The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-09
ELECTION FOR ALDERMAN

ELECTION FOR ALDERMAN
An election will be held tomorrow
to fill the place made vacant by the
resignation of Mr.. Geo. A. Nash in
the fourth ward. The candidates are
Messrs. B. Goldman, r. c. Loveridge
and j. w. Johnson.
After careful consideration of
the circumstances and the qualifca-
tons of the candidates, all of whom
we have known for years, the Star
thinks it is its duty to support Mr..
Goldman. There is no doubt that he
lis far more capable of rendering good
service to the city than either of his
opponents.
The Star favors and upholds the
following policies in city affairs. 1t
wants the people to own and control
their own water and electric plant
and receive the benefit 1t wants the
plant properly finished and put in
condition to do the people good serv-
ice. 1t wants the present charter
carried out by the election of a city
i11cAloSOl VIM doo tiiC kAAlC anu DoSi-
ness qualifications to attend to the
Office. In short, it wants to pursue
the policy it decided on years ago
and has followed ever since, and
which Mayor Chace and one, perhaps
two, members of the council agree
with and are faithfully trying to
carry out.
We have had an interview with Mr..
Goldman and have his word that the
principles we have announced are also
| his, and that if elected he will do his
best to maintain them. We have had
much business dealing with Mr.. Gold
man in the ten or twelve years he has
been in Ocala, and have found that
when he made a promise he stuck to
| it, whether it paid him to do so or not.
Mr.. Goldman came to Ocala about
dozen years ago. He has built a
| little business up into big one. He
stands well in the commercial world.
He has great energy and considerable
ability. He is able to well represent
his ward and work for the entire
town, and we believe that if elected
he will do so.
His principle opponent is Mr.. R. C.
Loveridge. Mr.. Loveridge has not
informed us of his views. So far as
we know, he is in accord with the
Star in its ideas of what is best for
the city. Our objection to Mr.. Love.
ridge is that he is entirely too old to
| fill the Office. He has lived in Ocala
for a number of years, efficiently
looking after his own property in the
north of town. We have never heard
of his taking any prominent part in
public affairs or doing a noticeable
share in any war work for the public
good. 1t is strange to us why, after
remaining in the background for sc
many years, he has rushed forward
and strenuously sought an Office he is
physically unable to fill We should
support Mr.. Loveridge against an in
competent or dishonest man, but we
think Mr. Goldman can do much
more work than he can and do it bet
ter.
1t is hardly necessary to discuss
the third candidate. If the people Oh
i this city are in a frame of mind thai
will cause them to elect him, there is
no use in trying to discuss anything
with them.
/ We do not know whether we are
backing a winning candidate or not
Mr.. Loveridge has considerable
strength and there is some prejudice
against Mr.. Goldman. When the, wal
began four years ago. he favored
Germany against Russia, and some
of our people are of the mistaken
Iopinion that he is yet partisan Of
the Huns.
| Mr.. Goldman is a good American
! His younger brother is with the Am
Icrican army in France; his eldest sol
lis training at Camp jackson, and hi
himself cheerfully supports the gov
lernment in ali its policies. Mr.. Gold
man is a Jew. He was born in Rus
STA, under the imperial Russian gov
lernment, which, as every American
knows, was very unjust and cruel t.
the Jews. Re has witnessed much
Iill-treatment of his relatives ant
friends, which, when he came to Am
erica, he could not forget. Whel
Russia and Germany went to war, h,
naturally sided with Germany. Lik,
all the rest of US, he did not realiz'
the wickedness of the Hun. When h
Ibid so, he had no further use for Ger
many. There has never been an.
lquestion of his allegiance to America
where he has made his home an,
where his children were born.
If you want the fourth ward repre-
scented by man who has both tn
mental and physical strength to d.
good work for the whole town, vot
for B. Goldman.
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