The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-01-11
CLAUDE L'ENGLE AND
HIS RACE FOR CONGRESS

On the editors recent visit to jack
sonville. he made call at the office
of Dixie" and had a brief interview
with Claude LEng1e. the brave and
brilliant editor Of that notwithstanding
sheet
The office of Dixie occupies several
rooms on the third floor of the Mutual
Life building. A considerable force or
clerks and stenographers was at work
in the rooms adjoining Mr.. LEngle's
sanctum, and there was plenty of evil
dence that Dixie is an influential and
well established sheet
Mr. LEngle tho just recovering from
a severe attack of grip, was busy and
cheerful On being asked what he
thought OF his prospects for success
in his race for the office of congress
man at large, he replied that every
thing looked good to him and he had
so much promise of support that he
didn't see how he could doubt his NOM
ination.
The editor Of the Star has always
desired to go abroad at the nations
expense. and he rather timidly asked
Mr.. LEngle what he thought his
chances would be, in event OF demo-
cratic success, of obtaining the ap
-
Mr.. EEngle replied that he thought
the Star man was just the person to
wear a tailfeather of the American
eagle at the court of Graustark, and
that If he GEngle) was elected to
Congress he would use all of his in
fuence TO secure the coveted post for
the Ocala scribe. In view of this
promise of Mr.. LEngle's, the editor of
the Star does not see how he can do
otherwise than vote for Claude.
Neither Mr.. EEngle nor his can
didacy is a joke, however; in fact he
Is one of the most earnest men we ever
saw. He is so very earnest about most
matters that we sometimes think he
is lacking in sense of humor; GER
tainly he is tremendously serious about
all public matters. The scion Of an
old family, and plainly showing aris-
tocratic lineage in form and bearing
Claude LEngle, ever since we knew
him, has been a partisan of the plain
people and the foe of special privilege
When first we made his acquaintance
in journalism, he was conducting the
Sun, lively weekly paper in Jackson
Vile. The Weekly Sun became a daily
in 1904, and Jacksonville has neve1
had more interesting newspaper. I
was too interesting for some folks
and after a few strenuous months wa
obliged to suspend. Mr.. LEng1e, how
ever soon revived the Weekly Sun
and early in the time Of Browards ad
ministration removed it to Tallahassee
where for several years it was truly
representative paper of Florida. Dur
ing the sessions of the Legislature, TIL
Sun was issued as a daily, and bot
he 10 1ry n fba n
the state noble and substantial ser
vice in throwing light on many abuses
some of which were not suspected out
side of the little capital rings. /
wasn't supported as it should hav
been, and after several years of excel
lent work, was obliged to suspend.
About two years ago, Mr.. LEngl
established, in Jacksonville. Dixie,
which Judging by its circulation an
advertising patronage, is a payin
proposition as well as an interestin
paper. Associated with Mr.. LEngle i
the conduct of this journal is Mr. Cha
E. Jones, veteran newspaper man,
brilliant and forceful writer, one VIII
knows Jacksonville like a book an
who has the courage to write of pub
lie affairs as they are.
1t is not the fault of LEngle an
Charlie Jones that most of their wor
is given to showing up abuses. The
are not sensational journalists. 1t
very evident that the abuses exist, an
as Jacksonville is one of the most i'm
portant gateways to the state, the
have a bearing on all Florida If a
newspaper men were as prompt q
Dixie in rebuking official corruption
it would be driven into outer darkness
porting Mr.. LEngle for Congress,
can't help thinking that if the Hous
of Representatives was full of men
outspoken as he is in denouncing spt
.cial privileges, we would soon have
less oppressive and more healthy COY
eminent