The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-10
Nominations
of Uncle Henry

H.
few lines because there is lot 0
talk going about politieks ami eandi
dates. etc.
Peple that don't do as much think
in as ] do, and there is lot of folk
that way, don't realize some thing
that they had ought to, and it is 70.
there benifit that / am writin. Thi
little town that we have got here i
rapidly CROWN into City as fas
as it can and nowsis the time for vi
to keep our eyes open on politicks
and so what l am wrftin this eYenir
while it applys to all elecksions fol
whatsoever they may be, it would
be more forcable 10 | was talkin just
about City elecksion, but some
boldly maybe get mad if was to
say such things at such a time. and
they would think ment them when
If l did l wouldn't dast to let on /
did.
Peple has a way Of settin around
careless like until it is to late to do
anything lOckin the barn after the
horse is stole. as the sayin is. So, in
the matter Of politicks, they set
around and don't pay much attension
to things and try to get to the hart
OF publlck questions, and when it Is
time to vote, they maybe think they
cant leave there work, and if they
do vote they vote for the man there
party has put up even if they think
he amt much account, and they say
afterwards that in votin for there
party man they was votin for princi-
pels. That has been tried long
/ beleave iii votin for the
man hisself especially In Offices clost
to home. Blamed If care what the
mayer of this town or the governor
Of this state thinks about free silver
Or high pertecktive tarruf. am i'm
terrested however in KNOWN whether
he has got grit enough to deel with
offenders agin the law without re-
gard to there SOCIAL standing. care
he is enough opposed to sal
Ions to see that they don't furish like
mushrooms in dry towns which has
sayed that they don't want them. I
care whether a cannidate for State
senator or some offs like that be-
leaves in good rodes and SCHOOLS and
other things like that. / don't care
to know nothin about such a canni-
date except is he the best man We
can get for that offs to witch he as
spires. BY askin is he the best man,
mean It in Just the same way that
i I was hirin 4 man to work Oh my
farm, / would say is he the best men.
would be askin was he the man
hat knowed the best about how to
10 what was wanted Of him. when a
nan is yotin for another, he had
'ught to asst himself solemnly, Is he
he man would pick out to do the
work Of that offs pervidin be was
loin it for me. The work Of gov
nment Is the peple's work, only they
erget that sometimes, and vote for
man, because he spoke to them on
he street and asst them how was the
ably, and maybe give them a segar. |
has happened lots OF times that
eple has voted for the men that
ad got thereselveg put up BY the
arty. or the men that was good-na-
ured and all that. and kept on dom
0, until the government was in the
ands Of q lot Of men, that was rob
in the peple right and lett and still |
-smilin. We have got to take care
nd see that we amt bein fooled that
'ay.
AS this town continues to thrive
I'D prosper and Grow, the politicks
III keep gettin bigger and bigger
nth the man that haint been pay
! attenai0n will find that he don't
now nothin Of what Is goin on. and
len Ia darkness Of his crate iener-
ace ali kinds Of things can 60 On.
eller citizens. we have got TO keep
ar eyes open. This town belongs
} US and we have got to see that
e are keeDin Up with the way it is
N and are understandin just who
RELY runnin 1t. Such a interest
2 the part Of our peple will be as
'cks and bars to keep out the
leaves from publick 0fas. and It IS
Asyer and eheeper to keep them out
ian t Is to set them out after they
sye been IN long enough to feel At
1me.
hope these sentiments viii Be
re n mind, and such as apnlys
Nv can be used now ana sn.,,
'plys later can be kept IN mind tnll
len, am real uoro.g as