Pocahontas star herald., 1910-04-08
For County Judge

| take this method of announcing
myself as a candidate for the office
of county and probate Judge.
As to my ability to properly fill
this important Office, that is a ques-
tion that you must decide for your
selves and as ! have been before the
people long enough to enable every
voter to form a correct opinion.
1t will not be "leap in the dark. :"
| shall not attempt to outline my
position on any of the public ques-
tions at this time | deem it unnec :
essary as all know where | stand.
| shall only say for myself that |
would appreciate the honor of the
o flee and that | need the salary
that is attached to it. These are my
reasons for becoming a candidate.
l want to take the present OPP
portunity of assuring the 600 Dem
ocratic voters of my heartfelt graf
itude for their support in the last
election | am doubly grateful from
the fact that your support was Civ
en- when my name was discredited
on the ticket by being placed there
as an Independent.
While thanking my supporters
/ am not finding fault with any
one of my opponents. am aware of
the fact that many of my friends
voted for my opponent whose name
was on the ticket as the nominee,
the question of whether there was
any nomination for Judge was so
muddled that many were in doubt
and quite naturally gave benefit of
the doubt to the one whose name
appeared as the nominee.
have no apologieslto make for
my course in that campaign neither
neither do / bear malice toward any
one for their course. give the
same credit for sincerity that |
claim for myself. | thought | was
right then, still think it, but do
not enter this campaign to discuss
the issues of the past but enter it up
on my own merits and expect to dis
cuss the issues that may arise with
my opponents.
fully realize that it is discour-
aging to my friends to see me go
down in defeat so often and ! have
delayed my announcement in order
that l might advise with as many of
them as possible before doing SO. /
greatly regret that have not had
the opportunity of seeing more of
them. am often twitted with being
an unsuccessful candidate and many
are the jokes at my expense but after
all has not my every failure been
more than half success save in
financial way. 1t has always
taken the best man in the field and
a count of the last township, to
accomplish my defeat.
The majontles of my successful
opponents have been very small and
no candidate for any Office has
ever received a better vote than /
among che people where l am best
known.
The loss of time and money has
bourn heavily on me as my time is
money but do not feel that all
this is lost. | do not believe that
this effort of myself and friends has
been in vain. Would you have one
who has held himself up under re-
peated defeats, one who is still sus-
tained by his friends stand back
and say because / have been unsuc-
cessful in an honest effort to secure
this position of honor and profit ]
will make no further efforts or
would you say as has been said
"That adversely teaches us not only
to know ourselves but to know and
feel for others" that former failures
will cause me to better appreciate
snccess.
1 ask a careful consideration from
all, carefully review my past life
from all points, then if you can find
anything in me worthy of your
support, | ask it as one who needs
it and one who will appreciate and
as small recompense for the abid-
ing faith that my friends seem to
have in me, l promise to use all the
energy and ability that l have to
guard the interests of the people
carefully, look after all the details
of office and generally to so admin
Al ~ -