The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-01-20
John P. Wallis Warning"

| l HE fALATkA NEWS:
feel like having few more words
with the people of this state and the
people OF Putnam county in particular
| don't know that ii will avail much, but
| will at least have the satisfaction of
knowing that | tried to warn them.
IT'S well to revert to past history in
drawing conclusions of the intentions of
men at the present time and TO Judge
them accordingly. In 1897 the legisll-
ture of this state elected the last l. S.
Senator without being first instructed
by the results ola state primary election,
The candidates before the legislature
when il convened were Col. Call and
Col. Chipley. Call was known as the
champion of the people and ChipIev.
who was president of the L. & N. Rail
road, was the champion of the corpora
tons. In this fight all honor, decencv
and morality were laid aside by the cor
poration crowd. Prior to this, when
all state Officers were selected bv the
corporations, grant of land had been
given TO the l.. & N. Ry. of twenty
thousand acres for each mile of railroad
built These lands, like blanket. GOV.
cred the state and when they could not
find enough state lands they held ready
to take all unSurveyed land that might
be patented thereafter to the state and as
other railroads had also secured grants
of land, the L. & n was very anxious TO
have their choice of man in the senate
TO watch and work for that road. can.
not think OF that session of the legisla,
ture without feelings of shame; to see
men so lost TO everything true and noble
to accomplish an ignoble and greedy
purpose. The saloons were wide omen
corporations had instructed them to
furnish liquor and charge nothing SO
they assisted the election of Col, Chin.
ley, the president of the l.. & N.
One member of the House was doped
until ne died, for no other reason Than
that he was opposed TO their man. An.
other was made drunk and with Iewd
women sent 10 the coast, steamer char.
tered and he sent off on an excursion on
the Gulf of Mexico.
lis impossible TO picture the horrors
OF such time. But the L. & N. failed
to get their man and the people won nv
electing Mallory
lis recent history where Gov. Brow
ard settled the claim of the l.. & N NV
compromise of $50, 900 acres of land and
l2O,O dollars of money that was sent
mp to tallahassee by the people of The
Stale tor their homes, Who was one of
the chief abettorS of all this? I need
not answer. The primary is lust our
wish. And one who was as true as steel
during these trying times, and who was
IN the forefront of battle for the peoele
mas been forgotten. Shamel shomei
shame! Will we ever learn that TO nro'
tect our political interests we must al.
ways be on the alert. '' al
These corporations, trusts, and com.
bines never sleep, while we. who woLa
up and win one victory, 90 TO slaen
again. The L. & N. has been fiobt;np
for their man these many wears WIFI
we surrender or will we fight TIM
will tell. "" lime
This old rotten railroad is the only
one In the state, | am informed. that doas
not obey the Railroad Commission buf
continues to charge passengers 4 cents
per mile. Who is the attorney that de.
tends this road in its disobediepce If tbo
slater Who only recently procured an
increase of freight rates TO this stateS "
Kub your eyes, wake up! If Won won,
wake up, don't never grin when U W.,
have to pay the bill. J.P. WALL