The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-30
DR. g y NcCAMPBELL'S DEATH SHOCKS CITY

Moreover about 400 legal voters
signed a petition asking me to run.
Thus while l did not adopt the pro-
cedure you so confidently put forth
as the only honorable course" l did
secure my nomination in a perfectly
fair and perfectly legal manner.
conformed strictly to the law; and
had you, my dear sir, been less COM
pletely blinded by your partisanship,
and your keen desire to rush into
print, you would not have presumed
to offer your feeble ideas as a sub
stitute for statute law.
l was nominated in the regular le-
gal manner, by bona fide legal voters
and the number required by law, and
as regards the legality of my nomi-
nation there can be neither question
nor bubble.
BY whom was Mr.. Hueston nomi-
mated? Mr. Hueston was nominated
by delegation from the Sth Ward,
and thsi, too, after the death of the
convention and after the rest of the
delegates had gone home. That en-
tire delegation numbered 40 men, 81
Negroes and 13 Whites. The 13
Whites did not want to nominate
Mr.. Hueston, but were outnumbered
| by the 27 Negroes. They therefore
had to submit but refused to vote for
him. According to custom and tradi-
| tion the nominations made by ward
delegates must be ratified by the con-
vention, while in session. Every NOM
inee was ratified by being CERTI-
FLED TO THE CONVENTION, except
the Lower House nominee from the
| Sth Ward. Why? Mr.. Hueston's
nomination was never ratified by the
convention. Why? Because Mr..
Homer B. Mann declared that if Mr..
Hueston's name were presented to
that convention for ratification, every
white man would take up his hat and
walk out. And yet, Mr.. Starks, you
have the effrontery to say that Mr..
Hueston was nominated by virtue of
a great organized party and the favor
| ing sentiment of his people" while l
have nc support except the possible
overtures of personal friends" Mr..
Hueston was nominated by 27 ward
| delegates who did not dare ask the
convention to ratify their act. | was
nominated by nearly three times as
many legal voters, in unquestionably
due and legal form. If l should be
elected there could be no sort of ques-
ton as to the legality of it; if Mr..
Hueston be elected, the assumption
of his office will be in grave legal
Jeopardy.
| | think l understand, Mr.. Starks,
how you were able some time ago to
write so forcibly and fluently on the
subject of camouflage. You are quite
a camoufleur yourself. You tell me
that the people (meaning yourself
presume) would like to know just one
single basic principle for which he
can offer one single argument for my
"ungraceful move" Here it is:
WAS DULY NOMINATED ACCORD
ING TO LAW BY NEARLY THREE
TIMES AS MANY LEGAL VOTERS
NATION OF MIR. HUESTON AMI
MY NOMINATION HAD BEEN COM
PLETED, MY HEADQUARTERS
OPENED AND MY CAMPAIGN UN
DER WAY NEARLY TWO WEEKS
BEFORE MR.. HUESTON ENTERED
THE FIELD. Is that basic enough
Having given you one basic reason yor
asked for, might now retire from the
field leaving you dazed, if not un
conscious, but | am going to do more
than you asked. l shall give you an
other basic reason" Listen: LONG
BEFORE MIR. HUESTONS NAME
WAS EVER MENTIONED l Hal
BEEN URGED BY MY CONSTITU
ENTS TO OFFER MY NAME AS
CANDIDATE FOR ALDERMAN OF
THE STH WARD. Not being poll
tician l had not thought to obtain the
nomination through political machina
ton, but had resolved to secure my
nomination by petition, as l felt con
fident that the necessary number o.
voters would endorse me. They die
so. Again: BEING FREE BORN, OF
| LAWFUL AGE, AND NOT SUBJECT
TO THE DICTATION OF tom