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The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12
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Supporters Of General Gilchrist for
Governor nave nothing whatever to
fear from the appearance of John
Stockton on the stump.
Surely, the spectacle which Mr..
Stockton made Of himself in this city
Saturday night was sufficient to con-
vince any reasonable man that he is
not the man to direct the executive de-
psrtment of this State.
Mr.. Stockton was in his Characters
tic mOod-which means that he struck
out blindly in every direction, manifest
ing a spleen and q malicious intemper-
Ance of utterance which disgusted his
audience. Mr.. Stockton does not ad-
dress the reason Of his hearers-he
seeks TO inhame their passions, to
arouse their prejudices. In his ram
bling talk Saturday night, he did not
advance one tenable ground why he
should be elected, not one reasonable
suggestion why his opponent should be
defeated.
Mr.. Stockton makes votes for Gil
christ wherever he speaks. 1t is very
fortunate for the latter that Stockton
has escaped from the confinement to
which his managers, in their wisdom,
sought to hold him, and that he is run
ming loose throughout the State, like q
liberated monkey, cutting his amusing
lcaDere- --EveninO News.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12
(True Democrat, June 12th.)


(True Democrat, June 12th.)
: Napoleon lost out IN his trip to Ke,
West, the people Of that city holding
him largely responsible for Obstructinc
the completion Of the East Coast Rail
way to their barbOr. Tampa Tribune.
And yet it appears sure on thesurfaet
that the East Coast Railroad, perhaps
other railroads and the TaliaferrO forces
have entered into combine and trade "a
fiim-ham the voters Of Florida into sup
porting Broward now in these closing
days Of the second primary to defeat
Mr.. Fletcher. Even the Tines Union,
q little while back, which in every issue
WAS TELLING the truth on the sCHEM-
ING DEMAGOGUE and his MACHINE Al
LIES, now days Is being ss NUN AS AN
OYSTER, going to prove that orders
have been given out ali along the line
for the FORCES and TOOLS Of that great
and powerful allied corporate and money
power, havenow decided, If they can do
30, TO trade OF and knife Mr.. Fletcher
by trying to elect Broward in the hope
to save and make strong Mr., TaliaferrO
q few months hence.
The story goes thusly: The railroad
forces, even the East Coast whom
BrOward and his newspapers and back
ers have 80 terribly abused, backed by
the Taliaferro forces, have combined to
elect Broward, defeat Fletcher, and la
ter elect Taliaferro again.
This newspaper has given Mr., Talia-
ferrO a warm and a hearty support in
the past. All we have said and charged
against Broward in all his schemes and
abuses were based on facts, and we
stand fully by them all, not taking back
or spOlogizing for single one, and we
cannot now see how the Taliaferro fol-
lowing, including the East Coast and 9TH
errOads, could compromise with that rot
ten aggregation in any particular.
If it is so, and all things indicate it is
true, then the people of Florida next
Tuesday should by a general land slide
not only elect Fletcher but should set
down so hard on TaliaferrO and the
railroads Of the State, that no candidate
backed by him and his gang and the
railroads could possibly elect a consta-
bic in the future.
1t is a deep, dishonest political
scheme, and Broward is up to it and
into it up to his neck, even going so far
as having promised his East Coast Rail-
road allies and Taliaferro allies that if
they would help elect him he would
move his residence and later help to
elect Taliaferro again.
Such rotten, dishonest, disgraceful
politics should damn forever any such
set Of dirty, scheming, political trick
Sters. Vote to elect Fletcher on the
18th and kill out such disreputable pO-
litical deals and tricksters for good in
this State.
Votors of Florida, this last play Of
Napoleon b. Broward should be enough
10 turn every one from voting for him,
can you conscientiously vote for such a
wretch. Will you do it ?
We believe not.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

It -is- reported that the East
railroad influence Is now being
ed Ia behalf Of Governor Bros
election 70 the United States Sena
on the ground, It Is alleged, that he
promised 20 remove from Jacka0DV IL
in case Of bis election, and not inter.
fere with the reelection Of Senator
TaliaferrO. IL this report be true, aud
Il 10 YOuched for by one Of the best
men IN Florida, Senator TaIiaferfoa
goose Is cooked, whether BrOWard r.
elected and removes from Jacksonville
or not. The attitude Of the Tines
Union aince the May primary, coupled
with the fact that BroWard catTed
everyone Of the East Coast cOunt9e1,
seems 70 eorroborate this report, fok
is . noticeable fact that the I. III. hes
not had q word 90 say against Br0Ward
since it was learned that Fletcher
would be In the second primary instend
OF Lamar.-Gainesville Sun
VIII the people Of Florida 10 big
enough fools TO let the East Coast rail
road and Mr. TaliagerrO's forces bartar
their manhood of in any such low and
dnprineipled combine as to sacrifice llr.
Fletcher tor BrOward and Taliaferro.
We believe not.
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In Gilchrist's home county he has
always voted q dry ticket. II the Leg
islature ordered q constitutional amend
ment submitted to the people he would
not interfere with it; why then are the
prohibitionists allowing themselves 20
be made tools of by scheming pOliti-
clans. Key West Citizen.
Simply because it is the kind Of poll
tics the Broward and Stockton variety
Df three friends" straightout-indev
pendent aggregation usually play, when
hey can hoOdwink and deceive some
better people than they are. They
nave lied on and slandered their superiors y
terribly, and have succeeded in fOolinR
Iome preachers and temperance people
nto terrible awkward and inevitable
but they cannot misIead or
deceive NUMBER of US who know Just
what Stockton and Broward truly are
the most outrageous, scheming trick
Jters this State ever had to contend
With. On general principles, defeat
hem and their machine Tuesday at the
primary election.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

l6 pages, the largest, best arranged,
best printed, local weekly newspaper
Tallahassee and Leon county ever had.
Continue to give us advertising patron
age that we may continue TO make IL
so
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

The Key West Citizen puts it to Ma
nOleon and JOhnathan thusly: ''The man
who cannot carry his own county and his
own precinct in a State election will
bear watching. His neighbors gener-
ally know him better than any one
else"
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

General Gilchrist is almost universally
admitted to be As eonfding as a woman
and as guileless as a child And now
the Tallahassee Sun is calling him q
'demagogue" the whole manner Of his
living and the trend Of his life gives
the charge a fat denial. -Ocala Banner.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12
ALAnE nRRRNyR

Complaint has also been madoof III
fees paid in these compromises to ex
Governor Jennings who renfcsented th,
Trustees In defense q that action
say that the proceeds Of the sale o,
los, 900 acres Of land 20 the Tallahasse,
Southern Railroad Co. amounted Z,
S224, 900, which sum was placed at In,
terest by him when he was Governor
though the Trustees were enioined from
paying out the money; which interest
amounted, at the time of SettIement
% $50, 900 and therefore Ex-Governor
Jennings paid only one-third OF the in.
tete.t and none Of the principal which
nad been saved by requiring the banks
that had the money on deposit TO pay
interest"
The foregoing from Governor Brow
ards latest campaign pamphlet, constr
tutes the only, and therefore, presuma-
bly,, the best defense made Of the $40, =
900 graft of which Jennings was the
beneficiary, and which the cOmplacency
Of the other members Of the /. I. Board,
yielding 10 the masterful Of Jennings
friend and partner, made possible.
Upon dissection Of this extraordinary
defense" (as BrOward himself calls
it) it appears that Jennings was allowed
to thrust both hands up to the elbows
INTO the Board treasury
lst. Because he saved" $50, 900 in
interest to the Board by requiring the
banks to pay such interest on money Of
the Board tiedup byinjunction proceed
ings. The Law made it the Governors
and the Boards duty to demand such
interest. Why pay Jennings, nearly
four years after he ceased to be Gov
ernor, for performing a plain duty,
required by laO? And why pay him
SSl per cent. upon the amount so al
legged TO have been saved" while he
was receiving a salary of 1000 a year
as attorney Of the Board?
ID. Because Jennings generously
consented to accept "only one-third"
Of the amount he claimed to have thus
saved" instead OF demanding and
receiYing-ALL of the $780,
600! The wonder is that he did not do
80. And the Board, 80 far as the prin- |
ciple goes, might with equal right and
justice have given him the whole $50, .
900, in consideration Of the fact that
he claimed none of the principal"
The fact is, that this deliberative and |
inexcusable graft Of public funds will
never be forgiven by the people Of Flor
ida, and when they really have an Op-
portunity to express their sentiments
upon it, in a future political campaign,
they will speak in no uncertain tones.
And every official concerned in it will
have to suffer punishment
The people of Florida move slowly to
They are loath to believe
on the part of their public
There is an element among
Us which does not so much deprecate
if f'results accrue therefrOm
10 the benefit of their special political
or factional interests. But when the
lrousing-the awakening-shall come.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Mr.. R. A. Gray, now Secretary Of
the Live Oak Publishing Co., was in the
city Friday and made this Office pleas
ant and very welcome visit. Mr.. Gray
was with US in the Old Tallahasseean
Office before he went to Live Oak, and
has many warm friends in this city.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12
AS a REnINDER.

Let it be remembered, incidentally,
that Gen. Gilchrist is the only candidate
for Governor who pledges himself to
abide by the voice of the Democratic
party, as expressed in primary or other
means, in the making Of executive APP
pOintments. Such q pledge would not
be observed by a machine Governor =
Tampa News.
Do not be fooled by Napoleon B,
Broward Cast your vote for the pur-
est and best representative man 70 &c
TO Washington as your Senator.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

A number of voters IN Florida sup
ported Mr.. Lamar in opposition TO
BrOward and his machine, believing It
to be to Mr.. Taliaferro's interest to do
so, as we'll as right and proper, It.leAl
be hard thing now for him, and his
forces combined with the East Coast
railroad forces, TO trade them of t0a
elect Napoleon B. Broward. There has
been some funny political combinations
in this State, but the last proposition
TO attempt to elect the scheming dis
credited Broward takes the cake.
People Of Florida, do you intend to be
bartered off as if you were a drove of
cows. The Flagler interests with its
Times-UniOn, and the Taliaferro in
terests are now entering into a combi-
nation to knife Hon. Duncan u. Fletch-
er and elect BrOward. Just think Of
that rotten aggregation, who haVe said
and done everything they could against
Broward and his schemes and his ma
chine, which was the unvarnished
truth, are now doing all they can to
elect Broward because they need the
two Of kind" in Washington I Will
you fall into their schemes and help
them. The True Democrat believes
not
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Those machine political schemers,
who are setting themselves up now 20
be such good Christian and temperance
people, in past years, played wtiSkey
into their politics on an occasions, 10
get those kind Of votes. Some Of us
around Tallahassee remember the great
and shameful use they made OF It dur
ing the senatorial contest Of 1897, in
which ]. N. G. Stockton took such q
part
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Broward the highly paid, Supposed
Servant of the people, "But the Big
Boss of the Machine, has deliberately
stolen months of the peoples time run
ming over the state playing the dirtiest
kind of peanut politics, to the neglect
Of business and now facts go to prove
the rumor true, he has entered into a
combine with the Florida East Coast
Railroad political workres and with Sena-
tor TaliFerro workers, all Of whom he
has abused for everything he could
think Of, while they have done the
same thing for him, in an effort to
elect himself and re-elect Mr.. Taliferro.
and because the East Coast Railroad
needs them both. just think Of your
Lord and Master, " Napoleon b. Brow
ard and the East Coast Railroad and
Taliferro trading the people of as they
would sell q bunch Of cattle. Will you
vote Tor such menl
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

It has been said that u. u. Fletcher
Will run for Congressman two years
hence. There is nothing in It. We
can hardly conceive of any man resign
ing seat in the United States Senate
to run for q membership in the lower
house Fort Pearce News.
Now, that is so, and If Mr.. Taliaferro
is lending his influence, with the East
Coast railroad, to try to defeat Fleteh-
er and elect Broward, the people Of
Florida will remember it, and elect a
senator in Mr.. Taliaferro's place. How
is it possible those people could now
swallow Broward. Mr.. Taliaferro's
former friends cannot be made such
fools Of.
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Lots Of political matter again this
week, but along with il we give you
much interesting, general and local
news, and attractive advertisements.
We are pleased this week, with US, win
end 80 much politics, and we promise
you IN the future the paper will con-
tain more Of the best and less Of poll
tics. We have advocated men and
measures, for the principle there is In
IL, and earnestly hope Leon county vot-
ers on Tuesday will cast their votes for
Hon. Albert w. Gilchrist for Governor
and Hon. d. u. Fletcher for u. s. Sem
atOr, against such demagogues and
Bchemer6 as N Stockton and Hauo-
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Hon. A. C. BlOunt, Jr. is on the bal
lot again as a candidate for deIegatC
from the third congressional district tc
the Denver convention. A vote for him,
and for A. C. Clewes, will be to send
two more good business and represent
ative men on the Florida delegation,
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Even the pOpulist chieftain, Thomas
Watson, has joined the East Coast
Railroad and Taliaferro forces in their
desperate, dying efforts to defeat Hon.
D. u. Fletcher, and to elect Broward
now and to save Taliaferro a little la
ter. Now, both Broward and Talis-
ferro should be retired to private life,
and we believe 1.-THE great-hearted"
people of Florida will see it done, when
they go to vote Tuesday.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

"Where does it come FROM" is still q
very pertinent query!
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

This newspaper dishkes to differ with
the ministers of his own and other
churches, but he just cannot swallow
voting for or advocating the election Of
such rotten demsgOgues as Johnnie N.
C. Stockton and Napoleon B. BrOward,
which the Prohibition party, clear out
from true Democratic principles, are
attempting to push down our thrOats.
The weekly true Democrat., 1908-06-12

Florida's Governor, candidate for
United States Senator, outwardly de-
nOuncing all the railroads, the Times
Union and Taliaferro, and entering into
. combine with them in an effort 10 be
elected, is RICH and RACY, and if the
the people get on to him in time, Tues
days election will be a landslide for
Fletcher as it should be on general
principles.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
WIN ANOTHER VICTORY
Toleston Nine Beats Wheel
er and Bill Kunert is
Happy Again.

Bill Kunerts Toleston baseballe team
won another victory yesterday when
the nine journeyed to Wheeler and de-
feated the aggregation from that city
by the score of to 2.
1t was a walk away for the Toleston
boys and the game was witnessed by
large crowd of Wheeler baseball fans.
The batteries for Toleston were: Glenn,
pitcher; D. Curin, catcher, and for
Wheeler, T. Gott, pitcher; T. Burge,
catcher.
Toleston won the game in the third
inning it scored five runs and the rest
of it's scores were made in the seventh
when two runs were brought in.
Wheeler made one run in the fifth in
ming and one in the seventh and that
was as far as they got.
Wheeler got but six hits off Glenn
while the Toleston boys found Burge
for Is hits. Glenn struck out 6 men
and Burge struck out IL. Toleston
made one error and Wheeler 6. Burge
and Barns were the umpires and the
game lasted one hour and forty five
minutes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
HARBOR NINE WINNER
Joe Longs Team of Ham
mond Nosed Out in
Hot Contest.

Indiana Harbor. June 22.-(SpeclaD
Another one of those enthusiasm
inspiring games took place yesterday
afternoon on the new Indiana Harbor
grounds The score was 4 to l in ia
vor of Indiana Harbor. The Joe Long
team of Hammond was the opposing
nine and they brought about 800 Ham
mond admirers and just about the
same number of dollars. The admirers
returned to Hammond in the evening
but the dollars missed the car and
probably never will get home unless
the Hammondites bring over a better
team and a few new baseball tricks.
All of the locals scores were made
in the second inning on punching of
hits by the home team and errors and
bases on balls by the visitors. The
Joe Longs made their solitary score
in the ninth on hit, two stolen bases
and a dead ball.
The game was a pitchers battle in
which Ford of Indiana Harbor had
something on Walker of the Joe Longs.
The home man allowed but two safe
hits during the afternoon and struck
out fifteen of the opposing batsmen,
but was generous in his gift of bases,
passing four men to first
Walker however, was stingy. He
only let one man walk and allowed but
three hits, one of which was Stern
berg's two Dagger that brought in two
men He struck out five. incidentally
Ford struck the side out in one, two
three order in the eighth. Koehler
left fielder of the Hammond team,
pulled off the star fielding stunt o!
the day in the fourth inning by hang
ing onto the ball after tremendously
long run and then falling down.
The new grounds were in good con-
dition, particularly the infield.
Hughes, the Indiana Harbor umpire
is little sore at the way the crowd
pressed in and made close decisions
| hard to get accurately.
| About 1000 people in all saw the
game Frank Barker is the leader OF
rooters' club that entertained the
crowd with songs. The lineup was as
follows:
Indiana Harbor-Merley, IF; Nellis
Sb; Ford. p; Calvin. c; Sternburg, 2b
Ericsson, If; Barney, IS; Nyland. lib
| Joe Longs-Vonish, c; McMaw. 3b
Dunsing. IS; Koenig, 2b; Ketchell, 1b
Buhing CT; Koehler. RI; Johnson. If
Walker, p. Umpires-Hughes, Buh-
ring for Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
Notre Dame university and is now a
student at Ann Arbor responded.
mr. sehaub On University Courses.

II
Mr.. Schaub in turn took up the sub
ject, showing in several ways by taking
a university course after the high
school course.
| Roy Tilton '04, and ex-president of
the association was next introduced by
the toastmaster. Mr.. Tilton used as his
subject The Leitgeist." The literal
translation is the spirit of the times"
The accumulation of money or the
chase of the almighty dollar was the
Standpoint the subject was taken from
and it was discussed to good advan-
tage Mr.. Tilton showed the benefit of
education by the wage scale. The man
with the high school education can de-
mand higher wages than the common
laborer, and the man with the univer-
sity education demands higher wages
than the man with the high school.
This toast was well rendered and
well received.
"Whys" BY Clarence Artman.
Clarence Altman 'o7. was the next
name on the program in answer to the
subject "Why?"
/ Mr. Artman said, he wondered why"
he hadn't been informed of this before
hand, but nevertheless gave a good dis
CuSSlOI, LdklHS the SUBJECT, w ny d
college or university education is al
most a necessity in this progressive
age"
The announcement of the next
speaker, Superintendent John C. Hall.
brough forth hearty applause After
his discourse on the Influence of the
Almuni" he was again applauded for
the members then realized that they
| IL HI ort
school circles of our city.
other Members Speak.
Several of the other members of the
association were then called upon for
short talks Dr. Sol NJ. Goldberger '04,
recently graduated from the P. and S.
college, and ]. Roy Morrison 'O4, gave
talks
Mr.. Morrison was the organizer OF
the association in '05. During the dis
course Mr. Morrison then suggested
that Chas. E. Miller, who is attending
Purdue university be heard from.
Gymnasium Suggested.
The talk several times has been to
the effect that we needed gymnasium
badly.
Mr. Miller then followed up this sub
ject by telling of the memorial gym
which is being erected at Purdue in
memory of the football students who
lost their lives in a railroad wreck
while goin gto indianapolis for game
He explained the way 1T was being
erected and said he thought Whiting
should erect a gymnasium by all mean;
on the same plan.
A resolution was then passed by the
president to the effect that the Alum
nj association would do all within its
power to assist in getting a gym
which is above all a necessity.
Speaks for the Guests.
Frank Macpherson was called up tc
represent the guests. Mr.. Mcpherson
said it was the first speech he hat
ever made, but it was a good begin
ming.
Miss Jessie NJ Curtis, who is at
tending the Western at Oxford, o., wa
next called up on, but instead of the
expected toast, Miss Curtis moved that
the gathering adjourn, which was sec
onded as 1t was then 11:30. they al
feeling that much good had been ac-
compIished by this gathering.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22

work. and this was probably one OF
their first attempts.
The fact that they had gone no
farther than Lake Station by the time
they were caught, makes it appear as
If they did not understand the work.
The way in which they returned to the
village after they had passed through
also showed their poor judgment. Both
men have been identified as having
worked about Gary for several months.
They story which they tell is that they
were driving around in the country
looking for work and having had the
horses out so long were afraid 10 re-
turn with them, fearing the Hverymen
would have them arrested.
The men were taken to Crown Point
last night and turned over to Sherif
F. s. Carter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
MOT0RCYCLISTs GO THROUGH.

Crown Point, Ind, June 22.-(Spe-
cial.) members of the Chicago motor
cycle club. about thirty strong. ran
into town yesterday by way of Ho-
bart They were here to look over the
county fair ground track with a view
to procuring same providing itw as
suitable for their purposes and they
could make arrangements with the
commissioners to hold a number of
races they have in view. Nothing de-
finite was decided yesterday, but Crown
Pointers may be able to witness some
thrilling races on that track in the
future, providing the clubs plans
carry out
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-22
CUBS MEET DEFEAT.

Troy. N. Y, June 21.-Playing like so
many novices, the worlds champion
Chicago cubs met defeat before the
Troy team in an exhibition game today,
4 to l.
It was Evers day, and the laundry
men celebrated it by greeting him as
the greatest second baseman in the
world and then proceeded to demon
strate that there are some more at
home like him. Evers got all the
honors and all the gifts, for the John J.
Evers association the BroiIers' club,
who broiled in a temperature of 90 de-
grees, and 5000 other spectators went
wild over him and lavished gifts and
flowers upon him. All he had to do
was to share in their drubbing.