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

home. One Of the innumerable little |
snarls Of the period kept her from re-
ceiving the allotment for three
months; her son reported the matter
= his commanding officer, the officer
sent the complaint 70 headquarters. .
5uC nothing resulted from il. She
wrote ~ the Star about It; the editor
took her .4-te- 90 NJ. Arder on. lie
read the letter. said III attend to
this; il VIII not cost her anything; Il
you near # anything I can Go for the
soldiers OF their relatives, let me
know"
He was fuel administrator for Mar
ion county during the war. and made
an efficient and just official. You can.
not find anything ne did that was not
dcEe with heartfelt loyalty to the ma
ton during its greatest crisis since
1868.
AS aforesaid, R. L. Anderson Sr. is
not candidate for mayor, but his son,
r. L. Anderson Jr., and is not any
man who votes against him and votes
for Robertson lacking in patriotism
Did any of US think of Robert Ander-
son Jr. in connection with side
walks or street paving when he
was training for soldier at Fort Nc
Pherson, or passing his training to
other men at Camp Gordon? When
We watched the bulletins telling how
the army in which he was a fighter
was driving the Huns back from Paris,
did we think about pavement? What
did we care about our sidewalks when
the boys in the Argonne could hardly
find a footing in the mud or among
the rocks, but nevertheless drove the
Germans back day by day until the
great victory was won?
True, Robert Anderson did no more
than thousands and thousands of
other gallant men-but he is the only
one who is a candidate for mayor of
| Ocala.
! AS for Mr.. Robertson, its no use
to repeat the story we have told two
OF three times before of the manner
in which he misused his office. His
| friends see no change in him. Some
of his friends say he was as patriotic
during the war as any; that he was
only misunderstood. This may be
true-we have no right to say it isn't.
But who but himself caused him to be
misunderstood? Every man during the
war had many opportunities to make
his patriotism too plain to be ques-
toned. Men who were pacifists, even
pro Germans, before America went in,
had plenty of chances to prove their
loyalty, and hundreds of thousands
took them. 1t wasn't right in those
days for a man to keep the light of
his patriotism hidden under a bushel,
J for every CLEAN of light was needed
to help dispel the darkness and doubt
in which the world was enwrapped
until the sunrise of victory arose over
Belleau Wood.
Some men hard up for argument
say that if Robert Anderson is elected,
not he but his father will be mayor of
Ocala. Any man who has brought up
son knows that his son prefers his
own opinion and his own way to his
fathers. And any man whose son has
gone across the seas and helped defeat
the Hun knows his son has brought
back with him an experience and a
knowledge that has greatly reinforced
his natural disposition. We older men
may well respect the opinions of the
boys whose bravery and sacrifice have
kept peaceful roofs over our grazing
heads. Robert Anderson Jr., we hope
and believe. pays his father all respect
and filial affection. But if he is elect
ed, he will be mayor of Ocala, he will
form his own opinions; he will write
his own communications and make his
own speeches; and he will make our
city a good executive and try to bring
about that harmony it so badly needs.