The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-21
PLATFORM OF
 GIBSON WITT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY cANDl DATE FOR PROSECUTOR IS.
 SUES STATEMENT.
Believes in the Enforcement of Law, Honest Election, Good Government,
 and Peace and Prosperity.

torney of his judicial district, who represents that county in the race. as against four candidates for the office t~lrom this county has issued his first campaign document in signed ar ticle addressed to the voters of the two counties, in which he sets out his views in the following
 To the Voters of Garland and Mont
 gomery Counties
 My position before the democratic i voters Of the new judicial district of Garland and Montgomery counties as one of the five candidates for the office of prosecuting attorney should always consider himself
 1 believe in honest elections, and that every candidate for any office whatsoever is entitled to receive ev- cry vote cast for him.
 1 believe in the enforcement of the law. If you select me as your prose cutting attorney there will be no spe, cial fayors, but all law violators will be treated alike
 IL is the duty of the prosecuting at torney to present the states side of criminal cases without bitterness or preiudice but with zeal and courage and fidelity and after that is done the real issue lies with the people who compose the juries. and realizing this truth. will use my influence to the end of court juries who appreci- ate the sanctity of their oaths
 The city of Hot Springs will be made an issue in the campaign. It is the metropolis of the district. It is the worlds greatest health and pleasure resort. Hot Springs should thrive and prosper and all should work to that end
 l will prosecute every law vioiator alike and do my plain duty before my people, without using the office hold to interfere with other public of ticers who. like myself, have been elected by the people l believe in the principle of local self government
 Two counties compose the district. I am the lone candidate from Mont eomery county There are four can didafes from Garland county. Be cause of this situation l realize that l will be the subject Of attack from four sides.
 Some of the best men in Garland county have pledged me their support They are honorable men, and have right to give their suffrage where they wish it 10 go. Most of these confess having their favoritism to me influenced through the very incidents that were responsible for my candi- dacy. to-wt
 As C1e of a committee of democrat ic representatives from the democrat is organization in Montgomery coun- ty, l went to Hot Springs after the formation of the new judicial district, for the purpose of comforting with the democratic organization there. to the end that a party agreement might be perfected which would be aH as surance of an equitable division of the district offices in the future.
 Garland county is the majority county 1 represented the minority county. asked a minority of reeog- nlton. made a speech before the Garland county party organization and pleaded for unity and co-opera- ton in matters political. social busi- ness and every way hat would bring the people of Montgomery and Gar land county into closer and better re- lauons.
 One of the most drastic tirades of nsinuati0n and -innueHde ever harleA at an honest people, fathered by ], B. Wood. the present. prosecuting at torney, and directed generally to our citizenship of pAontgomery county, was the answer to my appeal, and the proposal for harmony was defeated.
 Even then l. like my fellow mem bers of the Montgomery county com mittee from the democratic organiza- tion might have returned discouraged but still patient and willing to en- dure but for the faet that even though our olive branch had been spurned by
 he organization as a whole, many good people Of Garland county told us that if we would put q Montgomery county candidate in the field enough people of Garland county would sup port him to guarantee his election
 That message was delivered to our lead .lg democrats in Montsomery county. They felt insuted by the ae- ton of the organization, or at least that part of it responsible for the de feat Of the harmony proposal, and aft er much consultation, my candidacy re- sulted-
 am no stranger to the people of Garland county and certainly not to the people of Montgomery county ! ...4 -3.. t,opnra hIa ana rpe mn.