The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-08
HARDEE PLEASED HIS HEARERS

HARDEE PLEASED HIS HEARERS
Cary A. Hardee's speech last night
from the bandstand to the people Of
Marion county, the closing address of
his campaign for governor. was, in
the opinion of many in the audience,
the best piece of oratory Ocala people
have listened to since the lecture of
John Temple Graves, in the lyceum
course, at the Woman's Club building
during the winter Mr.. Hardee is not
| famed as an orator, but his address
was the most pleasing heard here in
the present campaign. His language
was beautiful and his sentences we'll
rounded and everything he said per-
fectly understood by his hearers.
Though at times he used words that
are not in the vocabulary of the ordi-
nary layman, his remarks were as
plain as a b C. He had his audiences
sympathy and respect from the begin
ming and at the conclusion of his ad-
dress he was given an ovation seldom
accorded a candidate for public Of
fee, nearly everybody who could
press through the crowd grasping his
hand and speaking words of common
dation.
Mr.. Hardee was introduced by Col.
r. F. Rogers, who knew him as boy
in Suwanee county. with a short COM
plimentary speech.
The speaker stated that he was
sorry he could not reached Ocala
earlier in the campaign, but circum~
stances prevented. He stated that he
did not consider himself candidate of
any section of the state, but if elected
would represent the whole state; that
in 1916 when the cry came from
south and central Florida that an i'm
portant industry was about to be de-
stroyed, it was his pleasure and priv
ilege to introduce in the legislature
the bill to eradicate the citrus canker
! pest. That if elected governor he
would appoint those men to Office only
gardless of personal friendships. and
his appointees would not be "spokes
in a wheel" to perpetuate him i'm o$-
flee, as he would not be candidate,
while governor, for any other posi-
ton. In his appointments he would
shear the voice of the people"
Stating that it was necessary in the
exigencies of practical politics to re-
ply to some of the vituperative at
talks of his opponents, he took up
different accusations brought against
hin by DIR. Hulley and Mr.. Swearin-
gen, and gave an instance happening
in Brooksville, when the former adj
vertised a meeting by writing on the
sidewalks with chalk the inscription:
"Hot stuff; come out tonight and hear
HLlley skin Cary Hardee" He stated
that personally both his opponents
were affable gentlemen, but in pol
itics "they don't look good to me-"
He stated that his opponents accused
him of being against the labor fac
ton, but that he was not for any fac
ton and would represent labor when
labor was right. but would be against
| labor if labor was wrong. One of the
charges brought against Mr.. Hardee
is that the money interests are behind
him. Because he was president of a
small bank in his home town was no
reason why the money interests were
behind him. Another charge is that
certain papers are supporting him.
But the speaker declared that certain
papers" comprise about 95 per cent
of the state press, and why did they
support him? Because they were tired
The only personal reference Mr..
Hardee made during his talk was to
his legislative record, stating that he
had been elected speaker of the house
his first term as representative and
| reelected unanimously in 1917. and
| that out of the entire membership
serving with him he did not believe
there were six men not his friends
and who were not working for his
election. He closed with the state
ment that he did not wish to dangle
wooden minnow before the eyes CT
the voters, in an endeavor to get their
votes, and have them grab it to find
it filled with the hooks of incompe-
tercy and demagogery.
of the system of government that has
been growing at Tallahassee.
The speaker was in favor of law en-
forcement, an economical administra-
ton and equalization of taxation in
the state modelled after the county
| system. The tax rate of IL mills as
at present he hoped to reduce by con-
sentative business ideas, but he was
net making famboyant promises that
he would do so.
Mr.. Hardee closed his address by
touching on the school problem. uni
versal military training, conserva-
ton, reforestation and good roads.
He said that he was in favor of
broadening the curriculum of the
small schools, and that while he was
youth, physical and military training
being afraid it would Prussianize our
youth, physical and military training
should be embraced in the schools