The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-23
THE OPENING OF THE
REPUBLICAN CeMPeIGN.
Review Of MscFsrIsns and eunby's
Speeches in ocaIa-ths Policy of
the Two Parties contrasted.

at which Messrs. MacFarlane and
Gunby closed their speeches in this
city Wednesday night it was impos
sible for us TO review them at any
length.
Mr.. MacFarlane, being a candidate
for governor, felt impelled to review
the record of his opponent, Hon. Ma
poleon B. Broward, the democratic
candidate, and in doing so was aided
by Mr.. Broward's book. Ibis refer
ence to the contents of this little
book the speaker was facetious and
followed in the footsteps blazed out
so Familiarity by Hon. Robt. w. Da
Wis in the primary campaign, and it
goes almost for the saying that he
was not so happy in his pictures as
was the inimitabIe Palatka democrat.
Mr.. Davis references were pleasan-
tries and compelled ripples of laugh
ter; Mr.. MacFarlane's were tinctured
with Just little vinegar which spoil
ed the ginger. He said the book was
a trivial production and emanated
from a trivial mind. This was little
harsh. The intelligent voters of the
state read the book very carefully
and the result shows that they placed
a different estimate upon it. Mr..
MacFarlane went further in his criti
cism of the modest little book. He
said that further along in its pages
the author acknowledged that he was
the owner of the "Three Friends"
and that he eluded the revenue cut
tiers and furnished arms and ammu-
milton to the Cuban patriots which
in a measure enabled them to gain
their freedom. This, Mr.. MacFar-
lane said, was a confession from Mr.
Broward that he had violated the
laws of his country and had he made
the confession any time before the
statute of limitation against this par
ticular crime had expired he would
have been tried by the federal courts
as a malefactor and sent to serve for
term of years in one of the federal
penitentiaries instead of being elevat-
ed to the higest executive Office of
sovereign state.
This may have been true, but it is
very doubtful, though many hero
has suffered a worse fate.
If the American colonies in their
struggles for independence had been
unsuccessful, George Washington may
have been hanged as a traitor, but as
the world was spared that melancholy
catastrophe, Washington is every
where regarded as a patriot and the
Cubans have erected a pedestal and
on it have placed Napoleon B. Brow
ard alongside of this man, who to
Americans was First in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen."
Instead of being hanged Washing
ton was made president as Napoleon
B. Broward will be made governor.
Mr.. MacFarlane raped the demo-
Gratis hard over the knuckles in telling
what the various democratic candi-
dates said against each other in the
democratic primary campaign and
handled the Sheats-Holloway contro-
versy to the best advantage from his
point of view. He said if what Sheats
said about Holloway and what
Holloway said about Sheats were
true or half true both men ought to
be made to wear prison stripes. He
extoIled the character of Mr.. O'Neal,
the republican candidate for state
school superintendent, in the high
est terms and felt hopeful that through
him the republican party of Florida,
owning so much of its wealth, so
anxious for its welfare and so largely
identified with its destiny, would have
one representative in the next state
administration. 1t is very probable
that the speaker may have made some
converts along this line for if there be
one thing more than another that
the average democrat is stickler for
it is that the men put in Office shall
be above suspicion. Sans peur sans