The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-21
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that was why he now sought the suf-
frage of the people.
He further illustrated his theme by
stating that in both parties there
were two factions-the stand patters"
or those who believed and acted as if
the rights of the commonwealth and
nation were vested in trusts and cor
porations to be administered by them
as they deemed the interests of the
people would be best conserved; or, the
insurgents" who believed the oppo-
site, that trusts and corporations need
ed curbing and regulating in the in
terest of the producer. He belonged TO
the latter and so long as he had a
voice he would stand up for the rights
of the people under our constitution.
He then took up the charge made
against him because while governor ne
had gone into the sale of lands. He
said the opposition insinuated he had
despoiled the state of it's property. He
denied the insinuation and said, for in
the first place it was not state lands,
but lands the state had decided to the
L. & n. Railroad for building its line
from River Juction to Pensacola. That
he and ex-Gov. Jennings did not deal
with the railroad company, but with
Arthur jennings of Pensacola, who
was agent for the land. He told how
all this happened when he, in 1908,
| met with the Florida delegation to
| the Denver convention to nominate w.
| J. Bryan. How at Colorado Springs
| they learned that Davis & Mckinney,
| who had agreed to take these lands,
were prevented because of the accep-
lance Of another business deal. but in
|
Florida land they suggested that
Bolles might become buyer. He was
interviewed; the land described, its
price given and he bought it for 50 an
acre, while Jennings and Broward got
if of Arthur Williams for 81 an acre
and for their making the sale to Bodies
they received as their commission a
49th interest in said land. Now, he
said, there was the story. 1t was a
straight out business deal: he had
nothing to conceal and one he had a
right to make, and million similar
deals in commercial principle We're
made every day over this country and
had he not been running for [. S. sem
ator this land sale would never have
been mentioned
He then referred to what Senator
lTaliaferro had done in the senate. He
said wonders, when you take the word
of his friends, but according to the re-
cord. mostly pension bills for men who
had served in the Spanish
war. He said that these bills were
Jumped and on pension day. generally
Saturday in the Senate. they came in
in armfulls and passed through the
hopper. Why, he said, when he was
governor, he actually reviewed 5000
state pension bills, 1000 of which Were
passed Why, he said. TO read Italia
ferro's record of what he had done fol-
Florida in the way of getting appro-
priations for he waterways. he was
the whole push md that Fletcher
Sparkman Clark and Mays didn't have
a voice in it. Sine that was the case
why pay five men for service. wher
one man alone accomplished Sucf
wonders He said 5, aator Taliaferro',
brother a banker of Tampa, said thru
the columns of the Barlow Courier.
Informant that Senator Taliaferro hat
. secured for waterways in Florida ter
millions of dollars The ex-governor
said that was just twice as much q:
was appropriated for the whole state
Again he said, how could Senator Tai
| feat of national legislat ton. when ever,
appropriation bill originates in the
, House The Senate has nothing Il
do with it, except as il Is permitted FOL
each senator and representative L
name in his bill his particular section
He defed Senator Taliaferro or hi: