The Washington times., 1922-07-09

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some IDhiLe.
ficials or the department at WASH
ington. to restrict my little cam,
pafgn messages.
Strange as II may appear. re-
ceived but two or three uncompii.
mentary letters during the entire
campaign. although the mail Of
nearly every candidate for IN
important office IL burdened with
insulting and threatening letters.
One Of my correspondents said
that I should be shot. Another
wrote that I was at last where
belonged, and he hoped would
not leave there alive: he con-
cluded with the hope that the
warden would have my naked
back dashed until It bled every
day I was there.
ALSO WROTE TO WARREN.
This benevolent writer also ad.
vised me in the same letter that
he had written to the warden to
the same effect.
OF course all these mercifully.
inspired cpistles were from anony.
nous writers who declared their
implacable hatred Of all .hiugs
un-American, and vouchsafed their
, red.blooded loyalty to American
ideals!
As the weeks heightened into
months became more than ever q
curiosity to casual visitors to the
prison. and they employed every
ruse and subterfuge with the 1t.
taches to get . glimpse Of the
man who had converted q Federal
penitentiary into his camraign
headquarters.
Notwithstanding the fact that
! was clothed In the faded and.
frayed garb Of q felon, felt
aware Of q certain dignity that my
peculiar position AZ . candidate
imposed. expressive as It was Of q
confidence that remained, un-
shaken in the face Of all the denial
II had encountered.
Certainly no candidate could have
been shown moro respect or
treated with greater courtesy than
by the prison population and
all others with whom I inciden.
tally came into contact. %.
COMEDIES" ELECTION.
ELECTION night I wildly re-
call as a pleasant and inter-
esting special occasion. Soon
after the prison supper hour I
was sent for and received by the
deputy warden who conducted me
to the warden's office to hear the
returns that were being received
by telephone and in the form Of
special messages. The warden and
his wife were present as were
representatives Of the press. The
bulletins came in rapidly and the
table was soon covered with these
returns.
Early in the evening I conceded
the election Of Warren q. Harding
and my own defeat. which appar-
emily excited no surprise among
those in the office and beyond the
walls: the only surprise. II not
chagrin. that was felt came from
the prison cells.
An interesting question arose
while we sat in the warden's Of
flee as to a pardon to myself in
the event of my election, and we
all found some mirth In debating
1t. I am sure the question did not
disturb my slumber in the nights
preceding this particular one
We remained in the office Of the
warden until the election Of
Harding was assured when ! once
more breathed q sigh or RELIEF es
q defeated presidential candidate.
was not In the least downoast
that I had not been elected presi.
dent Of the United States. In the
next hour I was In dreamiand
sailing the seven seas in quest Of
new worlds to conaueri 49,.
The sincere regret expressed the
following day by my prison mates
that L had not been Transferred
from Atlanta to Washington By
the American people would have
compensated me for any disap-
point I might have felt over the
conduct Of the campaign asd ifs
final resuits.
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