The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-28
paid ADVERTISEMENT
TO BENTON COUNTY VOTERS

"Murder will out" While leaving
for Olympia to argue the 1. w. w.
case on appeal in the supreme court,
Monday morning, October 25, was
informed by friendly republican
that little handful of political trick
sters, under the guise of patriotism
and party, who attempted to get
some other attorneys to file in the
primaries for prosecutor and who af-
forwards attempted against the law
to file democrat on the republican
ticket, are now circulating the know
ingly false report that am paid
up nonpartisan and because the farm
ers Of Benton county saw fit to en-
dorse me have prepared stickers with
George Beardsley's name as their
sticker candidate, and propose to place
man at. each polling place to ped
die their falsehoods and stickers.
I don't know why the nonpartisan
endorsed me of their own free will,
but they have said it was because
they knew / had and would enforce
the law, and in doing so would give
every one a square deal. But / do
know that / am not and never was a
nonpartisan nor any worse than a
democrat, and for the common people
now and always for fair play. /,
therefore, take pleasure in branding
these towards and white-collared
would-be bosses, and stay-at-home
patriots as plain falsifiers, who were
too cowardly to come out in the open
primaries and be candidates, but have
imposed on budding young attorney
of few months in Benton county to
wash their dirty linen for them. Any
one of them had the opportunity to
be men and come out in the open pri-
maries and be candidates, but would
rather work in the dark and have
someone else be the "goat." Some
would-be bosses demanded of us to
denounce the nonpartisans under the
penalty of defeat. When that would
Il r i
not work, prosecution was demanded
of some of these good farmers.
But, as 1 am an officer of the law,
and have never been in the habit of
trucking to the demands of bosses,
I refused. 1t may defeat me but /
would rather be man in defeat than
a successful cur. / have always been
democrat and am now, and while /
grant these many farmers the same
rights in voting as / demand myself,
cannot subscribe to their party.
IF assumed the. right to tell them
how to vote, would advise them to
come with me, and vote for Black
and Cox, and assure the League OF
Nations that our boys would never
again be called upon to fight another
horrible war. Then vote these boys,
who did go to save the country, a
good bonus and reward them in part
for their sacrifice. Then vote with
me against the man who voted to de-
feat your Farm Loan act and protect
yourselves from the Shylocks who are
now trying to scrap that same Farm
Loan act.
Just such tricks as is attempted
to be pulled off by. these would-be
bosses is good breeder of nonpar-
tisans. When Kennewick goes after
the county seat again, these would-be1
bosses of Prosser will be on Bonded
knees before these same nonpartisans
to save us, and in duplication, saying
they knew not what they were doing.
Our treatment of these well meaning
farmers is in pitible contrast to Ken
newick's fair treatment of the same
people. / know the farmers OF this
county will give me square deal but
they must understand that my name
appears only on the democratic ticket,
and voting any other ticket, the vot-
er must write my name in the blank
under prosecuting attorney and make
an X after it. am trusting to you
to do this. yours.
G. w. HAMILTON.