The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-06
THE auaaasiaToafAL CONTEST
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s2O ger cent 0of the population of Flor
ida bad ever heard 1of Mir. Cats aeass'
ttenee Il have titled 10 OBTAIN informs
ttien IS 10 has aIiteeesients and person
taiity hut with but very little success.
AT yafioes times I nave been tod that
he is native Of Massachusetts moved
40 kentucky thence 10 Alabama, and
lawyer and, falling 10 make a living
RAJ the profession, became a slopifeeP
Ieraand falling 10 make living atttiiat,
became a preacher lie admits nav
ing 'fliilled a rIiigger" 10 use the tan
g1age attributed % him ami i am Will
ing 10 accept his assurance that iie
"iiilied the niger III self defepse." Il
IS certain that outside Of his fnnie-
diate community the man was aisse-
ititeiy unknown to the people OF Flor
ina when ms candidacy was sprung
upon them.
Cats Is the fruit 81 our primary
JaYs hor the frs time IL the MS
turv OF the State we find man ctaini
ing 10 l;e the nominee OF the Demo
cratic party f0r Guyern0r vino has
never performed single service Tor
hjs party o. i0r his State that he can
pOint 10. II has heretofore been the
rule 10 nominate Tor Governor a man
who Is not only wei hnuwn through
,0lt the STATE but vino Was SHOWN
during previous years 10 nave reE-
Itiered service 10 iiis party and 10 his
state This man has no auch record
Tine Democratic party IRON Its nirtil
10 the present nom mas denounced ant
has refused 10 recognize a Demo
crat any man VINO sought 10 unite
religion and politics, or 10 painter 10
religious big0try and intolerance. Or
C inati IN the minds Oi the pliDlfc
prejudice against any religious demon.
nation. The main platform OF this
man was anti is hostility TO the Cath
oiic denomination. Unfortunately
there are @ iamentabie number Of II
yiiterate people il .the State amt an
number of narfuw.nlintiei
zeaiOts vino are prepared to believe
.avil OF all who do not agree with them
socially ur feligiOusty. 10 this Class
Mr. Cats has pantiaretl.
The census of l8t5 showed a popu
iatiOn IL Fioritia OF sIlal00 souls, Ot
which Jpafhaps 10000 belong To the
Catholic denomination. III every rs
persons in the State only one profess
es the Catholic faith, and vet this man
went owes the State pTuciainiing that
the Catholic Church was entieev0ring
10 take possession OF the government
O1 The State Of Fioritia intimating that
the Pope was going 10 come To FiOr
ida and annex the State 10 his tip
main
Next 10 this religious question was
iiis promise 10 the fishermen 10 anu
ish al restricting laws 40 that they
could fish IN the spawning seasun ant
ultimately DESTROY all " the iisn il
our river SAINT iatses and in the ucean
along our Ccoaat
To this lhe mas racentiy attted IN
atR0ciuns danunGiation III the yuung
women nj t'ioritia III intiuiglng in in
against their character,
their morality and them onasity. This
Is the creature that aspires To De Gov
ornot.
When Mr. Cats saNs he bai,eves
that Cardinal Qtbbons lis furnishing
money for Mr.. Enutt's contest is there
any Intelligent. educated person in
Florida who believes that even Cats
issmsaf DeiieNes suoh utter nonsense
as that Ii is u matter vi nuturisty
ltial lnpottthuut tine campaign D8tOrt
the primary election men and women
from New York, Pennsylvania Mas
sachusetts ant other States traverset
Florida making domiailiav visits, tte
nomd,ne Che Catholic Church, iauG-
Ing Cats and urging the vuters 10 sup
port MIN ant to vote against Wilson.
NlhO paid the expenses NJ cheese mon
and women9
II Is ssisp u matter III common report
Chat Socialists and Republicans regis
tered betone the primary az Democrats
with Che eSpressad and avovad pur.
pose nj voting 6or ,Uatts. As ] I'M
t'erstant one SoGiaitst mas salt ne
lneslsterad AZ a Democrat and vutad
tof Cats moi bacanse las was . Dem
lo1rat but BECAUSE he wautad 10 Nute
Tor spy candidate WORKING to break
town any religion and that il Catts
had proclaimed hostility TO the Meth,
uttist Church he would nave nefistered
and Notad for MIN because he did not