The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-06-01
BLISS NAILS
ANOTHER LIE
He REPLIES TO MISLEADING
COMMUNICATION IN YEsTER-
DAYS NEWS.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
My attention has been called TO al
anonymous communication IN the Daliy
News of today which has aroused IN
dignation among the Catholic knlsh.s.
II Is as follows:
BLISS WRONG AS USUAL.
Editor Daily News:
| have nothing 10 do with the pres
ent controversy between the candi-
dates for mayor OF Pensacola, but
do wish to enter a protest against
what one of them wrote IN the Jour-
nal this morning. Mr. Bliss says, in
referring 10 the Good Government Lea
gue, that they were organized some
weeks ago in a negro dance hall" He
tells VINO compose the League, what
they are, ETC., but il is not this that
wish to protest against, 1t Is against
calling our hall, the Catholic knights
Hall, a negro dance hall. Dances
are given at this hall, II is true, but
it is not the disrsputable place that
Mr.. Bliss would lead one TO believe
from the connection in which he refers
to it. Our daughters attend dances
there and it is a sad reflection on all
who attend 10 have the Catholic
Knights Hall spoken Of in this way.
CATHOLIC.
Now, Mr. Editor, do not believe any
Catholic Knight was the author OF the
above and l will give my reasons for
my belief
In the first place | do not believe
any Catholic knight would draw his
lodge into Pensacola politics; but the
Daily News would not hesitate at any
thing.
In the second place if any Catholic
knight was offended as this article
pretendS someone to be, he would, in
all probability, be man enough TO sign
his name to the article; but the News
deals in anonymous stun OF all kinds.
In the third place have never said
anything about the Catholic Knights
hall, directly nor Indirectly, by words,
implication or inference, and hence
there is no reason for any Knight to
write any such article; but the Daily
News had several reasons for writing
such an article: One reason was the
News wanted to clear the so-called
Good Government Club" of the odium
or its birth and another reason is that
1t wanted 10 tell another lie on Bliss.
The so-called Good Government
Club" was organized in a negro dance
hall upstairs at the corner of Tara
coma and Government streets. That
is what | said and that is what | re-
peat. | am not responsible for the
fact. II they are ashamed of il, why
did they organize there? The place
has always, so far as | can ascertain,
been used for negro dances and | do
not know of single instance when it
has ever been used by white people
except in the organization of the So
called Good Government Club" The
fact that the club met at the Catholic
Knights hall subsequently has nothing
TO do with the place Of its organiza-
ton.
| sincerely believe the pretended
communication was written in the
editorial rooms of the Daily News,
precisely where the other pref ended
communications were written, and
written by the same person that has
written the columns of sluSh that has
appeared from time TO time. which the
News alleges has been written by
business men" who are too busy 20
do anything but dabble in dirty poll
tics. At any rate there is one Catho-
lie knight who went to the News Of
fee and demanded to see the COM
munication, and was refused. He
then demanded Of the managing edi-
| tor the name of the writer and this
was also refused. AS the regular Anti
gang was much in evidence in the News
Office yesterday the public may rest
assured that no Catholic knight had
anything to do with the commuuica-
ton.
CiAS H BLISS