The Pensacola journal., 1910-05-04

Claude L'Engle has sent to the
Miami Metropolis the story Of how the
copy of a letter purporting to come
from Pleasant A. Holt to William H.
Price was secured.
Mr.. L'Engles letter to the Metropo-
lis and Miss Delinski's to Mr.. L'Engle,
which are self-explanatory, follow:
Ocala, Fla, April 27, 1910.
Editor Metropolis, Miami, Fla.
! Dear Sir: You will doubtless re-
call that VIII H. Price, chairman of
the state democratic committee, de-
clared that he would issue a signed
statement to the press. about the let
ter written to him by P. A. Holt, man
ager of the liquor dealers campaign,
to defeat the prohibition amendment.
made this letter public in Miami the
day l made my speech at the court
house. This was nearly month ago,
and Mr.. Price denied the existence of
the letter a day or two afterward,
promising another. and a signed pub
lie statement in a few days.
No such statement has appeared
from Mr. Price.
l have been waiting for this state
ment from Mr.. Price in order to see
| if he denied receiving the letter, be-
fore making public a statment of how
obtained a copy of that letter.
have now the right to assume that
Mr.. Price will not make the signed
statement he promised.
AS l have always been willing to tell
all about how 1 do things of this kind,
I now send you the statement I have
had all the time. You will observe
that the statement is dated March 26,
| 1910
l left a copy of the Holt letter in
Jacksonville, with R. P. Daniel, chair
man of the Duval county democratic
committee. three days after this
Tuesday, March 29, from whom Albert
Williamson got it, and l gave you the
original copy to print in your issue of
Saturday, April 2.
Before giving this statement to you
for publication, I have asked Miss De.
linski to affirm it under oath. This
she did in Monticello last Monday,
April %.
AS you first made the Holt-Price let
ter public, I have selected you to
make the statement public.
| have always been at liberty to use
this statement, and while l see no ne
cessity of proving the genuineness of
the letter, because it has not been de-
MED, I make the statement public in
order that all speculation and insinua-
tions about the means used to obtain
the copy may be laid.
Please send marked copy of your
issue containing this communication
to all the state papers
Yours truly,
CLAUDE L'ENGLE.
Candidate for United States Senator.
Miss OeIinski's Statement.
Tallahassee, Fla, March 26, 1910.
Mr.. Claude L'Engle, City.
Dear Mr.. LEngle: Attached hereto
you will find the copy of letter about
which I spoke to you yesterday and
which you refused to let me read to
you until l had submitted it to some
one else for advice. In the event you
wish to use for publication the letter
attached | deem it wise for you to be
fully informed as to how it came into
my hands.
| have been in Blountstown all this
week until Friday morning, in attend
ance upon the circuit court in the ca
pacity of official reporter. Mr.. Will H.
Price was also there attending court.
I have known Mr.. Price some three or
four years and have at various times
discussed with him political questions.
During one of our conversations this
week we spoke of the prohibition
amendment and of Mr.. Holt in connec.
ton with that and with other political
situations. About this time-I dom
remember the exact moment-Mr
Price took from his pocket some let
ters and selected one which he held
OUT to me, saying, Here's letter
from friend of yours in Jacksonville. -