The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-16
HON. W. H. MARTIN
 MAKES ANSWER
TREATS JEFFERSON COUNTY CON- eREssIoNAL AGREEMENT AS
 A SUBJECT OF HuMoR-
Says the Preliminary Race WIli 0iVe One Candidate Experence, and open the Way for New
 Richmond.

Hon. w. H. Martin candidate TOT congress from tnis district had ms attention called yesterday to the poll ltical agreement in Jefferson county between Colonel Taylor and Judge IGould, and was rather inclined to treat the matter as a huge joke. lie made a characteristic deduction of the situation in the following authorized interview
 "Yes, observed Tn this mornings Gazette that Judge Gould and Col. Taylor have agreed betwixt them selves to hold little primary of their Town in Jefferson county on Septem- Der the 12tn, to decide which of them shall remain as Jefferson's candidate for Congress. A sort of friendly beauty contest as it were.
 That is little family affair which fought not to be profaned by outside Interference. It's nobody else's darn ed business. But really, I cannot perceive the practical utility of such la movement. Of course l concede that it does not require the stamp lof my approval or endorsement. It does seem. however. as if this scheme will be productive of no greater pro gress than that of one wno travels in a circle.
 Tt Is proposed that the loser shall retire from the contest. But Jeffer- son County is as full of congression- al timber, real and assumed, as the pavement of a celebrated winter re- sort is of good intentions. They have merry doings in dear old Jefferson county, and are always contributing in substantial way to the gayety of nations. They certainly will not fail us now.
 When the loser in this little family lscrap is made known, you VIII neca no ear trumpet to hear the call from the faithful, as these rreire let othets advance and so the winner will find tnew aspirants as thick as Richmonds ion the field of Boswor.h.
 Whether this proceeding is quite fair to the rest of the district, pre- sents an ethical question to be de- termined in the first instance by the gentlemen concerned, so far as they are personally affected. Judge Gould and Col. Taylor evidently attach some importance to their little primary and consider that the result of it will be to really select the next Congress. man.
 That, with the prestige of havins defeated his home opponent, no otner candidate can stand before his lance. The other counties, however, might feel sighted. That Is, they might believe they had a right to partici. pate in this selection, and that they as we'll as Jefferson county ought to De allowed voice even between the infallible Judge and the invin. cibla Colonel.
 By the way, isn't it funny to speak of any one as the candidate of any particular county? If he is fit, what does it matter where he halls from !? Certainly no one can justify a vote for candidate on the ground of his being a county man unless he is at least the peer of his opponent. I sup. pose, however that these Jefferson county statesmen wish to practice running a little before the real race begins. They are both such fine at, tractiye gentlemen that it is a pity the district is limited to one congress. man.
 My own opinion is that the Dem Icerat:c candidate for Congress snouio be the cnoice of the district at large and ought not to be limited in their lchoice by the action of any single county.