The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-04
TALIAFERRO FOR SENATOR

The primary election will be held in
this state on May 10 and Hon. J. P.
himself as United States senator. His
friends declare that he will be victo-
rious at the polls and the Commercial,
which has supported him IN previous
campaigns, hopes that he Will be.
There is no logical reason why Senator
Taliaferro should not be again thus
honored by the people of Florida. He
has faithfully discharged his duties as
a senator and his record reflects credit
upon the state he represents. Senator
Taliaferro is gentleman whose ca
pacity for mental and physical energy
has resulted in great benefits to the
people of this state. He is tireless in
committee work where the real busi-
ness of Congress is performed, and
with the intuition of a trained busi-
ness man he has a way Of separating
the sheep from the goats with the re-
suit that Florida secures about the
best that can be obtained in whole
some and beneficent legislation. In
the years that Mr.. Taliaferro has been
becoming modesty and dignity, and in
the discharge of his duties he has GER
tainly employed an active intelligence
to the best advantage. He wears we'll,
and the longer Mr. Talaferro remains
in the senate the better 1t will be for
the people of Florida The evolution
of a statesman is not the performance
of an hour or day. 1t takes time.
the better equipped will he be to per-
form his duties with complacency
born of experience and a complete
mastery of detail. And then going
deeper and stringing out the PROPOSE
tion a little longer it may be added
that the senate is a complex body
which pays much attention to seniority
and tenure of service BY which it
may be conjectured that the longer a
member remains in that body the
higher will he be advanced on commit
tees. so that a senator so equipped may
in time exercise plenary powers in
legislation, and these powers are pri-
marily used to secure appropriations
for the state represented by that sem
ator. These are practical reasons
reasons which ought to appeal very
" tiIe people Ol lOTlOd. IN
the future Senator Taliaferro will be
able to accomplish more than he has
in the past by virtue Of the prestige
that he has acquired on the commit
tees Of which he is a member, coupled
with the energy that he has always
exercised in matters pertaining to the
public welfare. Some humorist has
compared legislation, carrying an ap-
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bad illustration. The numerical de-
voutly hopes. therefore, mat when the
next pie is brought on Senator Talia-
ferro may do the carving. In that
event Florida will come in for a good
share, unless the senator should be-
come more ambitions and carry off the
whole bakery.
This homily aside 1t is pleasing to
note that Senator Taliaferro repre-
sents an attractive personality. He
is author of both his fortune and his
destiny. In his youth he was a boy
soldier Of the Confederacy. He was
in Lees army when his thin gray
line dug it's grave between Peters
burg and Richmond When peace
came Senator Taliaferro bore an &C
tive part in the battle against recon
that may seem strange to this genera
tiOn but still odiouS as miasma. He
started life in a ragged gray uniform;
| but nature provided him with lofty
character and resolute purpose and
he has triumphed in that dominion
where strong flourish. Senator Talia-
ferro stood by the people of this state
long before he ever sought an office al
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the carpet-bag era, the old sad days
| following the civil strife. and in all his
years his best efforts have been di-
rected TO the upbuilding of Florida
| In the senate Mr.. Taliaferro stands
| very high, and it is no small under.
taking to capably represent a con.
| stituency in that body of able men.
! AS to his competitors We have n,
| criticism to offer. 1t is their right L
seek the senatorial toga. as our ole
! friends, the Romans, used to call it
if they care to do SO. but in our opin
| ion it is better to cling to one who ha
made good than coquet with those VIII,
may be lacking in legislative poise
| We can't all be senators. That is VIII.
we are getting out the best weekly pa
per in the United States instead of go
ing into politics. So long as peopl
have to be governed it is best to selec
the ablest representatives that ma
be found The Commercial trusts tha
Lake county will poll tremendou
vote for Senator Taliaferro in the com
ing primary. His record in Congress
entities him to this. His earlier day
and maturer years have been devote
TO the best interests of this state
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voted to Danish Aristides because. a
they declared. they we're tired of hear
ing him called The Just. 1t would b
equally effcacious to Danish Senate
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