The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-24
CAPTAIN JOHNSTON ON
THE STUMP FOR T0OMER
Makes Some Telling Remarks on Sub
ject OF L 'Engle's Candidacy, Based
on His Egotism.

VA LIZ 0ovtAoAAs
capt, J B Johnson, OF Dade City
is on the stump in this part OF the
state for W. NJ Toomer, in his can
didacy for Congressman at large and
is making some effective speeches.
The following is an extract from one
o. his addresses on the subject:
! 1t is an affront to the people Of
this State to even suggest l. Engle for
q seat in Congress. His only claim
to public attention is his colossal
egotism and his talking and writing
persistently. and abusively OF his fell
low citizens. His mephitic speeches
and writings are hot air pure and
simple. He stands for no cOnstruc-
tive policy in American government,
, but on the other hand his fatuOus
and chimerical ideas are destructive
OF the traditions OF our fathers and
the great principles Of our cOOnstitu-
tiOnal government. He has shown
not the slightest conception of the
great problems that now confront
the American people. the solution of
which demands the wisest and most
conservative craftsmanship. The
ida do not seem
&c be fully alive to the peril and dis
grace his election would bring, if he
had the ability. The people general
~ do not know what little Claudio
is; he stands for Claudio first, last
and all the time, and to the devil
with the people. He is supremacy
selfish and daring lie has suggested
more vicious legislation than all the
men in the State of Florida.
1t is true he has the gall and tha
effrontery to offer himself as a can
dida:e for Congressman at large from
this great commonwealth. All, lit
tie Claude is great man. a great
statesman, and when he throws his
gigantic intellect into a question
whether ii be of finance or constitu-
tional government something has got
to come. You may always know
where to find Claude, to-wit, where
he has always been found. drawing
pay from some corporation for lobby /
ing the Bell Telephone Co., for in
stance, the State, or from his gullish
and too confiding friends. He would
be great orator. he lacks only about
forty things--he has lungs. His
egOtism is all that keeps
him from being pitiably pathetic and
this to all minds less ignorant OF
better educated than he render him |
intOlerably offensive.
Unsafe, unsOund. INSCRIPTIONS, a |
d. magogue of demagOgues, a sensa-
tiOnalist of the most ultra type, a
self-cOnvicted prevaricatOr, a lobby
list, therefore a cOrruptionist, he is
taltooed with every political vice,
prcstituting the sacred name of the
press for the purpose of self aggrand-
lzrmcnt and playing always a double
game for salf-scrving purposes
l.Englc has opposing him. Col. W.
". Toomcr, a successful business man
who has been largely instrumental
in developing our naval stores and
lumber interests and in appreriating
the value of our lands, thus swell
ing the revenues of the State and re-
storing tens of thousands of acres to
the assessment rolls. the very an
''p0de of little Claudio eminently
successful as lawyer. able as a
statesman and simple and democratic
as citizen. his career is an nm
broken record of honest and patriotic
service. lie is at all times honest
consistent and patriotic. A gentle
man and scholar. the gulf that sep
arates Mr. Toomer from such a man
as lEngle cannot be measured If
we compare the two men, we find
LEngle demagogue. Mr.. Toomer a
statesman. the one a political trim
nher for selfish ends. the other a pa
triot whose every aim is untinged
with self, the one a rampant ranter.
the other a scholarly orator, the one
a would-be robber of regulations. the
other an honest gentleman, the one
Is an unblushing self-seeker. the 9th
CT an honest representative of the
people-in short, the one is little
claude LEngle, the other Hon. w.
NJ. Toomer. L'Engle is SO far the