The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-11
PUTNAM ASKS MARION AND
ORANGE TO GO PARTNERS

Says the Palatka Daily News Of the I
18th: At meeting held yesterday
and another last night, 4
citizens of Palatka organized Put
nam Capital Removal Club. selected
officers, discussed and decided on plans 4
an named committees to look after
the several details of the plan. En- |
thusiasm pervaded the meetings, and |
every effort will be made 70 bring the |
capital to peninsular Florida. whether |
Palatka gets it or not.
IA meeting yesterday afternoon
a committee of five was named to Sc
llect suitable officers for the club, and
on the recommendation of this COM
mittee Judge E. E. Haskell was elect
ed president, Julian c. Calhoun, first
vice president, Frank D. Wattles, sec
ond vice president, Clarence Kennerly,
secretary, and II. o. Hamm. treas
urer. A committee was then named
TO confer with these officers and Sc
cure their acceptance, with assurance
that every member of the club will
stand behind them and work at what
ever plans are made.
At another meeting last night plans
lof operation We're outlined, and will
be put into operation at once. AS
stated in a full page advertisement
which appeared in the Times Union
yesterday morning, sent from Palat-
ka, all Palatka asks is a decision for
the relocation of the capital, in the
event the legislature votes for remov-
ial, on the merits of the various cities
on the peninsula, taking into consid-
Grafton center of population and
Transportation and convenience and
ecoonmy to the state as a whole. As
1 convenience to majority is the only
reason for desire to change the 10.
cation of the capital it is believed Pa.
latka is, on this basis, logically en-,
! titled to the capital, and will be nam
ed by the legislature in the amend
ment put up to the people. 1t is alst
believed that Palatka will be able tt
show by mileage and population sta
tistics that it is the center.
AS both Orlando and Ocala have in
dictated that they are for the remova
of the capital to the peninsula sec
y ton of the state, regardless o
y whether they are awarded the site o
i not, and have pledged to work for tn
u city which is decided as being tn
most logical, it was decided to name
committee to go to each of thes
~ cities, and also one to Tallahassee
~ to try to compose the various faction
81 into one, asking if they will not &C
y cept the general proposition of avail
- ability for a final decision as to tn
site selected.
The committee named to go to Ia
% lahassee is S. J. Hilburn and F. .
. Fearnside; the one to go to Orland
u is composed of H. NJ de Montmollil
Warner T. Hamm and E. D. Earnest
!" the one to go to Ocala is J. V. Walto
and J. J. Murphy.
NOIIliilIGlCSS VIII seen 10 ~
60 cure the cooperation of these tw
- cities in an effort to center on one {
III the three towns. Tampa and Milan
10 have already declared that they wi
!. stand by the one city agreed on. ar
II have called on those which have bee
mentioned as possible sites to agrt
among themselves. The Palatka clu
= believes that if Ocala and Orlando r
'i fuse to leave the matter of selectic
~ to availability that they will forte
Ae the support of the remainder of tt
nc peninsular section of the state. If the
- agree to unite, first to secure the pa
sage of a resolution to submit Il
. matter of removal of the capital fro
IN Tallahassee, and then to submit to IL
sh legislature, to be empowered by Il
~ constitutional amendment, the matt
lof decision as between the thr
u cities, it is believed that there is ]
rs doubt but that the legislature W
pass a resolution submitting to Il
people the question of whether or n
!ly the capital shall be removed
a 1t is fully appreciated here that
at the plans suggested by some to ha
mt two primaries, in which there will
or a free-for-all race, are carried in
les effect the same result will attain
cd attended the last vote taken in 19C
The peninsular vote will be split al
the capital will remain at Tallahasst
la 1t is the purpose of the organic
m ton to enlist the assistance of eve
I'D community in Putnam county in IL
Use fight. Every citizen in the county
mt eligible to membership and is ask
to make contributions to the fu
no which it will be necessary to raise
of pay the expenses of the campaie
he This feature of the campaign will
attended to by special committee
be named by the president today T
nd committees will probably leave tod
al. for their several posts. as it is real
IRE ed that there is no time to spare.