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

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lowing tribute to Senator Mallory:
The announcement of Senator S.
r. Mallory that he will not be a camdi-
date for reelection to the United
States Senate. which is-Snade 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 suffi-
cient time to make an active canvass
for reelection. His present illness,
however, has been such that, on the
advice of his physician, he deems it
best to definitely announce. that he
will not be in the race.
The announcement is character
istic of the man and it does credit
to that high ethical conception Ofrduty,
both to himself and to others, which
has always been a part Of his private
and his public life. It was not in
cumbent on Senator Mallory to make
this announcement at this time, and
there are few men who would have
done so. We say, few men who would
hsae done so: and we base the state
ment on the fact that there are few
who ever have done such a thing.
Had Senator Mallory desired to
play politics-eith@ in his own inter
est or in that of someone else-he
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
tions and keeping the people, as we'll
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 it meant
to play politics. In his long political |
career, no man can truthfully say that |
Stephen r. Mallory ever took an un-
fair or unworthy advantage Of a pO |
litiCal opponent. He is not made Of |
that kind of stuff He despises 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 OyerpoWeriug
characteristic Of the man to DO what
he conceived to be right, regardless
of how it might affect him personally
or politically.
These are some Of the things that
have endeared stephen r. Mallory 10
the people Of Florida. They are
among the things that made his
friends love him as a man and make
them loyal to him as n public servant.
His announcement not TO be a can.
didate for reelection Is under the
perfectly in accord
with every policy Of his past political
life and il is a fitting sequence 20 a
record that has in many respects been
one Of the moSt--if not the mOst-re.
markable I'm the annals OF American
politics Elected 10 the United States
Senate ten years ago without ever
having been a candidate for the Office.
and without the expenditure OF
nickle in the interest Of his'clection,
being the one man in the whole state
upon whom a majority Of the discord
ant elements OF that discordant time
were able 10 consolidate; being re-
elected without opposition four years
ago; serving with distinction for ten
years in the highest branch OF the
greatest legislative body Of the world
and now declining voluntarily 20 al
low his name 10 be used for reelection