Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-06-29
COUNTY CANDIDATES
SPEAK At MOLINQ
The First Of the Series Of Meet
ings Of the Candidates for
County Offices Held.
MEETING WAS m THE OPEN
Candidates Present Claims With
Varying Degrees of EIo-
quence--GoOd Feeling.

Varying Degrees of EIo-
quence--GoOd Feeling.
The first meeting of the coun-
ty candidates was held at Molino
Monday night. Sixteen of the
candidates for the county Offices
were present and spoke, more or
less. Some of the delivered real
orations and some of the asked
in a modest way for the support
of their friends.
The meeting was held on the
lawn Of DR.. J. F. Flynt and the
candidates spoke from the rear
of his drug store. A large
crowd of people from Molino and
nearby came on horseback, in
buggies and in cars to hear the
candidates present their claims
and make their promises.
Mr.. c. G. Bybee, Of Molino,
was elected chairman of the
meeting.
L. A. Pryor, candidate for con-
stable of Salt River township,
was the first of the speakers.
Mr.. Pryor said that it was his
opinion that a man should not
be elected to an Office because of
his fortune or misfortune, and
that the people should be the
judge of his fitness rather than
the man himself. Let the people
be the judges. Ours is not a
government of charity, but one
Of laws and the man best quail
Lifted for the Office should win.
]. At. Brown followed on the
speakers platform. Mr.. Brown
is the present Constable Of Salt
River township and is now run
nig for reelection. He asked
the voters to treat him as they
did before and said if they saw
fit to do this, he would be more
THAN satisfied.
Frank James, also candidate
for Constable, was the third Of
the speakers. Mr.. James had
Ino long speech to make. He
promised the people that If elect
ed he would treat all people alike
and discharge the duties Of his
Office to the best Of his lSnowl-
edge and power.
Churchill b. Kennan, candi'
| date for Sheriff of Audrain coun.
Ity, was the next to present his
claims to the voters. Mr.. Ken
that he was a Democrat and a
Woodrow Wilson Democrat. He
asked the voters to give him the
honor of running for office at
the same time with Wilson.
U. S. (Boss) Goran, present
Constable of Cuivre township
and candidate for Sheriff of Au.
drain county, was the next to
speak. Mr.. Goran stated that he
was laboring under handicap
for he had just risen from the
bed, where he had been con
fined for twenty-one days. Ht
based his special appeal to the
voters upon the fact that he
was a self-made man, having
, made his own way since he was
, fourteen. He invited the voters
to look over his record as con
stable of Cuivre township ant
base their action in the primar
: les upon that record.
e. L. German, candidate fol
Sheriff Of Audrain County, spok'
next. Mr.. German frankly stat
ed that he would like to poll al
of the votes, but realized tina
was impossible. He said h
would deeply appreciante all tn
votes that he did get.
j. G. Ford, also, candidate TO
j Sheriff, promised if elected, t
: discharge the duties of the offic'
I to the best Of his ability and h
r asked any voter who did not fee
!. that he was the best qualifie'
: man for the place to refrail
: from casting his vote for him.
H. H. Grafford, candidate TO
the office of County Treasurer
3 was the next speaker. MI
! Grafford thanked the voters i
d advance for any votes the
r might see fit to give him at tn
! coming primaries,
J. C. Ringo, candidate 70
County Treasurer, was the mex
! to speak. -Four years ago MI
! Ringo ran for Treasurer and tw
! years ago for Collector. "a
I Bob White says" remarked MI
0 Ringo, "they all come back,
0 and | am coming back once NOR
I to ask the support of the voter
y Of Audrain county for the ofiic
Of County Treasurer"
2 S. T. Torreyson, candidate 70
!. the office of County Assessor
was the next speaker, and he as
! sured the voters that no on
il would be more appreciative Q
! each and every vote cast in NJ
J. favor, than he.
0 J. P. Powell, candidate 70
ii Assessor, spoke next. He aske
IS for the support Of his Molin
n friends and stated that he want
t ed only the votes Of the me
IS who thought him to be the bes
,.l;fad fo,. the office