The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-05-04
IS
/ (HAMP|0NED
Hk Candidacy IS Favored ny d
NpiQhbor of IS Years.
.6AfA|THFUL SERVANT
y. s,cites in Dividing the COUNTY In
ME Him to Reelection over
a Stranger Candidate

Fort Pierce, la' MAY ." I'"''
Etor TRIBUNE
hhwith regret that the friends and
.,,Orters of Claude +, Olmstrad see
h the last issue of your paper that he
rUhsye opposition before the primary
. our member of the legislature not
A,t We have misapprehensions as to
he outcome of the election but from
sense Of justice and as a rehuke to
those who claimed before the Florida
ls,lsture that he was not represent
iH the wishes of his constituents in
hs hght for county division
Could Mr.. Olmstead have been re-
turned without opposition before the
,insries, it would have been a most
severe rebuke to those who fought our
interests at Tallahassee; that he will
h returned none of his supporters
dqbt but we who favored comty di-
vision must see that his majority is
sufficiently large to set at rest forever
any claim that our county was formed
against our will.
What was the cause for this oppose
tOl coming out at the last minute ?
Vemderstand that Mr.. Bray gives as
hs reason for entering the race after
hhad published a statement in both of
tAecOunty newspapers saying that he
would not be candidate under any
circumstances, that Mr.. Olmstcad had
failed to make reply to newspaper
article Of his own. A reason without a
raOn
Had Mr.. Olmstead been 4 candidate
to personally represent Mr.. Bray at
tallahassee that reason would have
been sufficient, but as Mr. OImStead
WILL as heretofore, represent the peo-
Psd 81. Luce county, he Is not re-
'lOnsbIe to him any more than every
citizen Of the county, and no authority
Mbeen delegated to Mr. Bray to speak
f'our citizenship.
The substance of the article in
question when sifted down To IT'S real
meaning, was to ask true and tried
Democrat if he was Democrat. The
people Of st, Lucie county who have
Known Mr. Olmstead for nearly thirty
!as thought that such Il question
coming from a man who nd only
recently come to the Stat and one
"0 Oy his own admissior 'ot4d the
'0pallsttlcket against Grove ."veland. !
WIS unnecessary, and necu. Poo reply
.@m a Democrat who ha GOOD for
usnoeratic principles ana .ulsd the
straight Democratic tick. .,m the
sd twenty.one.
Now who is this man, Il. r.. Bray, |
snevidently thinks he is better quail.
aa'o represent US than Ct nan who
ls already been tried in tn. .apacity,
y, !, who gave eminent Satisfaction > |
0u' Information is right, .ad it is
W.! once removed from h. ,wn lips,
Sa"! saw Florida sunshinc u Deem
VI, 1904, seventeen month. ago
. .as passing through the state en-
s'% 70 Cuba to make hs home. Not
~. -~''s conditions there favorable he
:. ,sYned to the East Coast ud settled
W., .''"sen In March or Aorii Of last
| -. Snere he purchased Il half inter-
,. .M .ne Ballantine-M Moore pineapple
,s %"e time of his arrival here our
n %'pe We're engaged in the discussion
|h,. "0'''y DIVISION. ALTHOUGH an abso-
h iss. stranger to every condition, he
|1 Saesdlately arrayed himself against
| ... and contributed hi, little help
| Ssas' the interests of the people of
y W ,. section among whom he decided
n, ! suld his home. If reports are cor
Is' ;, ne IS still opposed to division. If
.,,s "0uld be elected what are we to
r lss'-tO be annexed to Osceola or
nv, eOunty, or again become an inte-
' + of old Brevard?
4. seems almost absurd for a man
h.. Aas resided in our state only one
4. I've. year to aspire to represent us in
n .ss'ature, position that can only
\, s ~ filled by one who knows
! VERY need, and who has been identi-