The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-06-02
SHINE SPOKE
ON HIS RECORD
Young Man Was Ar.
res fed for In Ter.
FuPffng the
Speakers.
CROWD COMPOSED MOSTLY on
BLISS SUPPORTERS ANorwAs
CONSEQUENTLY uhREsPoN.
! sIvE TO SHINE. APPEALS TIE
;. SPEAKERS TOLD oNossTnRN :
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one OF the largest scrOWQS OF tho
city campaign, gathered at Sevilsa
square last night to hear the Anti
White Primary advocates upon the Is
sues of the campaign The crowd
was variously estimated from six hun,
dred to three thousand, Geo. T. Nor
gan making the latter estimate and
Mayor Welles the former. Needless
TO say there appeared many dark faces
in the audience In fact the colored
element was very much In evidence,
though not mixingito any extent with
the white people.
Shortly after o'clock the brass
band from "DaEktown," which had
been engaged to furnish music, open;
ed up the ceremonies with a tune,
which greatly ressmblei "An Coons
Look Alike to Ne"
Stepping to the front of the plat
form. DR.. Frank G. Ranshaw, the
president of the club. called the.
asSsaS lage to order. rs n intro;
ductory to the first speaker he said
that he was to introduce a man who
challenged Mr.. Bliss to debate upon,
his labor book, or who wouldsmeet any
representative of Mr.. Bliss. He then
introduced
Cade {. ShackeIford
who spoke at some length. Mr..
ShackelfOrd said that according to
his published statement in The Jour
nal he was ready to defend himself
and discuss the labor book Of Bliss
with him. He had written the article
as one gentleman to another, but in
reading the reply of Mr.. Bliss the
public could easily see who was the.
gentleman Mr.. ShackelfOrd produced
the book of Mr.. Bliss, also the pamph-
let recently issued by the Anti-White
Primary people, and asked that some
Bliss supporter come on the planforn
and compare with him the writings
He then touched upon the record OF
Mr.. Bliss, and also that of himself,
the number of labor organizations
which he had Joined and of which he
is now a member. He said that ne
was born and raised a Democrat, and
defied any man to say that the Pri-
mary was legal, the opinion of some
of the legal lights to the contrary not
withstanding. Regarding an article !
written by Mr.. Bliss relative TO the
Seville square stand which was being
used by the Shine faction, the speak
er said that it was private property
and they had nothing whatever to do
with it. He then proceeded to read
the Bliss book. making comments at
the end OF each paragraph. At one
time he called upon a Journal report
er to compare the two books, and the
latter was also pushed forward by an
other AntilWhite Primary man, but
declined to allow his work of report
ing the meeting to be interfered with.
Some one in the audience, just az
Mr.. Shackelford was closing, asked
for the name of the author OF the PAM
phlet, purporting to have been copied
from the Bliss book, and Mr.. ShackeL-
ford replied that he was as much re-
sponsible as any one.
Mike O'Leary
was next introduced. He entertained
the audience with some witty remarks.
and spoke Of his labor record. He
said he was a Primary man to the
heart, but not so when three or four
get up and say you must vote for
me-"
r. p. Reese
then appeared. There was a dead
calm when he was introduced. He !;
quoted law and politics combined.
Said Primary was good thing when
carried out in legal manner, but
those who had examined into the law
knew that the Primary was not legal,
and was originated for the benefit of
a few politicians He said Bliss was
a populist, had picked up a few badges
and had been nominated under false
pretenses- The speaker in referring
to free water said that IL was an at
tempt TO lead the voter and catch him.
and in doing so said that many times
he had seen persons endeaEoring to
catch a horse by holding out bundle
of fodder in one hand, while conceal
ed behind his back was a bride.
Young Man Arrested.
At this juncture a young man in the
audience named jas. NJ Chapman.
cried out: You Can't Catch a Whita
Horse" Immediately the young man
was placed under arrest by Oficer-
Murphy, and taken to a patrol box
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