Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-27
ASHLEY H. HARRISON
Of Steelville, Republican
Candidate for Congress,
Sixteenth District

Hon. Ashley II. Harrison, of
Steelville, Republican candidate
for congress from the 10th con.
gressional district, was here
Thursday meeting the people of
Mansfield and vicinity. His an.
nouncement appears in this issue
of the Mirror.
Mr.. Harrison became a candi.
date for the nomination only
upon the solicitation of his
friends from every county in the
district who know and appreciate
his long party service, and
should he be nominated and
elected it will be but a fitting
recognition of his service to his
party. He is especially well
fitted for the office he seeks and
has a large number of acquaint'
ances throughout the distric,
who are supporting him Loyalty
in his candidacy. His qualitica'
lions are unquestioned and he is
known to be a gentleman OF
marked ability, worthy to be
honored and trusted. A large
acknowledgements club was
recently formed at Mountain
Grove.
Should Mr.. Harrison be the
nominee of his party, ne viii
doubtless carry the full strength
of his party, and if elected the
10Th congressional district viii
be represented by a man who
will, stand for protection as de
fined by the Republican party.
His home paper, the Crawford
Mirror. says:
If the Republicans expect tc
carry Missouri in the election
this fall, they should present
candidates for the voters to sup
port who are the highest type
of manhood: broad guaged in
their views and clean in their
politics, and with such an array
of candidates the party will not
be handicapped nor open to
criticism. Missouri Republicans
have always stood for clean poll
tics and honest methods in the
county, district and state affairs
and with such men on the ticket
there will be no question as tc
the result. as a majority of all
the people are honest and are in
favor of a square deal in all
things.
The nomination of Hon. Ashley
H. Harrison of Crawford county
as the Republican candidate for
congress in the 10Th congress-
ional district would mean all the
above and more; because in the
personnel. of Mr.. Harrison are
combined all the traits that &C
to make a first class citizen and a
good man, and some author has
said that "A good man is the
noblest work of God"
The writer Of this article has
known Ashley FL. Harrison from
the time he left the pillow handles
with his pants IN his cowhide
boots and his hickory shirt rolled
to his elbows, and came to Steel
vile to study law. and what he is
today is due to his own thrift,
his own push and his own efforts
to do unto others as he would be
done by.
He is the son of pioneer citi.
zens of Crawford county. His
grandfather settled IN Crawford
county in 1912 when Crawford
county extended in area over
nearly all the territory that now
embraces the 10Th district. Ash.
ley H. Harrison was born in the
year 1869, and is now AZ years
years old. Before he was IL
years old he began the study of
law. He taught district schools
a few winters in order to secure
funds to defray expenses while
"reading' law. In 1891 he was
lad omitted to practice and later
formed a partnership with one
of the Oldest lawyers then prac
ticing law in the county. In
1894 he was elected to the office
of prosecuting attorney. AL.
though the county was consider.
ed "beastly'' Democratic, he won
out with a nice majority. He
made good; even beat the ex.
pectations of his Warmest
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