The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-01-27
TRIED TO TRICK
JOHN STOCKTON.

Under the caption "How the Cards
were Stacked on Stockton" Editor H.
II. McCreary OF the Gainesville Sun
tells the following interesting story of
political treachery in a recent issue of
his paper:
The editor of the Sun recently came
into possession, from trustworthy
source, of how the cards were stacked
on Stockton after the death of the Ia.
mented Broward, with the view TO keep
ing him out of the senatorial race. Al
ter the funeral of Governor Broward,
which was on Monday afternoon, Mr..
Stockton repaired to his home, retiring
at about 1870 p. m. He had scarcely
pulled the cover over himself when the
telephone rang and he was informed that
Mr.. Lewis desired to see him on inn
portant business at the hotel. Mr..
Stockton went to the hotel and met his
friend in the lobby, the first question
put to him being, John, are you going
TO run for United States SENATOR" Mr..
Stockton replied that il was too carly to
give such matter consideration, that
Broward should at least be permitted TO
become cold in his grave before the
matter OF his successor was considered.
Mr.. Lewis said, in effect: That may
be your idea of the matter, but the
others (Milton, Bars, Hayes Lewis and
several others are this moment caucus
sing preparatory TO announcing Nat
Bryan'S candidacy tomorrow morning"
Mr. Stockton and Mr.. Lewis remained
at the hotel until after II O'Clock, and
not once was Stockton invited TO par
tiCipate in the caucus. Early the next
morning J. NJ. Bars called on Mr..
Stockton with the cock and bull" story
that they had searched high and low for
him the night before, telephoning his
home and other places where they
thought he might be.
The fact was, however, that no one
had called Stockton'S home during his |
absence, and when Bars was so in
formed, as well as to the whereabouts of |
Stockton the night previous and his |
knowledge of all that had TRANSFERRED,
Mr.. Bars was considerably taken back. |
Milton with the same story, and later
another of the "card StackerS" called
and told him the same thing, Bars not
having seen them TO let them know that
Mr. Stockton was aware of their game.
The next morning, after the caucus,
kilograms, in the shape of night letters,
were received all over the state request.
ing prominent men TO wire Nat Bryan
10 run for the United States senate. He
will rum" etc. These kilograms were
evidently prepared before Governor
Broward'S body was laid TO rest, for il
would have been impossible TO have pre-
pared them after the caucus in time to
have gotten them sent out that night for
delivery the next morning
"ThS was not the first time John
Stockton had been ShamefulIy treated by
the men he had helped in politics, but
he little dreamed that he would not be
called in consultation by these men
when the question OF candidate for
United States senator TO succeed Brow
ard was TO be considered.
But history repeated itself, and the
man who had for quarter of a century
or more borne the brunt of the fight and
spent his money for his political faction,
was again betrayed when the epportu-
nifty presented for him TO realize the
of his life. Ii was treason
for him TO then offer himself for the
senate after Bryan had entered the race,
and the latter went all over the state
telling Stockton'S friends that they
ought 10 vote for him Bryan this time,
that they could vote for Stockton "any
old time," as he was always running
In the face of such treatment, Mr.
Stockton now requests his friends, "who
can conscientously do So" to support
MIR. Bryan.
The editor of The Sun is one of Mr.
otockton'S friends who cannot "consci-
support Mr.. Bryan. In fact,
We never would have supported any ,
,thyr candidate from Jacksonville in the
irSt primary besides Mr. Stockton. We ,
new he would be a representative OF .
he whole people, and our long aSSocia- ,,
ion with him precluded our support OF
ny other man when we thought he had S
chance TO win the ambition OF his life.
We had voted for him for United States
enator many times in the legislature,
otcd for him for governor, and it was
lcaSurc 10 again vote for him for the Z
cnate; but MIR. Stockton must not ex- u
eCt his friends TO follow him any
Irthcr in this campaign. 1t is asking t
DO much of them. His friends feel
loSt kcenly the shameful treatment he Il
aceivcd at the hands of the very men v
'ho should have been his foremost sup r
OrterS, and they propose to resent it at :,
lie polls on January 3lSt by voting for :, :,
'. a. Blount for United States senator, II
r not voting at all. b
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