The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-07-16
CATS PRESENTS HIS CLAIMS

the ONCE OF united SIdLcS SSHdIOTy
has issued a circular to the people, in |
which he sets forth his record as
governor as the base for his claims to |
election to the higher Office. Altho the |
Star does not favor Mr.. Cats for the |
Senate, and by no means agrees with |
him as to the value of his record as
governor, it thinks he should have |
full opportunity to present his cause |
to the people, and therefore prints |
his argument without any cost to
him, also without comment.
Governor Cats Circular
First. Governor Cats asks the |
vote of the people on account of the
following list of vetoes, in which he |
has greatly helped the people of the
state of Florida:
1. The text book bill, causing the
children to change their books in 1919
instead of 1921-a loss of from fifty
to one hundred thousand dollars to the
people of the state.
2. The veto of the dog bill, thus
giving the farmers and all our citizens
of the state the right to have his
faithful dog untaxed.
3. The veto of the riparian rights
bill, saving the citizens of Florida five
million dollars by not giving away
their water front rights. Had he
signed this bill no man, woman or
child could have gone in swimming,
dragged net or fished in the waters
less than navigable depth in front of
any shore; and as it is, the citizens
have all the rights between the high
water mark and the low-water mark
4. The general revenue bill, bill
in which a shrewd Chicago lawyer
had induced the legislature to pass
enactments whereby if a person did
not pay his taxes at the right time,
the added cost to said taxes would be
$3.50, though delayed just a few
months and even if the original
amount was not more than $3.50.
5. The veto reducing the millage
of the state board of health, thus
safeguarding the health of all men,
women and children of the state Of
| Florida.
| 6. An act to safeguard the rights
of poor fishermen on the Atlantic
ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
z. He also stood for the safe
guarding of the six million dollars of
the road fund.
8. Also bill which would have
caused the arrest of any locomotive
engineer or fireman who had a train
stopped longer than ten minutes on
crossing. (He vetoed this bill because
it would put the penalty on the opera
tor and not on the company, which
. would be wrong, thus protecting the
brave engineers and fremen who risk
their lives for the people.)
/ 9. He vetoed the bill which would
have allowed final settlement by ex-
Iecutors and administrators in one
year and sept it at five years, thus
safeguarding the orphans and widows
in their lights.
10. He also vetoed a bill to pro-
vide water supplied for cities and
towns, getting said water from canals
and allowing said cities to sell rights
to corporations without paying any
thing to the state.
Second. Governor Cats asks your
good will support and vote on account
of the following things which he has
done while governor for the people of
= Florida:
1. He has given the people better
: official service by removing bad offic-
ers and encouraging good ones to do
their duty. This has resulted in the
, people having better official service
than ever before in the history of
Florida.
2. He has forced the state to go
dry by the help of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Anti
Saloon League and the prohibition
members of the legislature, thus put
ting Florida on the map as the six
teenth state to adopt the federal
amendment.
3. He has taken a firm stand for
the people against corporations in all
of his legal dealings of the state, and.
while he has tried to be just to all,
yet he is with the people all the way
through.
: 4. He has worked hard and fear
!, lessly for law enforcement in every
department of the state and national
: service.
5. He went to Camp Wheeler when
others were being wined and dined in
Washington, and fought like a tiger
to get the poor dying boys the neces-
sary clothes, nurses, food, overcoats
stoves, wood to burn, ETC., in order
that the terrible pneumonia. menin-
gifts and other kindred diseases might
be stamped out of the camp. He
begged around knee-deep in snow or
the streets of Washington for four
days, sending kilograms, etc., and
never stopped until q trainload Oh
these things came to Camp Wheelr.
6. He together with Captain An.
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