The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-06-12
CLOSING THE CAMPAIGN
Hat Boys, Fletcher is Cool and
Shrewd, Stockton Aggressive, Gill
christ Dignifed, and the Friends of
All are HustIins Twenty-Five Hours
Day
Jacksonville Metropolis, 11th)

Jacksonville Metropolis, 11th)
Governor Broward, when he comes
to the foot Of Main street to close his
campaign next Monday night, will
have ended a contest that has caused
much talk, and one which has prob
ably never been equaled in the state,
In spite of the many attacks-he has
never lost his temper. and his good
natured way of answering charges has
contributed to his strength.
III certain counties the governor is
wonderfully strong. and when he gets
with the ''wOolhat" boys he feels per-
fectly at home.
Why DuvaI Voted Against Him
IL was down at Perry last week that
he explained why it was thar he didn't
carry Duval county. He was surround
ed by am army of cOuntrymen and
said:
"They say / can't carry Jackson
vile. May be SO: but you know Jack
sChville has got a lot of those plug
hal, swallow tail coat fellows up there
who don't like Broward.. They think
it would be disgrace to send to the
United States senate a cracker who
blows his coffee when it's hot, and who
ponrs ii i'm saucer when he is i'm a
hurry"
An Amusing Incident
Another amusing incident happened
when Broward. in passing Perry short
ly after the first primary was met
at the depot by some of the "contin-
gent" Addressing a tall. WOOL hat
friend, Governor Broward said: Say,
Bill, what did YOU DO for me in your
precinct?' =.
We'll, \guv'nor." replied Bill eve
cast 81 votes and SO of them were for
you. We don't know who cast that
one agin you, but we've been er lookin'
ever since the primary to find the lone
traitor"
The humor of the above is made
mere apparent when it is known that
the returns from Taylor county. in
which Perry is located gave Broard
sol votes and Fletcher a votes.
Fietcher's Good Work
: Duncan L. Fletcher, calm and de-
termined. is making three speeches
a day, and he has shrewdly given his
attention to the strong BroWard coun-
ties during the last week Of the cam
paign. Mr.. Fletcher is eloquent and
polished, and reports show that he has
aimed in certain counties. He realizes
that the contest is close, and he is
proving very aggressive. He is de-
pending largely on the newspapers to
reach the voters in counties which he
cannot visit, and his manager, P. A.
Hqlt, has leftnothing undone in reach
ing all the voters with campaign lit
Ell ature.
Broward Issues Warning
At BrOward's headquarters now the
attaches are sending out several hun
dred letters issued by the governor
several days ago, branding as mali
ciously false the report that he has
made any deal of any character what
ever! The governor says that no one
interested i'm any deal has ever init
mated any such thing TO him. and that
the first he heard of it was through
statements sent out from the head
quarters of his opponent. In his last
al peal he urges the voters to watch
out for sensational charges, which he
says he will be unable to reply to and
says: my opponent has had plen-
ty of time to spring anything he wants
to, and l have answered them all.
Look -out for eleventh hour stuff. Of
times sprung by a certain class of pol
iticians in order to deceive the voter"
The Governorship Contest
Stockton's headquarters last night
seemed TO be exceedingly confident; in
fact, more SO than for several days.
Letters received showed, so his close
friends say, that he had gained much
strength in West Florida, and news
came from Sawannee, Alachua and
other counties of most encouraging
nature.
The one thing that bothers the
friends Of both gubernatorial candi-