Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-07-16

ELLSWORTH. July II, 1913.
Hon. y. NJ. Laurence, Lubee, Maine;
DEAR sIR: am very glad TO receive your
letter because 1T shows me that you are labor
ing under q Misrepresentation on some points
which can readily clear up.
You charge me, in substance, with making
you proposition impossible to carry out II
you had accepted it. Your designation of
this as political trick" would be perfectly
applicable were the facts you assume.
My Telegram to you suggesting that for the
good OF the district, and in order to have only
one auti-demoeratic candidate, we both enter
the repu biican primary tthe only one availa-
BILE at this time. and that II you got the most
votes my friends and would cordially sup
port your election, sent from here We'd
nesday, July Q? II was not sent before be-
cause until the Monday preceding at about
$50 p, M, I did not know that should be
candidate against you, and I occupied Tues
day. the one day intervening between Monday
night and the time OF my telegram, in getting
home from Augusta and collecting my some
what disinteg rated thoughts.
would not have made you the proposition
had not carefully arranged for carrying ii
ont in case of acceptance i had nomination
papers in my hands which ] had brought
from Augusta for myself and had not used
ascertained by inquiry OF the assistant Sec
Rotary OF state that IL the envelope contain
ing nomination papers bore the postmsrk OF
Thursday, July 8, the papers would be in sea-
son, according to previous rulings OF that de-
partment, even If they did not reach the
secretary's office In due course of mail until
later.
On the morning of Wednesday, July 2, after
/ had written the telegram to you and gotten
il in shape so that hoped 1t could be under
stood, tried to locate you by telephone.
hrst tried Lubec and was told that you were
on the road from Lubec TO Roekland In your
automobile. then talked with your son Mt
Rockland at about noon and found that you
were momentariiy expected there. / then
sent the message TO Rockland, following 1t
with tracers every few minutes until the
Rockiand office informed this office that the
message had been delivered to your son about
lis and that he had .'gone over to give II to
you.
received your reply at about p. m. You
rejected my proposal and there was nothing
more that could do. Had your reply been
favorable, this is what could have done and
most assurediy would have done to carry out
the plan which much regretted you would
not accept:
I could and would have enlisted the SER
vices Of numerous friends in this vicinity.
who with automobiles were prepared TO start
immediately. and In cooperation with you
obtain the requisite number Of names ON
your nomination papers. II you had come
to Ellsworth on Thursday las / see by your
telegram of July that you actually did,
you could have signed papers 1T any time be-
fore II O'Clock p. m, and they would have
been postmarked in season under the ruling
of the department for your name to have
been on the official ballot at the primary.
II you had not been able to come over here
intended to send or take the papers to you
at Rockland by automobile you could sign
them and easily mail them from there by the
evening Of Thursday.
The facts above recited are not only stated
by me 10 be true. but tb ey may be easily cor
roborated by you.
Knowing you TO stan for fair play, conf
IDENTIFY expect you to withdraw your imputa-
tion that my telegram sent too late and rs
a political trick.
note with interest yonr characte rixation
OF my proposition as absurd, on the ground
that your principles differ widely from those
of both the old parties, and that you could not