The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
NOTHING DOING, MIR. GRAHAM"
IN Editorial From the Arcadia En-
terprise, May 9TH.

! VO-H ~ vi idudil, Vi mdndlCe, an
nounces for the office Of state senator
in order to beat Frank Cooper of De-
Soto county, thereby heating county
! division. He informs us that he
was nominated by tho citizens of
! hanatee county and a delegation
from DcSoto county, but failed to
state who composed the aforesaid
! delegation" AS we saw them leave
town and knew what they were going
for It is probably rs well that he
mentioned no names. While they
are good citizens and fine men. they
stand for the old order which we
have lcng since outgrown and of
which we are determined to get rid
for all time to come. The citizens
of DaSoto county had very, very little
! to do with the nomination of this
man; not even the citizens of Area
die, outside of the few who made
the public affairs study and .
source of private and selfish profit,
had any inkling of the move to place
the name of this man before the peo-
pie. We will use every honorable
means to accomplish his defeat, and
urge every citizen who desires to see
the long continued reign of reaction
airy ard out of date elements come
to an end, along with the rule Of the
fence cutter and all who consort
with, and co1rive at, them, and to
usher in the reign of law and ad-
vahcement, to vote for Frank Cooper
of DcSc.o county for State Senator.
Manatee county elected the last
senator and it is now our turn to
name the man, and we believe the
good people of ManGtee county will
repudiate the efforts of the reaction
aries of both counties 10 beat the
honest efforts of the people of our
great section to secure legislative
measures for their advancement and
betteTment. The people of this coun-
ty voted 20 a man for Wilson, the
Manate county man for this Office at
the last election, and we know that
the people of our sister county do
not approve of this undcrhand move
on the part of few selfish political
fiXers to rob us Of our turn in putting
up a man who represents the best
thought and earnest desires of the
great majority of our citizens. This
is the climax of this campaign; there
is nothing that will give us more de-
light than to work for Manatec
county for good roads and a closer
intercourse with our ncighbors on
the west, but here is one thing we
ask CT them, and a thing that will 80
further to promote good fellowship
than all the mOtorcadCs that man
ever pulled off; if those people OF
Manateo county will show us ny theii
votes that they are in favor Of giving
us our rights to elect our senator
when ii is our turn at it, it will
show to us that they are really and
truly with us in clean, American fair
play. If they show us that they are
in favor Of robbing us of our birth
right for q mess of political pottage
for Graham, the stuff will be all off
on the good fellowship stuff which
we are trying so hard to promote.
We have too much acquaintance with
the wonderful people of our sisteE
county to think that they will do us
such a shabby trick,
The time has ccme for South Flor
10 20 al Ill IN, 10 otto
tive halls with her true strength and
deserved representation. We pay
the bulk of the taxes. about 70 pei
cent and have 80 per cent of the rep
resentation, while the balance of the
state, where bouTbonism and reaction
reigns supreme, pays about 80 pei
cent of the taxes and has about 70
per cent of the representation. We
have pleaded in vain for rcapCrtiOn-
ment of representation, our constitu-
tional right, and we are going to get,
one way or another, what is Justly
coming TO us.
We are also determined to get out
from under the domination Of those
elements who disregard the right of
others to life, liberty, and the pGr-
suit of happiness, and al officers
who consort with, and conTive at,
them Mr.. Graham may be worthy
of the place and an able man, but he
shows poor taste in trying to rob this
county of its rights. We cannot,
and we know that Manatee county
will not, approve of his candidacy.
The time has come when VIC must
throw off the shackles of the dead
and misty past and take our place
among the states who 60 things in
the light Of learning Of the Twentieth
Century; the world is pleading for
homes and farms; the land Is too
precious to grow in palme.toes 20d
snakes. Let us elect a man from
this side this time who represents
our real voting strength and our ad-
vancing citizenship so we can secure
the legislative help We 50 dc~pc:Gto!..
need.
Another Robbery at Arcade.
Recently a number OF store rob