The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-27

BASE SANDER
MaIiCiOusly Accuses Vegetable
Growers of the East Coast
BEHALF OF TALIAFERRO
Secretary 7. v. Moore Replies 10 Clark in
Words That Cannot be Misunderstood
Predicts BrOwards' Election


speech in the interest Of Senator Italia.
ferro, in Jacksonville, last Friday even.
ing said:
"Let me tell you what the sup
porters of the governor did on the
East Coast week ago, and let you
see how clean that was. Senator
Taliaferro and myself got to Miami
on Wednesday morning before the
election the next week. / found
copy of the Miami Metropolis that
morning, and / saw letter printed
from the Fruit Growers Associa-
ton down there. The paper said it
had been sent to every candidate
for congress, and every candidate
for the senate, asking our views on
certain questions. In that paper
was an answer from BrOward, and
an answer from Zim and L'Engle,
and so help me God that was the
first time in my life that have laid
my eyes on the letter. went up
the street and met Senator Talia-
ferro later on, and he had never seen
it. We came back to Jacksonville
and got here on Friday morning. I
stopped here that night, and in look
ing through my mail | did not find
it. ! went to see him and he could
not find it.
$50 these clean people, these de-
lectable gentlemen. who are run
ming such a clean campaign, delb-
erately withheld from the mails
those letters in order to charge that
we ignored the growers and treated
them with contempt"
Hon T. V. Moore, secretary of the
Growers association replies as follows:
At meeting of the representatives
of the East Coast Fruit and Vegetable
Growers Association in April a set of
resolutions was adopted looking to in
creasing the power of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The particular
features contained therein had been ap-
proved by the above Commission and
were in the interest of the shipper as
regards his relations to the carrier.
Our representatives in Congress were
urged to advocate these measures and
the candidates for the House and Sen
ate asked for an expression regarding
the same. The secretary of the Asso-
citation was instructed to forward a
copy of the resolutions with proposed
to each candidate. This
was done the latter part of April, the
letters with Enclosures being mailed to
each of the five candidates the same
lay and at the same moment.
No one of the thousand members of
The Growers Association, nor any one
Else had aught to do with these reso-
utons, after their adoption, except
he secretary, therefore if there has
been any trickery he is the trickster.
On the 4th of May Senator Taliaferro
md Mr.. Clark were in Miami. While
'eceiving some of their friends who
.aled at the hotel during the morning,
Mr.. Clark stated that he had just seen
of the action of the Assoc
.iation in the paper which he found at
he hotel. Mr.. Taliaferro asked him
what he alluded to and | explained
briefly as above. Both of them then
'aid they had not received their copies
md presumed it was because they had
eft Washington about the time the
communications were due there. |
hen suggested that it might be well
or them that the matter not be over
ooked since the growers were very
much interested in the subject. Mr..
Clark has never doubted that the let
er was as promptly mailed to him and
Senator Taliaferro as to the other can
lidates since | advised them that this
vas the case.
Since Mr.. Clark and | have been
friends for the past twenty years /
,erfer to believe he has been misquoted
" an overzealous but indiscreet re-
,orter rather than credit him with
so grave, blunder merely
or the purpose of making political
apital in behalf of the candidate whose
ause he is so interestedly advocating.
Mr.. Clark prefaces the allusiOn to
he incident with ''let me tell you what
he supporters of the governor did on
he East Coast week ago and let you
zee how clean that was. Now it
happens that the only man who per-
,etrated this particular trick, if there
vas trick, was not supporter of the
governor before the last primary, did
lot vote for him then and never voted
or him at any primary before then,
tut ventures the prediction that he
viii be sn easy winner in the coming
primary if his opponent permits many
UGH mistakes as this of MIR. Clark.
The Association as an organization
las heretofore endeavored tokeep clear
# politics. SO much so that 1t has been
criticised, doubtless justly, as not avail
ng itself of necessary means to accom-
,lish it's end The one question with
which it has to deal is the rate question.
10 achieve just and equitable freight
foopt;puod IN MIRA Al