The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-20
so, AND NOT SO

We are sorry to see that Ben Ray
sor has written to Jacksonville pa |
per that Cats was defeated in Marion |
county by negro votes. 1t is not nice
thing for man to say about his home
county, if it was true, which it isn't. |
Ben couldn't prove to save his life
that any more negroes voted for Knott
than for Cats. 1t is evident by the
returns that the negroes voted almost
solidly for Allen. Any man who
knows anything about the negroes
knows that they will not vote for a
democrat nor a prohibitionist when
there is republican for them to vote
for.-Ocala Evening Star.
What about the report, that has not
been denied, that most of the money
used in qualifying the negro vote was
furnished by the democratic campaign
committee? The vote as Tailed in
some precincts in Marion, so several
parties have informed US, shows that
the negro vote went to Knott. In
Duval it is well known that Knott re-
ceived very nearly the full negro vote.
The negroes were openly advocating
his election as against the republican,
Allen. Why were the negroes in Vo-
lusia qualified with democratic money
and lined up to vote against the dem
ocratic nominees in that county? The
Star may be able to explain these
matters, but no one else is, as the
committee" has so far been deaf,
dumb and blind when asked about it
Jacksonville Free Press.
We heard no report of money being
furnished by the democratic commit
tee to qualify votes in Marion county.
| IF there was any such report, it was
not worthy of notice.
If the Free Press will give US the
names of the parties who told it that
the negro vote in some precincts
of Marion went to Knott, we will
print said names so the neighbors of
the said parties may know who they
are.
The two Ocala papers stood for
Knott and against Cats, and Mr.. E.
W. Davis made a few speeches for
Knott. Beside this, there was no
work done for Mr.. Knott in Marion
county. Cats adherents worked for
him tooth and toenail, night and day;
but in spite of their efforts, the vote
stood 973 for Knott and 808 for Cats.
The returns show where the negro
vote went. Four hundred and forty
four votes were cast for Geo. w. AL
len. For VIM. M. Gober, candidate for
Congress, 400 ballots were cast-the
biggest republican vote in this county
for years. Four years ago the high
est vote for any republican candidate
was 154 There are not many white
republicans in Marion county, prob
ably not more than 100.
The highest vote cast in the demo-
cratic primary last June was 1912
the highest in the general election was
I1635-showing that many democrats
did not vote
/ There is just as much proof that
negroes voted for Cats as that they
voted for Knott. There isn't any proof
that they voted for either. Nobody
knows how negro votes, any more
than how white man votes. But any
man who understands negroes, knows
that very few of them will vote for a
democratic candidate as long as there
lis republican to vote for. Republi-
canism is not politics with a negro; it
lis religion.
AS for our friend, Ben Raysor, after
his confident prediction that Cats
would carry 81 out. of SO precincts in
this county, we should think he would
keep quiet. In Marion county, we all
love Ben, who is the most optimistic
boy in the world, but we long time ago
learned to double discount his predic-
tions.