The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-21
AN EX-GOVERNOR,S GRAFTON
Speech by Candidate BrOward to Al
OcaIa Audience Last Night

Speech by Candidate BrOward to an
Ocala Audience Last Night
A good sized audience assembled
last night at the band stand to listen
to a speech by ex-Gov. N. B. Broward,
candidate for U. S. senator in the sec
ond primary against Senator Taliafer-
ro. His speaking was preceded by
music by the Ocala Metropolitan Band.
The speaker was introduced by Mr.. L.
w. Duval, the new chairman of the
democratic executive committee.
The speaker began by throwing a
few attractive bouquets at Ocala, for
her good looks. thrift and enterprise.
Had few words to say about the i'm
portance the Gulf of Mexico would
hold in the years to come in a COM
mercial sense, it's Importance growing
| with the completion Of the Panama
Canal He then referred to the dire
predictions made by his opponents,
the ones who opposed his election as
governor of the state; how it would
drive away capital and give the COM
munity the die back, arresting pro-
gress and development, but contrary
to said i'll forebodings, the state has
grown and developed as never in it's
history.
To illustrate his theme he referred
to a similar prediction made of the
state of Texas, when the people of the
Lone Star State began to look into
their business matters and to curb the
Iencroachments of corporate interests
by appropriate legislation, and among
other things making the venera BILE
Senator Regain railroad commissioner
and compelling all railroads to eStab-
lish bulletins at their stations, givin 6
the time of arrivals of all trains and
the length of delays, SO that every pas
lsenger could know how long he had to
wait and not leave it in the uncertainty
that had previously existed. He said
that this plainly showed that the peo-
pie were coming into their own ten
years ago and have continued to think
and act for themselves, regardless of
the imperial dictation of soulless cor
porations.
He then went into the awakening OF
the sale Of lands and their exploita-
ton through publicity in Texas and
elsewhere. He said Texas was selling
lands to settlers on AZ years time, in
competition with Canada. He referr-
to what the land company to which he
belonged had done for Florida. begin
IiIS with safes d uionli, the sec
ond month 207 sales. In December
? following 500 sales up to 5000 sales a
month. He contrasted the presen,
> farm holdings with the number OF
farms in the state when he was elect
ed governors ,00o-showing that his
, pu blicity efforts had something TO dc
with bringing people into the state. He
{ then showed how every interest of the
state depended on its agricultural de-
= velopment, it being the foundation OF
: and manufactures followed this de.
5 velopment. OF course. he told his au
dience that the land was theirs to con.
: serve or fritter away.
| He said he was running for senator
because no one up to Feb. Is last hat
presented himself as candidate tt
represent the peoples interests in op
) position to the Taliaferro faction ant
: said he had been approached by tn,
,Taliaferro interests in a siX-stor1
building in Jacksonville, that if he re
Trained from running for L. S. senator
5 he could again be governor OF Florida
/ or have Frank Clark's place in Con
gress, or dictate who should hold
those offices. He wanted know wha
: man or men had a, right to make sucl
4 a proposition. He said he spurned tn
r proposition because he felt the PEG
4 lple's interests demanded some one t,
J. represent them and stand for them am