The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-05-12

wishes. We. therefore. favor the NOM
/ ination Of all candidates for office
! both state and county, and Of United
! States Senators by a majority vote, in
/ white democratic primary elections,
| held under provisions of law, which
! shall provide all possible protection
| against fraud, bribery, intimidation,
and other vicious influences" etc. The
/ Office of state attorney being, under
/ the Constitution, appointive, the pri-
! mary election is the process or me-
dunn by and through which the people
express their wishes and the governor,
] as a democrat, would be under politi-
cal (not legaD obligations to appoint
the person recommended by a major
| ity Of the voters at the democratic
primary election.
1t is clear to the mind of any per-
son who has any conception Of law
that political platform does not have
any effect upon a State Constitution,
and the only trouble with Mr.. DeHon
and his co-conspirators (conceding
their honesty(?). is that they have not
sufficient intelligence to discriminate
between a State Constitution and a
political platform.
II I am selected or recommended by
a majority of the voters in the demo-
cratic primary to be held on May Is,
for the office Of state, attorney, my
name will not even appear on the Off
cial ballot at the general election to be
held in November next, which should
be most convincing that the state at
torney is appointed and not elected,
and long before the converting of the
legislature of 1907, at which time the
state attorney will be appointed, my
term as a member Of the legislature
from Marion county will have expired.
1 discussed this matter with Mr.. De-
Hon since the article was published
and he told me that she did not write
all the article" and that "as he was
dealing with lawyer he had TO resort
to these tactics to carry his point" He
also undertook to excuse his conduct
by saying, 1T is politics." and admit
ted the article was MISLEADING and
DECEIVING. So, my friends and fell
low voters, ii should be clear to your
mind that this article signed by will
liam DeHon," prepared by the "mon-
key and cat brigade" published In
nearly every newspaper in the circuit,
is either an exhibition Of gross ignor-
ance or malicious attempt to deceive
the voters and make votes for their
candidate. regardless of right or
wrong, principle or practice; and not
withstanding all this deception and po-
litical villainy on the part of the OPP
position, they would have you think
that their conduct in this campaign,
from start to finish, is as pure as the
sweetest breezes famed by angels
whitest wings. unchanged and unfair
nished for through the columns Of
newspapers published in other coun-
ties, in accents loud, comes the brays
Of lop-eared, bandy-shanked, small
sized, he-mules, square deal' and
fair play"
Some of the friends of the opposition
have seen fit to circulate the rumor
that Judge w. S. Bullock has taken
sides with my opponent, and the fol-
lowing letter will suffice to disprove
the report:
Brooksville, Florida, April Is, 1906.
Mr.. Carlos L. Sistrunk, Ocala, Fla:
Dear Sir-The report having been
circulated that have taken sides with
Mr.. E. w. Davis in the contest be-
tween yourself and him for the NOM
ination of state attorney for the fifth
judicial circuit, is wholly without foun-
dalton. 1 have been and propose to
continue neutral between you, and any
assertion to the contrary is untrue.
Yours very truly.
(Signed) w. S. Bullock.
Again, the people of this circuit have
been very kind and generous to Mr.
Alfred, the present state attorney, for
during the last two years. although
incapacitated to attend to the duties of
the office of state attorney, he has de-
rived a benefit from the emoluments
thereof without objection by the peo-
pie, and 1t now appears to me that IT
comes with poor grace in this contest
for him to sit in Prescott, Arizona, and
by private. public or circular letter,
dictate to the people Of this circuit to
name his law partner as his successor.
have no connections with any rail-
road corporation and never have re-
ceived a dollar from one, false insin-
uations to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Ny record as a member of the
last legislature of the state of Flor
ida on matters of this kind speaks for
itself, and to it 1 invite the closest
scrutiny. I hope that my friends now
in the closing days of a holly contest
ed campaign, will remain firm and not
be alarmed or dissuaded by political
"boOmerangs" sprung at the last
moment. Yours very truly,
CARLOS L. SISTRUNK.
MElHkA