The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-11
Cats Or No Cats
(By w. T. MeCleleon)

Brother SlQDey SuOuiu Aeoi o~
avoid a possible amalgamation OF
back-slidden preacher into combina-
ton of ex-preachers and carpet bag
politicians, which to my mind leads
to a full-fedged demagogue, equal 10
BENJAMIN r. Tilman, of South Carolina
fame or Theodore Roosevelt of nation
al fame.
Bro. Cats, human, preacher ana
grace Astounding included, did not
avoid copying another brute cat char
acteristic. Rub pussy's back right
how she purrs; love of cat. But
presto, rub it wrong and such changed
cat attitudes. l leave Bro. Cats ana
his friends who cape and admire him
as a demigod, to still cape, admire
and even lift him towards the COVER
nor's chair. But remind them there
is lifting. much lifting, demanded to
place Rev. Sidney or any demagogue
aspirant to the seat of a patriot as
Governor lTdHUltll IL.
But why do | write this? Why do
| ! oppose Cats for Governor OF Flor
| ida? Simply, / am democrat, born
one, born in the blood, hope to die
one. And Rev. Cats as l suspect
and more than half believe is simply
the cats paw in the Republican mon
keys hands, who was sent, bribed and
hired by the Republican monkey as
the Cats needed to scratch the chest
nuts out of the fire for loving Repub-
llican friends-.-see them gather like
lharpys around the already Democratic
spools in Florida. You say base
charge, mark you, it is not charge.
1t is a suspicion, but grounded on SO
much presumptive array of facts on
the side of the Republicans fence as
to convince me almost into a positive
belief it is so. Perhaps you say as
one did to me that surely the Republic
cans are too clean for such dirty work
For all their speeches in the park the
J. other night were clean, no mudsling
p ing no personal abuse, Republicans
8 are "nobody's fool" They know wheI
q and how to do dirty work, it stands II
history in South Carolina and in m!
living memory. OF course 1t wa
D. clean work No dirty work for tn
d Republican party to place in our hu
man history themselves as the onl,
Is white caucasian race on Gods cart
whoever put the negro over thei
n white brother, enfranchised them il
H. norant as mules and by double-clas
la stroke DISTINGUISHING the best INTEL
le gent white people Of the South
i'd watch and pray when vot
c. when there is any likelihood c
s. Republican monkey or his CONVEX
D. lent Cats at hand. Be this as it ma.
lie the darky-covered Mr.. Cats tn
t. would-be demagogue Florida cuttl
N fish entrance into politics here. "Bo
% that man Amt standing on the pla
Is form he was elected on" Reply, yo
c. fool niger, don't you know the pla
II forms to get in the car with. Behol
IN Mr. Cats and his anti-Catholic pla
at form to get in the car with. To thi
is segment, the Catholics, part of tn
is wholesale Cats attack on Florida pc
Is itics and politicians. For all kno
le Cats and his aids and allies made
lg three-fold attack on Knott. Fir.
e. Knott among them pre-eminent an
Mt prominent, aiding and abetting, ru
We ming with the hounds, but never tr
ce ing to catch absconding insuran(
h. thieves. All secret dirty nest of co
N. rupt politicians in secret colleagr
with the Roman Catholics and Sata
a Equaling the days of goal stealing ar
is Parker's hall in my own State, ColuI
tie bia, S. c. And it was published in a
of dition that the Roman Catholics viii
III. KEY anu DdTTOOIu IHen anu Olu COHlc
to crate saldiers were in known combin
all trying to elect Knott Governor
or Florida Now this was limited &
M surmised and wrapped up in "they s;
IN sa" bomb-proof OF course the Cat
ma crowd marched under Cats orde
of and initiated their demigod. Re
nor Sidney j. Cats was too sharp to char
of Knott in his park speech with
nth known corrupt heart or proven b
set character For Knots clean page
by a public officer in Florida, his unch
ars lenged Office record forbids su
1 charges. So Rev. Sidney says \
the Knott and Natty like old dog TT
and got in bad company-went a poss,
rae hunting and presto, Knott became l
at Cats. thank God, but possum a
'om it was pathetic even if in June's hea
his less fuss as Rev. Sidney described |