Amador ledger., 1910-11-04
RAKER ABUSES
EN6LEBRIGHT
Candidate for Congress
Grossly Misrepresents
Facts In Jackson

Last Saturday evening Jackson was
the scene of a democratic mass meet
ing, at which state senator, A. Cami-
netti, nominee for member of state
senate from the 10th district and
Judge John E. Raker, democratic
nominee for congress in the first dis
trict, were the principal speakers.
The Jackson band opened the meet
ing by playing several selections, after
which senator Caminetti was intro
duced from the steps of the National
hotel by DR.. E. E. Endicott, who
acted as chairman of the meeting.
He seemed to think everything was
positively certain as far as his own
election was concerned. For his COM
panion Judge Raker, however, he was
less certain. and therefore emptied his
gift of oratory upon the judge, who is
making a bitter campaign himself
against his opponent, congressman
Englebright.
Caminetti after finding his voice
gone by reason of hoarseness, in
troduced judge Raker.
Raker attempted to be clever in his
opening remarks, by referring to his
own beauty, but toned down to solid
argument, and declared that he was
going to be the next congressman
from this district in spite of all his
obstacles.
The democrats and the insurgent
republicans will be able to control the
house, he declared, and l shall, when
ever find 1t consistent, stand by the
insurgent forces.
He announced that he opposed
personal abuse, and personal criticism.
| am making daylight, monday fight
myself, and | will conduct this cam
paign until the polls close on the 8th
of November along the same lines
He stated that Englebright repeated
ly voted against labor, and decried and
attempted to belittle the present con-
gresham IN every manner possible.
that nearly every person in Humboldt
county informed HIM that owing to
the successful work of Englebright in
securing the appropriation of over a
million of dollars, which had to be ex
pended in repairing and improving the
harbor of Eureka ETC., that to a
jack man Of them, as he expressed it,
would vote to return Englebright for
that act alone. With the aid of a
congressional record in which was
printed only the opening appropriation
of $3.50, 900, he claimed that congress
man Engebrlght was misrepresenting
the matter. and deceiving his entire
district is the way he puts it. That
he carried positive proofs of what he
was telling. Then he exhibited the
copy of the congressional record and
read to his audience the appropriation
which he stated before was but $780,,
900 which congress really passed upon
as the total amount for the work to
put the harbor of Eureka in a navi
gable condition.
After the meeting the Ledger's re
preventative interviewed the candidate
and showed him an editorial published
in a prominent Nevada county paper,
stating that over one million dollars
has been recommended After read
ing the editorial, Raker turned to the
reporter and said, well this paper is
misinformed, that's all" He was
then asked to deny or affirm the report
as being an editorial it was supposed
to carry with it an air of truthfulness
only. ~
Well then, he said, 81 wish to in
form you that Mr. Englebright is de-
ceiving everyone that he tells that he
has secured the million dollar appro-
priation for Humboldt county, or any
promise for that amount, that his only
appropriation is $3.50, 900 which in it
self is insufficient to tow out and an
Choir scows to start the work, and
there is nothing whatever on record
that at any time congress will ever
appropriate one more cent to carry on
the work.
Then he picked up his dress suit case
and took therefrom a large package of
papers and documents, which covered
the entire period of Mr. Englebright's
experience in public life. exhibit
these papers willingly he commented,
whenever meet man who is willing
to be convinced.
Starting at Englebright's earliest
period as public official, he pre-
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