The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-08
OCALA CITY ELECTION

mayor is concerned we have little
doubt Of the result, we should Ike to
atorallze o. cemoaaIize, phi-osophize
o. oeodollze on the only issue that has
cos0e up.
w should have no issues in this
campaign bat those entirely material.
Should We increase the capacity Of
ouI light and power plant, or let it
rock along for the present? Should
We raise more money for our streets
O. let them stay in their present
rough condition? Should we give our
charter another two years trial or
attempt to change it? All these are
strictly business propositions, and
should be discussed in a business
sririt-but they have been spoken of
little if any.
The contest for mayor of Ocala
should be nothing but a good-natured
rivalry between two prominent men.
We can never have a good-natured
contest IN this city as long as the
gentleman who has been a candidate
at every election for ten years per-
sists in running, the reason being that
&
never will learn, to be gOod-natured
ard tolerant toward those who oppose
him. The other candidate is a young
man who we think, as a result of the
events of the last three years, the
citizens would delight to honor with
such an office. He is an Ocala boy,
brought up in our city with other
boys of his age, and retaining with
them in manhood the friendship
formed in early years. He made a
good record at school and at college,
and as a citizen in the brief time be-
tween his graduation day and the day
the war broke out. That he made
/ fine record in the war, his promotions
show. He is clean and upright, highly
Intelligent and brave. There can be
truthfully found with him no fault ex-
cept the faults that can be found with
all our other boys.
Finding no flaws in his armor, his
opponent and his opponents support
ers, have sought to raise up against
him an issue he has had nothing to do
with-the differences that his father
has with the city.
a candidate as in behalf of fair play
that we write these lines. A large
majority of the voters of Ocala are
fathers with sons ranging from in
fants in the cradles to middle aged
men. And there is no man in Ocala
or elsewhere-unless he is hopeless
Pharisee-but what has done some
thing in his lifetime that he is sorry
for. And what man is there who would
think it was fair for other men to visit
his faults and his mistakes upon his
} son, whether the son be a helpless
! baby, a wee tot clinging to his fathers
: hand as he tries to take his first steps,
child with his playmates, school
! boy with his books, a strapping sol
der just home from overseas or a
man toiling to support his family? If
you don't want other men to be unfair
. to your son. be consistent and be fair
! to other mems sons.
: John D. Robertson has a son, a
bright and handsome boy who every
: body likes. What would Mr.. Robert
} son think of any man who tried to
} hold his boy responsible for his
: fathers faults, or turn upon him the
dislike his father has incurred? And
: what man in Ocala would approve of
: anything of the sort?
Mr.. r. L. Anderson Sr. has manag-
: ed to bring upon himself the dislike
!; of a number of his fellow citizens. He
has had a controversy with the city
; about paying for sidewalks and paw
: ing by property that he owns. He
&. has taken the matter into the courts
7 and so far has had the best of it. We
: do not agree with Mr.. Anderson in
: this. We think he should have paid
: for the work. like large number of
his fellow citizens, who have had to
: make up his delinquency. 1t would
have saved Ocala much i'll feeling, and
, i'll feeling, more than any other one
+, thing, is what holds back a city.
, But this is all the affair of r. L.
Anderson Sr., and he is not a candi-
date for the Office Of mayor.
t Let US suppose he was and he in
: stead of his son was pitted against
; John D. Robertson. Which would you
, vote for? Carefully consider the ques-
tion in the light of the public career
, Of the two men.
; Mr.. Anderson has been a citizen OF
!, Ocala for third of a century. He has
, been much in public life. He is q
strong-willed and high-tempered man
the sort that makes enemies, and
. also friends. AS a lawyer, he is q
! peer of any in his profession. He is
: respected in every court; he has
, st1onr friends among the LEADING mer
, not only of Florida but other states
{ He could represent this city with
ihonor and dignity in any gathering
From professional pride, if no other
reason, he would use his legal talents
) for the benefit of the city.
During the great war, he was 100
PEI cent American. He upheld the
onuarnmant in auarufhinr He haC