The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-28
CLAUDE INTERESTED THE CROWD
Made a Rattling speech At the Court
House Wednesday Night


er he honked in or not. but he came
from Gainesville and is bound for
Leesburg. He was heard with what
may be called good sized audience
| in the court house last night, quite a
| number Of ladies grazing the occasion
/ by their presence He had no one 10
| introduce him. 1t was not needed.
One thing is sure, he certainly made
! his hearers sit up and take notice.
In answer to the question what he
| had done. he told how he had
| put Peter o Knight out of the shame
| full and diSGraceful secret lobbying act
with his red band cigars. red top
whisky, etc, at the Leon Hotel. ITALIA
| hassee, during the term of the legisla :
ture. He showed he was the author
| of the present primary law of Flor
| ida and how that law corrected a
| gross evil in stopping the wholesale
| purchase Of votes by paying blocks of
| poll taxes and in many cases in the
| larger cities of the state permitting
| thousands of illegal ballots. He show
ed how he had deposed John Graham
| of Manatee county for fraudulent
acts.
Referring to the Holt Price letter.
| he said he had the proof. contrary to
| other papers that favored the "Busi-
| ness Senator" and was ready TO sub
nit the same when the man who
| wrote the letter showed his hand and
| the man who received il denied hav-
! ing done
He paid his compliments TO Pleas
| ant Holt. the Jacksonville politician,
who. he said. is in politics for the
&c in WI N
| is for the whisky element because
| they outbit the prohibs.
His sarcasm was whitening when he
| referred to Editor McCreary of the
Gainesville Sun, when that sheet eX-
| onerated w. II. Price, chairman of the
state democratic executive committee.
and characterized him as an honorable
man. He said he was ready 10 show
| why Prices name was not Price but
| Hines when he came to the state of
| Florida, a showing that was no credit
| TO Price.
| Having shown what he had done in
| the state, he turned to what he hoped
! to do if elected. He didn't know what
| he could do if elected United States
/ senator, but his Willingness was in
| evidence. He said that the game
might prove too strong up in Wash
| would put Florida on the map. His
| fight was for the people. He has no
! headquarters from which political
| business and dope was handed out.
| There was no one looking out for his
| interests but me and Claude" No line
| appeared in print for him that was
| paid for or influenced.
! Referring TO facts on national legis-
| lation being kept from the people in
! executive session. he said there was
nothing in the constitution about that
and if he went to Washington he
would see that bright-eyed reporters
got the facts from first hands.
He then began TO hand out pictures
| Of his own drawing. representing the
Everglades drainage for BolIes and
not the state: Of L. :. Senator Italia
| ferro walking down Capitol avenue in
Washington, arm in arm with Aldrich
and j. p. Morgan in the background
| calling them comrades. Another OF
| Broward and jennings showing the
| distribution of the spoilS of the sales
| of Everglades lands. etc.
He then artistically arranged Sc
| ries OF pamphlets containing the facts
| and figures somewhat dusty now OF
the record of the business Senator
! and proceeded to dust off the same and
| refer to their contents. But first he
| referred to the special privileges
! granted certain interests by Congress
| and how thousands of men grew cor
! pulent off Of your necessities. said II
| il had not been for CLAWS telling the
truth in the Ballinger- Pinchot hear
ing, Morgan and Guggenheim would
have secured possession of Alaska
| the richest country on earth. with its
| silver. gold, copper and coal. He
touched on the federal judiciary set
| ting at nauCht state rights.
| He then took up the question who
| were the men in history and legisla-
ton who left their imprint on the ma
| tons progress and prosperity. Were
they business Senators" or men who
| made no great reputation in business
| He told how the great Mon OF this
and other countries in the halls OF
legislation had been business failures
If ii was the business Senator" that
made the legislation for the nation ne
was ready to quit the race now.
Referred to how the trusts Cypress
ed those in business who We're inde'
pendent and acted on their own hook
Said John Hammond Of Orlando was il
the wholesale grocery business. HI
desired TO handle certain manufac'
tured articles. The Consolidated Groc'
cry Co, OF Jacksonville. said 10 The
manufacturers, If you sell Hammond
YOU can't sell US" Taliaferro owned
$4,000 worth Of stock in the Consoli
dated. Result: Howard couldn't ge
these goods and il broke him UP IL
business Howard sued the Consoli
dated. OF which James 2. Taliaferr'
is a director and under the Sherman
antitrust law got a judgment of s3-,
900
He then took up Taliaferro's actor
in the formation of the naval store
trust and said before the crowd coulc
get busy he. TaliaferrO. demanded an'
got 90 per cent Of their stock and ol
which he had drawn large dividends
until Shotter Of Savannah. took issu'
with the Jacksonville crowd and pu
them out Of business. Then the Flor
ida Business Senator" raised his voic
against trusts and monopolies, Will
| at the same time he was CROWN:
richer every day by protected inter
/ ests.
| He said Taliaferro was responsible
for the elimination of the most i'm
| portant clause in Aldrich's emergenc.