The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
Twenty Citizens Candidates Launch Alm For In
pendlng De1eat In Loud uEy: "WaEcn tor Elsc
ton 1msvsry."
MEMPHIS DEFAMERS
FACE REPUTATION
Mudslingtng Campaign Against Williams Conclusive
Proof That Public Wants No Moro "Painetul
Progress"


and the Dictator who Is shaping its desniss have struck
opening chord Of their song the prelude which contains
warning 10 be on the lookout for election thieves
Amen!
Facing just and certain repudisen at the hands Of the
community they have outraged through campaign Of disgust
ing vifcaaen, the Twenty Citizens quintet finds Itself be-
leagured within the city Il shsmed
II typical Of the whipped dog to whine; poor trader to
charge fraud defeated politician seek solaee for his
ured vanity behind cry election hevey And the that
pane and his cohorts have already launched the groundwork
Their abb sufficient indication that may expect the encore
to their swan song on the morning OF November
EVERYBODY knows that more square upright just and
cenuou man than Joe Williams lived The same char
eter OF manhood represented with him the ticket that
For Memphis First"
Why, then this cry Of wolf WolfY
The is found behind the curtain Of opuence and lux
uy which parted to emit the corporation bound csted
candidates flying the Twenty Citizens banner Found even be-
hind them IN the Dictator who pulls the strings from which his
puppets dange The conclusion apprenticeship former
must have voiced an unwaaned fear Of receiving dose OF his
HE STUBBoRNLY AND .PERsIsTENTLY REFUSES
70 BELIEVE THAT WITH HIS PASSING WENT EVERY,
THING THAT Is UNDERHANpED AND QUESTIONABLE
The cry Beware of the election thief" is characteristic Of
the Twenty Citizens league campaign utteyanees They have
resored to every base claim possible which bolster their
plea for political prcierment
They have harked back the time when Memphis like every
other city which tolerated the open saloon had to struggle with
the evils thereof and they would have you believe that recur
renee to be expected under Mr. Williams absudy Its
They have sought by nnuendo and evacnby half truths
to create the impression that Joe Williams administration Of the
ys finances during his former terms Of office extavsgant
y conducted when matter OF fact 5000 spent In an
effort to prove misapped funds with the result that dis
covered despite the disbursement of mcas Of doars OF public
money, his books were out Of balance 10 cents,
Why didn't they tell you thatl
They have cried long and loud about high tax the
Williams administration during period OF reconstruction fol-
lowing the epidemic found necessary levy But they said not
word about the excessive bond issues otalng Sill cool
fosted by soeaed business administrations which sue
49, I.uL~ d.
years to come
Why didn't they tell you, while the telling good that
Nnp WILLIAMS Il M oELv 1ssE WITHOUT CHARGING YOU
CREASED ASSESSMENTSi
They openly threaten with legal opposition your e
% sou ~ by %sm y 5 W on
OF an enforced residence for short period in Mississippi the
Lake View car line and then to prove that they not corpora
to Williams eligibility from the biggest corporation lawyer in the
city of Memphshe attorney who brought about the x-een
are the increased telephone rates and who negca
ing 70 further gouge you through higher gas rates,
They they not office seekers that they consented
become candidates solely because they believed their duty
try to give Memphis the kind OF government needs
II such the their conception of duty due the city
OF Memphis vastly different from the conception Of duty the
minds Of the Memphis ticket candidates for the Twenty Citizens
candidates have fit to hacken Memphis under
vtupeaon In the hope that would also besmch their op-
ponents
They say they dependent upon the office for vei
hood that the office sought them and thus by their state
nens admit they have many irons in the fire elsewhere we
naturally must conclude that elected the same reluctance with
which they accepted their respective candidates. would be re-
Elected in their halfhearted performance of their duties
Like the Phaasee OF DID, they stand public places and offer
up prayers OF thankfuness that they ARE other
holding themselves vastly SUPERIOR their estimation only
to candidates the Williams ticket picked from drug stores
and harness shops"
Having record which base their personal claims
office Tor the simple that they have done ANYTHING
meng recording they nonchanty ciohe themselves all tht
virtues OF the holy place halo around their heads and point
scorn and assumed derision the you honorec
with office in return for public trustworthy rendered
Quoting from OF their published statements "NC
who supports him (Wlans) therefore say he is taking
leap in the dark"
1t the real truthful utterance of their campaign
Conversely is to be inferred that Paine and his tickle
will be leap in the dark You have had occasions test vii
Hams You know he always through unscathed Why then
temporze with unknown uned asprsnt especially one VIII
has already shown you his cunning his food price manpua
tons?
You going to the polls Thursday the hope that you
will be OF thousands in the OF Righteousness
and civic beemen The tactics that have been empoye
persisteny by the Twenty Citizens league against Mr. Wi
iams and his fellow candidates bear the stamp OF political
gme that has for years been blot the fair Of Memphis
You want "Psneful progress"