The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-03

son the subject of good roads you
nay set me down as heartily in faV-
/ or of them. / think they are bene-
fetal in great many ways. They
.'ut the farmer nearer to his marke'
md make the school more availrbl
nr his children, and put his proper.
under the eye of those who ar
aekimg invesrment.'-C Letter 10 d.
1aZZard.)
The trust evil has grown ualil j
hreatens the very liberties OF tit
people. Our present conditions al
Ot altogether unlike those which Ol
aimed over II century ago While
Urced the colonies to break th
hhcklps Of monarchy and proclaim!
y mankind the eternal prinripIe "
remorracy- Equal rights to AL
pecIal privileges to none. - (Punl
iorda Speech
I'VE need more capital h'r''.
florida to assist in the deVv!JHlnrn
i our many and wonderful GuCt-gi,
n resources. wish TO see our i'm
nense areas filled with groves an'
ardenS and cattle ranges; to see th
.moke of factories lowering Ot er on
titles; busy traffic on river and raj
md profitable employment for al
'ur people. | am not of those VIII
seek to divide great people will
iiScnnt-ut and strife, 10 load tn
state with policy of Reaction an
| rptrOgrrssiOn or tn max" ISSUES b.
wtrm great forces which shout
rork in harmony and accord. - Pun
"a GOrda Speech
II ain UpiO>ed to policy whic.
would tear Gp ,Hltruad, and driN
capital out of the state To fad invest
| uent in regions less favored ttIn
ours. | hold no pr jHdice again>
them and have 40 ii,It on them IN
cept where they seek an Invasion o
private rights. believe in enc0ur-
aging them where their purpose is to
lelp us in the great wOr6 Ul devOlOl'
ing the resources of Florida; and OF
the other hand, | believe in putting
them on notice that there shall bC
no trespass upon the rights of evel
| the hunblest citizen. .'-(Punta Cor
da Speech.)
II have repeatedly stated that !
stand before the people upon my rec
ord. In their intelligence, in theil
sound judgment, in their sense OF
justice, have an abiding faith.
leave them to judge as between you
and me. | have accorded fair treat
ment to you and all my opponents
and, while inviting the closest posi-.
bic scrutiny into my record, | ask al
least that that record he not mis-
quoted; that my votes be not mis-
stated and that the record, all in all
from the beginning of my service tC
the present day, be fairly read. y
(Letter in reply to Governor Jen.
nings.)
"Practically every proposition con
tanned in the democratic platform
has been before the senate in one
way or another, since | have been /
member, and, upon every one o
them, your statement to the contra
ry Notwithstanding, | have voted il
full and strict accord with the plat
form of the democratic party. | d.
not pretend to be bold enough to at
tempt leadership to the exclusion o
democratic senators who have grow
gray in the service of party ant
country. | have been content, OF
the contrary, and regard it as beini
to the best interests of Florida a
we'll, to listen to their wise counse
and to follow rather than to presum
to lead. Perhaps, if like some, hat
been enraptured with the sound o
my own voice, or were given to th
peripatetic practice of useless speech
making, | might have introduce
such bills, even though they ha'
: been already before the body an
were foreordained to die in the pig
eonhOles of republican committees.
= -Netter i'll reply to Gov. Jennings.
= The work of the delegation is til
work of a unit and is not bounded b
nor circumscribed in geographic line
or limits. / assisted in getting ever
appropriation west of the st, John
river, just as my colleagues asSiste
) in getting every appropriation eas
: of that river. 1t is true, you ado
: that you are not dealing with whs
has been done by the Florida delegs
tion-that you are not candidat
against the delegation. But let m
tell you that the record of the dele
CATION is one and rnseparable.
your system of reasoning be sounC
e then each one of us has done moth
t ing, and if each one of us has don
j., nothing, then how is it possible tht
- all of us have done anything? l wi
remind you again that | have nevt
+ claimed any results whatsoever M
: associated with the work of my co
4 leagues and you cannot credit I'll
o whole delegation with the accom-
e plishment of anything without gil
+ ing due credit to each member fl
a his proportionate part thereof. \
member of the delegation has ev
|. complained that each and every otl
S er member has failed to do his pa
it IN any matter relating to the inte