The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-12
FLORIDA GOVERNOR
Makes LAUGHING
STOCK OF STATE

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'6igoted Chief Executive With Whom
the Southern State Has Afflicted It.
self, Proves His Quality and caliber
In Characteristic Letter-chalIenge
Catholic Maryland to Send Regiment
to the Everglades to Prove Mettle
of BedeviIed cattites-Ex-Preacher
In Role of Political Bull In China
Shop Adds to the Gaiety Of Nation.
The Connecticut military census,
says the Hartford Courant, is, indi-
rectly, responsible for a warm letter
from the governor of Florida to the
editor Of trade paper published in
Baltimore, Nd, in which the editor
is asked to mind his own business
and, as result of which, his paper
makes pointed, two-word comment,
Poor Florida"
Here's how it all happened. Dur
ing the days when the Connecticut
military census was being taken and
the whole country was beginning to
i hear about what this state was doing
under the direction of Governor Mar
Gus H. Holcomb, the editor of the
Manufacturers Record" of Baltimore,
wired to the director of publicity SER
vice, Connecticut bureau of military
census, and asked for an article de-
scribing the work being done in this
state.
The article requested was prepared
and sent to the Record" 1t was pub
lished with cordial editorial endorse
ment of the Connecticut military cen
sus plan, and the editor of the "Rec-
ord" said that he had sent kilograms
to the governors of southern states,
asking them if they had contemplated
! such census, and if not, why not.
| In last weeks issue of the Manu-
facturers' Record" the following, un-
der the heading again We Say, Poor
Florida" has a prominent place:
In our issue of March % we pub.
lished a few letters from southern
governors in response to Geographic
inquiry as to what effort they were
making toward taking a military cen
sus of their states as to resources in
men and materials. Commenting on
some of the replies received, we said:
"Telegram received in regard to
showing military strength by the state
of Connecticut. Will say that we have
not taken census down here yet, as
we do not think that war is close
enough to warrant it. In case we have
war, you can. count on Florida doing
her part"
Practically this says that we pro-
| pose to wait until the house has been
entered by the burglar, the goods stol-
en-, and the people robbed, and then
we will look around and see what
should have been done by the man
who was killed to protect his family
and his goods. That indicates the ap-
probation that Governor Cats shows
of the situation. With the president
of the United States warning the coun-
try with all the power at his COM
mand as to the danger ahead of us
and with every man of intelligence
recognizing the situation Governor
Cats does not think the war is close
enough to justify any advance prepare
ton in order to guard against it but
he proposes to wait until war is upon
us, and after war has come, Florida
can be counted upon to do its part.
Poor Florida!"
received from the governor of Florida
the following letter which merits pub
| LEGATION only because it indicates a
condition politically greatly to be re-
GREETED by all lovers of that splendid
| state:
Estate Seal, with motto:)
In God We Trust.
| Sidney j. Cats, Governor.
j. V. Burke, Secretary.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Executive Chamber.
| Tallahassee, March q, 1917.
Manufacturers Record,
| Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sirs: note your scurrilous
article concerning the governors of the
south and what you have to say espe-
cially in regard to the governor of
! Florida about a military census. am
also acquainted with the facts that
you represent the big interests and
are very anxious for war, not because
of any patriotic sentiment, but because
it will bring dollars into your Golfers
and theirs. If we had taken military
census 1 would not have been fool
enough to have told you anything
about it. have reports only to my
self and to the war department all