The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-28
GOVERNOR BROWARD
Thanks his Friends for their Support
end Outlines his Policy in Case Of
His Election.

State Of Florida: In the democratic
| primary held May 18th, received more
votes than any OF the candidates run
ming for United States senator. Mr..
Fletcher received the next highes,
vote. Therefore, our names will be
the only two on the ballot which will
re voted in the democratic primary to
be held June 18th.
| I am sincerely grateful to the peo-
lie of the several counties OF the state
i OF Florida for the magnificent vote
| given me in the first primary. / recog
rize the fact that ii was not merely a
personal tribute, but that they voted
as they did because they believed in
| the principles represented by me on
! the stump and in my addresses print
ed and sent to the people,
l herein assure the people that IL
nominated United States senator from
this state, I will do all in my power
tic effectuate legislation that will more
cffectually control interstate COM
merce.
/ will urge the adoption of legisla-
ton that will improve the financial
system.
eGter upon plan of constructing a
system of coastal canals by which the
many inland streams that frequently
arallel our coast shall be connected
| up and made navigable for craft of
reasonable size, for transporting heavy
/ freight and for the convenience of all
| Gun people. The benefits of such
system can scarcely be enumerated, in
this day of the various kinds of power
boats, from the freight boat, propelled
| by the gasolene engine, to the great
hcuse boats propelled in the same way,
in addition to the boats originally run
for passengers and freight.
I will also do all in my power to
enact legislation that will open up our
barbors to the sea, making them avail
able not only for commercial purposes,
hut as Ravens and places of refuge
| from storms.
/ will do all in my power to secure
! appropriations for deepening and max
| iEg navigable our inland rivers and
| their tributaries that they may become
serviceable means of bearing much Of
our inland commerce to the points of
export so that the waters shall not be
| wasted, but be used to bear our COM
| n.erce.
| i will do what can to secure the
| assage of a national, drainage law
such as the one now before the senate
| of the United States, introduced by
committee of the senate, and which
! has the support of the National Drain
ege Congress, of which / am president,
| by which the fund derived by the
4 Init n6 10 oC co
| lands will constitute a national drain
age fund. and by which law the secre-
| tary Of the interior will be authorized
20 make contracts with either the
states or with counties, with cities or
with private individuals or corpora
tons, to drain swamp lands, the mon
ey to be refunded at ten per cent in
ten annual instalments without inter-
est, the government being secured un-
Ger contract by a lien upon the lands
reclaimed. 1 believe the government
has as much power and right TO take
| water off of, land that has too much
water on it, as it has to put water on
! land which is otherwise too dry for
! cultivation. as it is doing now in the
great West, where it reclaimed mil
i lions of acres, and has under way
twenty six propositions, embracing the
expenditure of hundred million dol
| lars.
! / will do what can to have enacted
| q law, to put in motion such action as
will prevent the control of the prices
OF naval stores produced in the state.
by trusts and combines, which tend
always by manipulation to reduce the
price paid by the consumer. The prices
| that now prevail are artificially main
! tanned by combinations and trusts at
the lowest point that the operators can
possibly live This should be prevent
&c and the ordinary law of supply and
i demand, control instead. If this is
done. / believe that the prices will
range from thirty to forty per cent
! higher than they do now.
| I favor the extension of the employ
eT's liability act to all cases where the
! injury to an employee is not caused
solely by his own wanton act.
| I favor an eight-hour manual labor
| day law to all government opera
tions.
| / favor the employment and en-
enlargement of our own people in pub
| lie enterprises.
| | favor laws to require the postal
service to be so rendered as to serve
| the convenience of those who labor
! till late in the day.
I favor an extension of the free de-
livery of mails, and the adoption of a
cheap parcels post
] 7 assure YOU, that if elected senator,
7 shall not exploit the great office tn
which aspire to my advantage, but
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