The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-10-26
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Capt. j. 4. Tucker Believes in Local
Government and Old-Time

| Are we democrats or are We prohibi-
Itionists?
According TO the resolutions adopted
! in the prohibitio party. they open
| ~ declared themselves in their pro-
j hibition convention. which was held
/ in Jacksonville on the 18th of Sep
/ TENDER, 1910. they have bolted the
democratic party and have established
| a party Of their own. And they have
| instructed their party not 10 vote for
any candidate that was elected or
nominated in the democratic primary,
unless he was in favor of statewide
prohibition. and would vote for the
nineteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton of the state Of Florida.
Now. are you a democrat or a pro-
hibitionist?
Which are you?
| II you are a prohibitionst. you can
not be a democrat. The question is.
now, what are you?
| The prohibitionists have succeeded in
bursting up the democratic party and
have made two parties-the democrat
ie and the prohibitionist.
Now. which are you?
The candidates nominated at the last
primary were supposed to be demo-
Gratis, but the prohibitionists have
bottled the democratic party. and have
declared themselves a distinct party of
, their own. and according to the reso-
luton adopted at thir party conven-
ton we have no democratic candidate
for state senator.
What are we going to do about it?
The candidate nominated in the dem
Ocratic primary is outspoken pro-
hibitionist. and Therefore belongs to
that party.
Are we going to support the demo-
cratic party or are we going to bolt
as they have done and vote for their
candidate?
Well what will we do?
! / suggest that. we have no cam
didate for that very important office
in this county. and democrats we
can't vote for one of another party.
that we as democrats get the name OF
some good. true democrat placed on
the ticket. that may have a
chance to vote for our principles as
democrats and sustain our true party.
That is what | am in favor of
| born democrat and was rails
ed a democrat and have lived dem
ocrat and expect to die democrat.
This prohibition movement was got
ten up by broken down politicians that
could not get into office. and this plan
was adopted to get up strife and en-
nifty between neighbors and friends
and get them to pulling against each
other and by so doing break up the
solid democratic South and establish a
new party which would enable some
. of them at least to get into office
again. But I don't think that this new
, party can hoodwink the democrats of
this state and get them to leave the
, democratic party and vote their legal
rights away, and by so doing place an
incumberance upon that will. in my
} opinion, be the ruinatiOn of our state.
The state constitution it is is
good enough. The people have pros
, pered under it. and why not let good
enough alone.
Experiments are very dangerous.
AS for temperance. that is one of the
most glorious things earth and
should be cultivated and cherished by
! every living person. But prohibition
and temperance are not kin to each
other. 7 for advocate temperance
in all things.
/ have seen a great deal of political
'scheming." This prohibition move
ment is going stale: it is not so pop
ular any more and my prediction is
that in the next campaign the great
: issue Will be woman Sunrage
What 7 have written is the way
think and see things. and I urge the
democrats to we'll consider what they
do before they cast their vote on the
Sth of November For it means. are
YOU a democrat prohibtiOnist
According to the resolution adopted al
the prohibition convention in Jackson
vile they have established their owr
party and have instructed their party
not to vote for any candidate unless
he would favor state wide prohibition
and vote for the 10th amendment.
Now you must be one or the other
democrat or prohibitionst. I say stick
to the democratic principle. I will FOL
one.
Equal rights to all and special priv.
ileges to none. that is democracy.
If I am familiar with the rulings OF
the democratic primary and l think
that / am. there is no one outside the
democratic party that has a right t,
vote in democratic primary and
don't think they should be allowed tc
do so and l do insist that some lega
steps be taken at once to give us the
right to vote for our legal rights ant
our principles American citizens
and the other party parties to the
same privileges that we democrat
do claim. If their party wants a can
didate they should be entitled to one
That would be right and just and a.
we have not got one we are entitled
to one I think and I hope this mat
ter will be looked after at once
J. A. Tucker
Ocala. Fla. Oct. 26. 1910