Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-05
SUTTON STIRS THE TENTH
Candidate for Congress Tells Voters
of His Beliefs.
CITES HIS RECORD AS PROOF
Gives Instances Where Upon Bench
He Has EndeavOred 60 Administer
Exact Justice-CompIlmen
other Candidates,

Several hundred voters Of the Tenth
ward gave Judge A. l.. sutton. republican
candidate for congressman, an enthusiast
tic welcome Thursday night, when he
came into the National hall, Thirteenth
and William street, to speak.
And throughout the candidates speech,
which was an elucidauon Of his princi
pies and the republican platform and a
plea for the suffrage Of the voters Of the
southern part OF the city, he was inter
rupted repeatedly with cheers Of approval
Preceding Judge sutton. the principal
speaker Of the meeting. short addresses
we're given by several republican candi-
dates among them being John +. Lynch
candidate for county commissioner, whose
popularity In the Tenth ward cannot be
denied When introduced BY the chairman,
Councilman L. Kugel, who said the intro
duction WAS not necessary. Lynch was
greeted by voleys OF applause and cheers
1T Is true" he said, that / need no in
PRODUCTION in this part OF me city, having
been raised up among you and being, there
fore, one Of YOU He then followed with a
short talk on the recent action Of Judge
Troup in allowing the use OF the voting
machines at the election next Tuesday.
VIII Pull Right Lever.
THAT might be called a democratic VIC
! tory" he said but we Will show the dem
ocrats that they may be successful in the
preliminary plans for the election but they
can't be successful thereby in winning the
election. We should repudiats their action
in this matter by pulling the lever for the
straight republican ticket"
! other speakers Of the evening were r. c.
Foster and John r. Dempster, republican
candidates for the Legislature and John G.
i Trouton. who is running for county COM
missioner.
Chairman Kugel introduced Judge Sutton
amid a din of handclappng.
Il feel complimented," the candidate for
congress began, lat having this referred
% by the speakers who preceded me on
he program as Sutton meeting. 1 would
ave been satisfied at having it called a
Johnny lynch meeting Lynch was brought
up among you, but l can say for myself
that I, too have been reared in this part
Of the city and South Omaha 1t seems
almost superfluous to ask you 10 vote for
Lynch, but l want to add that 1 want you
to vote for the other two Johns who are
running for the office OF county commits
sioner-John Trouton and John Grant
when am playing in game and hold
three jacks-I don't suppose any of you
have played this game-Oaughter)- know
just where am. 1t 10 the same way with
holding three Johns such as these three
aTe'-you know just where you stand, and
through them you know just where you'll
get.
Il do not feel stranger here tonight.
was raised practically right here in your
neighborhood, in South Omaha. have
lived out here in the southern part OF tho
city for twenty-five years and IL 1 an
going to get slaughtered at the election
next Tuesday I do not want It TO come
from this part Of the town.
so, If you think 1 am on the square, Il
you think I have proved a good public
servant as district judge and II you thinl
| will make, YOU a good representative IL
congress. / want you to vote for me-
Pledge to People.
''If / 20 to congress 1 will go with tn
same determination that / went upon tn
district bench. / will so determined I
treat all alike, the rich, the poor / vii
stand by the laborng man and against tn
= trusts. 1 suppose you know that l vii
take that stand You still remember tn
coal trust of Omaha, which fought year
ago. That trust has long since been dea
and 1 know OF no combine Of the kin
now.
NO. 1 can say that 1 have never bee
Influenced by corporations nor by the rio
man. My sympathies lie with the poo
man and with the laboring man. You wi
remember a girl in your neighborhood fe
off street car not long ago and brols
her jaw in such a way that she was nc
able afterwards to eat or drink In Tn
ordinary way. Her jaws we're bandage
together and when the bandages wer
taken off, after the wounds had healeC
she had TO eat everything through a straw
She brought suit against the street ca
company. When the jury brought in
verdict giving that girl all of the sum
1850 for which she sued the attorney 70
the company wanted me to reduce tn
amount, claiming that 1t was too niue
for a poor girl like her; that 5000 woul
be sufficient for her. Did l cut IL down
No. If she had been a rich girl the attol
ney never would have thought to max