The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-13
PLEASANT A. HOLT
AND THE NEGROES.

Pleasant A. Holt, professional poll
tician of Jacksonville, and the MAJ
who has done his full part in efforts
to debauch the electorate of Florida
has been caught by Dixie, the well
known progressive weekly journa
of Jacksonville, at his old tricks.
Holt was caught with the goods
Dixie reproduces letter written by
Holt to firm of negro saloon keep
ers, urging that they see chat every
man connected with your establish.
ment is registered at once" and that
it sis also of great Importance that
you personally see that any friend OF
yours, either business OF personal, is
also registered without delay"
Dixie says:
A lot of people have said that Holt
was smart politician" but he is
easily caught in his nefarious
schemes, and Dixie has now caught
him working to qualify the negro
voters of Florida. Mr.. Holt insists
that his negro friends register CAT
ONCE" and send him list of all
negroes qualified. There is no cam
paign on demanding immediate"
registration except for the coming
June primary, and Mr.. Holt can not
make as an excuse that he has been
hired by the liquor interests to do
this work. The legislature does
not meet until 1915, and it would
be two years before a prohibition
amendment could be submitted,
therefore Mr. Holt must be quail
flying negroes for the primary. for
there is certainly no local option
campaign on now. Besides this a
very large number of THESE
KINKY-HEADED FRIENDS OF
P. A. HOLT ARE REGISTERING
AS DEMOCRATS"
Of course it will be impossible TO,
negroes to participate in Democrat
ic primary, but the fact that Mr.. Holt,
Is qualifying them for the purpose
should be sufficient to arouse the ire
of every white Democrat in Florida.
1t is also sufficient to call for
searching examination, and if Holt
is found guilty he should be expelled
from all official place in the party
organization. If the DEMOCRATS
OF DUVAL ARE MADE OF THE
SAME STUFF AS THE DEMO-
Gratis OF PUTNAM, there is no
danger of negro participation il
Democratic primaries.
The law is plain. The Democratic
party in Florida is WHITE MANS
PARTY. The new primary law gives
to the Executive Committees of all
parties the power to declare by reso-
luton the terms and conditions on
which legal electors, shall be declared
and taken as proper members of such
party, and therefore entitled to vote
in the primary election herein requir-
ed to be held, as members of that
party" And it is the duty of the
supervisors of registration of the va
rious counties in the registration of
electors to comply with the terms of
any such resolution upon filing with
them of copies thereof duly certified
by the Chairman and Secretary of
any such committee, at ANY TINE |
before the opening of the registration
books as herein required"
1t is many years since the Demo-
cratic party in Florida made the rule
of white primaries. That only white
men can participate in Democratic |
primaries is a FLORIDA DEMO
CRATIC LAW that will stand until
repealed by the authorization of the
party itself. The law has been made.
1t will stand. THE RESOLUTION |
WAS PASSED BEFORE THE REG
BOOKS WE'RE OPEN
ED. A LONG TINE BEFORE, IT'S
TRUE, BUT BEFORE.
There are negro democrats. We
have a few good ones in this County
of Putnam-men who have voted the
Democratic ticket "sInce freedom
but none of them have ever partici-
pated in primary. They have vot-
ed only in the general election. They
would not be allowed, nor do they ex-
pect to participate in Democratic
primary. For this and other reasons
he great body of negroes are solidly
The new primary law does not at
empt to declare what party rules
hall govern party management and
1t simply declares that
PARTIES HAVE THE POWER TO
Make THEIR OWN RULES as TO
with relation to primary
The Democratic party in Florida
as MADE ITS RULES AND THEY {
WILL STAND, despite the attempts {
f Pleasant A. Holt and his gang to
ullify them. All Jacksonville needs
, MEN WHO WILL ENFORCE
HE LAW AS IT STANDS. ,,
Holt is the LIBERTY BILLINGS 6
the present generation in Florida; G
e may not go about kissing negro t
abies in order to curry favor with t
1eir fathers, but he hob-nobs with d
heir daddies and has on more occa- e
ons than the present sought to oc-
lpy the same political bed.
Dixie is entitled to the everlasting
of the Democrats of Florida a
'r. its exposure of this despicable S
,tion of man who is too low to r
ain with white people and too black e