The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-09

in Florida and eventually in the country at large
The Palmetto News says:
1.-The State democratic executive committee passed
cratic primary shall sign an oath to vote for the
nominees in the general election II this resolu-
ton is enforced we with fifty thousand others,
will have to be counted out We would not sign
any such oath, If the nominees are not to our
liking. will not oppose them but we'll be darned
if would support them. especially if friend
Cats should unfortunately be nominated. The
trouble with the democratic party in this state is
that its executive committee is devoid of brains.
Fortunately the rank and file will not submit nor
try to enforce any such resolution"
Commenting the Tampa Tribune says:
1.-The state executive committee was well within
its right when it passed the resolution referred to
above. The committee was unfortunate in it's MAX
ing that resoluton-unthoughtedly we believe-ap-
ply to but modicum of the great democratic vote
in the state II there other than
that it is a regulation laid down by properly
constituted resolution empowered committee, it
would be sufficient reason for every democrat who
has to register this year to obey the order.
But prove that another reason rears its
head in face and cries out in loud words Swear
him."
THE following taken from the Bay County Bea-
Tribune, published at Panama City, in West
Florida:
we have been informed that there was a good
attendance at the Republican meeting held in St.
Andrews last Saturday. In the matter of getting out
county ticket, informant said 1--WE decided to
hold nominating a county ticket in allegiance until
after the democratic primaries. Then if acceptable
men not nominated. the Republicans may do
something along the line of giving the voters a
chance at the general election to vote for ac-
ceptable men for county Offices"
1.-The Republican party is active in Florida this
spring. 1t sees the unrest that has il
our ranks and it chortles at the prospect of doing
just what the Panama City paper says it proposes
1t has from Democratic papers in Florida de-
mands that the people ignore the order the party
made for the protection of the party; it has seen
the expressed determination some so-called Demo
Gratis to bolt any nomination that does not person.
ally please them; it has party loyalty am party
fealty literally and actually blown to hell by men
who declare they will set their own wfu partisan
views above and over the wisdom of the party and
the united call of any majority
THE negroes are paying poll tax at rate this
spring not before known in twenty years in Florida
Duval county reports ten negroes to one white as
the present ratio of poll tax receipts gone out The
ratio while not great in Hillsborough county is
paying poll tax this spring than ever before. They
will register too. for this registration is not for
democrats alone. nor even for those who are above
party, but it is for all who would vote in the
general elections coming in November The repub-
lcans seeing that the negroes pay poll tax and
receipt, and they will see that they are registered
Then when we democrats have let the bars down
and jumped outside the lot ourselves we will ex
press surprise and condemnation when in November
we find that the Kentucky happening has been du-
plicaed here, and the republicans who voted in the
democratic primary, not being to support the
nominees, voted en- mass for a republican in the
federal election, and the democrats went down in
defeat"