The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-08
Mr.. earn WRITES LETTER SIT
TING FORTH PLATFORM AND
PRINCIPLES

! To the Voters OF Marion County.
| AS a candidate for the Legislature
| | feel that it is due to the voters or
| the county TO know how | stand on
! important questions which We all
| have reason 20 believe Will come be
| fore that body.
suppose every voter in Marion
! county knows by this time who IN"
! candidates are for the Legislature. [
/ have already sent out a lerteT setting
! forth some Of my principles. | wish
| 10 say that ! am not RAINING for the
! legislature or any one issue. ! be-
/ lieve we should feel a at rasUOH-
sibijity. and give every question pro
/ found and deep study. There will 90,
many questions Of the utmost iIpor-
/ lance affecting the welfare Ot ever.
citizen IN the state Of FLORIDA. 4
member Of the legislature should give
/ them all deep thought. and hdv.n-
! done this he should work to acC..s-
lplish what he believes to be for TIE
/ best interest Of the people.
/ / believe if a person draws Sis dol
! lars a day to work and represent IN"
| people, he should not be idle.
| | am especially interested iE e3"ra
! tiOnal matters. / believe there aye 20
number of good laws that might b.
/ passed that VII greatly strenEt, hn
our sChOll system.
| I favor a uniform system OF text
j books for the state.
| IN Georgia with state uniformity.
| Fields L. :. History sells for - cent. .
| In Florida it sells for 81. In Georg,1
| Mines Standard Arithmetic sells for
/ As cents In Florida il sells for 90
cents. and other books sell in about
the same ratio Marion county alou-
will save from $4,000 10 $4,000 per YEA.
| The state will save $4,000 or S75 .OOU /
! have studied the school question
| for twenty years, and | believe | know
wherein We can greatly strengthen
our system, and at the same time
spend no more money than We ar
now spending.
! | believe in a good and economical
administration | do not believe that
/ the legislature should appropriate
more money than the state can pay. f.
believe in county, state and nd- /
! tiOnal prohibition.
/ | believe we should at least be- will
| ing to submit the question to the peo- 4
! pie Of the state to decide.
J | believe in a good liberal pension I.
/ law. | believe We should strengthen
the preaen; law by making il impOsgi- /.
/ bic for a person 70 draw a pension uu- /
/ less he comes within the law, and
/ that one person should be granted as
much as another when he is just as
deserving.
! | do not believe the county is yet
ready for what is known as the no
fence law.
believe in a good system of hard
/ roads. out this question should b"
studied thoroughly, and believe
some plan can be devised thar viii
/ build these roads without saddlIng
any great or enormous debt on the
state.
! believe that the people should
/ know how Zach candidate cor the leg.
! islature stands on any important
question likely 10 come before the log
islature ! had rather not be elected
than be elected with the people ok
lpeCting ME TO do what | know i'm my
own heart / will not do. | believe eN-
cry man should have backbone enough
to have decided views. 10 let them
be known, and TO work with ali his
power to put them IN force. Will
| we should be conservative. We tanuO;
afford to weaken on any principle o.
question that will effect the interest
of every citizen Of the state
To accomplish the above are some
Of the reasons want to go TO the le--
iSlature. There are some other inn
pOTtant matters that Will come before
the legislature, and / stand ready O"
tell you how I stand on any OF them.
| realize that | cannot accomplish any
of these things alone. but | do not eX-
peCt to be alone on single prinCipl"
for which | stand. and even if | knew
that there would NOT be strength
enough in the legislature to enact into
law some principle. it would be no eN
cuse for me to be afraid 20 let IN
IpeOple know how | feel on the ques-
ton.
If YOU will study ny life and find
that il does not measure mp TO my
promises. think you will do an in
justice to vote for me, but if YOU find
that my life has been consistent AM
believe that | will carry out what 7
promise. | will greatly appreciate any
thing you will do for me. have moth
ing to say against a single one of my
d opponents. They are all good men
and | believe will make you good rep
iresentatives. Respectfully,
= w. d. earn.