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

Inc PENSACOLA Journal pays the fol
lowing tribute to Senator Mallory:
The announcement of Senator S.
R. Mallory that he will not be a candi-
date for reelection to the United
States Senate, which %s-Jdade through
the columns of The JournaHtoday. will
be received with regret by that gentle
mans friends all over Florida
The Senator has been in ill health
for some time, but his friends had
hoped that he would recover in sutFi.
Client 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 Of duty.
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
haee 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-eithN 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.
lions 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 |
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 |
no man can truthfully say that
Stephen r, Mallory ever took an un. |
fair or unworthy advantage of pc.
itiCal 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.
unes. His public acts have always
been dictated by that oyerpowering
of the man to do what
10 conceived to be right, regardless
If how it might affect him personally
,r politically.
These are some Of the things that
nave endeared stephen II. Mallory 10
he people of Florida, They are
lmong the things that made his
friends love him as man and make
hem loyal to him as a public servant
His announcement not TO be a can.
lidate for reelection Is, under the
circumstances, perfectly in accord
With every policy of his past political
life, and it IS a fitting sequence 10
ecord that has in many respects been
me Of the most If not the mOst-re.
narkable i'm the annals Of American
politics. Elected 10 the United States
Senate ten years ago without ever
laving been a candidate for the office,
nd without the expenditure Of
tickle i'm the interest Of election,
,eing the one man In the whole State
IpOn whom a majority Of the discord
mt elements OF that discOrdant time
we're able TO consolidate; being re-,
lected without opposition four years
go; serving with distinction for ten
ears in the highest branch Of the
reatest legislative body OF the world
nd now declining voluntarily 10 al.
DIV his name 10 be used for reelection