Sharp County record., 1914-09-11
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". 0. SMITH

. SHeIlI anu III UUluS 81 LIdfC iiOliC01
motives and the welfare of my peo-
ple at heart. There have been some
communications published in the
. paper concerning our several rights
and privileges and viii state that |
have held this Office before and it
is well known to the people how |
conducted the same. During the
term of my encumbrancy ! tried
to the best of my ability to show ne
special tavorS.
In answer to John H. Oyler: ]
have just received a letter from
John Oyler from Rchwood' town
ship. From his statement he
must be wonderfully alarmed. He
asked me to rectify the statement |
had published in the papers as he
was going to explain the matters
himself. | wish you would, John
| will explain the $40 matter.
Parks Williams is the one who
asked Endsley if he would take
the $40 credit on your note. You
are the one he said offered the SIS.
Lets see if we can corrOborate that
statement. Oyler at J. T. Locks
store stated to Mr.. Lock that the
people ought to vote for kirtley.
Lock said John thought you was
for Bristow. John said he had been
but there is nothing in it to me to
be for Rristow" snd said he was for
Kirtley Oyler also had talk with
w. R. Causby and said, We'll |
want to talk to you about a matter
and | am almost afraid to. don't
want to violate the law but if you
will | want you to help me work
for Kirtley through this election
and if Kirtley is elected you come
to my house in the morning after
the election and see what | can do
for YOU" Giving Causby to under
stand that he would reward him
for his service! Does this corroborate
| with the Endsley case? Also !
r have good authority that you told d
}, man in Davidson township that il
t Kirtley was elected where he could
find a jug of whiskey the next day
This is not the only whiskey offered
Kirtley himself did use whiskey in
' his own township on election dag
e Oyler also stated that | offered
:, Endsley the deputyship | have
0 been knowing that Endsley was
going to Oklahoma for some time
| never made such offer My Office
p seeking has been public conyersat'
4 ion with the people,
Our law makers have tried to make
a law that would bring about clean
politics. They have failed So The
people who don't believe in sucl
politics say let US put a stop tc
unfair deals in the primary by
e voting in the general election or
[ Sept. 18th. This is the last to be
c said in this election. | have moi
y explained matters to the people a,
u | would have if Kirtley would have
met me in a joint debate orif ht
would have denied and asked fol
) proof together on what ] ehaFS,
him with Kirtley knows he j.
, guilty of stuff he has not beet
charged with and much more anC
i afraid it will all come to light
Now in answer to Ernest Hall
burton In The Willif0rd News
wherein he says u understand 1t
is being told in certain sections oI
: the county that after the recent
n primary ! had accomplished all
+ set In TO do which was to defeat
+ W. 0 Smith, wish to say any
81 such statement Is false" Now
I, Ernest, | will give you q few names
of parties that heard whGt you
I stated in regard to the recent prI'
$ mary VIZ;
I'VE the undersigned did hear Er
nest Halliburton say that he had