The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-14
DIXIE AND PLEASANT HOLT

The Star prints elsewhere a letter
from its friend, Charlie Jones,
which, contrary to it's usual custom,
it has blue penciled quite literally.
The reason for this is tWo-fold.
The first is that some of Mr.. Jones
remarks might give Mr.. Holt founda
ton for libel suit. Mr.. Holt is a
good-natured man, but we don't
know when the LAST straw is going
to be laid on his load.
The second is that some of the
matter eliminated is campaign thun-
der for Mr.. Stockton, who the Star
isn't supporting for senator.
The Star denounced Mr.. Holt for
his actions, proven and alleged,
about as severely as political custom
would warrant. When Mr.. Holt
sent in a very polite and plausible
explanation, it was only justice to
him and Senator Fletcher to print it.
Some very direct evidence the Star
has bears out Mr.. Hollis statement
that his secretary sent letters to ne
grOes by mistake and that he isn't
connected with Senator Fletcher's
campaign We don't think that Mr..
Holt or any other man has any bus
dness writing his personal or politi-
cal letters on public stationery. We
Ir hoc ri OH RI a
for Senator Fletcher, and to try to
Influence others to vote for him.
tho, as We have aforesaid, we are
glad to have him say he isn't official
ly connected with the senator's
campaign. If he had been manag-
ing Senator Fletcher's campaign, the
Star would have known it, positively
and officially, by this time. AS it is,
the Star has reason to believe he has
none but his personal and private
interest in it.
The Star has been very nice to Mr..
Stockton in this campaign and will
ontinue to be so. 1t isn't going to
print anything that will do him in
Justice, not if it knows it, and there
fore it is perfectly proper to tell Mr.,
Jones and his other friends that ar
guments for Mr. Stockton and
against Mr.. Fletcher will cost them
cents a line. This is no hardship
on Mr. Stockton as the same rule APP
plies to Mr.. Fletcher and all other
candidates.
The Star hasn't anything to do
with the local fight in Duval county.
Politics has always been dirty in
Jacksonville, and Holt isn't the only
politician in that bailiwick who
would use questionable methods to
succeed.
Some prominent and we'll posted
men declare that all Dixie has had
in view has been campaign work for
Stockton.
The Star doesn't think So It
thinks Dixie did a good work in
bringing the matter to public atten-
ton. 1t might otherwise have been
overlooked until too late. Dixie
over the state TO wake up and reg
lister, and to resolve TO watch the
primaries. There are men who pre-
tend TO be democrats in nearly al
communities who have no more prin-
ciple than to use negro votes if they
can to defeat other democrats. In
some wards in some of our towns
ehey would register and vote ne
groes wholesale if they were allow
ed to do so.
Dixie says:
Section 16 of the Bryan primar.
bill provides that the state executive
committee of the democratic part.
may meet and pass a resolution spe
cifying the qualifications Of the cleo
tors in the primary provided sai'
resolution is passed prior 10 III
opening of the registration books
The state committee has not met an
the registration books have bee