The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1911-02-19

delegate II 10 you and put you n thar
place, Now. then. measure up those
responsibilities when son 20 to vote,
and think ef your duty as citizen,
protecting yourself your family and
1.-The weak aud helpless Of this comm.
lnity and the weak and helpless WHO
lccme here from other communities
and are placed In cur care while they
lare here. What are YOU going to d.
Iaboet ID? These are responsibilities
lyou must think about when you come
To vote Will you say: Well ! am
going to vote for the man who is go
ling TO give us the wlde-open town,
who will let gambling flourish here
land give us prosperity; I am going to
do that don't care anything about
the law; I know It Is against the laws
l0f my state; vet ] think It ought TO
be done And yet I am citizen and
ic'aim to he a law-abiding. patriotic
lcltizen Of this community Whenever
you DO that, yen are just as guilty as
the man who stands behind the rou.
llette table or the crap table Yen are
lust as guilty as the man who stands
lhchnd the faro bank table, and just
las guilty as the man who robs and
steers an innocent, unsuspecting vic
tim mp against those tables, who are
robbed Of their money and sent away
Iron this community without money
land 0rsing the community for ever
Having come here. Because you by
lyour vote advocate those principles
land say taat this man should be elect
cd because he will allow it to go on.
Think about it. Now, then John a..
Riggs says that he will do that thing,
and believe it because his reputa-
ton is that OF a truthful. honorable
imam.
Now who is he opposed to2 have
no WAR to make on anybody. Take
up our friend here. tae present mayer.
ITIe has been in office for fourVgears.
Ifiling that office What has he done
ION yes. ne has within the last ten
days given explicit directions to his
chief Of police to close ZIP gambling.
and that chief Of police has gone
aboat tile carrying out Of those in.
structlons. But what did he do for
The three and one-half years prior 70
that timeg What has he done?
oh yes, he made squirt once be-
fore and led a raid on one Of these
gambling houses; only one, and when
the prcnrietors Of that game and the
other gambling houses walked into
tine police court and planked up the
lSl00 month they were allowed to 81
on as long as they paid in their money
aud the excuse was, 1t was necessary
to run the city government; and we
las law abiding and patriotic citizens
stand up and say we win let that s
/, ION! We are willing to make ourselves
partners to that kind of a transaction
We say 1 am a partner to that becalsst
: / want it done; therefore | am II
! partnership with tae man who does i
, Now, then, | charge without any kint
, of fear CT contradiction that Mr.. Jodt
! has not desired to close gambling dur
J ing his administration because il ht
! had desired 60 do It he could have
, done it. say to you If ] was chief 81
, police or If was sheriff or constable
. there would not be any public gam
, bling to say the least of it in Hot
) Springs, within a very short time
! latter | had been in Office. | would
. lstop it. There is no question about
! that i would appoint every patriotic
! man as a posse and would paid then
! land continue to raid them and woult
+ ARREST those found there. woult
: lstep t. II can be stopped If the exc
! lcutiye ofriSers want to do it and vii
! do it. Now, then, Mr. Jodd, waitins
! NOW until within almost ten days o
! the election, he makes his squirt an'
i sends cut these directions. That is
< iASdili-ASN ltINANNANNs "a wv NtNS ILL
! good fath in it. If we give him credi
! for being in good faith and honest
1 which | am willing to do, say tina
1 that Is a deathbed repentance and
! don't believe it viii be recognized b.
!. the people
J Judge Wood then took up the can
!. didaey Of Mr. Waters He said Mr.
i Waters believed in the existence 0
gambling and what is known as tbs
!. Iwlde-open town He did not censur'
. Mn. Waters for holding such views
) but stated simply that idT. Waters
. ews on law enforcement We're no
I lin harmony with his own. Regardlns
I the other candidate, MIR. Graham, VIII
, Ipridss himself on the title Of Cyclone
/. lJim, Judge Woed said that the chang'
: lcf front on the part Of Mr.. Graham
J made It impossible for him to indors'
, his position. In printed statement
, Judge Graham declared that he wouiC
Iappoint no man 10 tie Office cf chiei
lot police VINO WAS not satisfactory e