The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-18
That Alleged Letter

In another column we publish cor
espondence between Senator James
+. Ta1iaferro and P. d. Cassidey, his
campaign manager, in regard to a let
ter said to have been written by P. A.
Holt to w. II. Price.
In order that the spondence e
may be understood we publish the al
legged letter as follows:
Jacksonville, March II, 1910.
Mr.. W. H. Price, Mariana, Fla.
Dear Mr.. Price: l beg to acknow-
ledge receipt of your favor of Febru-
ary %. 1 have been out of the city
for over a week.
| Has Cassidey paid his contribution
! to Wilson?
What is Wilson doing?
Please let me know the situation in
regard to the state senator.
! You know / promised to help Will
! son to the extent of five hundred dol
| lars ($500). Part of this money is to
| come from the race track. 1 have
paid out one hundred dollars; I still
| feel Obliged to the extent OF s40o.
| 1t seems to me that the proper place
| for some of this money to go is to pay
| poll taxes. Won't some of 1t be spent
this way? Please let me know about
| this.
If any of this money is spent to pay
! poll taxes. won't that also help W. T
B. Smith? The best way to help a
friend is to get his friends qualified
| so they can vote for him.
How many poll taxes have been
paid up to date in your county?
How many persons are there around
| Mariana and other precincts in the
| county who will not pay their own
| poll taxes, who would probably also
be for Smith and Wilson, whom we
can pay?
| Can you pay these in bulk TO the
tax collector? Please don't answer
| this offhand but find out from him
My opinion is he is going to track the
law. If this is so, how can you use
this money to pay poll taxes?
! 1t is almost a superhuman effort tc
| collar a man and take him up to the
| tax collectors office and see that he
| turns the two-dollar bill you give hin
over to the tax collector. This is the
| way we have to do it here. Is it prac-
| teal in your county?
| Please talk with Lewis and let me
hear from you. Some solution must bs
| found.
| Also please look up the law ant
|
| taxes can be paid in bulk by Other
| persons for other people after the pri'
mary to qualify them in the genera
| election.
Nothing is more serious or import
ant in this campaign than this ques
tion and 1 beg you please to give tht
matter careful consideration and in
vestigation and then let me hear from
YOU. With kiudeSt regards,
Yours cordially, L. a. Holt.
To throw full light on this matter
1t is necessary to so into the histor!
of this alleged letter. What purporte(
to be a copy of it first appeared in th'
possession of Claude L'Engle, a candi
date for the senatorial nomination
Mr. LEngle read it in the course o
his speech in Miami. The Metropolis
of that city tells what happened a
follows:
No sooner had Mr.. L'Engle mad
reference to the letter than Mitchell
D. Price, an attorney Of Miami, aros
and advancing to Mr.. LEngle, toll
himE that he would like to see tn
letter
Here it is, sir said Mr.. L'Engle
producing two letter sheets from hi
pocket.
!; Price looked at it and said: rs thi
the original letter."
NO, it's a copy" said Mr. L LEngle.
"Ah. I thought so," retorted Price
II denounce that letter as forger
and you as a liar"
After the meeting the two men at
tempted to fight but the crowd pre-
Ivented
When the matter was called to tn