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BOTH SIDES JMIM YICTORY
rrmocratj, However, Not Very Pos
i itive in Their Assertions.
; BAKER LOOKS FOR BIO LEAD
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Krpafcllrait Chairman aya the r.
tlr Ticket Will ; Tkraiik
I r at Least B.OOO Majorltr
1 for Low Maa.
With election clay almost at hand, cam
tpalgn managers of the republican and
oemorratlo parties are expressing confl
dence that TetisCay nlphl will see their
run tickets elected. When asked for
statements they aald:
Ren S. Raker, Chairman of the re
publican County Central Committee
Tha ticket Is aa good at elected rlitht
now. The smalle't lead any man on the
ticket possibly can have over hla op
ponenta, In my opinion, la 6.100. That la
lha moat pessimistic prediction I can
make. I will be surprised If every one
doesn't have at leapt 7.000 votee to apare.
Louis J. Piatt!. Chairman of the Dem
ocratic County Central Committee
Thera la nothing to nay only that we are
Bolng to elect our ticket. I won't aay
anything- else.
.According to a prominent Omaha real
state man. realty dealera of the city
generally will vote for William G. Vr
for treasurer at the election next Tues
iay. the reaaon bain that he la the only
candidate . for the place, who really la
competent to handle and direct the
weighty affaire and business of this Im
portant office. "Mr. Ura la an experi
enced business man," ha aald. "He Is
familiar with lha work which would de
volve upon him and thoroughly compe
tent to aolve and dispose of the diversi
fied problems that are sure to present
themselves. Ills business experience has
made him so. M. L. Knilrcs, Mr. ITre'a
opponent, la a man who has had com
paratively no business tialnlng. He runa
a paint and wall paper shop, but even
In thla work the real estate men gener
ally do not consider him capable of hand
ling a really big Job. Hurh limited ex
perience aa ha has had In attempting to
execute large contracts has not been such
aa to Insure confidence. Tha general
opinion among us Is that a man who
cannot make a greater auccesa In the
painting and wall paper business surely
would make a fnllura In an office that de
tnande Infinitely greater ability and In
a Una of work In- which he has had prac
tically no experience."
Confusion among many voters haa re
ulted to a considerable extent from the
fact that three men named Foster are
eeklng election to publlo office at next
Tuesday's general election. Charles K.
Foster Is the republican candidate for
police judge; J. J. Foster, a republican, Is
asking election aa a member of the JJonrd
of Education from tha Ninth ward. Vot
ers aliould take core not to confuse these
men with Dr. Harry A. Foster, th re
publican candidate for member of the
Hoard of Education from the Twelfth
ward, aa they are both thoroughly repu
table and respectable men, standing high
In morality, and Integrity.
Thomas J. Klynn, democratic candidate
tor clerk of the dlatriot court. In a com
munication to The Bee, asks publication
of hla side of tha Bouth. Twenty-first
atreet deal, for which the Central Im
provement club haa condemned blm. lis
ava:
"Let ma give tha people tha facts.
Rome two years ago soma of my men la
cleaning Leavenworth atreet put probably
four or flva loads of atreet cleanings on
Twenty-first street. One property owner,
rho la no doubt tha Instigator of the
resolution, claimed to have been adopted,
objected and Informed na he wanted
them removed Immediately, which even
ha will admit was done. ,
"Soma time after some of tha property
owners complained about tha condition of
Twenty-first street and asked permission
to permit soma grading contractor to
place soma dirt there, aa they had no
Idea when they would be able to secure
majority of tha property holders to
algn for paving. The trouble Is that the
president of the Central Improvement
club la one Samual Mancueo, who la worth
eoma tl'U.OOO. He wanted me to give his
father, who Is now about 7u yeara of age,
a Job sweeping tha etreete, and because I
did not feel that a man who made his
money aa easy as ha did ought to want
Jila father working any place, but rather
ahould be glad to keep him at ease, I re
fused him, and now, when he thinks I
won't have time to answer everything
that aoma disgruntled fellow wants to
get la the paper, ha hastens to break Into
prlut, For tha last tlilrty-slx years I
liave lived In Omaha. If I ever have
,Jona anything that disqualifies me for
tha office cf clerk of the district court. It
,eeme to ma It ahould be made known
before now.
rartly through fear of what ha may
Ao if elected and partly to punish him
for what ha haa dona In tha past, cer
tain corporate and finanolal Interests
are opposing William G. t're, republican
candidate for treasurer, and attempting
to boost M. L. End res, the democratic
candidate for the office, despite his reo
ugnlsed unfitness for such a position.
It Is common report that arrangements
already have been made with tha Lion
lioiidlng at 8urety company to guard
alnt trouble In securing bondsmen for
:ndres In tha event of his carrying the
election. It haa been agreed that a
deputy will be named who virtually will
be the treasurer, Endres being a mere
figurehead.
ANNA WILSON ESTATE TO
PAY ABOUT $10,000 TAX
Vnder the state Inheritance tax law
3ouglas county will receive about 110.000
from the estate or the late Anna Wilson,
practically as much as Is given to the'
city by Miss Wilson In her will. By rea
sun of the fact that none of the benefi
ciaries are even distantly related to Miss
WlUon. the tax will be heavy against the
Inheritances, ranging from t to per
cent.
No deHnlte figures as to tha taxes that
will coma to the county from this source
can be given until the eetate la ai-
pialaud. The money under the law will
te used In road work.
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CITIZENS MUST AWAKEN
Tkla Depart men t Will Try and
fttiow Why anneiatlnn thoaM
Be Made .Watch It from Iay
t Day.
Published by the Bonth Omaha Citt-
- auiiiuog committee.
Antl-annexatlonlsts say It costs ffi.
fX.n to take care of Omaha library ex
pense per yrnr and only IT.,000 for Bouth
Omaha, lxin t forget that Omaha has
over five tlmia the population of South
Omaha, and Omaha property owners.
based on the population, pay the amount
named for maintenance of the library.
The rxpenfe to Houth Omaha will not be
Increa.trd over the present. It will not
be necessary. The expense will probably
be less.
Antl-snnexatlonlsts say It costs Omaha
for public lights a sum In excess of what
It costs In fouth Omaha. This Is true,
but Omaha's property Is taxed for thla
exprnse and Is taken care of In the proper
channel. The addition of Bouth Omaha
to Omaha will not cost Bouth Omaha
property owners any more than at present
because the bulk of the taxation la made
on what la now Omaha property. Valua
tions determine taxation.
The antl-annexatlonlsts give figures to
show It conts more to operate the city
hall In Omaha than In Bouth Omaha.
They fall to say, However, that after an
nexation it will not be necessury to spend
tha aum now spent on the city hall of
Houth Omaha, because there will be but
one city hall and one act of city of
ficials. The antl-annexatlonlsts sy It costs
Omaha for Its public schools per year
rT8,1U.U nnd Bouth Omaha but lo,00O.
Omaha hsa five times the population of
Bouth Omaha. Multiply $10.000 by five
and you will see thHt the result la J&jO.Onn.
Bouth Omaha Is paying more in pro
portion to population than Is Omaha.
Omaha paya Its teachers a much higher
salary than Bouth Omaha (ays and our
teachers will bo benefited by Increased
salaries If we annex.
Antl-annexatlonlsts say Omaha school
bonded Indebtedness Is much higher than
Houth Omaha. Thla la explained because
Omaha has five times the population of
Bouth Omaha and the but school build
ings In the wrst. Thore Is but one sani
tary school building In South Omaha,
while alt of the school buildings of
Omaha are sanitary throughout. Omaha's
property values Justify the bonded in
debtedness fur schools or It would not
have been mude. 1
Antl-annexatlonlsts explain that coun-
oilmen's salaries of Omaha exceed those
of Bouth Omuha. They full to explain
that there will be no council In Omaha
under the commission form of govern
ment, and even It there were that one
set of councllmett will answer for both
cities. Ihey say the commission form of
government will cost Omaha $32,000 per
year. As it costs Bouth Omaha $S.tM for
Its councilman, if they are done away
with that will make a saving to the two
cities of ft,000 over present expense.
Antl-annexatlonlsti gay It will cost
more to run the fire department of
Omaha than tha entire city government
of Bouth Omaha. They fall to explain
that Omaha works a double shift and
has prober(y value sufficient to raise the
required revenue. They fall to explain
that tlie majoilty of the $2X7,101.61 It takes
to run . tha city government of Bouth
Omaha according to their figures will be
eliminated.
MISSTATEMENT OF FACTS.
Antl-annexationlsts say. that local aa
loonmen will be without license If we
nnex, for a long period, and will have
to lose $-B3 on tbelr license when they
secure a new one. This In playing to the
galleries. It Is no breach of confidence
to say that arrangements have been made
whereby the aaloonmen will be given a
new license after annexation and credited
with the $3.13 In question. The fucta to
prove thla arrangement are In the hand!
of the committee of tha Bouth Omaha
Iletull I.hiuor Dealers' association. Any
lalooniuan can obtain these facta by ask
ing their committee. This disposes of
that matter effectually and satisfactorily
to the saluonmen.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
Home owners, the present city adminis
tration has raised your taxes In the last
yeur for the city alone J.17 mills. In round
figures. The Board of Education added
i mills. On a piece of property worth
$1,000 the Increase amounts to $3.17 mora
than last year under the, same valuation.
Thla doea not Include Interest on more
than $400,000 worth of bonds that have
alread been' Issued and $130,000 expected
to be Issued after the first of the year.
This means your Interest fund alone must
be Increased next year mora than $30,000.
EXPENSIVE, NEEDLESS EXPENDI
TURE
Four blocks, from Twenty-fourth to
Twenty-eighth on J, paving coat $27,997.17.
Halt rout per front foot was $1.63, tha
city paying the other half. Taxes, on
each front lot were fXA What will tha
taxpayers in general aay when they re
call that J street from Twenty-fourth to
Twenty-elgh'b Is only a road to tha lum
ber yard of a prominent antl-annexatlon-l?t?
This la a sample of the city council's
method of economy.
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE.
During IMS the city treasurer's office
cost the taxpayers t2U. in 1P10 the cost
had increased to UMi. Taking the flrat
ten months of 1911 aa an example, the
treaaurer's office will cost tha taxpayers
for 1911 $i.W0 an Increase over ten yeara
ago of C.400.
In lSuii the treasurer'a office force con
alited ct the treasurer and the deputy.
The force today haa been doubled several
times, which forced the salary expense
up from IS.ZA 1906 to $5,100 for 1911.
EXPENSE IN CLERK'S OFFICE
, In 1X! the city clerk's office was oper
ated by two men, trie city clerk and an
assistant. The city pity roll shows the city
clerk's office for salaries In IMS amounted
to but $2,400. In li'10. only flvo years
later, the salary expense In the city
clerk's office had crept up to $t.W0. This
was nn Increase of $-.040 per year. The
following year, 1911, the records show
that the expense for ealarles In tha city
clerk's office will amount to practically
the same as during U'lO
The population of Bouth Omaha, In
round figures. Is the same as It was In
l!tt6. when the salaries In the city clerk's
office amounted to but $2 W. againat
$4.SU for I9IL Cltlxena wilt also remember
that there lias bten no material Increase
in the value of any Bouth Omaha prop
erty for many years past.
Tha Increase In the city clerk's office
was brought about by the Installation tf
a larger fwrv'e of clerks h Wert used
In 19V
THK (WAIT
South Omaha
Anti-Annexation
Club's Department
This copy is furnished and edited by
the pnbllcity committee of the Bonth
vmaa anti-Annexation club.
'ihrt annexationists fired the firxt gun
or inetr campaign by attempting to
prove that tuxes had steadily Increased
in South Omaha since l'i02. They give
you the annual appropriation, beginning
with 1!2, but fall to give you the tax
levy In mills for those years. It shows
the disposition on their part to be unfair
and mislead you. We give you herewith
the annual tax levy In mills, beginning
with l'M2:
IP" 9.22 mills W g.07 mills
" 9 4 mills lOKt I.M mills
.J5 rnUis Ii9 mill
7 i& mills 1910 .4 mills
9.75 mills
Notwithstanding lha many Improve
ments we have made, the mill levy of
1910 waa only twenty-two hundredths of a
mill more than In 1902. On property val
ued at $1,000 the tax for 1910 would be
only 23 cents more than In 1902. Any
Increase of the tax levy of 1911 over 1910,
as claimed by them, Is due entirely to
the fact of maintaining two new fire
hails end also Increased Interest on bonds
ixsued for paving, of which the tity-nt-large
pays one-half. We cannot have
improvements without paying for them.
The amount Omaha haa rained by taxa
tion has steadily Increased. During the
laHt five years Omaha has raised by tax
ation the following:
iw $i,22s,i42 m:o $i v,j 277
ii i,4m9,2j inn i.Umi
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This does not take Into account large
e.-ms raised by permits, licenses and
other sources.
Your Me
fuesday.
Hloward
CCennedy
Judge District Court
!fJ. A;'"Ydder
I believe with Horace Mann that
tho object of our common school
system Is to give to every one a path
way by which he can walk upward
from the helplessness of a child to a
knowledge of the primary duties of
mankind, and csn acquire a power
and a will to discharge these duties.
I believe that the American public
school Is one of our grandest Institu
tions, and that it must do still more
to produce the highest typo q clti
lehshlp. rvalue highly your present
splendid co-operation In the Inter
ests of a genuinely helpful and prac
tical education for all our boys and
girls. .
,e fTS"1, VP0.? " y re-eleetlon to tha
t.. Cony Superintendent of
Pobllo Instruction will be appreciated.
Vote lo All Wards for
Dr. H. A. Foster
Kepubllran Nominee for
SCHOOL llOAIU), 12TII AVA It D
In Favor of Open School Houses.
Instructions to Voters
If you have pulled the llepublican
parly lever, and wImIi to Tote for ine
in preference to some ltepuliliran
JuOk?, puHlt up the lever over the
name of the ltepublican Judjre you
do not wish to vote for, whetiier his
name appears directly over my name
or not, and pull down the lever over
my name which is 1011 on the ma.
chine.
Charles Haffke
Candidate for District Judge.
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VIEWS OF A LOCAL
MERCHANT ON MERGER
Joan Fly wm Iihea I p enme l ively
rgamet Against oasotlda
4 Inn at Thla Time.
The following Is from the pen of John
riynn, who gives a merchant's view of
ine annexation question., Mr. Flynn Is a
pioneer resident of the 'Magic City and
Is one of the largest retail dealers In the
city.
THEY FAIL TO TELL I B
what we are to receive for the loss
of
its
prestige -outh Omuha now has
home government
in
What are we to rerelve for the loss of
citizens who are bound to leave this
vicinity on account of the change?
THE Y" FAIL TO TELL US
what we are to receive for voting our
property five to aeven miles further nwav
from the city center, when we know
property valuea are commonly Judged ac
cording to thetr relative distances from
the city hall.
THEY FAIL TO TELL ITS
how our merchants are to urotect them
selves when the herds of peddlers and
other fakers who nowr hold licensee In
Omaha are turned loose down here with
their short measures and stalo vegetables.
THEY FAIL TO TELL L'S
why thoy Intend to Jump over the terri
tory lying north of A and m of
Twenty-fourth streets with their factories
after annexation. There Is no better
trackage property in the two towns. If
they have factories to place, why don't
they place them thero Instead of tho coal
and lumber yards that are being built
right up against Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth streets? Its hot air, that
is why.
Why do they promise to bring so many
i;ood things to Bouth Omaha after an-
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T am a candidate for district judge
on the republican ticket to suc
ceed myself, and if the voters be
lieve I have made a good- district
judge in the past, I would appreciate
their support on election day, re
gardless of party affiliations.
A. L. SUTTON.
nexntlon? Why not now? All agree that
Houth Omaha has and Is making Omaha.
I tIl you thnt there are a few creatures
in Umaha who are too Jealous to have
anything flourish around here that does
not have Its beginning or ending In' the
shadow of tho New York Life building
or pome more buildings in the neighbor
hood of Eeventeer.th and Farnom streets.
They do not ask much. They only ask
us to bring up all we have in common
and put It In the shadow of their brown
stone frcnts to be dealt back to us at
the Convenience and pleasure of their
ausuRt majesties.
vny uon 1 nicy on as mucn aa. they
promlso us for good old business loca.
Hons lll;e South Thlrfenth street
taun'irs, turning '.r Twelfth trcets7
There were good bu?ineis propositions
on theco streets twenty years ago, but
centralization has ruined them, and the
only thing that Is saving South Omaha
from the fame dishabille la Its city gov
ernment, making It necessary for our
own as well as out Me people to visit a
cemmon center. Tiat Is what makes
cities boost un the little places and make
all visit the favorite central spot.
In their profound and profuse profes
sions of liberulitf to us, some of us
thought msybe they would meet us half
way and bring the rew court house to
Vinton stroeL They have not mentioned
It yet and that noble structure is on Its
way to completion. It will not do to
bank on promises and be asking for
things after wo are In the trap.. That
would be pure business.
Think of having your school teacher
dealt out to you from Omaha. Would
you expect to get first choice? Yes-
No?
They say our high school will remain
Just as It Is and that Omaha roust
have three or four more. Ours Is built
and paid for. Do you want to help pay
for theirs?
SOS
VOTE FOR
Judge Willis G, Sears
'""M'""sswsnnMsnansaswMsa
-FOR-
Judge of tha District Court
(f You Approve of His
Record on the Bench.
My Number on the Voting
Machine is Eleven A.
Charles E. Foster
Candidate for
Police Magistrate
Republican Ticket
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A graduate of University of
Nebraska, a practicing attor
ney and a man with a clean
record.
Vote for tHim
WILLIS C. CROSBY
Republican Candidate
for Re-election for
His record as Coroner
in the past term justi
fies his re-election, "
Election llovember 7th
miss e. f. McCartney
Will appreciate your
VOTE
For Justice of the Peace
Democratic Nominee
Graduate New York University Law
School.
Formerly Secretary Crelchton Coll
of Law,
Secretary Civic Improvement League.
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TO THE VOTERS OP NEBRASKA:
By the kindness of the Editor of The Omaha Bee. I am ncaln
permitted to address you through Its
I published my other letter to you.
as a republican candidate for judge of the supreme court. You voted
for me and you nominated me. Most earnestly do I thank you for It.
e are now approaching the election,
come or ine newspapers nave, complained because I communicated
with you in this way. The newspapers which complained ar dominated
by some other idea than republicanism.
It cannot be wrong.to do right.
It cannot be unlawful to do that which the law makea nrurv
I am going to publish this letter to
do It, If the editor permits me, no difference who objects.
If it is right for the candidates to tell the voters about themselves,
so that the voters may know for whom they wish to vote, then telling
ine voters cannot pe wrong.
How areHhe voters to know about the qualifications of the candi
date and his views unless the candidate tells them, either through the
press or by word of mouth In conversation, or from the stump in speeches?
If I attempt to drive around and tell the voters by word of mouth
that I am a candidate, It will take me, at the rate of two hundred for
each week, more than two years and a half to net around. Therfor. thla
Is the cheapest and best way.
The old way of procuring a nomination to be made by a convention
has been done away with by an act of tho legislature. The new way
of procuring a nomination to be made Is by direct vote of the people at
the primary.
The candidate and the people should be free to exercise their Intel
ligence in any way that seems best to them, and especiaclly touching the
communication of Ideas by letter, by word of mouth in conversation, by
speeches in. public assemblies and by Communications throueh newspapers
and magazines.'
That new way puts It up to youUo find out about the candidates, and
then to vote for your choice both at the primary and at the general elec
tion. It also puts It up to the candidate to let the people know that he .
Is a candidate, and the reason why the people should vote for him. I
cannot, hitch up my bay mare, "Blaze," and drive around in my old buggy
and see you, because there are two hundred and, seventy-one thousand
of you, and it would take two or three years to go around and see you
all. I cannot write and mail you each a letter because that will cost
eight thousand one hundred and thirty dollars, which Is very much more
money than I have. Now I would send to every voter in the state a letter
written by myself and signed by myself and enclosed in an envelope If
I could, but the Job Is too big for me. I must do tho best I can. I know
that you will give me credit for my good Intentions and for any effort
which I make.
I am the kind of man most of you seem to want to hear from. I
know something of the trouble you have had and which you may have
again, and you are certain If I am elected of having a judge on the supreme
bench who can sympathize with you In your troubles, and who knows
something about you.Jjecause he is one of you and he will try to deal
fairly with you.
My experiences In my primary campaign were chiefly the expenses
of communication with you by letter, or through tho press. 1 am again
successful at the primary. For the first time la forty-four years the west
has chance to elect a republican candidate for supreme Judge.
I am a republican. I began as a boy to be a republican. I was in
a procession carrying a big banner for Abraham Lincoln when I was
seventeen years old. The banner was about twelve feet square. It had
Lincoln's picture painted on it. We went by Mr. Lincoln's house In
Springfield. It was Just after he was nominated the first time. I waved
tho banner and felt proud of being permitted to hold it. I was old enough
to vote for him the second time he was a candidate and I cast my first
ballot for him. I have Industriously voted the republican ticket ever
since. I expect to live and die a republican. I always vote for the re
publican candidate if I think he is as good as the democratic candidate.
If ho isn't it's my privilege to vote for the democrat, and I have oc
casionally done so when I thought he was the biggest, broadest and best
man. 1 have always had democratic personal friends and acquaintances
who knew me and believed in me and voted for me, whenever I waa a
candidate. There are a good many of these same friends in Nebraska
tBis fall, and along with my republican friends and associates they are
going to vote for me. I expect to be elected.
The last time I was elected district judge I ran against a very able
democratic lawyer. He was a great speechmaker, I always was proud
of his ability. He was my neighbor and my friend. We never said un
kind things of each other. He was subsequently a Judge of the district
court and after that a member of congress. In my contest with him I
was elected by a majority of forty-one hundred and ninety-six In a total
vote of slightly more than fifteen thousand five hundred.
I have no unkind words to say of the very few editors who deem it
to be their duty to oppose me. They do not know me very well. They
do not live in my neighborhood. Then they may have listened to some
person who was unfriendly:' When the editor of a republican paper can
be driven from his post of duty near election time by the dictation of
oue who is net a member of his party, and who does not affiliate with
his party in any way, then there Is a total disregard of party obligations
as well as a disregard of republicanism.
1 served the people as a district Judge a little more than eight yeara.
I disposed of more than five thousand rases in that time. I tried many
important civil cases. There was a good deal of valuable property In the
district, cattle ranches and cattle. The district extended from the east
line of Buffalo and Sherman counties to the west line of the state. It
was nearly three hundred miles long by about one hundred and fifty
miles wide. I did my duty n3 a district Judge. Guilty persona were
promptly tried. They were generally found guilty and punished. Tha
jpeople were satisfied.
t nere ua ueier uttu uuj wuiuyiaiui auuui us id iu euect mat Wuen
I was a district Judge I neglected my duty or that I was favorable to any
special Interest. It was not charged that I was favorable to saloons
or that I refused to .punish those who violated the law regulating the sale
of Intoxicating liquors. I have been tested all along the line. I have
never refused to discharge my duty anywhere.
In tno trial of disputes aout property I tried as a district Judge to be fair
and
in 1
111U ui tlal.
1 aiineu.ti!
Klv every
the i-ourt to he fair ami honest wltli
the ume way If I am elected to be one
As a lawyer I made tl'.H fight for Irrigation whlcn won It for tha state ana
made It of borne value to the farmer.
I have lived in the state nearly forty-two years and I have given the mnoie
of thut tm.e to the etu ly and practice of the lw. 1 u n sober, atudious and un
usually liidutitrlous. 1 have the confidence of -a very wide circle of friends.
1 have some beliefs which I very strongly entertain.
I believe that the cocrts should zealouxly devote themselves to the equal ana
efficient protection of all classes of property.
I believe In tho careful and unfaltering- protection of human lifa and human
liberty by the courts.
hile I may have liberal tendencies and more or l-m sympathy with the un
fortunate 1 yet believe in u atrict enforcement of the 'aw an It may have been
enacted by the legislature, and I do not believe in a forced interpretation of ma
statute! which shall extend to them a meaning not Intended by the members of
the leslalutura which created them. 1 lo not believe that the courts should ex
ceed the proper exercise of Judicial functions by embodying- In tholr decisions
matter which are purely legislative in character.
The courts are the most Important branch of the state government. They
apply the law directly to the Individual and to Ms property. Above all thltiaa
they require tapacity upon ti e part of the Judges und tho very highest degree vl
teailcMt. ..1. 1 aruality.
If you elect me I shall try to discharge my whole dutv. I shall Industriously
ntudy the lads sin.wn t.v the evidence aud carefully consider the lu w and courage
ously and according to the best of my ability declare mv com lusloim.
r'ilA.NCJd U. HAM lilt.
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columns. Shortly before the primary
I was then seeking the nomination
which will be held on next Tuesday.
you so that you mav eet it. and I ahull
man what he was entitled to.
1 tiave triett
everybody. I shall endeavor to act 1
of the supreme Judges.