The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-02
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Let Fiorida's Manhood he Aroused
The fight that is on is your fight
lou may think you can unload it on
he Headquarters Committee, the Su-
and his associates, but
his is your fight as we'll as theirs
live your prayers, your time and your
money and win great victory for
righteousness.
Important to Florida Voters
The primary elections in Florida are
set for May 10 and June Z. At these
the members of the next legislature
will be virtually chosen. That legis-
Iature will enact the laws for the ap-
plication and enforcement of statewide
Good men must be Sc
lected and persuaded to announce
even at the cost of some
elf-sacrifice. With many of the men
who should be in the legislature il
will be a real sacrifice to give the time
and attention required. But genuine
patriotism demands it, and when our
lie service as now, they will respond
if properly appealed to by their good
friends and neighbors.
qualified in order to vote at the pri-
maries. Poll taxes must be paid for
two years, and payment must be made
by April 9, or one is cut out of partici-
patton in the primaries. Another
thing, too, demands attention-the
voter must pay his own poll taxes and
in his own person. not by another, un-
less that other person at the same
time pays taxes on real estate for him
also. The old practice which has fire.
quently prevailed in Florida of candi-
dates paying the poll taxes of large
numbers of prospective supporters lin
a. bunch" is now unlawful and not to
be permitted.
Every friend of the cause should
register and qualify himeslf and see to
it that his neighbor does the same.
Pay your poll taxes before April g..
Pay your poll taxes yourself; others
cannot do it for you.
Not Liberty, hut Death
No young man who takes the first
glass has any rational ground of ex-
pectation ever to stop. 1t is not natu-
raj or normal to stop. The natural
thing for a fellow who has fooled with
the current over Niagara is to go
Is your will power stronger than
that of Patrick Henry? He cried to
the colonies, regarding the intrusion
of English tyranny, LAS for me, give
me liberty or give me DEATH" and
then, we are told. he went to the grave
a slave to strong drink! If you look
over the annals of this country, you
will see that the victims of the drink
demon are among the great and
among the small, and are absolutely
without reference to their power OF
will. When once the drink disease has
taken hold of the gray centers of the
brain, drink has become the adopted
normal habit, and will tyrannize the
will, or destroy it. The will is then
on the side of drink. There is nc
earthly power of heart or of science
that can resist the craving for drink
after it has passed a given point. The
victim is doomed.-B. F. NJ. Sours.
Public Officers Who Drink
Out in Iowa any public officer guilty
of intoxication is liable to removal
and the State Supreme Court has
handed down a decision sustaining the
law which SO provides, says the Phila
delphia Times. According to this de.
cision, it becomes dangerous thing
for a public officer in Iowa to discus:
politics over the beer mug.
Time was when the general practice
among politicians was to frequent or
binary bars or high-priced drinking
places, and there discuss all phases o
political situations. Men were made
and broken" politically over stems o
beer or bottles of wine, and the old
fashioned convention "slate" frequent
| ly was made amid such surroundings
Yet, in Philadelphia especially, tn
| drinking habit among politicians Ions
ceased to be either a virtue or ne
cessity Most of the political leader
| never visit bars or drinking places
Most of them are total abstainers
some from a lack of appetite and 9th
ers from a clear belief that drinking
dulls a mans capacity for work.
| Even among the precinct worker
| and the public job holders the practic
of drinking has diminished greatly il
| the last five years. 1t is no longe
| considered necessary in division can
| vases to spend six nights week i
neighborhood saloons and, in fact ex
perience has taught the Philadelphia
| least doesn't pay.
tanned by the Supreme Court, low
doubtless will imbibe the wisdom @
letting liquor alone. In other commu
| mites, too, the prospect is that prac
tical politicians will learn in time tina
, a man is better politician when h
doesn't drink-a fact which politician
of all classes in this city now appre
ciate and in which they are setting
| good example.-Tampa Tribune.
Talk with the man who wants I
represent you at the next legislator
and tell him what you stand for.
he stands for the same thing, vote fo
him; if he does not, vote for som
other fellow.
Ban on Liquor Ads
Managers of railroads which Dublis
ma gaines for the benefit of their en-
ployees have taken a stand agains
whiskey and beer advertisements.
For a NOn-Whiskey Democracy
The people of Kentucky want tina
unit bill and they are going to have i
They are going to have it for two rea
sons-first, because they are tired c
open saloons and second, but rot les
| important, because they propose {
| break the grip of the whiskey rim
on the politics of this state. No al
peals for party loyalty will get vote
from the good. solid, conservativ
Democrats for men who play into tn
hands of the whisky interests in tn
| coming session of the legislator
Those who never scratched q ticket i
| their lives will either scratch or-Sta
at hOme-neXt time. For full we