The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-22
TO THE VOTERS, TAxPAYERs AND FELLOW CITIZENS
 OF HOT STRINGS.

mayor of our city may De looked
 upon as chronic officeseeker It is
 true I have ran for oifice number of times. 1t is also true that I did
 not run in majority of instances
 with the least hope or wish to be elected. I ran for the pleasure, fun and recreation l got out of it. I love
 to go out into the country and hear
 the birds sing. see the ripping
 streams, drink the pure water direct
 from the springs. feel the breezcs,
 laden with the perfume of wild flow |ers, fan my cheeks. love to see
 the farmer and his family living the simple life. free from all the turmoil, |strife and duplieity of the city. I en-
 ioyed all of this; it was change, and restful.
 But. and I hesitate not to state, fel- low citizens, am running this race in dead, sober earnestness want to be elected. And why? Because feel that E can do a great deal of good. Nothing but the deplorable condition Of local |affairs could induce me to run for of flee now. Real estate and property Of Iall kinds is way below par. Business lis not mp to the standard, patronage insufficient to support population Of a city of this size. What produced 1t? A mistaken view of the reformers lad
 something to do with it, and the con tinuai wrangIing and fighting that We have had all the time. The idea of
 going back to the days when w W.
 Waters was mayor is sufficient to
 make thoughtful man shudder f
 would be making bad matters worse
 I radically differ with Judge J. B.
 Wood iii his regulation of local affairs, but mistaken as lie may be, admire his consistency and honesty. and if 1t should come to the point when we must decide whether we will have Judge Wood or the murderers, I am in flavor of keeping Judge Wood. do not mean by this statement f prejudice the cases Of those who are accused of crime: I do not mean to state that any man accused of the atrocious crimes that have been com mitted in Garland county is now under arrest, but I do mean to say that Gar land county is very much in need of a vigorous. intelligent, capable. vig lant prosecuting attorney, to bring the criminals to justice, in order that life may be considered safe in Hot Springs and the blot on the fair name of our city may be removed. and such man I believe to be Judge Wood
 am in favor of consistent man, one whom you can place confidence in, rather than enc who will make all sorts of promises and pledges, and f 1t suits his plans, ignore them all
 What did W. w Waters do when mayor before, and what did he prom
 ise? He promised the hotel men that all of their rights should be respected. Did he keep his word? No, he did not.
 He even wrote an agreement to make a certain man chief of police. Did ne do it? No, he could not see it that
 way. 1t Is said he Is now in league
 with county officers. as he was when mayor before. All of the gamblers and all others who live by violations of
 the law were forced to support him in the primary election. They at least
 were requested to do so, and re- quest is equivalent to command am opposed to an alliance of county and city officials. It means sacrifice of public welfare. l have made no one gamblers, saloon men, drummers- or any one else. promise other than those made in my platform, and
 will not do so, so help me God! l
 isii to serve notice oi the the ssss.ise.... men that while I am a high license man, and the city council only can fdlSt lHe SdlOO0 ilCtubes ludt ulS views are irrevocable. And, if they combine against me to encompass my defeat, that will accept it IS declaration of war, and whether elected or not. that l will Joe untiring, nnceasing in my efforts to convince this community to believe as I do, and conscientiously do, that high Ii oense is the proper solution of the liquor question. Now, 1t Is up to yon, gentlemen, what you will do? 1 wish to state ta the gamblers that l have no promise to make other than those made in my announcement. I believe a large revenue from gambling is the thing for our city and will re- suit in much good. as it will eliminate the dives and robbers dens where the are fieeced, and giv Us houses that. under police protection will at least give man run fer lis money. if he wishes to sport. In other words, he will not be robbed. started the fight in favor of personal