The weekly true Democrat., 1908-04-03
BEFORE THE
"CREAT-HEARTED."
Judss ShayIOF on Candidate Brow
ard.

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In Peoples Forum" TImes-Union,
18th, Judge ShsylOr says
The expected has indeed happened.
The crowning achievement Of dema-
gogy goes again before the great
hearted"
He, who has violated every tenet Of
the Democratic party he who has
trampled upon selections made by Dem
cratic primaries, with boots and spurs /;
he whose heart is as much attuned to
thatof the "great-hearted peoples" as
a hvena's to the sympOnies Of heaven /;
he. who is famous for "proclamations
delivered from headquarters" for the
maintenance of "my policies this arch
chief of dissemblers, who is so jealous
of the public veal as to suspend from
Office sick persons whose public careers
are without blemiBh, charged with neg
lect of duty, now enters a race which Is
sure TO receive nearly the whole Of his
time from the Office Of Governor, and
40 distort his mind meanwhile as TO un-
fit him for any proper public service.
save alone his own selfish canvass this
INllNEAhG=OL-H HAgkAA4AAf WIZ
ilI-fate. whose fame as Governor, II
fame at all. has been chiefly acquired
by his ready response to open cheap
shows with his "cut- and-dried" and
"everv ready :" who carried for the
Office Of Governor neither his ward, his
CITY nor his cOunty-the county wherein
he was born and reared and came from,
which. Il is alleged, he did smuggling
service for the behOof Of his own pock-
ct. when others were honestly volun-
teerinR 10 fight In the Spanish war (;
this me and Nine" enthusiast, who,
as sheriff Of this county, was such
palpable misfit that one Of the oldest
and most honOred Of our Governors re-
moved him from Office, and his gasping
faction endeaVoring TO rehabilitate his
fallen fortune, reelected him for sherih
\ and thereby 80 OdiOusly Odorized that
Office as to lose It to that faction since
kkhan, and, apparently, evermore
Well, 20 make an exceedingly long
story short, he comes before the
"Rreat-hearted" for United States Sen
Hator. "BlOw wind Swell billOw !!
Swim bark
Be il known to Democratic voters
that this person, who, as stated,
neither carried his ward, his city nor
his county for the high Office he now
holds, and hardly been inaugurated into
this splendid position before aTrOgating
unto himself to dictate the policies and
name the officers for the pnblic concern
Of the people Of that same ward, city
and county, even beheading, in the face
Of that peoples protest, officers selected
by them, and that, too, at a moment
when such officers, with long and hon.
orable public careers behind them, were
giving as perfect satisfaction TO the
people who elected them as it is possi-
BILE for humankind 10 give-sOme Of
them beyond q doubt-satisfactory to
everyone save handful Of politicians
whose only objection was founded on
jealousy.
In an editorial of some time ago, un-
der the interrogatOry caption, What
Is the Limit ?" referring to one Of the
aforesaid prOclamations, haYe first to
answer There is no limit.
In the body of the editorial you again
ask, "Who Speaks Here 2" And then
you answer, "a party boss, the head Of
q political organization who is powerful
to make or mar the fortunes Ola poll
tician." Ay, there's the point which
NAuHk uGN4o 6AAAhG AAAg AAA0eN AAAGAhays ~
may be tolerated by q civilized people,
unfair and unjust as It undoubtedly is,
for q person holding high office-a Gov
ernor-to prostitute the power of that
Office in the making of politicians for
tunes, but when it comes to marring
the fortunes of one, Of absolutely ruin
ing, for the time being, every earthly
interest Of that one, and that one, too,
nth a mat Vrrhlfa r.aunvs1 dtaVaaNfnvs 70,
the record of that Governor; with every
that GOvernor-it becomes 80 intoleI-
able, 80 outrageous, 80 unjust that the
wonder to me has been and is that the
people will, even for a moment, endure
M They certainly will not long endure
IL, unless my knowledge Of the people
has been much at fault.
A victim of this arrogance, land
with me the people of this county, have
been in the fullest sense Of the word.
] was elected for the Office of Criminal
Court Judge Of this county, carrying my
ard, city and county. In the very
center Of Jacksonville-Fifth Ward
where ] had resided since 1893, and
where / was as well known as / shall
ever be, or can be, / carried my ward
three times in one year, the year pre-
vious for the city council and the follow
ing year for the Judgeship in two pri-
maEies. / had served two years as
Judge, without breath Of protest from
the general citizenship, but on the con-
traEy 10 the utmost satisfaction Of all,
eve q few politicians, sggregating less
@ per cent. Of our people. making
q, ,I6cord enviable throughout the South,
having q public record Of twenty years,