The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-06
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

sssseseessssssssssessss.
"a remember at a Press meeting
few years ago Colonel w. E.
Key, distinguished Jacksonville
torney appearing as banquet
1eake., apologlzed for having
le same name as your tumble
rrespondent and took time. out
explain that he wasn't related
me, not even distantly, and was
rtired Of havin' folks say, oh,
you're the man who's Too Late to
Classify :"
Then a couple Of years ago /
discovered that there was bird
in Daytona Beach VINO had more
to apologize for than the Colonel,
for his fond parents, unable to
look into the future and vision
the handicaps that might follow
their action, took it upon them
selves to tag their male offspring
Russell and it happened that
their name was Kay.
Mr.. Russell Kay of Tampa picks
up a copy of the Daytona Beach
-Journa' and sees where Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Kay were the
life of the cocktail party at the
country club, and glarin' at me
like was EIr. Sin himself, she
says, so, that's where you were,
and you told me you were going
&c Jacksonville on business
trip" Mrs. Kay in Daytona
Beach overhears a bit of gossip to
the effect that Russell Kay has q
''harem" in Tonpa and while both
innocent husbands can say ''Ha,
ha, it's funny amt it-that guy
havin' the same name as ms?"-it
don't sound nearly as conyincin'
as it should.
But it seene that Kay is not the
only name that can get a guy in
trouble, for l received a pathetic
letter from no lessa parsonage
than the Honorable w. C. CLONE
stead Bid Hodges of Tallahassee
this week, calm my attention to-
the fact that a lot of folks have
confused him with another Hon
CRADLE gentleman of the same
name-J. B. Hodges of Lake City,
State Democratic Committee
Chairman, whose recent frank
statement Of opinions has caused
plenty of excitement in party
ranks durin' the past few weeks.
With Governor Cone, Senator
Claude Pepper, Hortense Wells
and flock of other dignitaries
denouncin' the name of Hodges
and yellin' traitor and migrate at
the top of their lungs, poor Bill"
finds that lot of folks have got
him confused with the gentleman
from Lake City and every mail
brings him a COB of nasty letters
accusin him of dirty dealin' the
'New Deal" and consignin' him
to the political death cell.
So far the Honorable ]. b.
Hodges of Lake City has register
cd no complaint about bein' con-
fused in the public mind with
Homestead Bill" but he probably
has been so annoyed in the past
and possibly with equal embarass-
ment, for the handicap works both
ways, but j. B. shows an admir-
able ability to take it, even
though he is called upon to ex-
plain sometimes that he's not the
guy that ran for Governor.
So just to keep the record
straight and as a service to both
of these honorable" gentlemen,
MIR. j. b. Hodges of Lake City.
the State Democratic Committee
Chairman and W. G. Homestead
Bid Hodges of Tallahassee, for
mer President of the State Senate
and gubernatorial candidate,
ani't zone and the same. They
are not related either by blood or
marriage. and it seems that nei-
ther one is authorized TO speak
foI the other
But conSiderin' the fact that
both of these gentlemen are able
lawyers, all this CONFUSION
over the nama of Hodges is down
right amusin' to the plain ordin-
sly citizen who has Squirmed
around in a witness chair while
attorneys pointed wicked lookin'
index fingers ia his face and did
their best ia CONFUSE him with
usie tions like. Have you stopped
beatin your wife? Answer yes or
no"
And. Incidentally, the next time
some smart lawyer yaps, AN.
xwer YES or no.. and yon find
such an answer insufficient for
intelligent expression Of the facts,
you might ask WHY you must
make such an answer. and then
request the judge 70 point out the
rule Of law that requires IL
know Of one Judge and one law
yer who did lot Of head scratch
in and then had to admit they
didn't know WHY and the witness
was permitted to make clear
statement How about il. Attor.
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