Sharp County record., 1916-03-24
day /. 1915, where I am employed TO-

May /, 1915, where / am employed TO-
day.
did not intend to 60 any further
in this campaign than to write a let
ter, copy of which is printed below, to
the President to prevent Mr.. Oldfeld
securing his endorsement with which
to mislead the people into re-electing
him to congress. Knowing his for
mer practices of relying in his cam
paign principally upon the endorse
ments he was wont to secure from
others, such leaders as Speaker Clark,
Secretary Bryan, and the President, l
felt quite sure he would attempt the
same trick again and resolved that l
would try to prevent his further i'm
position upon the President in this
respect, and at he same time do real
service to the people. Hence l write
the President this letter and received
from his secretary the acknowledge
ment of its receipt, appearing below:
washington, D. G., Feb. "a, 1916.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of
the United States, the White House.
"Dear Sir-I am writing you in the
interest of the people of the Second
Congressional District of Arkansas, of
whom l am one, to ask you to with
hold any endorsement which you may
be importuned to give to the Congress
sional record of VIM. A. Oldfeld, for
which purpose he is engaged in ma
turing plans, | am informed.
"For number of years I was Mr..
Oldfelds private secretary, voluntar-
lily leaving his employ in March, 1915,
following his insistance that I SUBJ
nit to George W. Ogilvie, a publisher
in New York City, and the G. & C.
Merriam Company, publishers, of
Springfield, Mass, respectively, a
proposition designed by Mr.. Oldfeld
to "SELL OUT" certain important
copyright legislation affecting the
right to use the name webster" as
applied to dictionaries, proposed to be
enacted and pending before the Com
mittee on Patents, of which commit
tee Mr. Oldfeld was chairman and
clerk. l refused to submit this pro-
posal to either of these publishers and
TERMINATED MY ASSOCIATION
with Mr.. Oldfeld.
"In many other instances Mr.. Old
field has betrayed the trust reposed
in him by his constituents, some of
which l would present with proof, if
you desire, one or two being quite as
shocking as the perfdious conduct re-
cited above.
II am now private secretary to the
Commissioner Of Patents, and he has
confidence in me, / am sure. A day
or two ago related to him the cir.
cumstances Of Mr.. Oldfeld's attempt
to "sell OUT the proposed copyright
legislation described, and he sent for
a person with whom he was personal
ly acquainted, and in whom he had
confidence, whom I stated possessed
personal knowledge Of these facts,
and who corroborated my statement.
The Commissioner Of Patents thought
the gravity Of the situation warrant
ing his speaking to the Secretary of
the Internor about it, and did so.
81 have no feeling of animosity
toward Mr.. Oldfeld, and am sorry
that his conduct has been such that I
cannot support him. But believe
that the interests of the people Of my
State, AND OF THE COUNTRY AT
LARGE, ARE IN JEOPARDY when
entrusted To him, and sincerely hope
that investigation will be made II
your endorsement Of his record in con.
gress is asked.
Respectfully,
(Signed.) &C. E. Kay."
1900 Massachusetts, Av., Northwest