The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-01-08
Robert Scores:
Announces T or
Congressman
Secrest-G -Griffiths
Battle Again Looms
For This County

History will be repeating itself in
the fast approaching congressional
election for the 18th district, with
the announcement today by Bob Sc
crest that he would be candidate
for the office now held by P. w.
Griffiths, of Marietta.
Secrest and Griffiths will again
battle down the home front as they
did two years ago when Griffths
was the successful candidate. At
that time, Secrest carried Noble,
Monroe and Guernsey counties, but
Griffiths had a safe majority in
Muskingum, Morgan and Washing
ton to best the tide. .~..
In making his announcement, Sc
crest makes this personal appeal to
his native Noble county:
'In 1916 l made the hardest cam
paign I ever made and I was licked.
If five or six voters in each precinct
had changed their votes l would
have won. I carried three counties
and lost three. I made too close a
race so / am going to try it again.
Noble county has always had a
special place in my heart because it
gave me the start that permitted
me to serve in Congress for five
terms. When was younger used to
dream of greater honors I could
bring to the youngest county in
Ohio that had so greatly honored
md, ! still hope, but in politics, no
ambition can, or should, be realized
without the faith of the people. That
faith must be appreciated and re-
warded with faithful service.
81 know Noble county at one time
OF another, during my eight cam
paigns, two for the Legislature and
six for Congress, I travelled every
road and so far as know, called at
every home, to visit or leave card
as the door.
81 talked in every school, many of
which are now only memories in the
communities where they once stood
8'I talked long hours with dozens
If our past officials, leaders and vet
srans of the Civil War, who have
done their best for our country and
',assed on. have listened to our his
cory, + have read it. I have, like
you, been part of some of it. Our
heritage is one of which we can be
proud
my mother died in April and a
few weeks ago I moved back tc
the Noble county home from which
l made my first campaign. 1t is just
south of Senecaville in Wayne
township. My grandfather, Robert
Thompson, was born there in 1851
the year before Noble county was
formed.
Many times in years gone by
have said that l would rather lose
an election than Noble county
That feeling is sincere and no one
can imagine the happiness that was
| mine when Noble county remained
loyal to me in a trend that was like
hurricane. If Noble county hao
turned me down l would never have
had the heart or will to try it again
Il make this special announce,
ment to the people of Noble county
because | owe it to them. I hope
they will remember the gooC
things have done and forgive any,
thing that may have displeasec
them.
Twenty years ago I made my
first appeal to the voters. My faith
in Democracy and the future of oul
nation is stronger than ever. We
must have clean and good govern
Inent. That will be ours when legis
lators put the people and the natior
ahead of themselves and politics.
God has been good to us and may
we, a county and nation, deserve
his continued blessing"