The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-04-15
THEHOLT-PRICE
Editor of Jacksonville FIOridian
Gives Vent to His Sentiments
COMBINED INTERESTS
Severely Condemns Both Holt and Price,
and Threatens to Undo Past and Tell
Something about William Hines

Albert M. Williamson's Floridiar
commenting on letter published last
week from P. A. Holt to w. H. Price,
says:
We've read Paurs Epistle to the
Ephesians, but Phez's Epistle to Price
has it beat a whole suburban block. -
Yea, verify say unto thee damdiffittas-
sant
"Well what do you know about this?
Really, didn't yer think 'Plezzy' had
better sense?
"And Mr.. Williams Hines Price!
Whas we are trying to percOlate
through the density Of our, our Uranium is
why the aforesaid Mr.. William Hines.
or the Honorable William Hines Price,
chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee of the Democratic
State of Florida should have resolved
himself into common tool and puppet
and hireling and pimp for the dissem-
mination of corruption fund to de-
base and debauch the Democratic vot-
ers of Florida.
"Mr. Price you'd "better be going
while the going's good!'-for the first
thing you know we are going to tell
something about you, you might not
like.
"Oh, my, how we used to rave and
rant and paw the air about those dark
and dismal days of reconstruction"
And So instead Of singing the old
coon song Bill Bailey won't you please
come home, we shall send down into
the pits of hell our supplications to the
railroads and Republicans and scalliwags
and carpetbaggers, Of whom we have
so forcefully talked in the past-and
ask them to send US up even the worst
of their number as Paragon for the
Democratic party as now organized in
Florida.
This kind of writing may be awfully
indscreet on our part.
1--WE don't own gun!-and even
son-of-a-gun is just little too expen.
sive for our present income and en-
vironments.
"But do you know. somehow, we
just simply can't keep out OF a scrap?
We like it. and if there's one going on,
wen come mighty near getting into it.
"We'd get into it more often If the
Floridian could only come out more
often.
"But say Isn't it awful Mabel
that such a condition of affairs should
exist in an enlightened State like this?
Here's the generally helalded and
universally conceded hireling and dis
seminator of a corruption fund to de-
base and debauch the minds, bodies and
souls of the voters of Florida, with the
brazen effrontery of all the animals
from monkey to jackass = writing
the chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee and making that
Chairman eat out of his hands like pet
squirrel.
~ Angels and ministers of grace de-
fend us I"
Just look who's here
"The. whiskey, the Taliaferro and the
race tack element All united in one
common cause And that cause to buy
and debauch through the chairman of
the State executive committee every
voter he may find for sale.
Now, mark you! - Three Weeks,
and not of the Ellie Glnn' variety
either-have elapsed since March IL.
or not one single word Of protest from
the Honorable Chairman of the State
executive committee to the aforesaid
Mr.. P. A. Holt.
"Some guieless naivesyouth may say
that while Holt is blamable, there is
not sufficient ground for these comments
as to Price.
but let us see!
"We have right to comment on
Price for two reasons.
First Hollis letter begins by ac-
knowledging one from Price. Maybe
it was in answer to Prices letter; hut
may be not. Anyhow there is an all
sufficient justification and that is the
second reason: If, Price was opposed
to or resented the methods suggested
by Holt, why has he not said so?
"Why has he not resented the bold,
barefaced inquiries as to the methods
and means of violating the primary
election law he is in honor pledged and
bound to carry out both in letter and in
spirit. =,
"The editor of this paper is no prude!
We've done those things we ought not
to have done! We've voted for Talia
ferro, frequented bar-rooms and been to
the races And there is no health in
US!
"But while we confess to these frail-
ties. let US tell you right now, the
whiskey, the race track and the business
senator interests are going just lit
tie too far.
1--WE used to tell story f the two
girls riding bicycles. One asked the
other: Are you cushiontired or pneu-
matte tirrd?' She answered, oh, |
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