The Ocala evening star., 1919-10-06
CARY HARDEE AND CATS
HAVE SOME CORRESPONDENCE
Our Gov. Seems Touchy About Pas
sage that Might Cause Him to
Infer He is Being Accused of Smy-
,pathizing with Anarchy.
Tallahassee, Oct. 2, 1915

Tallahassee, Oct. 2, 1919.
Hon Cary A. Hardee, Like Oak, Fla:
Dear Sir: Inclosed please find
copy of letter which you have sent
but and in the third passage it seems
to me that you have made a direct at
tack on ME.
| am, therefore, asking if you mean
to draw me into the fight by this
clause. You must remember that you
were more than ready to call the
house back to see whether you could
impeach me or not, and this second
seeming insult will throw me on my
mettle against you if you mean to in
volve me in this fight between you
and Van Swearingen.
Will you kindly advise me what you
mean by this third paragraph?
Very respectfully,
Sidney J. Cats, Governor.
Ccpy of Letter that Drew Complaint
from Cats
Ny dear Sir: l have heard from
mutual friends that you have been
kind enough to express an interest In
my candidacy for governor, and l
want to assure you of my sincere ap-
probation for whatever oyu have said
or may say for me personally.
Of course l want to be elected. |
think that it is laudable ambition to
wish to be governor of this great
state, and to help with my influence
as governor, to pass laws that will
promote the interests of the state and
the welfare and prosperity of all the
citizens.
| cannot too strongly impress you,
however, with the fact that l do not
regard the fight that and my friends
are engaged in as a contest to pro-
mote the interests or the ambition of
any man or set of men. You and l
know that it will make very little
diff erence in few years who is elect
ed now governor of Florida; certainly
the destinies of the state do not hang
upon the success of any one man. Men
come and go and pass from the stage,
and their places are soon filled, but it
is a matter of tremendous Importance
to the reputation and to the welfare
o. the state of Florida whether her
laws shall be administered in an i'm
partial, able, just and fearless way. In
other words whether this great state
shall have a government that is con-
sistent with her greatness, one that
no citizen need be ashamed of, and
that is the kind of government | am
more ambitious to see established at
Tallahassee, than am to be called
the governor of Florida. So that any
thing that you may do to help to es-
tablish this kind of government, will
enJitle you to the gratitude of every
patriot now in the state and of gen.
erations of Floridians yet to come. |
believe that we are now facing a
great crisis in this state, and that the
danger which menaces law and order
is no imaginary danger. but very
real one. and unless the thinking peo-
pie of the, state handle the situation
coolly and courageously, we will ip-
evitably be plunged into a vortex of
anarchy and bolshevism. the outcome
of which no one can predict.
Therefore, feeling as | do about the
matter, it is natural that should be
sUpremely grateful that | have the
moral and active support of such lead
ing men as yourself in nearly every
community in the state | have hun
/ dIeds of assurances already from
such men that they are fully alive to
the situation, and that they will put
forth every effort from now until the
primary closes to establish the kind
OF government that l stand for. OF
course | need not remind a practical
man like yourself of the danger of
| splitting our vote on individual fav-
orites. 1t is absolutely necessary that
we should center on the one candi-
date who has the best chance of be-
ing elected, and stands for what we
believe in and stand for.
Sincerely and cordially yours,
Cary A. Hardee.
Hardee's Reply to Cats
! Hon Sidney CaftS Tallahassee E1a .