The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-28

make proper DOnO, so alone among
the officers of the governors cabinet
he must run again this year. He
will probably be nominated. His OPP
ponent is a clever young man, but
doesn't seem to be making much i'm
preston on the voters.
In the twentiet hdistrict, consist
ing Of the counties of Marion and
Sumter. we nominate a man to rep
resent us in the state senate. Mr..
Glen Terrell of Sumter is the only
candidate and seems to be pleasing
most people.
In the twentieth district, consist
sisting of Marion, Citrus, fernando,
Sumter and Lake counties, we must
nominate state attorney, who will
be appointed by the governor. The
candidates are Geo. w. Scofield of
Citrus, the present incumbent, an
energetic little cracker, who has
done good work since he was ap-
pointed last fall, and Judge ]. C. B..
Koonce, county Judge of Sumter, a
veteran attorney and one we'll read
in legal lore. It is hard to tell
which of these gentlemen will poke
down the persimmon.
Marion county sends two men to
the lower house of the legislature.
There are three candidates this year
Il. S. Light, w. ]. Crosby and w.
T: Henderson. All three are farm
ers and all are good men, Mr.. Light
has served two terms and knows the
ropes. Mr.. Crosby and Mr.. Hender-
son have both served as commits
sioners, and are we'll posted on pub
lie affairs
The county has a legislature of it's
own to elect, and the nominations
will be by the entire county, tho as
each district must vote for it's own
men in the general election the mat
ter of residence must first be con-
sidered. All the present members of
the board, except Mr.. Henderson, are
candidates for reelection. 1t is only
just to them to say they have done
fairly well by the county. They have
made some mistakes, but not more
than any board might reasonably be
expected to make. All have oppo-
siiton, however, and some of their
opponents are able and popular citi-
zens. Owing to the entire county
voting on each commissioner, it is
useless to try to forecast the result
John NJ. Graham has no opposition
for county treasurer, and is safe for
the next two years, even tho the
amendment abolishing his Office may
pass next November. His name is
that of Supervisor Barco nor Sur
veyor Moorhead.
Two able and popular men
Alfred Aver and ]. r. Moorhead,
Aver has held the office long
time and served most faithfully and
efficiently. This is the third time
Mr. Moorhead has entered the lists
against him, and Jim says, Third
time never fails Jim may win this
time. but if he does, ALI will retire
like Cincinnatus to his farm, and
there won't be any fun in the next
campaign.
W. L. Colbert, the present incum-
bent, and w. w. STRIPPING, are con-
testing for the tax collectorship. Mr..
Colbert has made a good collector,
and his nomination seems likely. Mr..
Stripping is great hustler, however,
and has many friends, and the re-
suit of the race is uncertain.
The primary will be the first real
test of the Bryan law, Of which
many people claim to have horror.
The Star sees nothing difficult about
it. Every voter must put a cross
after the name of the candidate of
his choice instead Of before; and he
has two votes instead Of one for
each office for which there is null
tiplicity of candidates. That is, he
votes for his favorite candidate in
the first space after his name and
then, if he desires he may vote in the
second space for the candidate he
| likes second-best. There is no sec
| ond choice in the senatorial contest
+, or any other in which there are only
| two candidates In Marion county
/ there will be no second choice ex-
! cept choosing commissioner fol-
! the second district. There are five
men out for this Office, Messrs. Wat
kins. the present incumbent, Coulter
| Parker. Hutchins and Smith.
It is going to be easy to vote, but