The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-12-04
SAM LEAGUE AT GAINESVILLE.

Mr.. Samuel w. league gives a very
graphic description of the speaking
at Gainesville. He says that no act
ing on the stage was ever more thrill.
ing or dramatic. That Mr.. Sheats
spoke for two hours aud seven min
utes aud through 1t all was so spectac-
ulsr, sprung 50 many surprises,
MADE so many startling disclosures,
was so magnetic, so tense, that no
one present believed that he had
spoken for more than thirty minutes.
He acquitted himself well and the
| applause that greeted him at the fin.
ish Was hearty and rapturous and the
flowers sent to his desk were conspic-
uOus for their abundance.
Mr.. Holloway has no reputation as
al orator but rose 10 the full height
of the occasion and surprised no less
than gratitied his friends at the
splendid manner in which he bore
off the laurels of victory.
Logic, sarcasm, irony, eloquence,
were all used in superbly mastery
way, and in forty minutes speech
| lone of which Daniel Webster would
have been proud spiked his ene-
my's guns, turned them against him,
and captured his strongholds.
Mr.. league says the rOut was com.
plete.
In the light of "A statement a. f.cts
| he says the charges made agaiuS' him
were dIssipsted like mist before. the
rise Of 4 gladdening sun.
Mr. Sheats had charged tina Ala
| chua's school affairs were n reproach
10 the management Of the school
board aud the debt large, bu. the
books in Mr.. Holioway's office were
IN such deplorable muidle hat 1t
| could not be definitely ascertamed
| whether the Indebtedness was 1000
or SI35 900.
Mr., Holloway said that the grand
Jury had gone over his books very
carefully item by item and officially
declared that they We're in good shape
and every item of expenditure &C.
counted for. In addition TO This, h,
said, the state auditor. supposed to be
al eXpeIt, had examined them most
rigidly and declared that hey were
In perfect shape aud in every way
| commeDdable. The state auditor Is
present, said Mr.. Hoilo way. aud if
missIste him | want him to call ne
d ,wu.
Now, he said, in closing | shall
succeed Mr.. Sheats as state superin-
tendent aud shall be better To him
than he has been to me. He will
come back to Alschus county aud
apply for u school and l believe with
hard study may he able to obtain
third grade certificate (he cannot 90
above that and if he does get third
grade certificate l want you 10 give
him little country school because
he will need it.
Mr.. league says the 4 senatorial
debate did not create the tensity the
school debate did, but was next to it
on the program.
OF course We all know that Gov.
Jennings is not sn orators he :ssid.
but he's improving-he's growing
wonderfully.
Mr.. league says that the governor
| sequitted himself to the entire SAITH.
faction of his friends.
He began his speech by saying that
he had vetoed the Gainesville school
appropriation because the plain,man.
dates of the constitution made il his
duty TO do 80. That he did il reluct.
sntly and put of the time for doing
so until the very last moment .snd
stated that he would not do sol,then
If Ii could be shown that he WAS
mistaken in his view of the matter.
That Mr.. Blount, the.author of the
bill and an able lawyer, frankly
svowed that the constitution made
the appropriation prohibitive, and
that Mr.. Hampton aud othertlawyers
of Gainesville, were forced ito the
same conclusion; that the consti,n.