Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-11-01
CHARLES LOOMS
REFUTES RUMOR
ABOUT CANDIDACY
STATEMENT BY CHARLES L.
LOOMS

In order to settle some misunder-
standings and misgivings in regard
to my candidacy for mayer, l desire
to make the following statement,
and will ask the Tidings to print II
as an advertisement:
am charged by some factions as
being the candidate of Jesse Win
burn, and by others as being the can
date of Mr.. Enders, by others as be-
ing the candidate of Mr.. Greer, and
others as being the candidate of Mr..
Dill and Mr.. Johnson.
desire here to state that l am
not the candidate Of any of them.
Unless l can be the candidate of the
people, regardless of factions and in
dividuals, then miss my desire. The
citizens Of Ashland need to be
brought together in harmonious
work for the upbuilding of the town.
1t seems to me to be one of Ash
lands paramount needs, and / shall
strive for that end. | absolutely re-
fuse to be the candidate of any indi-
vidual or faction. II / am elected,
one citizen shall have as much in
fluence in guiding my administration
as another, regardless as to what
faction they may adhere. To sue
cessfully deliver the sort of admins
tration l hope to give Ashland, will
need the support of all the people,
and If elected, shall certainly ex-
pect that and shall try to conduct
the affairs of the city in such man
uer as to justify it.
It is said that my candidacy was
launched at Jesse Winburn ban
quet, and, therefore, I am a Jesse
Winburn candidate, and will be d.
rected in my administration by him.
think fair explanation of how I
came to become a candidate Is due
at this time.
The day that my name was first
mentioned as a candidate for mayor,
I had responded to a telephone in
vitation to attend a dinner at the
Ashland hotel, given by Jesse Win
burn for the purpose of getting some
SO citizens together to indorss and
insist on the candidacy of DR.. r. L.
Burdic for the office OF mayor. I
attended that dinner in good faith
to urge Burdic's candidacy. DR..
Burdic was present and absolutely
declined to allow his name to be
used as candidate, whereupon Mr..
Greer, without my knowledge and
without consulting me in regard toI
1t, proposed my name as a candidate.
His suggestion was great surprise
to me, because, up to that time, ]
had not considered the matter at
all. After his suggestion, a peti-
tion asking me to become a candi-
date was circulated, and / was in
formed that it had been signed byI
every person at the tables, in num-
ber about so, Of as fine citizens as
Ashland possesses. A few days after
that, the railroad boys, among whom
I count many very dear friends, or
ganized a Loomis-for-Mayor club,
without any suggestion from me, and
pledged their unqualified support to
my candidacy. In the meantime,
many friends and neighbors, from
every walk of life and every part
Of the city, called on me and urged
me to accept the candidacy. I con-
sidered the matter for some time be-
fore decided to stand as candi-
date. I tried to view 1t from all
angles. I took into consideration
my physical infirmity and my mental
capacity. I love Ashland and feel
that a more progressive administra-
tlon of her affairs would rebound to
her great good. So, after consider
ing the matter from every angle, /
decided to accept the place with full
confidence both in my mental and
physical ability to fill 1t efficiently,
II elected.
So, stand today as a candidate OF
no man or set of men. / feel CRATE
full for the hearty support am get
ting from all of the above named
gentlemen. I do not think any one
of them has the desire to dictate to
me. II I am elected. None of them