The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-14

date against democrat, you would |
invoke it quick enough. If repub- |
Iican who had been in the state only /
two years had been running for Con- !
gress instead Of Mr. Clark in 1904, |
and had received a majority the gov
ernor would not have given him a !
certificate. And if the republican had
contested the election, and the House
Of Representatives had seated him,
you and every other democrat would
! have declared it was an outrage on
the rights of state. You know you
would. Mr.. Clark had at least the
excuse that ne was really a Floridian,
had only gone away from home, and
! returned. Mr. Bryan has no such ex-
cuse, or rather you have no such ex-
! cuse for him. He would never have
! come to Florida if he could have been
/ elected to the Senate in Nebraska
Editor.
| I fear, Mr.. Editor, that Of all our
| friends who have sat in the legisla-
ture since 1900 few, if any, have not
voted for unconstitutional laws. For
these derelict.ons, in most cases,
others were made to suffer substantial
injury. am a poor champion for
any friend who is free to venture upon
/ such ground where private, or public,
/ injury may result; but the point you
raise is at best doubtful and if injury
results it must be cast on the public
by a majority vote.-Hocker.
We are sorry to see you write that
way, Mr.. Hooker. You have been
writing some good, straight stuff
about principle, and the necessity of
! hewing to the line, no matter whose
pet schemes the chips might hit, and
now, because a lot of people have
done wrong you want to excuse some
other people doing wrong. Alas, Con-
sistency, thy name beginneth not
with an H.-Editor.
Second, while Trammell was COVER
nor Judge n. P Bryan was senator
and the latter had Pete Dignan, a
Catholic, appointed postmaster for
Jacksonville; hence, the advent into
politics of Cats, guardians of liberty
and labor unions. So, Cats, Van
Swearingen & Company took the field
against Judge Bryan to make political
capital Of the anti Catholic vote and
they needed a man to beat the Judge
for the Senate; hence, Trammell was
made the tail to balance their politi-
cal kite.-Hocker.
We were rather deep in that cam
paign ourself, Mr.. Hooker, and oppos-
ed Mr. Trammell much more strongly
than you did, and we regret to tell
you that your memory is faulty, or
somebody has been stringing you. We
did our darndest to find evidence Of
an alliance between Trammell and
Cats, and couldn't. Trannmell may
have used Cats and Swearingen, but
Cats and SWearingen were never
able to use Tramnel. We are posi-
tive of one instance in which Cats
| Il ACt u DCSS cIIlAltISi4 anu
ignored him. You forget that Tram
nell was nominated by an immense
majority in 1912, and it was very well
understood then that he was groom
ing himself for the United States
Senate. At that time, Cats was in
| Alabama and Swearingen hadn't been
heard Of outside OF Jacksonville.
Trammell was elected on his personal
popularity more than anything else.
In the 1916 primary he had a major
| ity over both his opponents. In the
| 1916 primary he had majority over
both his opponents. In the same pri-
mary, Cats was only a leader of five,
and If Hudson, Woods and Farris had
been wise enough to get out of the
race, Knott would have beaten Cats.
| Trammen, of course, received some
votes because the bigots hated Bryan,
and on the other hand Bryan received
a good many votes because those who
cast them did not approve of Tram
nell making the governorship step
ping stone to the United states Sen
ate.-Editor.
Judge Bryan, in his first race for
| the Senate. was supported by Tram
nell, but the latter then joined the
firm of Cats, Van Swearingen and
Company and beat the Judge for re-
election because the latter was too
Catholic in his views. After Tram
nell got to the Senate on that issue
he voted, in 1920, to elevate Judge
Bryan to a life position, as United
States judge, in court second only
to the greatest legal tribunal in the
world. This was the same Judge Bry-
an whom Trammell and his friends
! had lust led the public to believe pos