Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-17
Ku Klux Klan Back
of Election Recount
(continued from Page one.)

'DLl d5e OAC'y
throw the burden or expense for
recount of all of the other pre-
cincts upon the lawful, and dul
declared nominee of the party. N
charges of fraud have been mad
and there was no fraud on m,
part or the part of my friends. A
the worst there could only hay'
been Irregularities through error
if any irregularities were commit
ted, and l do not admit that suct
Irregularities exist.
1T is preposterous to assume
however, that II there were irreg
ularities in all of the precincts
designated by Mr.. Hall that these
Irregularities would be all to the
detriment of Mr.. Hall, and that nc
Irregularities could exist in the
1000 or more other precincts not
mentioned in the petition. If
there are Irregularities against
Mr.. Hall in the less than one-third
of the precincts Of the state point
ed out by him, it is as reasonable
to assume that a similar number
of irregularities exist against me
in the other two-thirds of the pre-
I cincts. That being the case COM
plete recount could result in moth
ing but a vastly increased plural
ity in favor Of myself.
Asks Complete Recount.
However that may be, in JUS
tice and in right to the people of
the state, to the plurality mem
bers of the republican party who
participated in my nomination, as
well as to Mr. Hall and to myself,
recount should be taken of all |
of the precincts, If of any, ana 1t
should be determined definitely
and for all time as to who the
nominee actually is, if any posi-
Bile doubt of it may exist at this
time.
Il may say frankly and freely
IL did not receive the plurality of
the republican votes cast for the
governorship in the recent pri-
marieS l do not want the nomina-
tlon. If l thought for a minute
that I was not the rightful nomi-
nee, honestly and fairly named by |
the greater number of the voters, |
| would not accept the nomina-
ton. My desire is to see this mat
ter settled along the lines Of equ-
ty, justice and right and no 9TH
ers.
Those who supported k4e in
this fight should be protected. l
have no right to waive any of
their wishes or to default on them.
But the situation is clear that
| am the present nominee of the
party, elected on the face of the
official returns without fraud or
tinge of fraud. An organization
backed by great financial re-
sources attacks that nomination
on the basis of sett1ng up the vote
OF comparatively few scattering
precincts against the balance of
the vote Of the state. l am ad-
v1sed that to reopen the ballots for
the balance of the state would en-
tail tremendous expense and the
burden of such expense would DOS
sibly be thrown upon my shoulders
when l have no resources to bear
1t, nor by any sense of justice nor
right should l be called upon to
bear 1t.
Real Object Sought.
apparently it is possible by
the very force of vast sum of
money thrown into contest such
as this to deprive the nominee Of
the nomination to which he Is
Justly and fully entitled. It is a
situation not alone affecting NV
self 1t may establish a precedent
Tor the future which would be
dangerous and un-American. This
contest also contains the danger
onus factor of money raised out
side the state to determine who is
to be elected governor of Oregon
l am making this statement so
the people of the state may know
Just the situation which exists IN
connection with this recount.
In addition I invite the con-