The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-05-17

granoy law should be strengthened.
Thought there was too great a ten
dency to enact laws and he would vote
to abolish many of the old ones that
time had shown to be useless
Mr.. Fort received considerable aD-
pIause as he warmed UP to his task.
Mr.. Ben E. Raysor was the next
speaker He said he veuerated Uncle
Billy Folks and as Romeo was his dis
trict he would ask every voter in it
to vote for him but asked that they
honor him with their second choice
votes.
He said that he favored a no-fence
law in districts such as Lowell, Red
dick, Mcintosh, etc. but across the
river and in remote districts like Ro-
meo, he favored the law remaining as
it is at present. Mr. Raysor made an
extremely favorable expression.
Uncle Billy Folks was the next
speaker and as usual made a very
unique and characteristic speech as
did Mr. Light who was introduced as
an unbounded arithmetic full of "faxs
and dggers"
In some OF his campaigns although
he had married j cracker girl and had
been living in the county for thirty
five years ard had a house full Of
cracker children he was called a Yam.
l1ee now he heard that it is whisper
ed about that he IS a German Flee.
ing from oppression he said thar hts
forbears came TO this country before
the days OF William Penn That his
many times great grandfather came
from Germany and his many times
grandmother from Great Britain. Not
hair on his head, not muscle in
his body, not drop Of mis- blood was
German. That first OF all he is au
American but he preferred to De
classed with the Florida crackers
whom he loved aud whose life he
shared His wife and children were
all crackers and ne thought the vo-
ters might as well class the old man
il that group
Light held up his end OF the poIit-
zeal big stick fairly well and wheth-
er cracker or not ne knows how to
catch the cracker applause il he does
not capture their votes.
The candidates for state senator
were next introduced.
Mr. Crosby gave a splendid account
of his craftsmanship and explained
his votes on a great many questions
that are now considered as OF para.
mount Importance in this campaign
especially his vote on the big appr0
priation for the eradication Of the cit
rus canker. He showed that nearly
every member Of the legislature 20
ted for it. That il the bill had not
passed then $350.000 appropriated bs
the federal congress would not nave
been available; that the orange in
dustry was threatened with destruc
ton and THAI the orange growers paid
60 per cent Of the taxes Of the state.
Mr. Howell generously gave Mr.
Crosby a part o. his time and he
spoke for nearly half an hour
Mr. Howell made almost his maid
Ell effort AMI promises TO become as
successful as a., orator as he is 3
farmer
He has the voice Of an orator and
throws into his remarks . great deal
of ginger.
He said that voting appropriations
for the eradication of the citrus can
ker, draining the Everglades. etc. is
class legislation and like the decisions
of courts st0dd as precedents and
were dangerous in the extreme That
the orange growers of the state were
amply able to take care OF their own
property and the state had no more
rigre to rid their proves of disease
than it had to pay the farmer fot
mending his wagon when it was bro
ken or fov his horse if it got sick and
died.
After dinner the speeches of Messrs.
Schofeld and Stringer and Messrs
Benson and Hutchens were the real
spice and ginger of the day but as
this write-up has grown somewhat
lengthy and perhaps as weary we
shall wait until the next "mixup" to
do full Justice to their orations.
Bur believe us they are somewhat
animating and that OF NJ. Hutchens
is real live one
vs.,
i STAND BY CUR FIGHTING MEN