Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-09
Hon. Nat. 3. SeWe.I and John
A. CreeCh Fail TO File
Certificates
OPPONENTS GET TOGETHER
Mr.. SeweII Issues Open Letter to the
Voters of the Eleventh Congress
sional District, in Which the Situa
ton is Clearly Explained.

nomination with the Secretary OF STATE
in time TO get their names on the No
yember ballot, Nat b. Sewell, Of Lon
don, Democratic nominee for Congress.
in the Eleventh district, and john A
CreeCh, OF Harlan, Progressive nom.
nee, have LETT the field open for JOIN
II. Wilson. of BarbOurville, IndepenG
cnt. to defeat Congressman Gale
Powers for reelection, with the com
bined strength of Democrats, Progress
siyes aud Independent Republicans be
hind him.
Mr.. Sewell came to Frankfort ano
filed Wilson's petition with the Assist
ant Secretary OF State before the tim,
limit expired at midnight last night
BY agreement neither he nor Creecl
fled their certificates of nomination
SO the only names which will appea.
on the ballots in the Eleventh distric
will be those of Wilson and Powers
Wilson represented the district il
Congress two terms several years ago
All the other candidates nominated a
the August primary have filed thei
certificates.
IN an open letter addressed to the
voters of the Eleventh district, ey
planning the situation. Mr.. Sewel
says:
Mar. SeweIIs Letter.
London, Ky, Oct. 5, 1914-To In,
Voters Of the Eleventh Congressiona
District:
AS ! did not file my certificate
nomination in the Office of the SecrC
tary of State before midnight of Oct,
Der 3, limit OF the time for such fiiin'
my name Will not appear upon the oil
cial ballot on November as the Den
OcratIC nominee for Congress in til
Eleventh district. Neither did Jude.
John A. Creech, Of Harlan, the Pro
gressiye nominee, file his certlficat
of nomination. Therefore, the onl
candidates who have qualified an
whose names will appear upon the ba
lot for Congress in the Eleventh ar
Caleb Powers, of BarbOuTville, Repul
lican nominee, and John II. Wilson.
BarbOuryilie, Independent, whose pet
ton was filed in the Office of the Ser
rotary of State last Saturday, OctObC
3. In view of this. | deem it propC
at this time to make you a brief stat,
ment regarding the situation in OF
district in this contest for the ofliC
of Representative in Congress.
III IL do /,
first race upon party plea of Wind
cation though partisan prejudice Wa
running strong and the district wa
nc-mally Republican by about 15,0oi
Senator Ella Bertram, Democrat
nominee. received a large Republicf~
vote. cutting Mr.. Powers ma jOrity f,
below that received by Judge f.
O'Rear, Republican candidate for Co
error in 1911. In 1912 Mr.. Powers
ceived 1881 votes, but the combine
vote of his opponents was 21,3S
which showed that there were near,
1900 more voters in the district VII
opposed him than supported him. b.
the opposition was divided and NJ:
Powers won over ,-.dge Ben V. Smiti
his nearest ops sonent, by GIL vote.
and Mr.. Seavy by 9,4S7.
"Now, after making strong publ
statements that he did not intend I,
be a candidate again, giving as a chic
reason that he did not care to be in I
Congress where he would be unable t,
accomplish any constructive legisla
ton for this district, he is asking the
people to return him TO Congress 70.
third term. Surely, Mr.. Powers
warmest friends can not urge his elec
ton this time on the ground of win
dicatiOn, for if the people of tho
Eleventh owed him 'vindicatiOn' they
have twice paid the debt; it not, they
have paid twice too often. And Ger
tainly no one can justify a claim that
his record of the past two terms in
Congress would entitle him to third
Then, why should he be elected?
Opposition to Powers.
81 have not the slightest doubt that
fully twO-thirds Of our voters, coming
from all political parties, feel that Mr.
Powers should be retired from Con.
gress and some man elected who could
and would be of positive service to the
district. The other third is composed
of two elements; one that glories in
following him blindly as a kind of
martyr hero, and the other that SUP.
ports him simply because he is the
nominee of their political party and
their sense OF loyalty to the party EN-.
blem is so strong that they will not
under any circumstances vote against
any candidate whose name appears
under the emblem With the one
third who want Mr.. Powers in Con.
gress ] have no quarrel; they have a
perfect right to support him. With the
two-thirds who do not want him de-
sire TO cooperate by using all honor
able means to accomplish his defeat.
when | became a candidate | be-
!ieved that Mr.. Powers could be de-
feated by uniting all honorable means
to accomplish his defeat.
when ! became a candidate | be-
lieved that Mr.. Powers could be de-
feated by uniting the opposition to
him in the three leading parties.
After becoming better acquainted with
the sentiment over the district | be-
Iieved it more strongly. However, it
is a hard proposition to get Repub-
leans, Democrats and Progressives to
unite upon a candidate running under
either of these party devices. The
only common ground upon which they
can meet without feeling that they are
aiding a rival Marty iS nnnn an indie