Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-02-09

bidding, and when he was fired
upon by the assassin WIS on his
way to the capitol in the peaceful
pursuit of his duties as a state SEN
ator.
If there is that in Mr. GOebei'S
public life that merited reprOach it
has not been brought to the sur
face, and there is certainly much in
his career to commend him. Writ,
ing to the Ocala Banner of the
m .rtyrcd leader of the Kentucky
democracy Mr.. Robert l.. Ander-
son, a native kentucklan, but now
a citizen of OCala, and one of the
leading lawyers of the state, says:
What manner of man is this
against whom all this vituperation
was directed? Where are we to
find the cause and origin OF this
unrelcnting enmity, which has
progressed from ander to the
shot gun, from persecution to as
SaSSination?
Let me show you some of this
mans OfenSeS, some of those
crimes which invoked all this in
dignation and which finally led to
his being StalKed and shot down
like a wild beast. Here is the
catalogue which | hold up to you:
From a barefoot newsbOy. whose
only armOr was his innate charaC-
ter and his sublime courage, he
had the audacity to mount over
the head of incapacity, envy and
detraction, and become at once
the leader of his party, the fore
most lawyer in his state, the trust
ed friend of Governor and United
States Senator Stevenson, who,
dying, left his large estate in
William GCeberS hands as trustee
"a trust which. has been faithfully
administered and is held today.
He was an enemy to political
rings, and crushed one of partiC-
ularly maiOdorous character in
KentOn county, headed by MeSsrs
Hallam and Myers, two men who
Wed with each other in abjecl ser
vi ity to railroad corporations,
For twelve years he represented
his county in the Kentucky senate.
There he offended Basil Duke.
Wilbar F. RrOwder and other hired
lobbyists of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad, by procuring the
passage of Legislation IN the inter
est of the public against the objec
tons of these gentlemen, and by
proving to their complete Satisfac-
ton that he would be nSither
frightened nor srlenced by,bESLa2t
He had the effrontery to OF 10:
the school book trust. whic5s43oSe
selling to Kentucky school q; /! wa
at a high price. the san, !loaen
which it sold to Indians'TL 1900 HooS
just across the Ohio r;ue en''u u, =
much lower price. " rlVer' a! a
the PASSAGE in 70 by advocating
rbe fnJia6s ,ar--the legislature of
The rc.' CIoas law, which had effected
It-eduction Of the price in the
latter state.
He favored a measure known as
the McChord bill, which was de
signed to compel railway COM
panies to respect the law, to inveS,
the railroad commission with more
power and make it an efficient
force.
He wanted corporations in the
state to pay an adequate and prop
er tax upon their franchises and
property, and to bear their proper
share of the burden of government
He was a sincere friend of
Bryan and OF the Chicago platform.
| He persisted in the deteStable
practice of bringing suits against
railway companies, contrary to
their wishes, and of securing
Judgements against them in the
courts Ard although these suits
were Uniformly claimed by the de
| PENDANTS L. be "without merit,
the judgements we're with exaSper
ajns regularity affirmed in the
app =, ate tribunal.
.1~.u &c stood for office he
! fan, ask the consent of the
-, I & Nashville railroad as
IT, nl, candidacy. Every Florida
polit' IN will at once recognize
! tlc t~pardOnable nature of this
ot'.25 Moreover, throughout
his lite he has exemplihed the
qualities of purity in private life,
freedom from vice, Sobriety to tht
3 L