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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20

own county of Alachua if thew found
the boxes stuffed. Ask the canvass
mo boards of Lee and Hillsborough if
thew purposalv erred in tabulating the
original returns. depriving Mr.. Knott
of credit for ten and twelve votes, re-
spectively, when they CERTIFIED the
first canvass from these counties to
the State Canvassing Board. Com
mare their renlies to the CHARGES of
Rev. Cats that every vote gained bv
Mr.. Knott on recounts and correc-
tion of unintentional errors in tabu-
lation were stolen votes. and see who
has acted fair and imnartial
Ask W, w. Flournov. chief counsel
for Rev. Cats if the courts have
treated his client unfairly? Ask w.
w Flonrnov if w, v. Knott acted
without authority in seeking to know
if the largest number who Voted June
9Th Din cant Rev SIDNEY 7 Catts to
succeed Park Trammell as chief ex-
ecutive of this great State?
# we cannot conduct our elections
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20
Cats WAS NEVER
NOMINATED BY
RANK AND FILE
Of the Democratic Party
w. V. Knott Shown to
Have Larger Number
of Votes.
To the Democrats of Florida:

This statement is prepared, printed
and circulated by the Campaign Com
mittec of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of the State of Flori-
da to the end that the voters may know
the truth concerning the question
which has been raised as to the party
nominees. This committee is a sub
committee of the State Committee and
was named to make every effort for
the election of the Democratic ticket
in this State.
The State Committee is not a self
constituted body. 1t was elected by
the sovereign Democrats Of the State
to represent them in the councils of
the party. 1t does not seek to per-
petuate itself nor to usurp any au-
thority not delegated to it. 1t has
nothing to do with the selection of
candidates; but on the contrary, is
impartial in such matters and only
seeks to elect to office those men Sc
lected by the rank and file of the par
ty as the nominees.
In the present campaign boilers and
others have been going up and down
the land crying fraud and otherwise
seeking to disrupt the Democratic
party in Florida. There were five
candidates in the primary for the Of
flee of Governor. The final count
shows that the Hon. w. V. Knott has
been nominated and this committee in
tends to make every honorable effort
within its power to elect him on No
vember 7 to the office of Governor.
The records show that S. J. Cats new
err was the nominee of the party and
that he became a bolter long before
the contest for the nomination was
concluded in the courts.
Of the five candidates, Messrs. Far
ris, Hudson and Wood, like the good
Democrats that they are, bowed to the
will of the majority when they found
that they had not been chosen by the
party to be the standard-bearer. S.
]. Cats alone refused to abide by the
result. He has criticised Mr.. Knott
for entering the courts to contest the
nomination, and yet the first court
proceeding was sarted by Mr.. Cats in
Alachua County.
Friends of Mr.. Cats have made
loud complaint because of the fact
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20

that he was not allowed to count So
votes in Alachua. 1t is principle
of Florida law that no recanvass can
be had unless it is clearly shown that
such recanvass will change the re-
suits. This Mr.. Cats failed to do.
AS a matter of fact, if the SO votes
Mr.. Cats was entitled to in Alachua
County had been counted he would not
have been in the lead, because Mr..
Knott had more than 60 votes certi-
fled to and in the hands of the State
Canvassing Board at the same time.
Had the returns been recanvassed
again, Mr.. Knott would have increas-
ed his lead by 20 votes. Thus it is
apparent to any reasonable man that
there is nothing in the criticism of the
Supreme Court for not allowing the
counting of the SO votes.
Long before the contest had been
determined by the courts Mr.. Cats
bolted the Democratic party by hav-
ing petitions certified to the various
counties to have his name placed on
the ballots as an independent. His
supporters declare that this is moth
ing more than was done for the six
Presidential Electors. Here again is
seen wonderful line of reasoning.
In the case of the Presidential Elec-
tors three of them had failed to quail
fly, and the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee selected three we'll
known Democrats, viz: Judge M. H..
Mabry, Judge W. H. Price and Hon.
Frank Harris, and had their names
placed upon the ticket by petition.
The question is quite different in
The case Of candidate for Governor.
The party is entitled to run but one
candidate, and that candidate has been
regularly nominated by the sovereign
voters of the Democratic party to the
person of the Honorable WV. Knott
! Any other candidate for that office
must be an independent or the candi-
date Of some other party.
The courts of this State were Gre
ated by the Democratic party, the
judges of these courts were elected
by the same voters, and it is unreal
sonable to believe that they would,
without exception, stulify themselves
so far as to seek to be unjust to the
party and the voters which created
them and to whom they must look for
their perpetuation.
The committee does not charge any,
one with fraud, but holds that under
the complicated primary law mistakes
were easily made, and were made, as
the recounts show.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20

on November 7th and make good their
obligation by voting for the man who,
by every expression and legal step
known to our commonwealth, has
been shown to be what the largest
number wanted him to be-the party's
nominee for Governor. 1t was not
our duty to take sides while the NOM
nation was in doubt, but now that the
question has been settled, it is incum-
bent upon EVERY MAN WHO RE-
CARDS A PARTY VOW TO BE
BINDING to do what he can for the
success of the Democratic ticket. We
cannot ALWAYS have our choice, but
if we go into a primary, knowing the
act will obligate us to support its
choice, we certainly can abide the re-
suit. F. NJ. PREWITT.
Plant City, Fla, Oct. 9, 1916.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20
PLANT CITY MAN
REVIEWS CONTEST
And Shows ConcluSively
that W. V. Knott is the
Nominee.
The Gainesville Sun of October 10th,
Published 1.-THE Following Letter
From MIR. F. Nj. Prewitt of
Plant City.

Editor Sun: After every move
known to the legal profession had
been invoked by counsel for Rev. Sid
ney J. Cats to wrest from VIM. V.
Knott the nomination for Governor on
the Democratic ticket, failed, the cur
tain was lowered by the hand of time
at Tallahassee Saturday at midnight
by the provision of law that says the
Secretary of State shall, thirty days
prior to the general election, certify
to the respective boards of county
commissioners the names Of nominees
for any and all officers to be voted
for at such election.
Looking back over the long-drawn
out controversy which, by virtue of
the prejudices that the candidate from
Alabama is credited with engendering,
there is little to commend, but much
to condemn. "a man convinced
against his will is of the same opin-
ion STILL" but any fair-minded person
will admit that had Rev. Mr.. Cats
migrated to Florida and opened his
campaign for Governor upon the
same liberal, broad-minded and un-
selfish plane as did the four gentle
men whom he opposed before the pri-
mary. the vote accorded him would
no doubt have been infinitely small.
In those places where the five candl-
dates spoke before the primary it did
not take much of a scholar to observe
that it was Cats against the field,
therefore it was to be expected that
Cats would lead on first choice votes
when the primary was held. The
Democratic National Platform con-
tains this plank: Whoever, by
arousing prejudices of a racial, rellg-
ious or other nature, creates discord
and strife among our people so as to
ohstruct the wholesome process OF
unification, is faithless to the trust
which the privileges of citizenship re-
pose in him, and disloyal to his coun-
try" Which of the five candidates
that sought the suffrage Of FLORIDA
Democrats before the primary of June
9Th does that plank in our National
platform strike? Echo answers
"Sidney J. Cats"
When the time came for the State
Canvassing Board to canvass the re-
suit as certified to that body, they
performed their duty-purely perfume
tory duty. The original returns
from the several counties showed Rev.
Cats to be the leader by 26O votes.
VIM. V. Knott was apparently next
to him. the votes accorded Messrs'
Farris. Hudson and Wood being too
low to be considered except as to
show that in the aggregate vast
number of the people in reality had
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20
FUDGE INDICTED.
Florida Man Charged With Murder of
DAUGHTER

The grand jury at Pensacola Fla,
has returned two indictments charg-
ing e. ]. Fudge with the murder Of
his daughters, Tennie and Ethel IA
and II years Old respectively. Fudge
was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.
The bodies of the girls were found
in a deserted house in the outskirts
several months ago. There was also
rife in the cabin and Il note indi-
eating that the elder girl killed her
self and sister rather than go to the
poor house.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20
Dependency,

When you feel discouraged and des-
pondent do not give up but take a
dose of Chamberlain's Tablets and you
are almost certain to feel all right
within a day or two. Dependency
is very often due to indigestion and
biliousness, for which these tablets
are especially valuable. Obtainable
everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-20

"For delicious hot Biscuits use Juba
Self Rising Flour-at all Grocers."
9-15-tf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28

A few days before the breaking out
OF the pan-European war, during a con
ference between the kaiser at Berlin
and his generals, a suspicious sound
was heard by the assembled magnates
The room was examined, and a small
auger hole was found to have been
freshly bored in woodwork from an
adjoining room. 1t was evident that
the opening had been made by some
one with a view to overhearing what
passed at the meeting.
That an outsider could have con.
trived to conceal himself in tho room
which had been examined before the
conference began, was out of the ques-
ton.
An oficia4 Of the secret police wai
called in at once and given orders to
make an extraordinary effort to dis
cover who had been spying on gov
eminent secrets and arrest the person.
Special orders were given to see that
he did not get out OF Berlin or, II that
were impossible, to catch him before
he passed out of Germany.
A rigid examination Of the servants
indeed, every one who had been seen
at the palace during the meeting-was
made, and it was found that one of
the lackeys had mysteriously disap-
peared.
1t was also learned that the missing
man spoke English. There was no
doubt that he was an English spy who
had donned the imperial livery. The
fact that no such person had been
hired convinced the investigators that
he had secured a suit Of livery and
mingled among the servants on the day
the meeting took place. Only a few
took note of him, and none OF them
saw him more than once or twice and
then only for a few moments.
No further clew was picked up for
two days; then came a telegram from
the chief of police at Cologne that the
engineer of the a. m. train from that
city TO Liege, while oiling his engine
before starting, had been approached
by a suspicious looking person, who
had offered him a hundred English SOW
ereigns if the driver would slow up
at Duren, ten miles out of Cologne,
that the briber might leave the train.
The engineer had endea yored to detain
the man till the police could be mott
fed, but he had slipped away. Whether
or not he was on the train, which pulled
out on time, was not known.
The chief of police in Berlin was abb
sent from his Office when the telegram
arrived, and there was more than an
hours delay in the receipt of the reply,
which was to telegraph ahead to stop
the a. m. train and have it searched.
AS soon as this order was received
the chief of police transmitted il to the
superintendent Of the railroad, who
said that about half an hour before
government officer had ordered the SUI
perintendent to give him locomotive
to catch this same train. 1t had been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28

demand and short supply and produc-
ton in agriculture curtailed, ii Will
readily be comprehended that the Eur
opeau masses will be overwhelmed by
the addition of heavy war taxes to their
economic burden.
It would not be a surprising thing If
Europe should agree, after the war,
upon a unanimous policy OF repudia-
ton. Thinking men, considering the
enlightenment and selfassertion that
come to the masses as a result of great
wars, do not hesitate TO express their
doubt as to the submission of labor to
the tremendous weight of taxation en-
tailed in paying for this fruitless war
It is not improbable that within three
years after peace is declared. Europe in
general will be confronted with the
alternative of wholesale reputation or
wholesale revolution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28
WHEN Is INDIGESTION GENUINE!

The gladstone type, the ulcer type,
and the cancer type of Indigestion de-
scribed recently in this micograph of
morbidity eliminate a majority of all
cases of indigestion. But besides these
spurious types of indigestion there are
sundry other causes which may bring
foul suspicion down upon the head OF
a perfectly good cook.
Among the conditions found to
cause Indigestion in routine practice
may be named kidney disease unsus-
pected by the patient, arterio-sclero-
sis, loss of compensation or efficiency
of a heart damaged by disease I'M
known to the patient, eyestrain in per-
sons under forty wearing glasses
cTudely fitted without the aid of drops,
ptOsiS or sagging of abdominal or
ganS in persons apparently of mus
cular build and active life, organic
disease of the nervous system, and in
cipient pulmonary tuberculosis UNI
suspected by the patient. Simple indi-
gestion is seldom as simple as IL seems,
1t is a curious, if not a downright
miraculous thing that remedies al
legged to be good for Indigestion and
dyspepsia always limit their good work
to the case of some other fellow who
writes the testimonials,
AS old Doctor Osler taught: when
the patient complains of his stomach,
examine his heart; if he complains Of
his heart look well to his stomach"
True Indigestion, implying a failure
of the food tube TO digest the food,
without organic disease, is never
grievously painful II is a cross be-
tween distress and pain-fullness. dis
tension, bloating, tiatulency, gripping,
discomfort, but not pain severe enough
to demand a hypodernic or a call by
the doctor. 1t happens promptly after
the offending food is eaten, and is re
lieved promptly by ejecting the offend
ing food. An emetic is the best rem
edy if taken within an hour after the
meal: a cathartic is the best remedy if
taken more than an hour after the
meal.
Will digestive aids, such as essence
of pepsin taken in some well diluted
hydrochloric acid solution. help indi-
gestion? Yes and no. Yes, if the at
tack is due, say TO some severe emo
tional strain-for fear. anger, sorrow,
anxiety and worry are known TO bring
the digestive process 10 an absolute
stop. No. if the cause be the fault OF
the food or the cook.
VIII alkalies. such as soda, magnesia
and the like. relieve the distress. Yes,
in degree. if fermentation is pro
nounced. because fermentation pro
duCes lactics butryic and acetic acids
which burn and gnaw and irritate, and
these acids may be neutralized by al
kalies.
VIII charcoal help? Yes, if much
gas is present and much charcoal as
taken-at least teaspoonful OF pow
dered willow charcoal, and not mere
dab OF IL in a pill. Charcoal absorbs
gas.
VIII peppermint and similar hot
things help? If one dose of few
drops of essence of peppermint ginger.
wintergreen or other volatile oil
doesn't produce eructation of gAs and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28
The Daily Story
Journalistic Enterprise BY Oscar Cox.
BY Oscar Cox.

furnished him. and lac had left ave min.
utes after he had made his demand.
A telegram was sent 10 Berlin asking
II any government officer had been or.
dered on such service, and a negative
reply was returned. The officer at Co
logne at once wrote telegram TO stop
the engine, but learned, 10 bis dismay.
that the telegraph line on the road waH
down. The complication was thus dou.
bled.
Meanwhile the engine was stnaninz
toward the border, there being no one
on It except the government officer who
had obtained IL, the engineer and
fireman. The government officer con
tinually consulted n time table and On
reaching a station not far behind the
train he was chasing ordered the eugi.
neer to slow up.
But, excellency,' protested the en-.
gineer. "the train is within n few miles
of the border. II you are intending a
capture you must make It before we
pass beyond German soil"
IT'S not for you 10 give instructions
to the kaiseT's representative" replied
the officer sternly. Your sole duty Is
to obey"
The engineer slowed down, wonder
ing what this all meant IL was not I'LL
the officers watch indicated that the
train ahead had passed into Belgium
that the driver was ordered to put on
full steam. The engine bad crossed the
border when the officer ordered the en-
gineer to stop while passing through a
small town. Then the officer jumped
down and walked away. and the engi-
neer saw him no more.
Within an hour after his disappear
ance the managing editor OF the Amer.
lean Sentinel newspa per was handed
a cablegrsm.
Good for Billy he exclaimed and
hurried to tire composing room.
The next morning in the first col
umn on the first page appeared the
following scare head:
THE Kaisers Generals Notify Him
That Unless He Mobiles at Once
They VIII Not BE Responsible For the
Situation"
Below appeared what could only have
been obtained for publication surrep-
ttiously.
DAIlg L1hLLld ds VI Int otuLAlltt Hldh
had gone abroad for news. The only
parts Of the story that need to be sup
pressed are these:
He procured from Berlin tailor for
a goodly sum a suit OF imperial livery
Having got wind OF the meeting Of the
kaiser and his generals, he went TO the
palace with the auger in his pocket
Joined the servants, bored hole and
listened to what was said. He had
confederate, who offered a bride TO the
engineer Of the train and cut the tele-
graph wires. This enabled Billy. who
had managed 10 procure an officers
uniform, to get a locomotive and leave
German territory for Belgium, where
he could send his cablegram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28

bis grasp on the labor vote He is
making a bid for the women's vote by
his child labor legislation. He is pre-
pairing new appeals for the vote of
both men and women who prefer peace
about all else. His party leaders, in
some cases, are surly and resentful,
Just as some of the republicans are,
but they are burying their differences
and working with a reasonable degree
Of harmony
Charles f. Hughes, the republican
nominee, is aware of the exact situa-
ton in his own party. He is doing
everything possible to brace things up.
He has a real task on his hands. He
but not a campaign director. In his
state campaigns he always lacked a
vigorous manager.
In the opinion of dozens of influen-
tial republicans with whom | have
talked Mr.. Hughes must use a puimot-
or on the republican party generally,
an anaesthetic on some OF the pro
gresdVes, "A powerful stimuIant on
some of his present managers, "A pile
driver on a few OF his volunteer lieu
tenants and a tonic on the whole po-
uhcal family.
Republicans up to within few
days have kept stiil. They expected
the campaign TO come to life. But IL
hasn't, II has grown more moribund.
Now they are all grumbling TO one
another. A month ago they saw moth
ing but ralnbows. Now they see most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28
AFTER WAR ENDS.

Great Britain's premier has asked
for another war credit, this time in
the sum of two and a quarter billion
dollars. The nation has thus far voted
credits to the extent of $14,160, 600 600.
1t would appear allowing that
the war Will continue for another six
months at Ieast-that Britain's war
bill cannot ultimately be less than
twenty billion dollars The chanceI-
Tor has lately advised the commons
that expenditures are averaging about
$3.50, 900 900 per day; that this sum will
increase, rather than decrease, as the
great offensive movements continue.
may be expected.
While Great Britain is bearing a
share Of the financial burdens OF her
allies it may be assumed that the in
debtedness contracted by Russia,
France. Belgium and Italy in carrying
on the war aggregate at least another
twenty billion dollars. And it is IN
likely that Germany and Austria have
escaped with less draft upon their
financial strength than Britain Not
less than fifty billions Of dollars, at a
conservative estimate, will have been
added to the Indebtedness of European
nations as a result Of the war.
The previous debts of the powers
were approximately as follows.
AuntTia-Hungary $1,000. 81 900 900 900
France ....... 5000, 600 600
Germany .... 5000, 000 900
Italy 5000, 000, 900
Russia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1900, 600 600
Turkey .. 675, 900, 600
United Kingdom ..--.... 1000 600 900
War loans and national debts pre-
vfously contracted will thus lay upon
the people Of Europe Il burden of up
prDxtmateiy eighty billion dollars 10 be
paid out Of taxation. And TO this figure
the colossal waste OF resources in
VOWED IN the devastation of Belgium.
Poland and Serbia, the incaIcula BILE
loss of industrial assets through the
killing and manning Of men by the mil
Hon and the exhaustion Of materials as
g result OF wars drain. aud It will be
eeen that Europe 1iaG a gloomy finISn-
caaI era ahead. With gold scarce. labor
high. Ea:R materials czlha4cs1 iny stleaszy
=
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28

ly other things. Then they couldn't
see a chance of defeat. Now they can.
One of the leading members of the ma
tional organization said yesterday:
can't forsee how we can possibly
make blunders enough to lose New
York state, but New York isn't an cleo
ton any more that a collier is a great
navy. We certainly can't carry the
country next November on hot air and
handshakes.'
Not in a good many years has a re-
publican campaign begun with the
apathy and discord which character
republicans has been to bring to-
gether the four million progressives
and the three and a half million re-
publicans of 1912.
But
The progressives are naughty
little saucy-and coy.
The republicans are proud, resent
full and distant.
Each faction is Jealous of the other
Instead of uniting them, the cam
paign managers thus far have only
deepened sntagonisms. Most of the
republicans believe the progressive
party is mostly history. that there is
only shell left. and very little of that.
But II Is the present feeling of many
OF the republicans that unless the
progressives who remain are tactfully
handled they may stir up tempest
which may again oYerWhelm the par
ent party"