The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-03-23
CHARLES swINDALL. OF WOOD
WARD. OKLAHOMA, WHO
SERVED THE .UN-EXPIRED
TERM OF HON. DICK II. NOR
GAN, AS REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS-, Is A CANDIDATE
FOR THE SIXTY-EIGHTH CON-
GRESS.

To the Republican Men and Women
Voters:
Having resided in this, the eighth
Congressional District for twenty
five years. and having made a cam
paign OF the district prior to the
last national election. / feel we
are acquainted. so let us have
little talk about the primary cleo
tion 10 be held August 1, 1922. /
feel that l kept faith with the
people during the three months
served them in congress and l want
to go back and / believe you want
TO and will return me to that Of
flee. We will know whether l am
correct or not after the primary.
am a Republican. forty-six years
OF age, In the prime OF life and in
good health. l never missed a meet
fng of the house OF representatives
or committee meeting during my
term and pledge you l will not do SO
IN the event ! am nominated and
elected to the sixty-eighth congress.
unless l am too i'll to go. feel
mis- is the only way to keep posted
on pending legislation and properly
represent the people.
My references are: Any minister,
barber, clerk, laborer or profession
nj man in the district with whom
am acquainted. Most OF them know
me. Write them a letter, in the
svent you have not met me, and get
their opinion.
While member OF Congress |
voted for; The emergency Tariff on
wheat and livestock. This bill was
yetoed by President Wilson. Had
II become law l feel certain Il
would have saved the farmer at
least thirty-five cents per bushel
on wheat and greatly improved the
liye stock market. for at that time
the Canadian wheat and South
American beef and Australian NUT
ton and wool had not been imported
voted for the appropriation for
the Soldiers Hospitals; for the re-
solution TO revive the War Finance
Corporations for the appropriation
TO continue the work on the Muscle
Shoals Dam; for the law to prohibit
the use OF deceptive bottles and car
tons.
voted against the spending of
1850. 100000 year in sending out
small and useless packets of gar
den seeds. The Committee on Agri-
culture opposed this appropriation
and II was placed on the Agricul-
tural Appropriation bill ip the house
by small vote. voted against the
bill to increase the size of the House
of Representatives from Four Hun
dred and Thirty-five to Four Hun
dred and Eighty-three members.
This same question will come up
in the present Congress or In the
next congress and l am still OPP
posed TO Increasing the size of the
house. II Is too large now and II
Increased Il will mean a large eX-
pense and we cannot reduce taxes
and increase the cause OF taxation.
We are cutting down in other de-
partments to save expense and we
should not increase in any depart
ment.
i voted to reduce the size of the
Army to 10000 men. Joined
with the other members from the
Agricultural states i'm an effort TO
secure the passage OF the Capper-
Tincher bill in 1921.
/ favor the immediate improve
ment Of the hospitals for World
War veterans and for allowing them
compensation and vocational train
ing without so much red tape
which is preventing Il number OF
former service men from securing
the care, treatment and education
to which they are so justly entitled
to. l favor adjusted compensation
for these heroic young men who 80
valliantly responded TO the call OF
their country Also, loaning them
money through the federal Farm
Loan Bank at very low rate of in
terest to build homes and purchase
farms. The government has found
ways and means to raise funds 20
settle munition and other war con
tracts on profit the contractors
claim they would have made and
have done likewise with the rail