Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-19
SENATOR MALLORY.

me announcement or Senator :
r. Mallory that he will not be Il candi
date for reelection to the United
States Senate, which is made through
the columns of The Journal today, will
be- received with regret by that gentle
mans friends all over Florida.
The Senator has been in i'll health
for some time, but his friends had
hoped that he would recover in sutfi
Gent time to make an active canvass
for reelection, His present illness
however, has been such that, on the
advice of his physician, he deems II
best to definitely announce that he
will not be in the race.
The announcement is character
istic of the man aud 1t does credit
to that high ethical conception OF duty,
both to himself and to others, which
has always been part Of his private
and his public life. It was not In.
cumbent on Senator Mallory to make
Niio hN NltlN lllllt
there are few men who would have
done So We say, few men who would
have done so; and we base the state.
ment on the fact that there are few
who ever have done such Il thing
Had Senator Mallory desired to
play politiCs-either in his own inter.
est or. I'm that of someone elsc-hr
could have let this matter drift along
until the time Of the primaries. He
may be entirely recovered by that
time. Every citizen OF the State will
hope that he may be. But whether
recovered or not, he could have used
the interim to advantage IN many
ways simply by covering up his inten-
tons and keeping the people, as well
as the candidates, In ignorance Of the
situation.
Many others would have done this.
but Senator Mallory long ago demon.
strated thAt he had nothing In his
makeup in common with the average
man who seeks or holds public Office.
He has never known what II meant
to play politics. In his long political
no man can truthfully say that
Stephen r. Mallory ever took an un
fair or unworthy advantage Of a pc.
litical opponent. He Is not made OF |
that kind OF stun. lie dcspiscs pre-.
tense and hypOcracy OF every kind
He never used public Office for his own
personal advancement and no act or
policy OF his was ever shaped for the
purpose OF aiding his political for.
tunes. His public acts have always
been dictated by that OvcrpownrIng
OF the man TO do what
le conceived To be right, regardless
y how II might affect him personally
Dr politically.
These are some Of the things that
nave cndcarcd stephen T. Mallory to
he people of Florida. They are
lmong the things that made his
ricnds low" him az man and make
hem loyal to him a "A public servant.
His announcement not tn be- can.
iidatc for recollection II, under the
circumstances perfectly In accord
With every policy OF his past political d
ifo, and 1t H. a fitting sequence Ia u }
ccord that ha, Ia many respects been
me- of IN" mOst--if not the most r..
narkahlc IN "a" annals ~ American
,oltlcs Elected 10 III" United States u
,"uatr Ten Year, ago without ever "A
ayuP been n candidate for tho office. b
nd without the cNp"ndltur" 81 g.
tickle iu the interest ~ his election
.cirR ~" one man Ia the whole state n
p0n whom a majority ~ the discOrd d
nj elements ~ that disc0rdnut time
.orc able 10 con sOlidnt". being re-
lcct"d without opposition four years ~
"a. serving attn Distinction for ten r
roat"at legislative body ~ the world
I'D now d"clulng voluntarily Ia nj.
"a hi name 10 bo used for reelection 1
hen m" chances for such reelection
~" largely In his faSOr--his record
uuiqu" and ~" think. unparalleled
q tho history 81 the United States q
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II 70 20 oycr.atAtsm~nt ~ Senator IA
I,llorys strength. nor dlsparaRem.ut
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