The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-10
HON. CLAUDE
E'ENGLE ENDS
HIS CAMP A|GN
CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES
SENATOR COMPLETED SPEAK
ING TOUR IN CITY WHERE
HE STARTED 1T.

Beginning and ending his campaign
for the United States senatorship, and
delivering fifty-five speeches during
his campaign tour, Claude LEngle
spoke in Pensacola last evening, thus
bringing to close spectacular cam
palgn, personally conducted and ex-
tending from one end of the state
to the other. Possibly the most in
teresting feature of the talk was tho
reference he made at length TO the
celebrated Holt-Price letter, a docu-
ment which he said was genuine, was
in existence and which had been OBJ
tanned fairly and had been given to
him. He defended the young lady
who had obtained and had read the
letter to him, and the letter, he said.
had been made public by him only
after the encouragement, counsel
for the young lady who held the
notes, had avised her to give it to
the public. His defense of the lady
met with the hearty approval of the
crowd. The speaker had the crowd
with him when he rendered in ironic-
al manner his opinion of Messrs.
Price and Holt, figuring in the pres
emit campaign, holding both of the
gentlemen up to the crowd in rather
ridiculous light.
Mr.. LEngle spoke at length OF
what he was pleased to term corrupt
election methods, claiming the undis-
puted authorship of the new prim-
airy law, which he said made it posi-
BILE for the corporations and special
interests to pay the poll tax of voters
In order to control their votes. After
the primary bill had been prepared
by him, Mr.. LEngle said, he ham
mered 1t through the legislature. and
said he would leave the proof with
Escambia county's representatives to
interested parties.
Records" of both Broward and
Taliaferro were touched upon at
length, saying in touching upon past
events in connection with the lives
and political characters Of the two
candidates who are against him that
he did not intend to deal in per-
sonalities, but that he Simply want
ed to remove some of the dust from
records" and at length told of the
action Ex-Governor Broward in the
appointment of men to the United
States senate, the first one being
Will Bryan, deceased, and the other
w. B. Milton. And in return for the
appointment, he said, the then gov
ernor was to get Jackson county de-
livered to him, but that he had been
buncoed in the bargain for the county
went against him. The Everglades
story was re-told, of how the gov
ernor had figured in the same, &C.
cording to the version of the speaker.
The past of Senator Taliaferro was
also attacked. He said Taliaferro
was safe, sane, silent and conserva-
tive. He said the presence of Sena-
tor Taliaferro in the senate was
something to even hurt the South,
because they were in league, he haid,
with the special interests, the enc
mics of the people.
In closing his speech, Mr.. L'Engle
said that he had been told the money
interests were against him and that
1t was impossible to win. money
is the biggest coward in the world, -
he said. when a fight is made
against 1t, it sinks, and he is making
that kind of fight. l hope to win,
and If l do win, the people of Florida
will have a representative at Wash
ingtop who will always be ready and
willing, active and alert, to do any
thing, at any time, that looked to
the good Of the state and the better
men Of the people"