The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-24

he is Republican. 1t is not nee
essary for me to make such an
accusation. Mr.. Case has already
made the record himself. On
March 25th, 1916, when he regis
tered in Bowling Green precinct
No. Is, he registered as a Republi-
can. 1t was on this record, made
by Mr.. Case himself, and which is
now in the Office of the Supervisor
of Registration, that Mr.. L. w.
Whitehurst, the present Commits
sioner from that district, refused
to put his name on the ticket to
be voted for in the recent Demo
cratic primary, Mr.. Case further
confirms the records in his oath
filed with his application to be-
come a candidate in the Demo-
cratic primary when he swears he
| is Republican.
In his circular he says that
something over two years ago
in a debate with w. R. Minor in
the City Hall in Bowling Green, "
! took the side that the Wilson adj
ministration was a failure. Yes,
/ took that side of the question in
"a debate with Mr.. Minor about
four years ago and, notwithstand-
ing the unpopularity of my side,
won the decision. But these are
the facts: In our public school at
that time was boys debating
society. They debated the ques-
ton, "Has the present admins
tration been SUGGEST" Consid- |
cradle interest was aroused a.
mong the pupils of the school, and
later Prof. Beeson asked me if I
would debate the subject with Mr..
Minor at the town hall. ] agreed,
and Prof. Beeson assigned the
negative position to me. The de-
bate was held under the auspices
of the school debating society,
and | had nothing to do with the
selection of the question to be de-
bated, or the side I should repre-
sent. Mr.. Case was not in Bowl
ing Green at the time, and his ad-
visers should have told him the
whole truth.
He says that two years ago Ri
was a delegate to the State Re
publican Convention at Palatka,
and that / came back and boosted
IF what a fine speech ] had heard {
! negro make in that meeting.
This is untrue. Mr.. j. I. Roberts. 7
low deceased, but at that time as 7
good citizen as ever tracked De-
Soto county, was the delegate.
Mr. Roberts and ] had business r
interests to look after in Winter j
Park and | went with Mr.. Roberts l
~ way of Palatka, as his guest, f
md not as delegate. While in r
oalatka | heard an African mis-
ionary preach "a sermon on the
treets. | then considered it
rood sermon, dc now, and said so s
It the time. This is the "fne
peech he heard the negro make"
The negro has since made a num-
yer of fine speeches to the people
n this country Che African King)
nd | have heard others remark
t the soundness of his advice t.
rs people. He is an exceptional
iegro speaker.
Mr. Case accuses me of "Kai-
er Bill" talk, but neglects to say
WHAT kind of talk except by in
uendo. Yes, am guilty of Kai-
en- Bill talk, and if talking had
cen effective Iwould have had
LASER Bill and all his kind con-
lgned to the bottomlesS pit long Il
go and this horrible war ended, Sc
would have all of the good peo- OF
lie OF this county. | have been h
ractically ruined in business 81
vice by the tricks of Germans, SC
nd were ! as young as some men "
know, | would today be in the al
rmy with my brothers and heph- D
VS., twelve of whom are in the OF
ervice.
AS to the remainder of his cir I.
llar, | did not know that it was =
ecessary for him to circulate it Pl