Bradford County telegraph., 1906-06-08

TO the Cit1100o o. the Usn SuuSo
Circuit Of Florida.
Whsa became . candidate for stats,
attorneyof this circuit did 20 with the
intentioo Of conducting . clean, manly
campaign, becanse this was my CON-
ception of what ought TO be done by
candidates before the people for any
ONCE and especially 20 with regard to
candidates for Judicial positiona
Following the action Of the State
Executive Committee In putting the
three candidates back into the second
primary I Issued = circular letter to the
people and sent It to the newspapen Of
the circuit for publication. The ev-
ideut desire Of Nesrs. Calhoun and
Rivers to seise upon the unfortunate
condition Of affairs in Baker county ~ .
pretext for crowding me oat Of the
race was enoagh. I think, to provoke
some rather bitter expressions from me,
but In concluding my circular letter ]
dismissed the matter In these words:
'sOf the stand taken by Nessrs. Cal
houn and Rivers / shall o6er no word OF
criticism. Mr.. Calhoun thought he
could beat Mr.. Rivers and Mr.. Rivers
thought he could beet Mr.. Calhoun II ]
were pat out Of the contest, and enter
tanning this view, IL b perhaps only
natural that both Of them should have
sought the advantage. OF my own at
titude wish to ray only that wish the
contest for state attorney TO be settled
on basis fair alike to myself and the
two gentlemen who oppose me-"
This treatment Of the subject, I
believe You must agree, shows firm
purpose on my part to conduct my
campaign along impersonal lines, and
upon plane that would appeal to the
favorable consideration Of the best el-
ement Of citizenship Of the circuit.
Nothing could Induce me to altogether
abandon this high purpose, but the
broadcast circulation Of . misleading
yellow circular by Mr.. ]. n. Rivers
seems to call for . pointed reply from
me. which I shall make a. briefly -
possible, asking your careful perusal
and confederation of the same:
In giving the vote for the three oandi-
dates Mr.. Rivers quotes what he calls
''o6icial" returns from certain precincts
in Baker county. Al . matter Of fact
the executive committee Of Baker coun-
ty declared The election I'm that county
null and void without ever canvassing
the vote. There, are therefore, no
olAcial returns from the election held In
that county. and the only reliable nm
olIlcial returns had from there are the
figures tslsgrsphed and written from
NaOclenny Immediately after the cleo
tion. Il u . custom In every county
among persons who take an active in-
terest In elections to secure from the
managers Of election - they come in
with the ballot boxes the figures from
the several voting preeincts. These
Agufes are hardly ever found to be u
variance with the figures Of the Official
CANVAS. This was done In Baker ooun.
y. and the day altar the election the
vote Of the county was tslsgraphed b
me, by . friend who had thus collected
III figures, - follows: Calhoun 100;
Flslding les; Rivers 81. On Nay 18th,
two days after the election, ! received Z
letter from . friend at Aacclenny con-
Arming these figures in toto aud inform
Ing me that the election would bs
onnbsassd. The figures were collected
by others. among them being Nr. Naz
Brown. praotioins attorney 1t Mao.
cleony. He collected the figures ir
order 10 make . report Of the result Il
lfr. Calhoun and on the subject Of their
cm1ectuess he has made the following
aAldavit:
STATE or FLORIDA.
Baker county.
Nax u. Brown being hrst duly sworn
dspoess and aAys: that he h an attorney
ct law and hes IN oiIioe In Nacclsnny
Baker county, Florida, WHARF he residel
now and did yeeide at the time Of tn
holding of the primary election On tn
i6th day of Nay. 1905; that he rocsivet
The rsturns of the aid primary election
. 70 the o(llce Of state attorney for ths
eighth judicial circuit Of Florida, from
(he vay3oas pcecincts In Baker county
An6 that, ftom The very bet infogmatiol
ohoninAble immediately altar the elsc
tion the vote Tor the various candidates
lns ~ odlcs q state attoEney N Bake
ccenty Va. - tollows, 70 Wit: Benz p
10 votes. yoe. y. tivsn g vote. m
dsponent tsl4gsaphsd thsse returns
imnsdia1sly ak6sR the aaid easc(ioa, 4
Hon. !. 4oAae OAlhoun at pAlAkkA
EloridA, end, from The bet inSogmatioe
THE depoaent ooald eet, the vote q
eeated hegeln W. cogyect.
Sworn - end suhsoribed bsfoge ~
this The NH day a Nay 4. ?. isoe.
| N. o. CARROLL,
lsEALl Clsrk Olso1lt Oosrt
Tskiag the oalcial setprns fsen ~
loer olhes oountiss and AA1ing ~
HaheS oooDty 1guTes = thom ohe y1nnli
y ahown - f. = folloWs,
D.D. CALNOUu.