The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-07
POLITICAL CHIPS
FROM THE STATE PRESS.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FuIlers earth has been found in the
northern part of Madison county.
Every day it's something new. This
county certainly has great future. -
Madison Recorder.
Having disposed of his bank stock
the Hon. JnO. n. c. Stockton will
now proceed to raise his voice from a
mere whisper to a penetrating anti
co rpor ationyell. -Palatka News.
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With Jennings, TalliaferrO and
Stockton all at Punta Gorda at the
same time and speaking to the same
people, the voters will have an ad-
mirable chance to east their ballot for
their favorite.-Tampa Tribune.
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Bars, simmered down, is a blus-
tering demagOgue, with the unvar-
niShed gall and assurance of pirate.
His political days are numbered, and
| the popularity of his ilk a reminis-
cense of populism.-DaytOna Gazette
News.
| 4 Georgia paper goes for the Times
Union without gloves, saying that
hundreds of bachelors of that state
are about to move To Florida because
of the display of beautiful girls in the
voting conte>t.-Times.U Union.
Frank Clark, John Bars and J. f.
Alexander. My, what hot time il
ahead for the people who are fortu-
nate, or unfortunate, as to live in the
second congressional district.--Palat-
ka Herald.
; a MAN or THE PEOPLE
Ocala may have two candidates for
governor. General Bullock has not yet
given up the idea Of making the race.
Whatever else may be said Bullock Is
a peoples man. Madison Recorder.
The friends of Senator TaliaferrO
are the most enthusiastic set of poll
ticians in the state since the Jennings
candidacy has been announced. Just
a. certain a. the sun goes to rest this
afternoon, and Jennings and Stockton
remain in the race, Taliaferro will be
elected. Tampa Tribune.
Frank Clark Is proposition which
seems to be worrying many of those
who would like to see me aud Black
stone" go To congress; but when the
| primary is over and the votes counted
they will wonder how it was done,
and then we backwOods crackers will
initiate our Bob and 'jes' lafr"-Jas-
per News.
Comptroller Groom proves himself
to he "short.shirtedn in his attempt to
aid the chief executive in his attempt
| 10 hOodwink the people relative To a
reduction of taxes. But, then, he's
on the Jennings band wagon, and
when the governor pops his rawhide
Groom must prance.-Jasper News.
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| Who, Who 10 put up against Bob
Davis for governor? That is the
question. Whether it is best to let
him have a walkOver, or to persuade
some one hungry for office to enter the
lists against him, and during all his
after life feel like thirty cents
White Springs Herald.
| WANTS HIM FOR \ TARGET.
Where, Is this crisis, is the Hon. W.
X. Zewadski, the gentleman famous
| for having had himself interviewed
by the Tampa Tribune? Why dOsn't
he take some interest in public affairs
and come out and run for something
to give the newspapers an opportun-
| ity?- Punta Gorda Herald.
The Ocala editOrs-Harris and Bit
tinger-have been kept quite busy re-
Gently declining nominations for
state offices rendered them by other
editors. They both refuse very posti-
vely, apparently being content with
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