Licking Valley courier., 1917-06-21
J. H. Williams Enlists.

the purpose of influencing votes
in the coming primary. In other
words, he is preaching clean
elections. %
Ably has he handled the ques-
tion, making use Of that fountain
of knowledge that he possesses
and the ability, as awriter, that
he has attained by the long ex-
perience as a newspaper man.
Irealize that l have not the
ability, as a writer, to cope with
Mr.. Hovermale in the denunci-
alton of so vile and corrupt a
thing as the use of '.booze" and
boodle," in elections; yet how
ever, am certainly on his side
in the great fight for clean elect
ions, and am willing to do every
thing in my power to secure
them, | have been active in this
fight for several years.
On announcing my inten tions
to make the race for County At
torney, / did so declaring that |
would make clean race, and
this | did, even over the protests
of my many friendslwho said: "A
clean man cannot win" Win or
lose, | am going to makea a clean
fight, and if | go down in defeat
l will go down honorably. But
what pleases me most is that
these same men are now saying
that the people are waking up
and demanding clean officers.
As for me being for anything
that the dear people," that Mr..
Hovermale spoke Of, are for,
there is nothing doing. | am for
those things that are just, right
and honorable, and # they meet
with the voters approval, then |
will certainlytbe proud of it. |
:Edon't play both SIDES Of ANY
IEquestien. ! heard Governor
Hanley, Of Ind, say: The great
trouble with most politicians i:
that they are too weak kneeC
to stand up for that which i:
right for fear that they will
loose some political prestige.
Not me. Those who know me
know where | stand on every
moral issue.
No, Mr.. Hovermale, you will
not have to make the fight alone
| said on my card that | stooC
for "clean elections" and | NEAR
d it. | have been telling the peo
; pie all over the country that
would absolutely refrain from
the use of money or whiskey t
influence votes, and would, 81
$ far as was in my power, proven
my friends for using it,
| have been asked why | shoult
:. try to make a clean race, fire,
e from cliques and combines, ant
: not use money and whiskey
t when it was so difficult for a maj
l to win a race who was not guilt,
a of these election evils. VIII,
I should change my life's plans
l turn face about and have a differ
: ent object point, destroy my goo
e name, and send my soul into hel
+ all for the sake of being Count
e Attorney? never spent a per
e ny for whiskey in my life an
j. have not tasted it or any othe
o intoxicants for over fourtee
II years, never gambled a penny
X have conducted myself socially
e such a way that | would not /
le ashamed for my mother, wifi,
't daughters or any other woman
y know my acts along that lin
and have, for thirteen yea
q tried to live an aggressive Chris
he ian life. Do you think my recol
" indicates that | shou d be gull
Of STOPPING to dirty trlckery in o
der to win? | know that it doO
not and | shall not be guilt
Even if was not conscientious
inclined to refrain from usil
-. money and whiskey, | could n
~ do so on account of poverty, f
VI y. | have had a hard struggle tryil
~ to educate myself and make pre-
- GRAFTON for greater usefulness
- life. My father died when Iw
" Ia years old and | had to work r
- way through high school a
N -. college, graduating from the C
~ lege of law at University of Ke
lucky last year.
sy One of my opponents has t
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