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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

ton in exchange for advertising space
and refuse to extend the same privi-
lege to the Pensacola Journal, then it
occurs to us that the Ocala Banner
would be the recipient of a special
privilege" but if the railroad compan-
les were to give the Pensacola Jour-
nal and all other newspapers in the
state or through the territory which
the road passes the benefit of the
same business proposition, we cannot
see that the Ocala Banner is the re-
cipient of a special privilege" over
that of any of the other newspapers
of the state.
Of course a farmer, a lawyer or a
doctor could not be extended the same
privilege, because they have no ad-
vertising space to exchange for trans
pOrtation favOrs of this kind
Under the laws of our state, to be-
come a circuit or supreme judge or
states attorney, a person must be a
lawyer, but this does not come under
the head of class legislation, or a
special privilege" forsOoth, because
the ordinary citizen cannot be ap-
pointed to these stations.
A newspaper that is so constituted
that it is afraid of becoming democrat
lied and corrupted by a plain bust
ness proposition Of exchanging $25
worth of advertising space for $25
worth of railroad transportation, is
about in the same fix as a person
whose conscience is so scared and
blunted as to be in doubt of his own
chastity
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The Pensacola Journal wants a
joint debate between the candidates
for governor. Good idea. Carry &c
along further and include the seua-
torial and congressional candidates
also. As matters now stand the cam
paign Is deadly dull-nO interest any
where. no life. no enthusiasm. SOua-
body ought to get busy. and the can
didates should play the role Of
somebody" Maybe the state com
mittee might be induced 10 map out
a campaign in which We could hear all
of the candidates on the same day.
There would be some fun. maybe tn
fur would fly thick and fast. but what
ever happened the people would b.
enabled to size up the candidates and
vote for those who suited them best
New Enterprise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

All this being true, we submit TO
the veteran editor of the Ocala Ban
ner that he distinctly begs the ques-
ton and evades the issue when he
seeks to justify his denunciatiOn of
the railroad commission in prohibit
ing the old transportation contracts.
by piling up testimony to show that
the papers gave full value received.
and more. too, for the passes their
editors rode on.
The commission is confronted by
written law in this issue, and TO have
evaded it's provisions in order TO con-
ciliate the press would have been alb
solute dishOnOr for every member Of
that bOdy.-Pensacola Journal.
ALI of which shows that our es-
teemed contemporary is careless
reader. If he will re-read the article
he will find that the veteran editor
Of the Ocala Banner blamed all who
were blamable in this matter and cried
out for a general restoration to COM
mon sense on the part of everybody
concerned.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
Measures Favored
through

Mr. Williams notes the following
measures as ones which will "com-
mand virtually the solid democratic
vote within constitutional limits"
To compel publication Of campaign
contributions.
Prohibition Of child labor in the Dis
trict Of Columbia and the Territories.
An employers liability bill, drawn
to conform to the recent decisions Of
the supreme court.
Federal liability to government en-
ployes.
A law to prohibit the Issuance of in
functions without notice to the party
enjoined.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
Mr.. GEORGE MACKAY

Yielding to the solicitations of his
fellow citizens, which were conveyed
to him in a largely signed petition by
voters residing inside and outside of
Ocala, Mr. George MacKay has an
nounced his candidacy for county
commissioner for the first district.
This has grown to be an important
office, and to properly perform its
functions the largest businesses capac-
ity is required.
The mammoth business which Mr..
MacKay has helped to build up in
Ocala and the high esteem in which
he is held in business circles as well
as in all moral social and religious
movements, are fitting testimonials to
his business capacity and manner of
right living.
When Mr.. MacKay first cast anchor
in our community he determined to
become a part of its warp and wool,
its brain and its Drawn, so far as
he was able, and in the towns devel-
Opment along commercial lines the
work of his hands has been recOgniz-
ed, and in its higher lines Of develop
ment-mOral, ethical, educational,
Spiritual-he has become interviewer
in its stronger and finer fibers.
He has established a business, build
ed a home, reared a family, and in the
current of everyday life has been a
live wire in adding his quota in all
forms Of development, progress and
upbuilding.
Friends say that as he has done in
his private life, in his business life,
in his moral and religious life, he will
do in his official life, and they there
fore present his name confident of the
almost universal endorsement Of his
fellow citizens.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
FOR COUNTY OMMISSIONER-
SECOND DISTRICT

A perusal of our announcement col
umns will be found the card of Mr..
Robert w. Ferguson, who is a candi-
date for county commissioner of the
second commissioner district.
Mr. FergusOn's father, Mr.. Neal Fer
guson, came direct TO Marion county
from Scotland. and was very promi-
nent in the early history of the coun-
ty, taking an important part in its
commercial and political life, and at
the time of his death was collector
Of taxes
Mr.. FergusOn's mothers family, Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley Brooks, were our ear
Hest settlers, and none were more
conspicuous in its pioneer days.
We have the biblical statement that
all of Gods creatiOn-man and beast
and tree and flOwer-are true to their
kind. and if this be true, the. voters
of the second district need have no
apprehensiOns in voting for Mr.. Fer
guson, because he comes of the best
blood of the county.
How often have we heard it said
that blood will telT' and how true it
is. It is true in the case of Mr.. Fer
guson. He is a good man. He is a
good farmer and a good trader. He
is conscientious. He would do no
wrong himself nor suffer it in others.
He was born and reared in the dis
trict in which he now lives and has
gone in and out before the voters of
the same since infancy. He attended
the little log school house in the dis
trict, played the part of lover and led
his bride to the altar at the neigh
bOThOOd church. His life, in a word,
has been as an open book to the voters
of the district, and in voting for him
they vote with full knowledge Of his
fitness for the performance of the du-
ties of the Office to which he aspires.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The Volusia Record knocks the
present primary system of nOmina-
tons as follows: NO democrat of
ordinary means can ever hope to enter
the race for a stae office in Florida
under the operation Of the present
primary system. The expense is too
great. 1t would bankrupt him. As
an evidence of this all the present
incumbents at Tallahassee, with a sin
gle exception, have no opposition.
These incumbents can afford to make
the race and have every advantage.
The present primary system perpe-
tuates the tenure of office holding. and
it is next to an impOssibility to dis
lodge a State house official, unless an
opponent has a bushel of money to
make the fight."-MadisOn New En-
terprise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
BROWARD A CANDIDATE
His Announcement-Th Siren Soma
Tells Him II is His Duty to
the People

To the Great-Hearted People of Flor
ida:
Though it seems a harsh thing to do
so soon after leaving the graveside of
Senator Bryan, whom we all loved and
rejOiced in honOring. and wo had so
greatly hOnOred us by the example set
by him in his brief young life, never
thelesS, life is such that it is necessary
for us to go on doing, though our
our hearts are laden with grief.
Those who are nearest and dearest
to him have expressed the wish that
should take up the fight, where he was
compelled by death to lay it down.
Some have made their wishes known
by letter, others by telegram, while
others have met me and made their
arguments, face to face; many urging
that it was my duty to the people of
the state.
Responding to the wish expressed
by our great-hearted people, | have
concluded to be a candidate for the
nomination for United States senator
in the coming democratic primaries
now so near at hand; and my reason
for stating at this early hour this fact
is that the time is very short before
the primaries are to. be held, and if
l am to get the information to the
people of Florida that I am a candi-
date, it is necessary to start at once.
To be senator is an honor; to be a
public servant is a greater honor: to
be senator and a public servant is the
greatest of all hOnOrs that the people
of the state can confer, or to which
a son of the peOpe1 can aspire. 1t is
my ambition to be both your senator
and your public servant.
n. B. BROWARD.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
1T is SAID THAT MILTON WILL
GET THE PLUM

The following item Of political Cos
sip is sent from Pensacola to the
Times Union:
Politics in Florida is likely to I'M
dergo some rapid changes within the
next few days. in so far as the cam
paign for United States senator is
concerned. provided what is known as
inside information" Is correct This
is to the effect that Gov. n. B. Brow
ard intends appointing Hon. w. H.
Milton Of Jackson county, a promi-
nent banker and planter, to fill the
place made vacant by the death of
Hon. w. J. Bryan. Mr. Milton. it is
understood, has no inclinatiOns of be-
coming a candidate for the office af-
ter filling the unexpired term, and
that his influence will be given to
Governor Broward, who is to become
within a short time a candidate for
the position against the present ar
ray Of candidates. Mr.. Milton has left
his home in Mariana, it is stated, for
the purpose of meeting the governor
in Tallahassee, and discussing the
situation. The conclusions are very
logical, for it has been known that
the governor desires to become a
United States senator, and would
have done so but for the fact that his
closest friend and political adviser
the deceased senator, also desired the
position, and the governor gave way
TO his desires, and when the opportun-
ity presented itself, made him a gift
of the office after he had announced
himself a candidate. Should the gov
ernOr announce for the senate, and it
is now firmly believed that he will, it
will change the complexion of politics
in Florida. so far as the senatorial
race is concerned.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

When labor joins forces with the
women in a campaign to secure sun
rage for the latter, the country may as
well throw up it's hands and give the
ladies what they want. The recep-
ton accorded the committee Of women
by the Central Labor Union Of Toledo
Thursday night was of a nature to
cause the politicians a bad moment.
There was nothing half-hearted or
perfunctory in the unions endorse
ment.-TOledo COhio) Blade
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Five dollars a crate for celery
sounds awful big, but that is the price
that some Manatee celery has been
sold for. Of course, this price is a
little above the average, but $3.50 and
$500 sales is the price being received
all round. This is mighty, good. and
means between $4,000 and $4,000 an
acre for this tOothsome vegetable. If
the markets hold up the Manatee coun
ty celery growers will be well to the
good when the season is over with a
sufficient bank account to spend the
summer in the mOuntains.-Manatee
Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

BY a curious bill introduced in the
Massachusetts, legislature it is pro
posed to make newspaper publicity the
penalty for violation of a law. An
employers liability act places in a
state board the power to settle such
cases, and il the parties do not abide
by the decision Of the board the fact
win be published in conspicuous
type" with the facts In the case so
far as the board may deem wise. The
act eXempts the board and newspa-
pers from liability under the libel
laws for the publication of such mat
ter. Naturally there is much oppO-
sition TO the measure.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Down in Marion county candidates
campaign assessments come high.
Candidates for clerk OF the court must
pay two hundred dollars each; rep
resentatives fifty dollars each. and
other candidates in proportion. Up in
this part of the state an assessment
OF fifty dollars against a candidate
looks pretty big. and even with that
the candidate who pays it is pretty
sure TO gs. a rebate when the pri-
mary has been held.-NadisOn New
Enterprise.
This is all a mistake. The Offices
not the candidates. are assessed in
Marion.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

President Roosevelt perhaps had
forgotten to take the measure of the
Bryan clothing when he decided that
Mr. Taft was to be his successor.
Strange as it may seem, the Bryan
clothing fitted Mr.. Roosevelt very
we'll, with a slight trimming by the
shears, but Mr.. Taft would cut a sOr-
ry figure in the same suit, his avOir-
dupOis being so much larger than
that of either Roosevelt or Bryan.
Perhaps Mr. Taft will order a new
suit throughout in the event of his
electiOn.-ApalachicOla Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

David BelascO and David Warfeld
are both the sons of San Francisco.
and both began their theatrical ca
reers IN the most humble manner pos
sible. One was an usher and the 9th
er call boy. David Belasco kept
his eyes on Warfield for seven years
before he made himself. known to him.
and his first seeing him was purely
accidental. They are called the Two
Davids," and united in aim and sym
pathy they are as one and as INSOFAR
able as Damon and Pythias.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
Mr.. JOHN WALLS CONTENTION

The organized democracy OF Hills
| borough county, through It's regularly
constituted channels. has passed a
/ resolution OF censure upon Governor
Broward for making appointments TO
office in that county without consulta-
! ton with those whose duty it is, I'M
der the primary system, to act with
and advise the governor in these mat
! tiers.
In his defense of Governor Brow
ard for setting aside the precedent
and custom of the democratic party
in these matters, Mr. John P. Wall. a
prominent attorney at the bar of
Tampa, says that the constitutional
oath of Office makes the gov
ernOr, and not the democratic ex-
ecutive committee. of HillsbOrough
county, responsible for these appoint
ments, and in making them of his own
volitiOn, without seeking the advice or
asking the consent of the democratic
executive committee of Hillsborough
county, the governor is but following
the line of his constitutional duty and
oath of office.
Flooding along in the footsteps of
the law. Mr.. Wall is correct in his
contention.
But it must be remembered that
Governor Broward has committed
himself to the primary system. He
stands sponsor for it, and his allie
glance TO it requires him to be gov
erned by its conclusions. He must
seek its advice and ask its consent
before making appointments to Of
fee in the various counties Of the
state.
His oath of office and the constitu-
ton of the state make it the duty of
the governor, it is true, to make these
appointments, and holds him response
bic therefor, but they do not prevent
him from seeking the advice from
those clothed with authority by the
primary system to which he stands
committed, to assist him in so doing,
before assuming this responsibility.
Under the same process of reason
ing. we might say that the constitu-
ton guarantees to every qualified cleo
tor the right to vote without hamper
ing him with any restrictions what
sOever, yet in carrying out this cOnsti-
tutiOnal privilege, if the average dem
Ocrat ignores and sets at defiance mis-
primary pledges. his action will de-
strOy absolutely and forever the pri-
mary system.
Pledged as he is to this system. can
Governor BrOward ignore it and set
it at defiance without establishing a
dangerous precedent. and without
having his example followed by his
friends and admirers?
In a word and in short, does not the
governors repeated examples along
this line absolve every democrat from
his primary pledges, and, if so, what's
the use Of this great to do about the
primary-its great and glorious bless
ings and achievements?
If the democrats of Florida, follow
ing the example of Governor Brow
ard, refuse TO be governed by their
primary pledges in the general cleo
ton, Florida will become Kentucky
lied.
There will be no other hope.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

q. Efforts are now being made to di-
vert a portion of the money available
for improving the Northwest channel
10 clean out the Beehler channel lead
ing out through the reefs. A few
thousand dollars properly spent on
that work will give a minimum depth
of thirty feet over the bar. The best
interests of the city demand that this
work be done at Once-Key West
Citizen.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
A SLAM ON CRANE

What was intended to be a wall
against Governor Broward that he
sighted South Florida in his selection
of a pro tenn senator is merely fee
BILE squeak. 1t would have been worse
for South Florida had he made the
appointment urged upon him by a few
people in this section.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Ex-Governor John w. Stewart, the
new senator from Vermont, is in h;7
eighty-third year He is appointed to
succeed Redfeld Proctor, and it is not
supposed that he will be a candidate
for reelection, as the governor who
appointed him is a candidate for the
nlacp
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The senatorial committee, which
came to Florida to attend the funeral
of Senator William James Bryan, has
gone TO Knights Key with Mr.. Flag
Ter to inspect the sea-going railway.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

No, Governor BrOward did not APP
point either Editor Claude L'Engle
or Editor George G. Mathews to the
vacant senatOrship. A newspaper
man is non per soma gratis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

. Editor LEngle prints an apology for
the cartoon Of Senator and Mrs. La
mar, which some friends suggested
was indicate and improper, but the
apology is worse than the offense. Ed
itor Claude has a very bad and pro-
nounced case of "sour."
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The United States department of az.
riculture has announced the annual
quarantine against interstate ship.
ments of cattle from fourteen south.
ern states in which splenetic, southern
or Texas fever exists Among the
states named are Mississippi. South
Carolina Georgia and Florida. Quar-
antine is effective April 1.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

In the brief time that William J.
Bryan represented Florida in the Sen
ate he became known and hOnOred by
men of both parties as a young man of
engaging personality, high ideals, fine
character and ability. His death is
a loss to his State and to the nation.
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Editor Stoneman Of the Miami
News-Record tells Editor Claude
L'Engle Of the Tallahassee Sun that
the distance from Tallahassee to Mi,
ami is no greater than from Miami to
Tallahassee. Will these two editors
ever get together?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The American batteships will visit
both Japan and China. The visit is
TO impress upon those heather nations
how the most enlightened Christian
nation Of the earth walks in the foot
steps of the Prince of Peace"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

A Georgia colored minister attrib-
utes his fall from grace to bad spir-
its. He had evidently been bucking
the blind tiger"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

II Congressman Heflin continues to
ride on Washington street cars there
will be no necessity for the Jim Crow
law.-Atlanta Journal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Night riders have begun operation
in Virginia, four farmers near Chat
ham having received notices giving
them directions as to the disposal of
their tobacco
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Mr.. J. W. Hunter has been appoint
ed sheriff Of Lake county. vice Sheriff
Murrhee removed.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

The appetite for Office seems to
take as strong hold upon some peo-
PIE as the appetite for strong drink.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

Governor Broward just wants TO be
a United States senator and a public
servant at the same time.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03

And the bee Of political ambition is
still buZzing in the ear of Napoleon
Broward.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-03
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1908

Drury Lane Theater in London, first
opened in 1868, has just been burned.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-24
GOOD HUNTING in MONTANA.
Game Wardens Report Fine Look
out for Bio Game

According to the reports Of the dep
uty game wardens who have been I'm
Helena IN conference with game War
den Scott, in every part of the state
the finest hunting In years is promised
during the open season next Septem-
Der, says the Helena correspondent
OF the New York Sun.
The prospects are not quite so aus
picious for a good crop Of chickens,
grouse and gage hers as for big game.
The late spring and the wet weather
In many places created havoc among
the chicks and II is feared that il the
wet weather continues ii VIII destroy
the young. The outlook for good
duck shooting is splendid and, accord
ing to the reports Of the deputies. is
nowhere better than at Lake HaIser.
a few miles north Of Helena This is
the first year the ducks have nestled
cn the lakes in any great number and
the duck'ings have been Matched and
are doing we'll
The best big game shooting to be
found IA the country today IS said to
be on the Flathead and Lewis and
Clark forest reserves. The reserves
are true wilderness and afford Il
fine haven for the big game. Not
enough hunting has been done on the
reserves to. spoil It. Among the big
game animals which are plentiful are
elk. black tailed deer and all yarie-
ties Of the bear family. from the little
brown and black bear to the grizzly
and sllvertip. The deputies say that
elk shooting this year should be par
tcularly good The streams are full
of trout end all varieties Of small
game are to be found
Il IS not generally known that
moose are 10 be found in Montana,
but the deputies reported their pres.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-24
MODERN ACTING.

The modern school I like full we'll;
through 1t no lungs are split.
An actor used to have to yell II he
would make a hit.
But now when some one soaks him
hard, he murmurs soft and low;
TN let you live. Count Hildegard,
live to regret that blow.
The tableau used 10 be the thing,
each carpenter and supe
Upon the stage they'd always bring,
and mass EN- in a group.
And then while horns would loudly
blare and cymbals wildly clang,
They'd cut the curtain loose some
where and drop it with a bang
But in the modern school they've done
with things like these
The hero stands up stage alone among
the canvass trees.
Then as his sweetheart towards him
glldes, his faithful love to crown
The curtain gently, softly slides, and
noiselessly comes down.
Washington Herald