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State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0054
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Date
1916 (circa)
Format
Topic
Geographic Term
Attention
Voters!
Some of my friends are asking that I explain what I meant
in my speech in referring to the Bootlegger's Vote. I mean this -
The Bootlegger and his friends' votes are large enough to elect
a candidate to any office in Florida. This vote includes the
Bootlegger and his customers of every walk in life. If there is
a candidate who does not want this vote let him say so.
I wish to announce also that there is not any truth in the
rumors that my campaign is being financed by any Secret Order,
Church, Ku-Klux-Klan, Al Smith, or Gasoline Tax Money.
As to my pardoning men convicted of criminal assault, no
prisoners of this class have ever been pardoned in the history of
Florida. All pardons can only be granted by an affirmative vote
of the Board of Pardons, consisting of five members, the Governor
having only one vote.
If you love your state and wish to see it prosper, having
more and bigger Farms, Ship Building Plants and Factories with
plenty of work for the Working Men - then Vote for
Sidney J. Catts
for Governor
Pay no attention to Eleventh Hour Campaign Lies that are being
circulated against me.
Voters!
Some of my friends are asking that I explain what I meant
in my speech in referring to the Bootlegger's Vote. I mean this -
The Bootlegger and his friends' votes are large enough to elect
a candidate to any office in Florida. This vote includes the
Bootlegger and his customers of every walk in life. If there is
a candidate who does not want this vote let him say so.
I wish to announce also that there is not any truth in the
rumors that my campaign is being financed by any Secret Order,
Church, Ku-Klux-Klan, Al Smith, or Gasoline Tax Money.
As to my pardoning men convicted of criminal assault, no
prisoners of this class have ever been pardoned in the history of
Florida. All pardons can only be granted by an affirmative vote
of the Board of Pardons, consisting of five members, the Governor
having only one vote.
If you love your state and wish to see it prosper, having
more and bigger Farms, Ship Building Plants and Factories with
plenty of work for the Working Men - then Vote for
Sidney J. Catts
for Governor
Pay no attention to Eleventh Hour Campaign Lies that are being
circulated against me.
Title
Gubernatorial Campaign Poster for Sidney J. Catts, 1916
Subject
Elections
Political candidates
Source
State Library of Florida, Florida Collection, BR0054
Date
1916 (circa)
Format
political poster
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
flc_br0054
Coverage
Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)
Geographic Term
Florida
Thumbnail
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0054.jpg
Display Date
ca. 1916
ImageID
flc_br0054_01
topic
Politics and Government
Subject - Person
Catts, Sidney Johnston, 1863-1936
Transcript
Attention
Voters!
Some of my friends are asking that I explain what I meant
in my speech in referring to the Bootlegger's Vote. I mean this -
The Bootlegger and his friends' votes are large enough to elect
a candidate to any office in Florida. This vote includes the
Bootlegger and his customers of every walk in life. If there is
a candidate who does not want this vote let him say so.
I wish to announce also that there is not any truth in the
rumors that my campaign is being financed by any Secret Order,
Church, Ku-Klux-Klan, Al Smith, or Gasoline Tax Money.
As to my pardoning men convicted of criminal assault, no
prisoners of this class have ever been pardoned in the history of
Florida. All pardons can only be granted by an affirmative vote
of the Board of Pardons, consisting of five members, the Governor
having only one vote.
If you love your state and wish to see it prosper, having
more and bigger Farms, Ship Building Plants and Factories with
plenty of work for the Working Men - then Vote for
Sidney J. Catts
for Governor
Pay no attention to Eleventh Hour Campaign Lies that are being
circulated against me.
Voters!
Some of my friends are asking that I explain what I meant
in my speech in referring to the Bootlegger's Vote. I mean this -
The Bootlegger and his friends' votes are large enough to elect
a candidate to any office in Florida. This vote includes the
Bootlegger and his customers of every walk in life. If there is
a candidate who does not want this vote let him say so.
I wish to announce also that there is not any truth in the
rumors that my campaign is being financed by any Secret Order,
Church, Ku-Klux-Klan, Al Smith, or Gasoline Tax Money.
As to my pardoning men convicted of criminal assault, no
prisoners of this class have ever been pardoned in the history of
Florida. All pardons can only be granted by an affirmative vote
of the Board of Pardons, consisting of five members, the Governor
having only one vote.
If you love your state and wish to see it prosper, having
more and bigger Farms, Ship Building Plants and Factories with
plenty of work for the Working Men - then Vote for
Sidney J. Catts
for Governor
Pay no attention to Eleventh Hour Campaign Lies that are being
circulated against me.
Chicago Manual of Style
Gubernatorial Campaign Poster for Sidney J. Catts, 1916. 1916 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212328>, accessed 4 December 2024.
MLA
Gubernatorial Campaign Poster for Sidney J. Catts, 1916. 1916 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/212328>