The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-19


 Wood in his regulation of local affairs. but mistaken as ae may be, admire his consistency and honesty, and if it should come to the point when we mutt decide whether we will have Judge Wood or the murderers. | am in flavor of keeping Judge Wood. do not mean by this statement to prejudice the cases of those who are accused of crime; 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 do mean to say that Gar land county is very much in need of vigorous, intelligent, capable, vigil 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 OUT Icity may be removed, and such a man I believe to be Judge Wood.
 am in favor of consistent man, one whom you can place confidence in, rather than one who will make ail sorts of promises and pledges, and if l it 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 certain man chief of police. Did lie do it? No, he could not see it that way, it is said He is now in league with county officers, as he was when mayor before. All of the gamblers and all others wao 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. l am opposed to an alliance of county and city officials. It means a sacrifice of public welfare have made no one gamblers, saloon men, drummers-- or any one else, a promise other than those made in my platform, and will not do so, so help me God! l wish to serve notice on the saloon men that while | am high license man. and the city council only can raise the saloon license, that my views are irrevocable. And, If they combine against me to encompass my defeat, that I will accept it IS a declaration of war, and whether elected or not. that I will be untiring, |unceasipg in my efforts to convince this community to believe as do, and conscientiously do, that high li- cense is the proper solution of the liquor question Now, it is up to yon, gentlemen. what you will do? I wish to state to the gamblers that l lave made in my announcement. 1 believe large revenue from gambling is the proper thing for our city and will re- suit in much good, as it will eliminate the dives and robbers dens where tae unsuspecting are fleeced, and giv Us houses that, under police protection, will at least give man a run fer his money, if he wishes to sport. In other words, he will not be robbed. | started the fight in favor of personal | liberty and allowing our visitor to do as he pleases. When w. w. Waters was fighting me for so doing, and now he slops over and says he is in favor of gambling, right or wrong.' Will Mir. Waters come out in a state ment and give the people to under stand what he expects to collect from the gamblers? Will he make pup lie declaration of his intentions? The public has rignt to know and to do other wise is for the purpose of de- ception and fooling the people. sim cerely question the legality of MT Waters nomination; I positively did not meet a single man before the pri mary who expressed himself as in fa- yer of MT. Waters, except lawbreak CTS or those who had a personal ax to grind, and in few instances some good citizens who had personal feel ing against Mayor Jodd.
 Now, fellow citizens, who nominated this man Waters. and what do they expect in return? The effect of Wa ters' election will be, in my opinion. a public calamity.
 will have more to say in a future communication, and will have few lmore questions to ask this distin- guished aspirant for the mayoralty. Consider well, fellow citizeus, act conscientiously in making up your minds what is best for Hot Springs. and if it comes to a choice between two evils. Waters or myself, try and vote conscientiously for the one you think is the lesser.
 Yours truly,
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