The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-15
JUSTICE FOR JACKSONVILLE
Continued from First Page)

EfOn JdcESOAN me- IAASAA at linn
Prnta Gorda, and Trammell from
Lakeland.
Thus. in a period of thirty years
or so, there we're two governors out
OF nine incumbents. from the city of
Jacksonville.
/ can remember that the office of
secretary of state at Tallahassee,
has been filled for twenty-five or
thirty years by the Honorable John
L. Crawford, deceased. and now by
H. c. Crawford, both of whom were
claimed by Wakulla county original
~.
time of Bloxham. of Tallahassee, was
filled by Reynolds of Lakeland,
Groom of Brooksvil1e, and now in the
hands of Knott, formerly of Lees
burg.
The attorney generals Office show
ed from the time OF Lamar, of Mon
ticello, through the administration of
the office by Whitfield, afterwards
Ellis of Quincy, and Trammell of
Lakeland, and now West, of Milton,
a complete recognition of citizens
from every part of the state other
than Jacksonville.
In the Office of the superintendent
of public instruction, through the ad-
ministration of Sheats of Gainesville,
came Holloway, of Gainesville, and
now again Sheats, elected while a
citizen of Lakeland.
The state treasurer showed the in
cumbency of Collins of Ocala, Whit
field of Tallahassee, Knott, formerly
from Leesburg and now of Tallahas-
see, and Luning, the present incumb-
en-, a citizen of Leesburg.
In the office of the commissioner
of agriculture, it was Womble of
West Florida, McLin of South FIori-
da. and now McRae, of Mariana.
The state chemist has been and is
South Florida man, and the adju-
tant general was Houston, West
Florida citizen, and now General Fos-
! ter of ST. Augustine.
The supreme court shows how the
state of Florida has at least preferred
| to make its selection from every
other part of the state except in the
instance of Judge Cockrell from the
city of Jacksonville.
The personnel of that court for
many, many years was Raney of Tai
lahassee, Liddon of Mariana, Carter
of Mariana, Maxwell of Pensacola,
Parkhill of Pensacola and Mabry OF
Leesburg, all of the same having
either died or resigned.
Of the present judges of the SD
pr me court we have Judges Whit
field of Tallahassee, Hooker of Ocala
Taylor of Gainesville, Shackelford OF
Tampa, and the solitary above men
ltioned-Cockrell of Jacksonville.
1t is true that Jacksonville has had
| for a few years two citizens in the
office of United States senate.
Since Fletcher entered the upper
branch of congress and with his con
! temporary, James P. Taliaferro, who
was also a citizen Of Jacksonville
Ifrom that time about six years ago
these two offices have been in th'
Hands of Jacksonville citizens.
That does not of itself show an.
inordinate greed from the Jackson
vile standpoint when you conside
all the other conditions as abov,
stated.
Jacksonville managed to- elect Gov
Broward, over Senator Taliaferro, o
the same city, as United States sen
ator.
1t was when Senator Bryan bea
William A. Blount by not much owe
five hundred votes in the state, tina
it really brought us to the charge c
being piggish in grabbing everythin
in sight in the state of Florida.
However, the state ought to kno'
and the citizens ought to know tina
whenever Jacksonville had senate
running from it's own domain, almos
an even break was made or at lea:
II 4 O0b-Iu1Fu Vi It's NOl1uS COLIAIi u14I
did not support the home candidate
William A Blount received a mas
nificent vote from the people of Jacl
! sonville.
Senator Bryan received hardly an
votes from the county of Escambia {
the city of Pensacola.
want our critics to understar
that by the figures, JACKSONVILL
. HAS ALMOST DIVIDED ITS vOT
4 WITH RESPECT TO THESE KIN
! OF OFFICES, whereas, if candidat
!. would have run against Jackso
: vile citizen from other sections
j would more than likely, as in Il
. Blount instance, have received {