The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-12-06

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HON. n. r. BRYAN'S ADDRESS
fair audience greeted Hon. n. p.
Bryan Of Jacksonville. candidate for
l.. 8. senator. last night at the court
house. He was introduced by Attor-
ney L w. Duva1, in a very compliment
airy manner. To his way OF thinking
Mr.. Bryan was the best equipped man
for the office of those aspiring.
Mr.. Bryan in opening his address re-
ferred TO the fact that he was born in
ORANGE county, out OF which Lake
county was created, hence by birth he
was Q near neighbor to Marion. He
said he would not have much to say
about himself. for there was not much
to b said, as he never held but one
office and that was member of the
public control commission who served
without pay and in which he took
deep interest as there was no cause
that appealed so strongly to his head
and heart as the education of our
youth.
Mr.. Bryan said he had visited every
county but four in the canvass and
would again make the rounds and in
clude the four not yet visited. He adj
mitted he was not wise enough to
write the platform of the democratic
party. though a democrat from his
birth and 100 years before that. He
favored q wise and frugal government
He had a great deal to say about Mr.
Bloupt. his opponent from Pensacola.
because that gentleman had said a
great deal about him and one of the
things said about Mr.. Bryan by Mr..
Blount was that Bryan was not quail
ined rs q lawyer to pass on great con-
stitutional questions which would be
his business II sent to the Senate. Mr..
Bryan said he asked Mr.. Blount how
Blount said 100 persons had told him,
but when asked to be specific, he fail
ed to name his informant and has not
done 80 to this date.
Mr.. Bryan then took up Mr.. Blount's
literature and by the time he finished
with II. created a good deal of amuse-
ment for his hearers and conclusively
showed that Mr., Blount had not only
had . case Of "cold feet" when he laid
down in the last contest, but a man Of
consummate egotism. who really felt
that In him, Blount, resided about all
the wisdom that existed in the brains
Of Florida men.
Mr.. Bryan disclaimed that Broward's
mantle had fallen on him. though he
said he had voted for the distinguish ed
Floridian a number Of times and be-
lieved in all the large principles he had
advocated. He paid a beautiful tribute
to the memory Of Broward and regret
ted 50 great a genius had passed away.
as he felt confident had he lived he
would have added to the name and
fame Of the state. He said Broward
like Henry of Navarro, has never
shown the white feather.
Mr.. Bryan was acandidate because
a thousand persons in the state had
asked him to make the race He be-
iieved in all the fundamentals of the
democratic party. including Southern
state rights. He again referred to
Governor BrOward's work for the state
and said he had placed three millions
Of acres of the richest land in the
world on the map Of Florida, by the
reclamation Of the Everglades, two
millions of acres more than were now
in cultivation in the state. He took
up the argument against Jacksonville
and her candidates., which ina word
are to the effect that the metropolis
Of the state was asking too much and
that there were other portions of the
state that had interests besides Jack
sonville: that men who were sent to
the Senate would not do other portions
Of the state justice. Mr.. Bryan said
II he felt that way he would retire
from the field. II he was elected, his
highest ambition would be to serve ev-
cry interest and every portion of the
state to the extent OF his ability and
to show that the argument was falla-
cious and strictly partisan. mentioned
the fact that Senators Morgan and
Pettus. who served Albania so long,
faithfully and efficiently. lived in the
same town, Selma. :.
He scored the L. & N. Railroad. the
only trunk line in the state that charg-
ed four cents a mile and the service
was the same today as when it was
first built. which was before his day,
and said it should be regulated.
He had word to say about his home
opponent. J. N. c. Stockton. Said he
had voted for John ever since he had a
vote. That he had run for office ever
since he knew him. Took up his cam
paign literature and showed Stockton
claimed the Senate consisted of 1O1
members, just ten too many. and the
ten poor men he spoke Of were law
yers. for did you ever hear of a rich
lawyer. There was one trouble with
Stockton's statement He promised to
reduce the price Of living. John was
promising too much-promising to dc
what President Taft had failed to do
The speaker was shy Of promises, for
he knew how difficult it was to make
good. All he would promise was to dc
the best he could under the conditions
that would confront him. He took ex-
ception to the reflection Stockton plac-
ed on the lawyers of the country. He
wanted to know who wrote the decla-
ration Of Independence. who the con-
stitution Of the United States: who
proclaimed liberty throughout the
land: who cemented our constitution
Why, lawyers. Jefferson, Madison
Patrick Henry and Justice Marshall
He was proud. very proud Of Florida
not for its inherent and buried wealth
but for its crown Of glory. its men and
women Of exalted character, the great
est asset any commonwealth possesses
When he paid these glowing tributes
to women. he looked around somewhat
abashed and begged the pardon of the
only two present, Mrs: Carney and Mrs
Galloway. and smiled so modestly he
made every one laugh.
Mr.. Bryan is not an orator, but a
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