The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-08
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM MR.. HAMPTON

Editor Star: In your issue of Dec.
7th, you PROFOUND two questions,
which you asked me to answer. take
pleasure in answering them.
First you ask: isn't the franchise
the gas company now operates under,
in consequence of the higher price of
everything, more favorable than it
might have reason to hope for il it
had to be renewed year after next"
Moot court cases and hypothetical
cases are often discussed in law
schools and debating societies, but
rarely ever in business life, and I am
sorry that haven't the time to enter
into a debate involving only hypo-
thetical case, but my time is mostly
taken up in matters of Importance,
but 7 would suggest that you send the
question with copy of the franchise
to the law department of the Univer-
sity of Florida at Gainesville. with a
request that they made a special order
for it, for as understand they are.
hard up for subjects up there any
way. / understand there is no debat-
ing society here that could take it up.
/ am sure the discussion will be inter-
esting, and both of us would profit by
it, SO we will 60 up TO Gainesville
when they pull it of.
Second, you ask: "And il it had
some ground TO work on to carry its
franchise on to 1929, wouldn't it be
considerable help to it to have in pow
| er council disposed to be just to it,"
This question is a little bit. confus-
ed it seems to me, and it may be that
do not entirely understand it, but ii
understand it clearly, you ask,
would the gas company not fare bet
ter TO have council that will deal
justly with it, than one that would
deal unjustly. It seems to me that
this needs no reply. Certainly justice
| is better than injustice, even though
administered by city council.
ct is evident that Mr.. Hampton is
more than little bit confused. for he
has not quoted our question correctly,
having left out an important part, and
| so his argument is based on false
onclusion.-Editor).
Do understand from your question
that it is the purpose of the candf-
dates to deal unjustly with the gas
company If elected? If so, as public
spirited citizen, you ought TO name
them, because they certainly are un-
fit for office if they would violate their
oaths, and this they must do If they
would deal unjustly with the gas COM
pany. Therefore. it seems to me that
| If you are advised of anything along
this line you ought to make it known
to the people, because do not believe
any good citizen would vote for a
man who desires to go into office with
the avowed purpose of injuring some
one. Yours very truly,
FL. M. Hampton.
/
If Mr.. Hampton will make arrange
ments to have the debate pulled off,
and will take US to Gainesville at the
time in his handsome car, we will take
pleasure in adopting his suggestion.
He knows we haven't the carfare to
i Gainesville; also that we are al
ways. glad to ride with him and for
/ get politics in discussing poetry, liter
allure and art
/ It would not be proper for us to
pick out any particular candidates to
lpropound the proposed question to.
Our proposition was that it should be
asked of all, and we do not see how il
could be made more fairly. In ad-