The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-10-18
by ChaS. Z. Jones.)

After hob-nobbing with the negroes
in order TO secure the nomination of
Roosevelt the Bull Moose's state candi
dates are going about the state crying
that "RooSevelrs party is awhile mans
party" Such assertions TO white men
OF Florida insults the intelligence and
virtue of this proud DEMOCRATIC
COMMONWEALTH.
In previous issues of DIXIE | have
shown how Theodore Roosevelt lately
placed his arms around the necks OF
two dirty negroes, and in the presence
OF thousands of white men proclaimed
these sons of Ham the equal of any man
in the audience. ! have recalled how
this blather.ski told the white people
of lndianola that if they did not accept a
negro as their postmaster they could do
without their mail have told how he
ate dinner with Booker Washington in
his own residence.
Looking over Roosevelt'S diSgiaceful
past and his association and love for the
inferior race-reading his lying attacks
OIL Jeff Davis, Robert +. Lee and other
Southern Statesmen, ] am unable 10
understand how white Democrats can
consider him except with the SupremeSt
disgust. Some have been fooled by the
cry of progreSsiveneSS as they are anxi-
Gus 10 see the remedy for national ills
applied, but they should place no conf
dence in the pledges of Roosevelt, for
he has proved himself the colossal liar
of the age. Some familiar with RooSe-
welt and who have been closely aSSoci,
ated with him are honest in the belief
that his mind is affected, others charge
that he consumes SO much whiSkey a
day that his spectacular performances
are the result of intoxication.
Roosevelt drunk or Roosevelt sober
is menace 10 our country-RooSevelt
crazy or Roosevelt sane is damnable
disgrace and a danger when honest
men can be found TO believe his
promises.
f. r. Gunby, chronic office seeker,
when the negro Joe Lee had charge OF
the 'pie counter"-who affiliated with
Lee, McFarlane and others who now
rule the Republican party in Florida,
has joined hands with w. c. Hodges,
another chronic office seeker, and are
telling Southern white men that they
believe in white mans government.
Herbert l.. Anderson, the manager of
the Bull Moose for Florida comes from
good old Kentucky Republican stock.
He comes from the al Pennyvile" dis
trict which polls majority of from
$4,000 TO $4,000 Democratic majority.
He was lonesome in Kentucky and
moved 10 Florida where he became
still more isolated until his dealings
with P. A. Holt. Anderson also talks
about the negro now, but he planned
with them-he worked with them TO
secure Roosevelt's nomination.
Mr. Anderson is in touch with RooSe
velt's national headquarters and he sent
to Chicago for literature 10 distribute
among the white Democratic voters of
the State. Pleasant Holt gave him a
list of Democratic voters and Anderson
and Holt were working harmoniOuSly
together TO send out this literature 10
the white men OF Florida. Among the
literature was Theodore Roosevelt'S
"ConfeSsion of Faith" ''IIiram John
son the machine smasher" "Why
Americans won't stand for free trade"
Speech Of Jane AddamS," Onward
Christian Soldiers" and lot of other
Bull Moose stuff showing that Roose-
welt as Progressive is just the reverse
of Roosevelt as President.
But there was other literature that the
Bull Moose headquarters sent TO Florida
which is being SeCreted by some of the
Florida Bull MooSeS. Some of these
have fallen into my possession, and il
fully suStains my charges that the Bull
Moose favorS the negro and negroes
will get Post Offices and Federal jobs in
the South if Roosevelt should be elected
President.
Among this Bull Moose literature is
the Progressive Bulletin" a paper pub
IiShed weekly by the hundreds of
thousands and sent broad cast through
out the country by the Bull Moose
manager in Chicago. From one OF
these bulletins | clip the following
paragraphs which appear under a "A
point heading four columns wide
"The Bull Moose Party and the Negro" "
'John H. MoSeley, colored man has
been nominated for Presidential eleCtor
on the Bull Moose ticket in the State of
Illinois,"
"Forty-eight colored men were dele
gates to the Bull Moose State Conven-
lion at Columbus, Ohio. Thirty Of
these coIored delegates came from
Hamilton County, which happens TO be
the home county of Pres. Taft. After
counting the colored delegates Mr.
Henry Taylor, OF Cleveland, said,
1T is the largest number of negroes
that ever sat in political convention in
Ohio. guess that answers the attitude
of the Progressive Party toward the
negro
"Over twenty colored men were dele
gates TO the recent State Bull Moose