The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-09-08

Gus oestsa's Review Of Governor
DPeWasd'S Pro0sSss-Ssys 0e'u
Net climb the "Stsey, Stony
stairs" ~
TO the Editor of the Ocaia Banner:
In the last issue Of your paper l see
that the democratic executive COM
mittee of your county has done the
proper thing by entering protest
against the high handed way in which
the governor of this state ignores
democratic usages by appointing a
county Judge to the place of the late
lamented General Bullock, and has
shown his excellency ''the color of
their eye"
would like to say. knowing the
people of Marion county as l do,
that while none of you have any OBJ
lection to Judge Bell you certainly
have just reasons to be offended by
the way in which he received his
commission. I feel proud for Joe
Bell, for know Broward never saw
nor heard of him politically and dare
say he did not meet him when he
was canvassing for Galloway for
sheriff in your recent primary. 1
congratulate Judge Bell for the pull
he has politically and predict for
him bright future, provided ne does
not smoke cigarettes.
do not think [ am competent to
dish out democracy, but l say right
here for the best interests of the
common people that they had better
cut out DuvaI politicians. They are
slick but can't slide" They are quick
to make promises but whether they
are quick in advocating those meas
ures which are so plain for the up
building of the states reduction of
taxes, the upbuilding of schools and
colleges, remains to be seen. In
dividually speaking have had the
honor of working in harness with
them, both politically and financially,
and have long since arrived at the
conclusion that gratitude is something
foreign to their makeup If you
follow them up you will agree with
me. Ask John Lewis of Moss Bluff.
Marion county can not only boast
of her rich lands. hard roads, good
schools and strong financial insJitu-
tions. but can likewise boast of some
of the most intellectual young men
and old men to be found in the state.
Such gentlemen, for instance, as Judge
w. 8. Bullock, William Hooker, r.
L. Anderson, r. A. Burford and
others to numerous to mention. Now
II any of the above named gentlemen
were to come out fairly and squarely
for any office within the gift of the
people they can win hands down and
would fill the same with credit to
themselves and honor to the state and
they would not need a half dozen
advisers, either.
It is well to remember that Napc.
= leon B. Broward made his fight open.
ly with his beautiful drawn map OF
the Everglades claiming that millions
of acres of the richest lands in the
world were ours; SO fertile is this
land that even the Mississippi bottom
is q barren waste in comparison. II
he were elected governor he would
see that the common people would get
q slice of the Everglades. So plain
and plausible were his arguments
that they proved vote catchers. But
know only one man that felt sure
that Broward would reclaim the Ever.
glades and wrest it from the railroad
and canal syndicate and this gentle.
man got near enough to ''stake
q claim at once. That gentle.
man was none other than Hon.
G. NJ. Brown. But where is this
land? It has developed into a state
life insurance scheme for future DO.
litical use.