The Harrison times., 1914-09-12
TO TIE VOTERS.

say that what he says about the
"Kortf case has been repudiated by
the people and by the Governor of
Ark and ! will waste no time
on that further than to say that |
do not know AL Taylor, of Eros, !
never had a talk with him in my life
and his statement is absolutely
false.
He states that 26 Eagles were in
dicted at Harrison for selling whis-
key" without license. He knows
this is not true, Section 1904 Of
Kirby's Digest makes it a violation
of law for any person to drink or
keep liquor in any "c!ub ROOM
The manager Of the Eagles paid the
government tax and kept liquor, in
the lodge room and sold it to mem
bers OF the lodge, A number Of
buildings were burned, among 9th.
ers the one in which the Eagles met,
They then disband,d d and had made
no effort to revive, 1t was a thing
Of the past,
The members had no idea that
they had violated the law How.
ever, 26 out of more than 100 were
indicted Nor violating the Club
Act"-not for Selling whiskey,' as
Worthjugton says, Several of those
indicted quit the lodge when they
fonnd their manager was keeping
liquor there, The manager plead
guilty, was fined and paid his fine,
dismis issed the Others at the request
of the prosecuting attorney they
paying the costs and saving the
county harmless. Among the num-
Der who were dismissed was one Of
Worthington's sons, and it comes
with poor grace for him to falsely
charge that his son was indicted for
selling whiskey" when he was not,
He talks about my being reversed
by the supreme court, ! have been
reversed in % cases out Of $500,
but not by him, for he has never
tried a case in that court,
He misquotcs Judge Mitchell and
abuses both him and myself because
Mitchell is a Democrat.
He also makes a weak attempt to
answer for his deficiency in office, as
shown in my circular to the voters,
as shown from the record as com.
piled and sworn 20 by Hiram Sut.
terGeld, a Republican, by printing a
letter from William S. Wellshear.
Which will you believe--Iliram Sut.
tcrdcld on oath or the personal let
ter OF a Republican official who is
the plant tool Of Worthingtou?
He says refused to meet him, |
have refused to adjourn court to
meet him, and he has refused to
wait ill after night latter court ad,
journed for the day. when ! could
meet him,
On August l1th, at Yellyille, ! ad.
dressed the voters present, among
whom was Worthington, made
every charge against him that is in
my circular and then and there told
him that if he would prove a single
charge TO be false that ! would
withdraw from the race and sup.
port him, He has not tried to dis.
prove a single one-bccause he can
not, He knows that every charge
is true,
He knows that will be elected by
the largest majority ever given in
the llth Judicial District.
lie knows that the old Republican
party is too dead to resurrect and
the principles OF Democracy are so
foreign 60 his IDEAS that the mere
mention Of Democracy has the same
effect upon him as does the shaking
Of a red Nag upon before an iunri.
ated bull upon the bull, The politi,
cal pic counter at which he has
leastcd for twenty years has van.
ishcd from his vision and in his rage
he hates everything except the pom.
pous parsonage Of Iohn ! Wortbing.
ton,
! believe in humanity and in the
upbuildlng Of mankind, and ! conf.
IDENTIFY expect that the voters Of this
district will express their true belief
in me on Monday next,
Most truly yours,
GEORGE W. REID,
Democratic Nominee for Circuit
Judge,
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