The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-09-26
INTENTIONS EXCELLENT
Hut Judgment Exceedingly Bum-Mr
HOwelfs Latest Criticism of
Mr.. Carney's Game Law


22nd appeared an article over Senator
Carney's signature. If Senator Car
ney is the author of this letter we
in which he answered our two letters
of our quoting from Mr.. Rulloek's ar
ticle. We wish TO correct this and
would like for the senator to point out
the quotation. The actions of Mr..
Bullock in this matter certainly has
not met with our approval. 1t seems
to US that he should have stood firm
ly and squarely against this measure
and then if the senator and Col. Rog-
ers saw fit to pass this bill against his
protestations his conscience would
have been clear in the matter. It is
almost impossible to frame any bill
without there being some good points
in it. Sec. l and have met with uni
versal approval We are glad to COM
mend Senator Carney for these two
sections.
While we are inclined to believe the
senator's intentions were Of the best
anyhow We will give him the ben
eft Of the doubt, In framing the other
sections OF the bill-we are sorry to
say his judgment was exceedingly
poor. We have always held the high
est opinion of Senator Carney, both
as an official and as a high-toned, af-
fable and courteous gentleman. When
he acknowledged that he let Mr.. Bull
lock stack the cards and slip joker
in bill of which he claims to have
been the author, our opinion Of him as
an official certainly received a terrible
jolt We have been informed that this
bill was framed before the lesisla-
ture convened. by an editor, judge
and Senator Carney. Did Senator Car
ney go out among the farmers-for
whose benefit he claims to have had
this bill passed-and consult with them
or did he confine himself to the views
of the editor and the judge?
The senator seems to have it in for
"the expert class of sports in Ocala
We would like to have one point made
clear to us, question which has caus-
ed us considerable study and anxiety.
Perhaps the senator can answer it for
us:
Is it any more destructive to the
game to hunt and kill fifteen birds
with "a brace of pointer dogs and an
automatic shotgun" and by so doing
get a few hours sport and recreation
than it is to pot fifteen birds with
single barrel shotgun?
We venture the assertion that there
is not hunter in Ocala or any where
else, who, when he has killed more
game than he has wish for himself
does not take pleasure in dividing with
his neighbor. When game Is put on
commercial basis it is the first step
towards Its determination. Senator
Carney referred to the Indians as pre-
serving the game for their own use
This was as 1t should have been, but
value was put on the side of the
buffalo, and where is it today. Out of.
the countless thousands and millions
which formerly roamed the prairies of
the great west not one remains at
large Only a few have been preserv-
ed by our government. What was re-
sponsible for the destruction of the
buffalo? They were put upon a COM
mercial basis and the white man
slaughtered them for the dollar
We have talked with old hunters
and they without exception have told
us that July, August and September
were the months in which the deer
brought forth their young. If this be
the case, we would like to ask Senator
real downright good common sense to
allow the deer to be hunted during the
months of September and October?
We are more familiar with the
smaller game such as squirrel and
quail. At this season of the year there
are but very few young squirrel large
enough to leave their nests. And yet
We have been informed that squirrel
are being served at some of the res
taurants of Ocala. The majority of
the young quail are but half grown
and some are just hatched.
If we are to regard the wild bird as
we would our domestic fowls and ami
mails we should protect them during
this season of the year. Would SEN
ator Carney go out into the poultry
yard and kill the mother hen from her
brood and then let the brood perish
for want of protection?
Then why has he sought to give men
| the right to do this to the wild game?
We repeat that his intentions may
| have been of the best, but in our opin-
| ion his Judgment was exceedingly
poor.
| As we said in our first letter to your
! paper the farmer and land owner had
all the protection he could reasana-
| bly, ask in the trespass law If ne
| wishes to preserve the game for his
own use, we'll and good; he certainly
| could do so under the old law. II
| would be possible for a person to shoot
| quail at any time and at any place and
unless he was seen to shoot and Kill
| the quail how would it be possible te
prove that they were not killed On hi:
| own enclosed premises. If a person
| should bait his fence rows and toll,
the birds from the outside and ther
trap them would he be catching hi:
own birds or some one eIses?
What is to keep the land owner
from hunting on the pubic domain
ing his game until the closed season
if he be allowed to hunt and kill dur
Ing any and all seasons of the year
We have always held that the Law
makers should strive to enact law
just and fair TO all classes.
| Senator Carney boasts that he wen
to Tallahassee to represent the far
mer. Well and good. I am A farme
myself. a regular old homespun one
wear a hickory shirt and overalls si
days in the week and really don't fee
comfortable in anything else, but be
cause / am a farmer is no reason VIII
1 should say the other fellow has n
rights
We have hunted with several Ocal
men; lawyers, doctors, preacher:
!. hardware men, bankers and saloo
and found all f,onnra hia an