The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-22
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easy matter for the people of Richiand
county to know him well. Their fav-
CRADLE verdict at the polls, his friends
Insist, is complete refutation of all
the charges and an endorsement OF
which any man Of public affairs has n
right to feel proud.
In an Interview here today. Mr.
Moody stated:
Among other things, / am charged
with sending a check for sos to bride
church society. There isn't a shred
OF truth in this statement. There In
absolutely no truth In the statement
that / distributed beer in the different
precincts of the county. During tho
entire campaign I gave no man a cent
In money or any beer or whiskey or
anything of value whatsoever to pro-
mote my election. In fact was the
only candidate for any office in the
county who used no money whatever
to secure his election. / was, as you
know an Independent candidate and
had no political organization behind
me. Both Of the old parties had or
CARNATIONS and the candidates of both
parties were assisted by campaign
funds and these campaign funds were
used to secure the election of tho can.
didates Of the respective parties and
most Of 1t was used in the interest of
my two opponents. Unfortunately /
am a man of small means and I could
not bride voters either with money or
whiskey or beer IL I were disposed to
do so but, as matter OF fact, / did not
run my campaign in that way. That
has never been my method in politics.
/ made my appeal directly to the in
dividual voters and they voted for me
without money and without price
"The statement that I circulated the
report that the democratic candidate
had withdrawn on the day before cleo
ton is absolutely false. AS a matter
Of fact l did not want him to with
draw. l wanted both OF my opponents
to remain in the field to the end as
that was in my interest. And the
charge that / did veterinary work for
the farmers in order to secure their
votes has no foundation in fact.
at is quite true that I made my
campaign on the ground that wanted
vindication. / had held the office two
terms before and near the close of
my second term an action was brought
against me to remove me from Office in
which grave charges were made
against my personal and official in
tegrity. This action was instigated
by would-be political bosses who could
neither use me nor beat me. They
were aided by three or four men-two
Of whom are now In office in Richland
county. The complaint in the action
charged me with all manner of crimes
and wrongdoing. but when the case
finally came to trial the only thing left
to be submitted to the Jury was
matter of 50, which it was claimed /
had improperly charged, and 1t took
the jury just about fifteen minutes TO
find that this accusation was false.
This action was expensive and cost me
a great deal Of money that could not
well afford to pay and of course when
the action was brought, all the charges
contained in the complaint were pub
lished and scattered all over the coun-
ty.
81 have lived in this county for
twenty three years. / have a wife and
family and I think as much of my good
name as any other man, and my
principal motive in being a candidate
this year was to secure vindication
from the hands of the people of this
county of the charges that were made
against me-
1.-The statment that 1 had been con-
nected I'm some way with train rob-
berries is not only false but is ridicu-
lous. This story was circulated when
was first a candidate for sheriff, but
the people of the county only laughed
at it, and supposed it had been drop
ped until I saw 1t revived in your
paper.
1.-The story that have another wife
and family living in South Dakota is
also a pure falsehood with absolutely
not one thing to support it."