The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
fS0N'S FRIENDS
|lf AFTER PRICE
m KNOW WHY NAMES OF
Lux AND HARMON WERE
left OFF BALLOT.

.hs next few days friends
'trow Wilson as a candidate
WV residential nomination. ex-
y, ~ farce ". H. Price. chairman
r,o-ida State Democratic Ex-
!, committee, to publish some
..,i,s correspondence relative
i preparation Of the primary
/. and the exclusion OF the
4 If Champ Clark and Judson
r., from the Florida ballots.
Y work OF Wilson'S friends will
voc, events and will expose all
..or,s made to place the name
.ls,vood and Wilson on the bal
!, which the Wilson men claim
attempt to destroy the strength
|. Vow Jersey man In this state.
L,,v as the 18th of February TINS
| was scented and since that time
[o-ees behind Wilson's candidacy
4. State have been busy collect
|;rfOrmation that would lead to
,.blication of facts connected
The Underwood boom.
Price Requested to Act.
March 20 a letter was sent to
|rusn Price, which called his at
0p 10 the action Of the state
era,ic committee in passing a
Ip,iou to cause names of all
linen, Democrats on the ballot
! they became known as worthy
|jdares for the presidential nomi-
ku, This letter, mailed from jack
lille, was as follows:
March %, 1912.
| Viii II. Price, Chairman, State
kuocra,ic Executive Committee,
ID Chairman of Campaign Com
E,,ee Of said Committee, Marian
=, Fla,
kar SRI notice that several OF
Newspapers of this State are
|ilg cut the information that the
Is OF Hon. Judson Harmon and
Champ Clark will not appear
Ee ballots to be used at the en-
X primary as candidate for the
bcrat.c nomination for Presi-
Of the United States; that the
names that will be printed on
ballots as candidates for said
(nation are those Of Hon. Wood
W..son and Hon. Oscar w.
kryood, and write to call your
f,iOn to a resolution passed BY
STATE Democratic Executive Com
r., in Jacksonville, on the 10th
Of January, 1912, as follows:
Resolved further. That the Cam
p Committee cause to be printed
Fae ballots the names Of all
Fn Democratic candidates for the
} Of President of the United
e, and that In case none Of such
E'dates receive . majority OF oil
cast in the first primary, then.
lca event. that the names Of the
candidates for said once who
received the greatest number Of
; cast in the first primary. shall
l''nted upon the ballot - such
mates for said ONCE in tho sec.
primary; that the candidate re.
'0s the majority vote for said Of.
o. all ballots cast shall be de-
60 70 be the first choice Of the
'0'fa'lc party of the state Of
'as' Tor said ONCE and that the
ss'es TO the National Conven-
VINO may be elected In manner
''a'' are instructed to cast their
'o' such candidates so receive
; s-cn majority vote for said ONCE
: ms ohoice of the Democratic
; ., 'ho State of Florida.
. APPARENT that under the pro-
!. 'ald resolution the names
-'- idSon Harmon and Hon.
= Ark should be printed on
- be used at the ap-
@ primary as candidates for
Dsa2 -atic nomination for the
resident of the United
Aiown fact that each of
-eh Is a candidate for
: aa,ion, and as a Democrat
>, lei7 names be printed on
) o be used at said primary
;. 2oh Democratic elector of
+. florida may have privil-
: his ballot for his
s 4 among all the known
i2' said nomination.
luton is Necessary.
OF the above letter has