Sharp County record., 1908-01-31
RUFF'S REPLY
TO HENDERSON
Tells Him Had He Succeeded In Getting Few More To Follow
Him That Randolph County Would Now Have
Republican Representative
Pitman, Ark, Jan. 20, 1908.


TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE
SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT:
Fellow Citizens:-In the press
last week you were dshed out a
lot of stuff from my opponent
and among other things he pre-
tended to give you the whole of
the correspondence between us
in regard to his proposition 10
leave the vote on Senator to Ran
dolph county alone, and thus
practically disfranchise the dem
ocrats of Sharp and Lawrence
counties. But, to show you how
unfair he was, | am going to pub
lish my answer TO his letter of
the 9th inst, at the close of
which he said, "To this letter |
have had no reply" No, you
had no reply which you cared to
have published, but you had a
reply all right, for | wrote and
mailed it Jan. 9Th, and you
should have received it not later
than the 10th, and your article
was not published until a week
after that. The reply was as fol-
lows:
Pitman, Ark, Jan. s, 1908.
Hon. g. H. Henderson,
POcahOntas, Ark.
Dear Sir:-Your letter of the
9th inst, just received, in which
you say that | am in error when
| read into your letter PROPOSE
ton to leave the selection of the
Senator to Randolph county al
one. Well, let's see what you did
mean. | quote from your letter
of the 3lst ult,, eve might sub
NIT our claims to the democratic
voters of Randolph county at an
early primary to be held say 30
days before the regular primary
or "we could join in a request
chat cur names be left off of the
ballots in Lawrence and Sharp
Countess cor we could sign an
agreement that the one that car
ried Randolph county should
have the nomination regardless
Of how the other counties should
CO." Now, my dear sir, il this
does not mean that you intended
to leave the matter to Randolph
county alone and not let the
democratic voters Of Lawrence
and Sharp have a voice in the
matter. / confess that am Of " "
loss to understand th" Ehgllsh
LANGUAGE. ~ tnat was not. your
m osnilg, what did you write me
~ Az sHS ts. TS ny ever saying that |
wanted 70 shut Lawrence and
Sharp out Of voting and having
l,voice in this matter, | do en-
phatically deny ever having said
/. to you or anyone else; all that
[ have ever said was what wrote
you on the 3rd inst, that so far
a3l was personally concerned |
would be perfectly willing to risk
my chances with you or anyone
else here in Randolph county.
AS for your term "lour- flushing"
confess to you | do not know
It's meaning, and beg to say that
Webster gives me no light on the
subject,
In regard to the vote | received
in 1893, and also the vote by
which Campbell defeated both Of
us, have the official returns be-
fore me and none that you give
are correct, but perhaps in view
Of your exceedingly great skill in
such matters in the practice Of
law | should not hold the misrep-
resontotion against you.
You say that If the statements
Of those who opposed me in my
successful races are to be believ-
ed that "there was no short cut,
no practical politics, no advan.
tage that | did not avail myself
Of" From whom, my dear sir,
do you quote9 There is one
thing you will find If you Will
aaa,oh hordl ennuuh, never