The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-10
MIR. {. H. Jones
WRITES \ LETTER To fHtSs-
DENT CLEVELAND.
Prom Which some INtra,t> Will
A>Ioui>h the Peopi,' ot Florida =
The Democrats aud oid
Citizens Abused.

hh ttttbettts anu ''iu
CitiXen> Abused.
The recent sucr,ssful rttart ut Mr. g.
Ii. Jones, editor of tie Times MON, 1"
SOW the seeds of discard among tn
Democrats of puyal. and to split the
party into factlon in order Ia gam toi''
lowing, has properly aroused the lndiS-
nation of those who are loyat To the
party ; interests. The letter from which
we publish extracts below plainly prove
that this remarkable democrat has h,l
engaged in the effort of division tnr IA
long time, and that hr has placed on 10
cord in the high places of tl,. nation. IA
ID tnocrats Of Florida. from whom he
derives his living and to hom hr Is due
everything he enjoys TODAY IN the
State.
The Herald wishes il distinctly under
stood that this information does not
come from Senator tall az from any h't
ter copied bv him and sent south lie
has requested that these letters should
nut t@ published. and tins /, published
without his consent l~cauSr 1t has been
obtained from a >ourcr absolutely out
side of hlm. 1T comes from IA leading
and influential democrat Of tins city.
clos,l, interested in this po>toiice mat
ter, who visited Wa~hingtn .a,t summer
aud received these letters from the
hands Of Secretary Lamont without IN.
junction of secrecy. The gentleman.
who read the letters at leis,lrr. was 50
astonished and Indignant at some ut the
statements that he took careful notes of
them. and from these We give the letter
substantially IA follows:
MR. JONES >rEAES.
JACkSoNNu.IE. FI,, April -, lS>J.
Hon. Groyer Cleveland. Wa.hinptuu u. g..
will reassurr yuu 10y sa, my at once
that am not after any office. rlther for
IN, self or any relative, friend of hench
man. am clvil service rrformer IN
th. most literal sense of the term and
not only profess the fact, but conform
my practice To It.
write Ia ask that yuI will consider
one or two points when you reach Flor
hia appointments. In Florida more
particularly than IN any other Southern
State there is Il division and struggle bn.
tween the "Old d.Tinere" and the New.
Corners.
9Th" Old Timers consider themselves
"I.orl. of the Soil and ~ having "A III
iIt,lt tn IiII.i anil rx, ,lrr
scriptive, rractionaty and unprogre-sivr.
They are willing to share the benefits of
new hlond and outside capital, hut there
is Il tacit understanding between them
that no new conner shall have any pollt-
lcal place or prefcrment and ON this
they stand ~ one man.
Here in Florida this element was up
posed to your uIllnation. Senator
Ba,arl was their tavortr lerauSt he
Was IA Southern man AMI they resented
~, success IN having Florida delegate,
instructed to vote for you they would
have defeated it inIred, had not ont
manu'uyrred them IN the convention.
Yet ~ suun ~ victory crowned our eff
forts they at once prepared to approprl.
ate the sloIl,, and tn-d"y they have
named then men for every office IN the
State. and for everything that can be-
claimed IN the departments at Washing
ton. ana they have tins advantage. that
ont Senators and Representatives are of
their way of thinking, are their crea-
tons IN fact. and will in substantial,
every instance, endorse and recommend
their selections.
Yet the man who will he most strong
" urged for the po-toilicr here II. t. put
1t vrr, mildly. utterly unqualified for
the position. ! request uf YOU when the
question of filling that appointment Is
rearhpd, | may hr heard tor have much
more AZ stake IN the proper almIn~'ra-
tlon If the pnetotiirr hrr" than all the
rulltirlan- IN flurnla
have written Wiih Il considerable tie
,ree Of ilanknps~ hii it would hc = ms
take to infer that ! am a PARTISAN of
either faction | tiIm with neither and
use the influence OF my paper to hIr.
munil- both.
have the honor to hr
Yours most respectfully,
Signed 4. III. Ju$E-.
Editor Itnr~-I mon.
--Jack~on,ille Herald July ;