The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-04

a democratic nominee, should con-
tribute money to the support of can
didate who had publicly declared that
he, regardless of laws and order and
in violation of his obligation to the
democratic party "by which every
clean man should be bound" would
be an independent candidate in the
general election against your fellow
democratic nominee and your declara-
tion that you would not support Knott
if the nominee, is a large matter, and
matters much to the loyal democracy
of Marion county! You say that you
know what you are, have been and
will be on November 7th. Kindly tell
US what you were in August when you
had the conversation with Mcclure
and stated that you would not vote
for Knott if he were declared the
lawful democratic nominee, and by
which utterance is your party loyalty
to be judges? My conception of a
loyal democrat is one who from nomi-
nation to election lends his active
support to the election of the straight
democratic ticket and who at least
remains quiet and refrains from as
sisting in the spreading of dissen-
tion among fellow democrats as you
were doing in your conversation with.
Clure-encouraging him to bolt the
party with Cats and Adams! I am
quite certain that this was after
there had been some recount" and
after Cats has commenced his inde-
pendent campaign and let it be known
that he would be candidate regard
less of his party obligations sfby
which every clean man should be hon.
orably bound" and regardless of
whether he was declared the demo-
cratic nominee or not.
/ participated in the democratic
primary with you and other demo-
cratic candidates and we gave to our
fellow candidates and to our fellow
democrats our implied pledge that we
as "clean" men Should be honorably
bound" to abide its result; that we
would support and vote for it's NOM
inees, unless some nominee by acts of
disloyalty to the democratic party or
any of its lawful nominees, should
forfeit that right to our support. Yet
you say that you have made Galloway
no promise. The majority of the state
democratic executive committee, the
committee elected by the majority of
the democratic party of Florida has
publicly called upon every loyal DEM
ocrat and upon every democratic
nominee to rally to the support of the
democratic party in this its hour Of
need, appealing to you democratic
nominees, whom the party has hon.
ored with gifts of public Office, to rail-
ly to the support of the straight DEM
ocratic ticket to secure not for some
individuals success on Nov. 7th, but
to secure the success of the demo-
cratic party, and you, a democratic
nominee, claiming yourself a loyal
democrat, with democrats bolting the
straight ticket right and left, must
stand convicted of disloyalty to the
democratic party and its lawful NOM
inees, for you state over your sigma
ture that II have simply stayed out
of the Adams-Galloway fight and the
Catts-Knott fight; that "I have never
promised Frank Adams to vote for
him, nor have / made Galloway any
promises" As has been duly estab-
lished both Knott and Galloway re-
ceived more votes on June 9Th than
Cats or Adams. Shall the obligation
Of ''by which every clean man should
be honorably bound" rest more light
ly on you than on any democrat? r
think not.
You admit over your signature that
you have not raised your voice to as
sist your party in it's hour of need,
but have Quietly attended to the
work in the clerks Office" when that
party, that has more than once hon
ored you with gifts of public office,
cries to you in its hour of need for
your succor and support! On Nov. 7th
/ expect to vote for all democratic
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