been and am sti1I a zea1ous party man, but have not yet concluded to leave my party and its principles kor the sake of Q siie issue. borrowed from the prohibl- ton platform. think you are right: Mr. Editor. and I am with you, and lots of others In Tennessee. You may lose a subscriber here and there. but there are dozens who will take thep
 'very truly o, s,. : i'waynesboro, Route 2. Oct. IT."