The Huttig news., 1914-03-21
To The Voters of unioa County.

to meet face to face.
 In the beginning ] want to say that have been your Deputy County and Probate Clerk since NoYemoer 1. 1912, and my duties as such deputy have prevented me from getting out among the people as early as l wanted to. However started in plenty of time to have seen you all and would have seen most of you had it not been for the I public canvass. Some of my op- ponents who did not want the office bad enough to get out and see the people, waited to the last and then forced ths balance of us inta a public canvass after it had been legally voted down by majority of the candidates. l merely men ton this as a reason for my not coming 10 your houses.
 Now fellow ci'izens as your deputy. know that have made good. Not one of my opponents has ever attempted to attack my record ia this office. The reason why. cannot helo but be plain to you all. l have been courteous, kind and indulgsnt to one and all. l have never spoken an unkind word to any one in this office and | ask or invite any one to prove 1t to the contrdryA l also asX an in- speetion of my private life both before and since came into this office.
 regret very much that l hay Tt had more time to meet and know the salesmen. storekeepers and office men of El Dorado since l came, but for a long time we ali finished our days work about the same time and most of the time since Christmas 1 have been out of town, so hope they will not feel that 1 do not appreciate them and want their support. l felt that my services belonged to the people of Union county and to my employ CT, Jno M. Mccain. and have stuck to the old adage. business before pleasure. hereby refer you to Jno. Mccain as to whether my services have been satisfactory -ta-bim Now as the campaign is drawing to a close, want to warn my friends against campaign or poitl- cal deals. 1 hereby say publicly that want no crooked politics. l am making this race on my merits and am relying solely on my merits for my support. l do not want any swapping and if any man offers to make a swap in my behalf, he does so without my knowledge or con- sent. have this race won by a good margin and have won it on merit, and merit alone, and not at this late date would consent for crooked politics to be brc ught into play in order to make my nomina- ton more certain. will carry every township in the eastern DOT ton of this county by an over whelming majority. Why? Be- cause that is my home. 1 have spent all my life there with those good people and they want to see me win because they know that an qualified. will get a good vote all over the west and the man who beats me in Fl Dorado township (although all of my opponents have spent most of their lives here) will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has led the ticket. Now, fellow citizens, this is neither hot air nor campaign thunder but is my honest sincere convictions, based upon the good reports that are coming to me daily from all parts of the county.
 want to say my people have been taxpayers in Union county since my grandfather landed here from Tennessee in or about the yea l844, and during all of this time up to the present., not one member of my family has ever asked the peopl9 of Union county