The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-10-05
CARNEY TRIMS COLEMAN.
D0esn'f Think the Divine Should De-
scend from His Pulpit to Mix
Political Dope


and last, when he stands in the pull
pit, and he seems to presume on this
recognition being given him when ap-
pearing in the papers. Now, the Rev.
Mr.. Coleman knew when he wrote his
first article that Messrs. Rogers, Bull
lock and myself We're responsible for
the new game law-as it was strictly
a Marion county bill-and he proceed
ed to jump upon all three of us, and
1 say he did know just what he was
doing. He says he has been accused
of kicking up this disturbance for po-
litical purposes.
He might have been further accus-
ed of raising this issue on account of
financial spleen.
He further knew just as well when
he began his first article and wrote
or had indited his other articles that
it would cause disturbances in our
as he does now.
Isn't this shame upon man who
is supposed to be carrying the ban
ner of peace to every human soul,
but instead carries fire brand to
scatter discord and strife among our
people2 He says he has been in our
state six years. This may be so.
think he has been in Marion county
about three years; yet he undertakes
to dictate our laws for us; knows
more about what Marion county
needs in the way of game laws than
our oldest inhabitants. He may have
known how to handle all game, from
the buffalo and coyote to the skunk in
his northwestern home, but this is no
reason why he should presume to
know what the Marion county people
should have in this game matter.
Had he confined himself to the
laws in the Good Book, which he was
supposed to have come among us to
expound, then his sphere and position
never would have been questioned.
He now puts himself up to champion
sport that is not humane, when re-
sorted to purely for fun. l do not
think he can find justification of
his actions in the life of the LOWly
Nazarine, who showed the carpenters
plane. plucked the roasting ears or
caught the fish only for the physical
necessities. and not for sport.
Rev. Mr.. Coleman says if the peo-
pie themselves are left to conserve
the agme by protecting it on their
own lands. using it only as. their
needs required. that possibly one man
would not.
Now, l have a very much higher
opinion of our peoples intelligence
and honesty than this brother has. 1t
may be that after he has gotten it
out of his head that he is Solomon
and Moses combined, he may find
that the Marion county people don't
need his services along this line OF
enlightenment as much as he now
thinks. / have lived among and with
the Marion county people for nearly
thirty-seven years, and have always
found that their honor, honesty and
intelligence rank up with the best cit
izenship of any state in the Union.
MIR. Coleman asks why this same
game law was not gwen to Sumter
county? In reply will say that Sum
ter's representative in the lower
house, tMr TerrelD, who lives il
that county, and is more intimatel,
associated with his county people
| than / am, did not ask for any change
in his county local game laws. Ha6
he done so I would have helped tt
have given him what he thought hi:
people wanted.
| Mr.. Coleman asks: Does the fac
| that the senator owns a tract of Ian,
near Lake Bryant account for th
| prohibition of running deer with dog
east of the Oklawaha river?' l an
| swer that it does not No part of tn
new game law affects me in a direc
personal manner. AS to OWNERSHIP
of lands near Lake Bryant I CLAIM
/ that privilege, upon which land sey
eral white men are constantly en-
ployed If there has been turke
or deer upon this property for th
past twenty years / do not know it
nor have | killed either a quail Or
squirrel upon this property for thi
same length of time The propert
has a high fence surrounding mos
of it, and no large wild game is SUI
posed to get into the enclosure.
In reply to the dig that the revere
gentleman thinks he has given m
when he says: 81 certainly do pity
man who has to bear the responsible
tiles of such a law, and at the sam
time wants to run for office" l al
pleased to say in reply to this di
that the reverend sport intended
give me. that / have stated heretofoI
that | am not ashamed of the part
took in the passage of this new gam
law, and should ever desire to III
for another office in Marion count
I will not be ashamed nor afraid
discuss this subject before the pc
pie.
| have nothing to hide from tt
-