The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-10-17
PARKER WORKING FOR
THE REPUBLICANS
MAN WHO WENT BEFORE CATS To MAKE HIS
WAYS STRAIGHT HAS ASSUMED HIS
PROPER GARB
ISneciaI Ioth Starl
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cratic campaign committee began
starting out speakers yesterday. w.
T. Cowles opened with a speech at
Palatka and will make number of
speeches this week in Putnam and st.
Johns counties. Mr.. Knott left here
to take up an itinerary covering the
counties west of Tallahassee, during
the coming week. Amos Lewis will
address rally meeting for the or
ganization of the Knott club at Mar
ianna tonight, and will speak during
the week in jackson, Madison and
Calhoun counties. Just as rapidly as
dates can be arranged, speakers will
be started.
A very strong and convincing piece
of campaign literature, showing by
photographs of the tally books, the
various forms of errors made by in
spectors in the counting of the votes,
by which Mr. Cats was given votes
that were not cast for the other cam
didates for governor, are being mail
ed out to the voters of the state. This
piece of literature is gotten up in an
attractive form, and proves in most
convincing and positive manner that
Cats was never nominated by the
voters at the primary election in
June, and that he enjoyed the honor
of being considered the nominee, as a
result of errors made by inspectors.
Senator Fletcher and number of
other very prominent democrats visit
ed the democratic headquarters yes
terday and gave assurance of CO.
operation and such support as they
could render.
Reports are coming to democratic
headquarters of the organization of
Knott clubs and other campaign pre-
parations in large number of the
counties, and optimistic reports of a
rapid changing of sentiment in favor
of the entire democratic ticket.
Parker Working for Republicans
Billy Parker, national organizer of
the Guardians of Liberty, has formed
an alliance with the republicans. He
has visited number of the guardian
courts in the neighborhood of Jack
sonville in the interest of Mr.. Allen,
republican candidate for governor. He
leaves Jacksonville tonight for points
in South Florida with grip and
trunk well stocked with republican
literature. No statement was made
or reasons given for his new align
ment, but the report is current, and
nc denial has been made, that Parker
insisted that the secret political or
ganization that ne is known to be in
terested in organizing in this state,
has endorsed Mr.. Hughes in the
north, and that an order had been sent
to the courts in Florida, demanding
that they also endorse Mr.. Hughes,
| the republican nominee, and ordering
all members to vote for the republican
| electors in Florida. Parker is a re-
publican of the Pennsylvania type
and insists that the courts in this
state must obey orders from the ma
tional court in so far as it pertains to
the national ticket.
The advisability of organizing sep
iarate courts in this state for the coli
ored citizens is reported to have been
under consideration at the national
headquarters for the past several
months. The constitution and by
laws of the organization in the north
lern states is the same as used by the
courts in Florida and permits the col
lored citizens to join on the same
basis as the whites. It has not been
considered advisable in this state to
open the doors to any but white citi-
zens and for this reason the separate
courts viii be organized for the col
lored citizens. The same constitution
and bylaws it is understood, viii be
used for the colored organizations, as
IS now in use by the whites.
| Those who are familiar with Mr..
Parker's methods are inclined to the
belief that it is his intention to begin
the organization of these courts at
Ionce, and it was this motive that
prompted him to force his alliance
with the republicans.