The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-03-21
THOS. j. DAVIS:
THE ADVOCATE.

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to administer the affairs OF: the office
OF Sheriff honestly. without fear or
favor to any one but giving to every
person exact Justice, and no special
favor Or privilege to any one, but
showing to every PERSON. with whom
the Office shall come t1to business
relation every courtesy and considera-
tion consistent with an honest and
fair discharge of its dutiesa The Of
fee of Sheriff will not belong to any
person, class or faction, not for the
few as against the many, nor for the
many as against the few, but shall
be administered for air she people
without regard to their wealth Or po-
sition, o. their standing in life. /,
expect to perform my duties exactly.
as the law and my oath requires me
to do, in full accord with the letter
and the spirit Of the law which de-
fines them; may be. personally, repug-
nant to me, but the personal opinions,
and feelings of Tom Davis will not
interfere with the discharge of his
duties as Sheriff, and if they did, my
sworn duty as l see it must super
sede them. 1t is my intention dur
ing my term of office to be "The ~Sher4
it, and asisuch to perform my ,du-
ties exactly as laid down in the law,
without swerving to the right or left
-ln-thelf Idiseharge.--4 waHt-the whole
people to feel that in the office of
Sheriff. they have public servant and
not an owner or the perogatives with
which they have intrusted him. | be-
lieve that public office is q private
trust, and%-I shall at all times en-
deavor to SO discharge the duties of
my office that none who have "honored
nH with their support shall, have
cause or reason to regret Or to be
ashamed of having done so. -. ..
If elected, 1t is my intention to pros
vide for the convenience. .of the peo-
lple living" in the lower end of the
County, all office in the town of Mont
gomery, with a courteous and COM
petent deputy always in charge and
ready to serve them where they may
transact any business, which they may
have with the SherifEss Office with. the
same celebrity and dispatch that they
could in the main Office at Fayetteville,
without the expense, discomfort and
loss of time entailed by a visit to the
County seat. f..
1t is my intention to give; the af-
fairs of the Office my close personal
attention and superintendent. SO that
I shall at all times be thoroughly con-
Versant and In touch with the affairs
OF, the office and while the detail OF
SO extensive an office must necessarily
be carried out by deputies the super
attendance shalltbe personal, and the
fdeputies shall be strictly accountable
to me for their acts In the same man
mer that | shall be accountable to
the people of the, County. -. -.,..
Such in brief are my intentions if
am nominated and elected Sheriff
or this County, to give to the people
an honest, economical, fearless and
business-like administration, one free
from favoritism, or partizan feeling
II l am nominated and elected | shall
have no bitter feeling against those
who deemed it proper to oppose me
but shall be their Sheriff as we'll as
those who hOnored me with their
votes. If in the wisdom of the ma.
Jorlty OF the voters Of my party, they
shall deem the best interests of the
party are better conserved by the nom.
nation of some person other than my
self, and the nomination for Sheriff
shall go to some other person / shall
nave no bitterness in. my heart to-
ward them or to my successful Cd.
ponent, but shall take off my coat
and go into, the fight and work foT
him just. as hard as | would have
worked for my own election. While
am a. candidate, i ana also a Repub-
llcan and if my party feels that ]
should not be nominated, I am toe
good q Republican to let my personal
wishes stand in the way of the wei.
fare OF the party, and If can not be
a nominee / can be good, hard fight
er for who ever the nominee may be-
All [ ask at the hands of my party
Is a fair and just consideration of
my purposes and my candidacy, and
If after having that, shall 60 down
in defeat, shall 60 in the manner
bettting q man, or if success shall
crown my candidacy, | shall conduct
my campaign for election in a man
ner BETTING a man.
Respectfully,