The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-10
26 FAVOR RECONSIDERATION
OF FAMOUS RESOLUTION
CFrom Thursdays Daily. )

81 nave seen q llHl aiEHOu ny tN'h-
~ members Of the democratic state
executive committee favoring another
meeting Of the committee for the pur-
nose of rcconsidering the resolutions
recently passed at Jacksonville" said
Governor Park Trammell to n Times
representative, land pers onally i
know OF six other members who de-
sire the committee to meet again in
respect to this important matter.
Whether Mr.. Raney will call another
meeting Of the committee, |, Of course,
lave no means Of knowing"
Governor Trammcll made this state
ment at the DeSoto Hotel soon after
returning to the hotel from the La
Dor Temple, where he addressed the
Florida state Federation Of Labor,
and welcomed many prominent labor
leaders Of the nation to the hospital.
ity Of Florida.
Of have taken no active interest in
IN. movement to bring about another
meeting Of the state executive COM
mittce," continued Governor Tram
nell in referring to the now famous
resolutions. "but do know of twenty
six members Of the committee who
favor a reconsideration Of tho resolu-
tlons. These men probably would
have voiced their sentiments sooner
had not Mr.. Raney stated unequivo-
cally Immediately following the Jack
sonville meeting that he would not
,au another meeting at the request
If Il minority of the committee, but
Won will observe that within the last
four or five days he has qualified
that statement, and no longer de-
clares he will not call another meet
Ing on a minority request.
Those resolutions-that is, para
rraphs four and iyc-never would
have been passed at the Jacksonville
meeting if a majority of the commit
toe had understood their meaning.
But they didn't understand their
meaning, and those who put the res
outions through have declared that
sections four and five Of the resolu-
items mean nothing, If they mean
nothing, why we're they included in
the resolutions and passed, thus dis
franchising large number Of vot-
crS?
THE truth Of the matter is, the
resolutions were referred to n sub
committee, and when the sub-commit-
zoe reported favorably on the resolu-
items. they were railroaded through
!he meeting during a time of hurry
and jamboree. and only those who
red prepared the resolutions secretly
know their purport and meaning. The
majority of the committee members
did not know what the resolutions
meant. but they soon found out af-
Ter returning to their homes"
"If YOU were in Jacksonville at the
time and knew nothing about the res
olutions. can you explain where you
were and how that happened?' the
reporter inquired of the governor.
VERY easily" replied the governor.
81 was in Jacksonville on the streets
and in the hotel Hobbies, meeting
friends and members of the commit
tee. and talking with many, but, mind
YOU when the committee members
who knew Of these resolutions met
me their lips were sealed. They said
absolutely nothing to me about their
Mans to put the resolutions through
because they knew if I got any knowl-
edge of them I would appear in the
committee meeting and fight the reso-
lutions to a finish, which would have
done. If the Times wants to know
why 1 did not hear about the reso-
lutions before they were passed, let
he Times ask Perry Wall why he
didn't hear about them, either. The
men behind the resolutions didn't say
anything to me, or TO Mr.. Wall, or
TO Mr.. Gilchrist. If they had told
me about sections four and five 1
would have been right there to fight
their passage. The matter was kept
secret from me and knew absolute
ly nothing about them until I read
them in the paper on the train that
evening on my way back to Tallahas-
sec"
When asked what would happen If
the committee did not meet and re-
scind the resolutions. Governor Train
neil smilingly declined TO answer.
The governor will return to ITALIA
hassee this evening, and then come
hack to Tampa Thursday evening for
the opening Of the Gaspar'llG carni-
wi nnd South Elorida Fnir &c st1Vi-