The enterprise-recorder., 1912-05-24
PERSONAL.

respectfully ask the fair-minded people of
Florid&, in considering the selection of a Con.
gressfhan,At-L that before making ur
their minds upon the question, they read the
tOowiEeSeharges made by my competitor. Mr..
L'Engle, against me and my answers to them.
FlRST:-He charges that | was the paid
obh<kt of the Florida State Fair Association.
ASWER: | was never at any time any.
whefWthe lobbyist, paid or without pay, for
this association, or for any person or corpora.
ton The facts are, that this company was
represented at its organization by one Of the
most distinguished and reputable members of
the.sNE.M Jacksonville. and who continued 10
fsp 6it 1t for two years. For term begin
ninA l lst, 1911, and ending April lst, 1912.
NY INK Hoomer & Reynolds, were employed to
&pref9tthls company. 1t had quite a great
deal df &4al business, including some matters
Of 2sai pee, of accounting and other matters
Of 4leg&nature, and entirely disconnected with
hofSbraclhg. When bill was introduced in
the Fl6rfda Legislature to prohibit pool selling
or betting Of any character on horse racing our
client requested our firm to go to Tallahassee
and assist in opposing the passage of this legis.
laton. Speaking for the firm, declined to do
this. Later, upon telegraphic request from our
client, / consented to go to Tallahassee and
make legal argument before Judiciary Com.
mttee 'B" of the House against this measure
as applied to this particular company. The ar
gument was had before Judiciary Committee
"B" in the hall of the House of Representa-
tves. 1t was fair argument not on the mer-
Its of horse racing, but on the legal question as
to whether that bill was valid in law and
whether it was applicable to the company at
which it was especially directed.
/ am sure that lost the respect of no mem.
ber of the Legislature who heard the argument.
simply gave my client the benefit of counsel
upon legal proposition.
have never been interested in this or any
otner company of the kind except in giving that
company the legal service to which it was enti-
tied, and which it could have readily obtained
from the most reputable American lawyer.
SECOND: Mr.. L'Engle has charged that
] was the attorney of the Southern Wholesale
Crocers' Association, which he describes as
trust
ANSWER:-I never represented the South
ern Wholesale Grocers' Association in my life.
and the statement that did is wholly untrue.
/ appeared with the Hon. Chas. M. Cooper in
the United States Court in Jacksonville on the
second trial of the case of Hammond against
seven wholesale grocery houses in Jacksonville;
Hammond sued for $500, 600 damages. The trial
resulted in verdict in his favor for $l.00,
which, upon his motion, the court set aside, and
the case is still pending This is the whole
truth of that charge.
His statements that am candidate OF any
class or interest, are simply untrue. | have
stated under oath and will state every dollar
which has been and will be contributed to my
campaign fund. His general charges that am
the candidate of moneyed or other interests are
the familiar charges made by men who have no
better claim to public confidence.
THIRD:-Mr. LEnge has charged that J
bribed and confessed to bribing convict war;
den who was in my employ when was engaged
in the manufacturing Of lumber in Georgia