The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-24

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full, which was published in the re-
publican press of recent date, ad-
dressed to Governor Haskell. in
which you make various assaults
upon me.
Permit me to say, Mr.. Murray,
that you well know that have had
nothing to do, either directly or in
directly, with the candidacy of any
man in this campaign. You well
know if you had ever undertaken to
investigate the facts before making
reckless statements, that | have
had nothing to do with the appoint
ment of members of election boards
in counties of this state. If yoH
have undertaken to investigate the
facts you have found, that Mr.. Linn,
secretary of the board, attends 80
this matter practically alone.
Ii you investigate, as you should
have done before you made this
statement, you will find that Mr..
Southgate, who was appointed in
Pottawatomie county, was appointed
without my knowledge and that l
knew nothing of Mr.. Southgate's
appointment until Mr.. Stone and Mr..
| Victor Harlow mentioned the matter
to me some ten days ago.
If you will investigate the facts
you will find that DR.. Snelson of
Mcintosh county, to whom YOU re-
fer, was appointed on the recon-
mendation of the democratic county
committee of that county. You will
find that DR.. Snelson was never re-
quested to come to Oklahoma City
by me nor anyone else of whom |
have any knowledge, and if Dr.
Snelson was wrongfully appointed
by reason of the recommendation
of the democratic central committee
of Mcintosh county, you are partly
to blame for having advocated. like
myself, the law which requires that
/ such members of election boards be
appointed on the recommendation OF
the central committees of the po
litical parties in their respective
counties.
You had made various assaults
| upon me prior TO July I, 1910. For
the interest of the democratic party
for whose welfare / had been work.
! ing almost day and night for five
| months, l refused to answer or to
say anything in regard to your re-
| reated assaults until you charged
fraud in connection with the elec-
ton board, and my connection with
the campaign of another candidate
in the race for governor in my
letter published in The Daily Ok
lahoman, under date of Ju< :, 1910,
] referred to your charges and stat
ed to your friends, to the democracy
and the people of Oklahoma that
for the purpose of you, your friends,
the democracy and the people Of
Oklahoma knowing the facts. |
would call the committee together,
the membership of which is elected
by the democrats from various Sec
tions of Oklahoma, and as to whom
they advocated for governor had
never inquired, and would request
them to hear your complaints and
find the facts and bowed as politely
as possible in the interest of the
cause and withdrew, | stated in
that letter that if the committee
found, on a full hearing, that any
statement or insinuation of yourself
had the slightest foundation in fact
terested and honest citizens OF thi.
be chairman OF this committee and
in the interest OF democratic har
mony. in the interest of the party
and the citizenship of Oklahoma
would resign Immediately. did
this as l knew of no better way
TO ascertain the truth. | INDUCED
the presumption that you were run
ming for governor on the truth; that
your friends were supporting you
on the theory that you stood fol
the truth: and that your friends
would hail with delight the finding
OF the facts in regard to these un
just, unwarranted and unfoun5ed
statements; but for some reason,
know not why, you have failed ant
refused to permit the committee tc
pass upon the accusations you haC
heretofore made. There can be
but one of two reasons for your Sc
refusing. The first Is, that you mus
consider this committee dishonest
and although under oath and sit