The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-10-04
PRESENTS HIS RECORD
TO THE PUBLIC
Mr.. Carney Refufes Mr.. BuIlsek's
Attacks ON His offcsaI Career

Attacks ON His Official Career
Editor Star: / rendered you an ar
tiele yesterday in reply to Mr.. Bull
locks second article on the new game
law, which you could not publish in
yesterdays Star on account of length
Of article and limited time at your dis
posal before going to press. I also
saw Mr.. Harris and he said he would
rather | would not have my article
published till after the issue of the
morning Banner of the 4fh. as Mr. Bull
lock would have an article of apology,
etc. in that issue.
The article I now send you for pub
LEGATION is not the one rendered you
and the Banner yesterday.
| waited. hoping that Mr. Bullock
would make ..amende honorable" to-
wards myself. But he in the article
referred TO apologies to the public
and begs its pardon, but still leaves
uneorrected the impressions of his
second article of recent date. that
have made statements that are not
true. Mr.. Bullock in his short article
of apology yesterday TO the public said
he reserved the right to reply in case
he should be .-assaiIed.'' As I have al
ready been "assailed" and my veracity
questioned, 1 certainly have a right to
reply / am just as willing as Mr..
Bullock or any one else to contribute
my share towards securing peace,
happiness and good WILL but justice
demands that I set myself right before
the public. In this article / will con-
fine myself, as .have heretofore done,
strictly to the truth. From Mr.. Bull
locks second article the public might
think | began this newspaper contro-
versy. I did not. Mr.. Bullock began
his attack on me in his first article,
making statements in regard to my
self which he could not prove. Why
did he begin this attack anyway? Did
he do this Of his own volition or was
it done at the instigation of another
or of otherse This information may yet
leak out. In his first article he said,
Il am not the daddy of the game law
of Marion county but Senator Carney
is" and then he said Senator Carney
is the daddy of this law from start
TO finish.'' and that he CHR. Bullock)
had nothing to do with the bill, except
TO confuse it and render it invalid.
Now in the second article he owns up
that he did frame a part of the bill,
which he now fathers. This in my mind
is a very Objectionable part of the bill.
refer to the latter part of article six.
which exempts nonresident club men,
| bers from paying a license to hunt, etc.
Mr.. Bullock says I have been running
for or holding office for the last 25
years. This is not the fact Before
our big freeze sixteen years ago, had
never solicited nor accepted a public
| office This freeze came in 1895, de-
stroying my hard earnings of more
/ than twenty years. Something over a
year later / ran for county office.
| Several years after this, the people
rendered to me the position of county
commissioner. I accepted and served
the people of Marion county to the best
Of my ability. I declined a reelection
| A few years later I was honored with
the office of county tax collector. This
! is of such recent record that the peo-
pie know whether or not I was faith
full to them in this trust. After hav-
/ ing declined to allow my name to &c
before the people for reelection as
tax collector in 1910, 1 was nominated
for and elected to the state senate, and
/ have been as true to the people in
| this. almost complimentary office
| as / was to them when holding an of
flee in which there was more remuner.
/ alton.
have served the people two year.
as county commissioner; seven and &
half years as tax collector and nearl,
one year as state senator In al
| thus far not quite ten years. During
this time | have tried to give the peo
pie value received for their money. Hal
been absent from the legislative hall
| for days at a time on private business
III certainly could not and would no
have accepted pay CSC per day. for tn,
time i was away
Mr.. Bullock says I advocated certain
things during our last campaign which
he could not endorse, namely: TIL
rights of wome4 and separation OF tn
white mans school fund from the ne
gro school fund I say now as I stat