The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-11-19

isa that We may know the truth. Let
IL COME, professor, we are anxious to
know all. Now itappears that some
of the people seem TO think that Mr..
Stroller would like very much to be
clothed in legislative honors bnt fear
ed Mr.. Zewadski. Now, If my knowl-
edge of the political situation of this
part Of the county is correct, would
say that Stroller would poll large
number OF votes in this lpreclnct if
he did not get plurality. rather
think he would get the latter. /
really believe that the professor would
make another just such man in Of
flee as the Hon. 8. II. Bitch, provided
he would come out ON the carpet as q
candidate for the Legislature. -.
Now, Mr.. Editor, for the benefit of
the most skeptical of the Banner cor
respondents and others, such as Scrub
Jack, Dutchman, Liberty, Bonnie
Prince Charlie and others, allow me
to pen the following: / have heard
such reports as facts that our honor
able state senator who has served us
so nobly i'm several of the recent ses-
sions of the legislature, and whose
term of office is out this year, has not
knowledge enough to serve US in the
capitol at Washington. Some have
gone so far as to tell me that Mr..
Bitch would have to carry marshal
or policeman with him in the sena-
torial halls to find his way out. Now,
the above is the way some of our no.
BILE men are praised for their honesty
and in feeling for their fellow man,
when he has done all he can for his
people. Has Bitch black spot in
his record as q citizen or politician
No. Did he ever vote for or in favor
OF the railroad Hobbies? No. Did he
ever al any time sell his vote for any
compensation in favor of such corpo-
rations? No. Did he ever vote for
high taxes? No. Well, can you find
a blemish in his spotless record? No.
Now the question might be asked,
why then do you think he has not
knowledge enough to be sent to Wash
ington as a United States senator?
Well, hardly know, is the only answer
that could be given, and a very poor
one at that. Now, that We have look
ed at his views in regard to railroad
syndicates and corporation Hobbies and
find that he worked against them
rather than to favor them, we might
proceed to ask what has he done for
his constituents and friends? Why
he has done great many things for
us the few times he has worked for US.
One of his first bills in the legislature
was to cut his own salary from six to
four dollars per day. The second was
to pay no clerk for more than the act
ual time they served. His third was
to cut the clerks salary from S. to
$3.50 per day. He was one of the leg
islators that voted to change the fixed
salaries of our county officers and left
it in the power of our county commits
sioners to adjust according to the work
done in the respective offices in the
county and state. Now we we'll pro-
coed to see what this honorable man
has done for us as a state senator.
First, while they were all hiring COM
mittee clerks, this senator without
brains, hired no clerk but did his own
work which was saving to the tax
payers of 500, according to what
Statesman Zewadski allowed his clerk.
Second, while Aver and Zewadski,
the lambs in our last legislature, were
voting for railroad candidates and
prisoners feed bill, this scape de grace,
or scape goat of senator was propOs-
ing poor farm bill which in a year or
so would be self supporting, which
would be saving to the poor tax pay
ers of this county of several thousand
dollars yearly, which sum at present