Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-22
"AHI Ask" says Congressman
Garner, rs for My Opponents
to Adhere to the Truth"
rGn is Challenged by John NJ Garner to Prove His Statements and Like Two Years Ago III
in His Grip Deception on Pastor and Newspapeman Exposed

from Atascosa to Bracket:ville and Eagle Pass and La
redo. many miles to cover.
4 young man near Uvalde. hired By Sid Hardin to
tack ms pictures up, said he had to put up a picture
eacn hai mile on highways and each mile on lateral
roads IN the district. Quite a contract for man and car
and Urge cards which are expensive, including as they
do, o large picture of Sid.
Hardin Literature Floods Mails
The Uvalde post office and, we suppose all post
offices, have been flooded with literature from Sid's
Mission office. II included official envelopes with
Sid'S picture, cards with Sids picture, and printed
folders, sometimes a six-column broadcast, all expen-
sive printing and IL sent to half the voters ~ the dis
trict would rapidly. with postage. amount into thous-
ands of dollars. Including poll lists, clerk help. etc.
and payment Of managers. auto hire. hotel bills, and N
string Of political Advertisements in all papers Of te
district, Sid is a wonderful financier TO get by on
Sss395. Sixty-eight dollars in postage would carry n
letter TO just about tire voters Of Uvalde county alone.
Who pays his managers and outsi q and local helpers?
Here is the oath a candidate for Congress swears to:
II do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement,
filed herewith, correctly shows all moneys received BY
me and disbursed by me or in my behalf or with my
knowledge or consent through or by any other person
in connection with the candidacy Of Sid Hardin for
the nomination for Congress for the 18th Congressional
District, State Of Texas. before the first primary elee.
tion, and that | have neither directly nor indirectly ar
ranged or assented to, encouraged or connived at the
spending Of any money other than as shown in said
statement, and that l have not violated any provision Of
the laws Of Texas governing primary elections on the
expenditures Of funds in connection with n candidacy
for a nomination in such primary election in letter or
in spirit"
Laredo Editor Denounces Trick
AC NllbDA v A u 1dEGu is I'D MI W. NE
what he says was a "most unethical trick" He saws his
paper received a written editorial boosting Sid Hardin
and mailed over Sids signature TO be run in his paper
rs political advertising" That the article was run a.
directed and then clipped by the Mission Enterprise and
credited to the Laredo Weekly, and n heading put over
it saying. LAREDO Paper Lauds Hardin and Says He
Should Be Elected" Sid states II was mailed without
his knowledge. Here's the way the editor Of the Laredo
Weekly expresses himself:
Laredo. July 4, 1928
Mr.. H.. P. Hornby.
Uvalde, Texas.
Dear Mr.. Horribly;
Your letter to hand and in reply will say that I
wrote the Devine News and sent an editorial that ap-
peared in my last issue Of the Laredo Weekly to put
them on the right trail.
/ am for John Garner and have been voting for him
since 1912 when l first came into his district as owner
Of the Crystal City Chronicle and I am voting for him
this year as I did the last several terms and expect to
vote for him wherever l may be in his district IL he
keeps in office for the next thousand years as John Gar
ner is the best man in Congress today and we are for
tunate that he il from our own district.
| have written Sid Hardin about the matter Of the
Mission Enterprise and its dirty work in clipping a paid
advertisement from the Laredo Weekly and calling Il
the opinion Of the owner. Sid Hardin wired me that he
had received my letter and that he would be in Laredo
on Friday but his coming to Laredo will not help him
one bit rs he must make n public printed retraction and
apology for what he has allowed the Mission Enterprise
to do, either with or without his knowledge as the
truth was not in anything that il embodied IN the arti-
Gle and i not my opinion and was written probably BY
Sid Hardin himself whose letter and original copy I
hold with his request to publish same and mail him n
statement for the publication.
This should be plain enough and II you hear Of any
party saying that / endorsed Sid Hardin just show him
this letter or publish il il you see fit and il may have
some result in throwing light on the question.
With kindest regards to you, / am, Sincerely,
T. W. LILLE,
Gamers Opposition Comes
From Big Taxpayers
The selfish forces back Of Hardin campaign care
nothing for their candidate and have but a faint hope
Of defeating Congressman Garner. They want 70 put
fear in their hearts Of what they may expect Il they
oppose their campaign Of plumber on the national
treasury. They hope to get rid Of the inheritance tax
and 80 spend their money to try and defeat the leader
who blocks their efforts. They give what may be ex-
pected to happen to any member who stands in their
way. Read what one Of the Republican members, Sem
ator LaFollette Of Wisconsin, says which supports Mr.,
Gamers statement:
"The great power Of national taxation is being used
20 shift the cost Of government to the backs OF the mass
Of the people. Since 1921 Andrew W. Mellon, fourth
richest man in the United States and Secretary Of the
Treasury, has succeeded in reducing the taxes on great
wealth and the profiteerinR corporations by $1,000, O00,-
600. In spite Of these enormous reductions, the drive
il still on to further distort the principle Of graduated
taxation by reductions upon the incomes Of the rich.
The Federal inheritance tax is marked for slaughter be-
cause it is the only means by which at this late date,
those who profited so tremendously during the war can
still be made to disgorge some Of their il-gotten gains
and to bear n share Of the cost Of war"-June issue OF
Current History.
Congressman Garner has incurred the enmity Of J. A.
Arnold Of the American Tax Payers League and such
organizations BY his strenuous fight against the repeal
of the inheritance tax. He also won out against Sec
rotary Mellon and it was almost solely through his
efforts that the exemption per single men was raised
from $1,000 to 1900, and married people from $1,000 to
$500, with $500 for each child etc. This saved mil
lions to the small taxpayers. Garner has voted for
every one Of the farm proposals which ware calculated
to help the farmer, including those offered during the
last Congress.
Cameron county and other counties Of the 18th
district should give a severe rebuke 20 those selfish
outside interests who are spending their money so Law
ishly to encompass the defeat Of our home congressman.
Let US show them that we have intelligence enough
TO see through their campaign Of misrepresentation and
return John N. Garner to Washington TO continue his
battles against the inscriptions group who believe gov
eminent Is for what they can get out OF II.