The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1904-04-30
IneY TOLD the REASONS why
ASplrants For State OefDres DISCUSSED
Their Own Merits And Their
Opponeats' Dement'S.

A falr-slZed crowd gathered Mt the
Armory Monday evening to hear the
political spellbinders "cuss and dis
cuss" their opponents for the vari-
Gus State Offices.
Those who spoke were as follows:
For Secretary of State f. Broome,
II. Clay Crawford and b. +. Kirk;
for Superintendent of Public IN
struction-W. NJ. Holloway and W.
IN. Sheats; for Attorney General
Alfred st. Clair-Abrams; for Adlu-
tant- General-Allen Thomas
| Mayor Chas. l. Smith acted as
chairman OF the meeting
The first speaker introduced was
Gen. Allen Thomas, a candidate
against General Foster for the office
of Adlutant General. Gen. Thomas
started out by saying that fifteen
years ago he visited Daytona at
that time he thought it the prettiest
town he ever saw. But today"
said he, II find that it has grown
more beautiful as the years have
rolled ON" General Thomas re-
ferred to his military record during
the Civil War, when he fought for
the lost cause In other States, he
said, the Office of Adjutant-Gen-
eral was generally given to an
iOld soldier. General Foster (who,
lis the present efficient Adjutant-
General, he said, had the endorse
ment of the 800 State Troops,
but that was a small portion of the
population of Florida. General
| Thomas concluded his talk by ask
ing his hearers to vote for him if
they had sympathy for a Confeder-
ate veteran Ii they did not have
} sympathy for him, he did not want
their votes.
| General Foster WAS to have been
here, but a telegram was received
during the afternoon, stating that he
was confined to his bed with mala
: rial fever, and expressing regrets at
not being able to be present
Prof. ". n. Sheats, candidate for
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, next commanded the
attention of the audience He
; said that he wished the ladies
could vote for and hold school of
fees, as it would tend To- eliminate
politics from the offices OF education.
He said that in the twenty minutes
y. allotted him he had not time to
answer one-tenth Of the charges pre-
ferred against him He WAS run
J ninp on his record. he said, and for
. nearly quarter Of a century he had
i been connected with educational in
t tereStS IN the State Of Florida Nh
Sheats expressed the present cam
: paIgn rs beng a Ccsspool oi NTH
e and was anxious for the lOth Of May
i To come. He went ON Ia tell of the
Il good and great things he had don't
i since he held the office TO which ht
aspires 10 reelection. At the ciust
II of his talk Mr.. Shcats was loudly
s applauded and presented with
q bouquet.
W. NJ. Holloway, the opponent o
- Mr.. Sheats, was next introduced. Ii,
-" opened his talk by tribute to Day
" tona The present campaign, h,
said, was tincturcd with mustard
pepper and toha,co source. Con
10 tinuing, he said he would not cal
= his opponent liar, for that woul,
II be unkind and ungentlemanly If
) however. said Mr.. Holloway, mel
Z were treated today as in the day o
e Ananias his opponent would not b
his opponent He went on to tell o
Is his qualifications, and at the clos
n received round of applause.
81 Ii. Clay Crawford, the presen
T. Secretary of State, and candldat
e. for reelection, then presented IN
Oh claims He said he wanted the OF
re fee, and needed the Office, and mad
10 better Secretary of State than h
II did an orator. He said that one c
his opponents, Mr.. broome, had as
10 serted that he claimed the office b