The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-04

ed to reply to my advertisement and
f, desired TO wait and answer all at
the same time. Furthermore the pur-
ity of my motives and my integrity as
citizen were impugned by your edi-
torial and knew could not answer
Immediately without an unseemly dis
play Of temper.
] deny absolutely that tn, L. & N.
railroad or any officer or any one
else connected with that corporation
had anything whatever to do with
the preparation or publication Of this
advertisement. paid for the adver-
tisement with my own money. /
alone am responsible for It in every
way. am citizen of Florida. and
have the right to advocate whom I
please at my own expense without
having my character assailed. The
iinsinuation that Che L. & N. railroad
or the Bethlehem Steel company in
spired the advertisement is one of
che stalest of campaign lodges. This
is the reply that is always made by
snall-fry politicians and their friends
when they are so strongly confront
! ell with the truth that they can think
} of nothing else to say. You say that
} the voters are no longer swayed By
} prejudice, yet when you ring In the
} /. & N. you try to do this very thing.
You do not say or attempt to say
that what l stated in the advertise
ment is not true, but by your attack
on me you are evidently opposed ia
the people knowing the facts and try
' to divert their attention from the
3 truth, you assail me and insinuate
!; that questionable motives are behinC
a this advertisement.
If you thought the advertisement
t as bad as you now pretend it is, why
e didn't you return it without printing
I It?
e As to the American Citizen or tn,
} Bethlehem Steel Co., know very Ito
tie about them and could no NOR
reach them than could the man
the moon.
have lived In West Florida thirty
>, five years, am a director IN one o
the banks and any prominent citizel
who knows me best will vouch for m
d, unimpeachable standing among tn
&c people, and I am amazed that an at
h tempt should be made to injure m
10 reputation simply beeauses saw f
or to exercise my plain rights as a
Is American citizen.
al ID
" tempted to answer my advertisement
ID but he says nothing which really d.
d. serves consideration. He also admit
what I charged, and tries to dodg
the issue as you did.
Since you printed Governor Tran
mell's reply to me I ask that 20
print this, my reply to him.
did not spend for the pubhcatic
Of this advertisement such s'1arl
sums as you and Governor Tramme
intimate / expended.
have received letters and tel
grams from newspapers from diffe
emit parts Of the state wanting
publish this advertisement, but n
being backed by the L. & N. R.
or the American Citizen or the Bet
lehem Steel Co., or any other corp
ration, could not afford 1t. Hov
ever, il I had been backed by Al
corporation certainly would ha,
had it in all of the papers in F1ori,
for / feel that it would have be
well for every voter in the state
see it.
As to why had the advert1seme
set up and the cuts made In JAG
sonville, it was because I could 9
the work done there and some Of t
copies of the advertisement were Sc
to me and I had others sent dir
to the publishers.
It is the spirit Of the primary Il
for a publisher to give q person {
tackled the same space and prom
hence for reply, in accordance vi
the spirit Of the law I ask that v
give this the same publicity as {
article you printed In regard to !
and the advertisement.
Yours very truly,