The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-05-11
LETTER TO VOTERS.
Williamson has Something to Say in
Reply TO FOcht'S ''IIOw Much
Is EnOngh ?"

outrageous mistatements appear
ing in an article in your paper
last week entitled "How much is
enough?" The said article was
not written by a Huntingdon
County citizen, for he would
have known better than to make
such misstatements. 1t rants
about my being bachelor, as if
that were a crime. Everyone in
Huntingdon knows that | bor-
rowed the money and built a lit
tie home for my Mother, shortly
after the deaty of my Father in
1901, where she and / lived until
she was called Home in March
1914. therefore, have some
reason to know something of the
high cost of living. Here in
Huntingdon it is public knowl-
edge, through no fault of ours,
that my two brothers and |, by
means of our savings, paid the
sum of $11, 1928 of debts which
our Father left, we paying the
interest on the same at 4 per
cent. Ask Editor Butt, of the
Huntingdon Globe who was a
creditor of my father and was
paid the sum of 1913 36. This is
the same Butz who is currently
reported to have paid a note of
100000 in the First National
Bank of Huntingdon which Butz
had endorsed for Focht while
Butz was Postmaster of Hunting
don. The Globe is supporting
Focht, perhaps expecting to get
the money back, or to again be
appointed Postmaster of Hunt
ingdon, although he has already
served 16 years as Postmaster of
Huntingdon, at a profit Of over
S40,0 10000.
am not now filing any Office
by appointment or election nor
have | been attorney for the
Huntingdon Reformatory since
October, 1915. The salary | re-
ceived was trifling. 1t was for
professional services as a lawyer.
The fact that the Honorable
Member of the Board of Mana
gers of that Institution would
employ me as attorney is the
highest possible tribute to my
ability as a lawyer.
There are 435 members in Con-
gress, "a come from Pennsylva-
mia. What a ridiculous compari-
son to argue that you keep your
tried and true family physician,
your pastor, or your able lawyer.
Of course you do. But if you
had 435 physicians, pastors, OF
lawyers, would you not want fre.
quently to replace some of them
with some new up-to-date ply
sicians, ministers, or lawyers
Certainly you would. Are the
voters of the District to be In
suited with the preposterous state
ment that Mr.. Focht is a States.
man? | may not be much of an
Improvement on him, but give
me a chance. | certainly can
measure up to his standard and
hope to make a Representative
who will be a credit to this Dis.
trict.
| have made no pledge to any.
one or have | given any person
authority to pledge me in any
way. Elect me and not a Bank
in the District will be asked tC
discount any Of my paper nol
will promote any get-rich-quicB
or fake stock schemes. No mar
ever lost as much as a postage
stamp through any dealings with
me.
| have always been a Republic
can and believe my nomination
will have a tendency to unite the
factions of the party.
Respectfully yours.
RICHARD w. WILLIAMSON
Huntingdon, Pa.
May 6, 1916.
1t was impossible for George
A. Harris candidate for Congress
to make a canvass of his home
County. Every person knows