A Candidate's Public Clarification
W. E. Southard addresses rumors regarding his political past in an attempt to clear his name with voters before the Grant County primaries.
I desire to correct an impression that has gone out. I was informed on what I thought to be reliable information that Mr. M. B. Howe went to Olympia two years ago and worked against Grant County. I pursued the matter further and found on what seems to be absolute and uncontradictory evidence that Mr. Howe was in California at the time and had no hand in trying to defeat Grant county in its efforts to get from Douglas county what it believed was due. I make this statement for the reason that it is thought by some that I am against Mr. Howe. I am against no one and am not meddling with any other candidate’s fight. I am glad that I can put this matter right in time. If elected I will do my best. If defeated I know how to work, which is the salvation of man.
“If defeated I know how to work, which is the salvation of man.”
Political mudslinging and the need for public corrections are as old as the electoral process itself. Southard’s letter highlights the delicate nature of cross-county relations and personal reputation in a small town.
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