Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-04-15
DenOunces as False Statement
That Duke Paid Him Money.
he NEVER RECEIVED A CENT

For ANY Service Rendered Duke In
Legislature, and Declares This Afi'
davIt Was Made Through a Personal
Grievance by Duke.
It having come to my knowledge
that one Samuel v. Duke, who for
years conducted saloon In this city,
had made an affidavit stating that he
had paid mo money to pass q bill
through the Legislature, l secured
from the party who had the AFFIDAVIT
and wa giving publicity to IL, the fol-
lowing copy OF same,
estate NJ FLORIDA
"ALAcBUA County.
Personally appeared before me
Samuel v. Duke, who being duly sworn
deposes and says that In the year 1908,
when Alachua county was voted dry,
the State and county was due me for
the unused and unexpired part Of my
license from June 1908 TO October Of
the same year, and In order to get re-
lief and have the money refunded 20
me, Il was necessary for me TO apply
TO the Legislature for what is called 4
Bill Of Relief, and to accomplish this I
wrote . personal letter TO Senator II.
II. McCFeaFy. who was 10 the Senate
from Alachua county ut that time, and
asked him TO aid me In having this
bill OF relief passed and Senator Nc.
CFsary charged me 400 for his ser.
vices 10 passing this measure, and the
said 800 was paid him.
SAMUEL V. DUKE,
Witnesses,
Up. MILLER,
Nv. T, Pound.
"eTATE or FLORIDA
"ALAcHuA County
Before me personally appeared 3.
V. Duke, 10 me we'll known, who being
duly sworn says that the foregoing
statement 10 true. Witness my hand
and official seal this liIh day OF April,
A. D. 1905. Z. e, VoYLE,
"tas, Notary Public State Of
~ Florida 81 large.
"STATE or FLORIDA
"ALAcHUA County.
II, 8. H. WIsnges, CLERK Of the Cir.
cult Court Of AlAohua county, do here.
By ceptify that the above 10 = true copy
OF the paper delivered 20 me By Col. J,
B. Dell. Witness my hAnd and the
seal Of said elrouit court thls April
-, 1900 8. II. WiHSoEs, CLERK.
"IeEAL,l"
The above statement 10 an unquAlI.
FED ialSehood, Duke never paid me =
esnN In bis life TO pass any kind OF Q
bsll NhrouEh the Legislature, and !
never 10 any manner whatever init.
mated 70 him that I would charge him
OF anyone else 10 do such work. On
the contrary, I positively refused TO In
tVoduee bill for Ik9 special relief Of
Duke and others In AlaohGs county
who had been voted out Of the saloon
business before the expiration OF their
license, because u vas special lsGlsla.
tiou, aud the constitutional provision
requiring slxty days' notice Of lntsn.
tlon 10 apply Tor suoh leRlslAllon had
not been complied With. Duke wrote
ms about May let, 1908, stating tina,
HE attorney would send me the bill 10
Introduce. aud | replied TO him that
would nol Introduce such Q bill, for
che above rVasoS, that I had consulted
she beet lawyers In the senate and
thsy agreed with mo that the bill
would have to be- general 10 ils
pFOvIsions and no, apply solely 20 Ala.
ch0a county. To IAis letter Duke 70.
piled as follows
Gainesville, Fla, May II, 1905,
"hon, II, II, MeCrsaEy.
tallahassee, Fla.
Dear sIp
II am In recelp, Of yours Of ressat
date. aud In reply would say lhA, I
thought Mr. Gibbons Of jacksonville
capable OF drafting and prssenllng the
bill ~ IL should h. As FOE the opp0.
sItion you 'peak OF, have never ysl
met taxpayer OF man Of any promi.
nsnsc that did DOT cay that the FALCON
nen SerS enu,led 10 rsfuad az
money tOt the amused iIcsnss. l also
an saFptssed q, the elARd you take, a.
had stuck 60 you agAlast my friends
Co pour election, taeIs which you are