The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-04-02
Watch for trickery--

Desperate IN their desire 20 retain
their positions of trust which they
have forfeited by betrayed Of the
taxpayers of the village. the can.
didateS on the so-calIed NIunicipab
ticket are on the alert TO win. this
election by trickery and fraud il they
cannot win il otherwise.
Political Skulduggery that would
put to shame Tammany or a Tweed
is afOOt in Clayton today.
The cohorts of DOerism Were i'm
cnlidential session in the office of
City Attorney EaSterwood until a
late hour last night, instructing their
hirelings in the art of misrepresen-
tatiOn and political knavePy.
These hirelingS, unknown 10 you,
are 10 instruct YOU 10 vote your ball
lot in a manner that will put Ekund
Oto-and dc Baca back in office or
cause il TO be thrown out by the
election judges.
lgnoring the written protest of DIR.
Charlton these men who are deIib-
crately trying TO thwart the will OF
the people by resOrting to every des.
pisable form of political fakery, have
placed the Citizens eau. ..idate for the
office OF Mayor at the head of their
ticket on the official ballot. They
have left the space for the mayor
blank ON the Citizens ticket. The
same thing has been done with the
Citizens candidates for clerk aud
for marshall. The secret caucus held
in EaSterwoOd'S Office and STYLED a
convention endorsed these candidat-
es to lend the color OF reSpectability
to their candidates for trustees.
When DIR. Charlton wished To with
draw from their ticket they told hinl
he could not as designations must
be made ten days prior 20 the eIee-
tion. But they willingly allowed a
Citizens candidate, Frank Kilburn 20
Withdraw, and REFUSED To allow
the name OF Allen WycOff 10 be
placed on the ballots To fill the vac
ancy caused by kilburn's withdraw
al, even tho WycOff had been ae-
cepted as u substitute at the Citi-
zenS' convention last Thursday night
Are YOU going 10 let this gang Of
charlatanS trick you into re-elect-
ing them? Vote the headleSs Citi-
Zens' ticket straight by marking a
cross in the center of the circle un-
der the name Citizens. Put a kink In
DO'erism and save your municipal
utilities from bankruptcy By voting
for Claggett, Barnhart, Johnson and
ISaacS, and against Eklund. Otto and
de Baca.
Simply vote the Citizens ticket
straight as il appears on the jimmied
ballot and beat the tricksters at their
own game. Don't let anyone tell yOu
you have 10 vote for mayor as well
as trustees and treasurer. That's the
stunt they will try TO pull, but for
the love o Mike don't fall for it.
The votes Of their henchmen and
hirelings will elect the only mayor
ality candidate in the field. It's up
10 you TO elect By an overwhelming
majority the trustees that Charlton
must have 20 get rid of Do'er aud
all Doors friends and iIk.
This is our last word to you.
Watch for trickery; be on the alert
TO prevent those whose political ex-
istence depends upon winning this
election from stealing II from under
your very nose. VOTE THE ANTI
DOER TICKET STRAIGHT.
VOTE AGAINST EKLUND; VOTE
AGAINST OTTO; VOTE AGAINST
DE BACA, and save Clayton from
bankruptcy and your light and water
system from the hands OF receiv-
er. It's up 10 you. The News has
made the tight. ITS YOUR ballot that
counts today.