The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-10-13
STATE CAMP PAIGN MAY
OPEN IN PALATKA
Saturday Night-State Com
mittee to Make Vigorous
Fight for Democrat
Nominees.

Jacksonville, Oct. 1.-THE Demo-
cratic Campaign Committee yesterday
opened headquarters in the Heard
building and Immediately went to
work to carry out the general plan
perfected at the committee meeting
here last Saturday. Stenographers
and clerks were busy yesterday get
ting out letters and shaping up in
formation to place in the hands of
the voters.
The Committee has had prepared
and has now ready to be turned over
to the printer for publication a COM
plete illustrated campaign booklet
showing, by reproductions of the tally
book pages, errors made in various
counties by the inspectors and clerks
of the election and shown up in an
unanswerable and convincing manner
how the votes of the other candidates,
on account of the misunderstanding of
the proper method of counting sec
ond choice votes were made to count
for Mr.. Cats for the reason that his
name appeared first on the ticket.
No argument so strong as these illus
trations could be advanced that Cats
was never entitled to have received a
certificate or to have been considered
the nominee of the party. No Demo-
crat who will take the time to exam
inc the facts this booklet contains and
has any respect for the will of the
voters, as expressed on the ballot, or
for the obligation he took when he
participated in the primary, can re-
fuse to support the Democratic nomi
nee.
Itineraries for speakers are being
arranged by the committee and they
will be advertised just as soon as COM
pleted. Mr.. Knott will likely begin
his campaign at st. Augustine or Pa
latka and will open with a speech
either Friday or Saturday. Next week
Mr.. Knott will likely go to Suwannee,
Hamilton, Madison, Taylor, Lafayette
and Columbia counties. From two to
three speeches will be made daily.
Picnics and barbecues will be arranged
and every possible effort put forth to
have a large crowd to meet the head
Of the state ticket at all of his ap-
pointmentS. Nothing will be left un-
done by the committee to show the
Democratic voters of Florida that they
have no iustifiable reason for desert
ing the Democracy to take up with
the Independents or the Prohibition
party that is run by John P. Coffin
and his wife, assisted by their son,
who has been nominated to oppose
Honorable Frank Clark, Democratic
nominee for Congress in the second
district.
Information is coming to the COM
mittee headquarters from the Second
Congressional District to the effect
that many of the Cats Clubs have
secretly endorsed Mr.. Coffin for Con-
gress and that it was the encourage
ment offered by these organizations
that prompted Mr.. Coffin to put his
son in the race for Congress. Dur
ing the primary campaign Mr.. Cof-
fin worked and solicited votes for Mr.
Cats and it is alleged that he has
been making his political headquar-
ters in the same room here in Jack
sonville that is known as the Cats
Club Headquarters. The convention
that was held here in Jacksonville a
few weeks ago and nominated Mr.
Cats was held in the room that the
Guardians of Liberty and Patriotic
Sons of America hold their meetings
The convention was held behind closed
doors and about the only information
that was ever given the public was
that the convention was held and that
Mr.. Coffin, Sr., was Chairman; Mrs
Coffin. Secretary and Mr.. Coffin Jr.
. was chairman of the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions and that
they had nominated a State ticket
! headed by Sydney j. Cats for COVER