The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-20
BROWARD THE
PEOPLES MAN
fnters Second Primary With De-
termination to Win as Senator
APPEALS TOTHE VOTERS
Urges the People TO Assert Their Rights
and Place a True Representative in
National Hall of Congress

To the Democratic voters OF FLORIDA.
am probably the leading candidate
for United States senator. In about
three weeks the second primary will
he held. 1t is necessary therefore. that
there be united effort on the part of
every man who is opposed to the idea
of forcing our young men and women
10 enter upon their life work with the
understanding that they must be servie
TO the powerful few who own our large
railroads and few big newspapers, in
order to succeed either in business or
politics Do not permit the old explod-
ed theory to longer obtain that the only
way to develop the business resources
of our state is through the exploitation
Of our properties and earnings by the
railroads and trusts; but let us take
cogDizance of the patent fact that the
only way to successfully develop our
state is through our own effort, retain.
Ing to ourselves equal opportunity to
secure our share of the benefits of our
efforts. Do not permit any powerful
secret influence to check or deter the
freest development of self respecting
manhood and wOmanhOOd in our young
people. DO not permit business men
who give employment to many OF our
young men and young women to be OPP
pressed, embarrassed or deferred from
freest business action. Our business
men treat the employed of their race
as being equals in manhood and woman
hood, consult them, advise with them,
and encourage them in greatest liberty
Of thought and action; showing that
they want self respecting men and
women for employees and daily asso-
Gates in the great work of world de-
yelOpment. bread winning and joy secur-
ing, both employed and employer rejoic-
my in expressing equal rights and equal
privileges. We should resent and pun
sh attempts to intimidate our people |
by those who find themselves in charge
Of our railroads and other public utili-
ties. We furnish the money to pay the
taxes; we maintain and improve these
Properties out of our earnings, and like
wise pay the dividends.
Why should we permit our fellow
citizens doing the work of keeping up
and of operating trains-fellow citizens
in whose care we entrust our lives to
feel that freedom of political action on
their part may be punished by black
listing or dismissal from service, when
as matter of fact, we should insist
that We wllnOt be completed to entrust
ouK lives to the care of men who do
not possess and exercise equal rights
and responsibilities with us. know
ora few instances, in the primary just
past, in which efforts were made to
control the political action of business
men and also attempts to have business
men prevent their employees from ex.
crossing fully and freely their political
rights. call upon all business men
who believe in equal opportunity and
equal rights, and also upon all other OF
our citizens who have the same faith
10 express their disapproval of any such
methods in politics.
Fellow citizens, am endeavOrlng to
carry to triumph in the politics of our i
state the principles which are dearest
70 you, and which means most to your ,
owed ones. | want to see our state 5
and our nation developed to their full :
est capacity of giving comfort luXurles .
ana wisdom to free and happy people
want to see the day when every one
snail receive the. full measure OF his [
earnings, and when none shall be com 1
PEELED to think or vote as another may
actate. TO this end have devoted
Ire most of my life, and now pledge
YOU my faith that will continue the
nght just as long as l am able to raise
my voice in the call of freedom. Here
!olore you have honored me with posi-.
IONS OF trusts and of my discharge OF
Inose trusts have to small thing to :
conceal. | am accused, directly and
" innuendO, of having done this, thar
" the other thing which was dishonest.
Y which could not have done and kept
'ny faith with you,. but you do not. be-
ueve these charges, | have sometimes
Erred In Judgement, because ! am a
paFtaker or the fallibility common TO
e9y fellowman. but ! have kept the
',allh, have fought against great odds
Tor what | believed to be right, and 6
never sought nor taken personal adj +
,sntage against the interest OF my 4
people. =
have developed much greater T
'uength than the opposition expected Y
.e 70 develop. The first fight against \
ne was 80 much freer from bitter per- v
'onaIlties than has heretofore been the y
q that wish to congratulate those y
sho conducted it, But their fight along T
nese lines has proven u disappointment; n
!" Clean clear cut campaign, Dased
'pon the vital issues of the day, ana :,
'sacl'cally free from personalities. )
'sve polled an enormous vote, and nave {
SEOOhbly led fha fick Of Those VINO u