The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-02-23
SENATOR FLETCHER WILL GIVE
ACCOUNT OF HIS STEWARDSHIP
SDme Time Next Month, as Soon as
He Can Leave His Work in Wash
ingtOn, Without Detriment to the
Interests of His State.
Especial to the Starr

Jacksonville, Feb. Ex-senator
Fletcher expects to begin his cam
paign for reelection to the United
States Senate early in March" an
nounced Arthur T. Williams this
morning in response to an inquiry on
this subject Mr.. Williams will act
as the campaign manager for the
senator.
Continuing, Mr.. Williams said: 81
am glad to assure the many friends
and well wishers of this able and hard
working public servant that were it
not for pressing public business in
Washington he would be in the state
at this time, but Senator Fletcher
feels that he was elected by the peo-
pie to look after their interests, and
characteristic of the man he does not
intend to absent himself from Wash
ington until certain matters in which
the states welfare is at stake are
disposed of properly. Then he will
come home and all concerned may rest
assured he is prepared, willing and
anxious to give an account of that
stew ardship which in the nearly
twelve years of work in the Senate
has brought practical results to every
part of Florida and made of the SEN
ator a national figure.
at is inevitable that in public life
every man has traducers. He cannot
take definite positions on questions of
moment without being misunderstood
by some and maligned by others. The
greater success he achieves the more
the envy and criticism is aroused of
those who would like to succeed to his
position. Welfare of Florida is over
looked by the selfish desire of those
in the scramble for public perferment
to advance themselves to the Senate.
"The record of Senator Fletcher is
public property. He has no reason to
feel other than proud of it. The peo-
pie of this state are not ashamed of
it. They have confidence in the man.
They glory in his achievement; for
Florida has in him man who has
proved faithful to the truth of high
Office. He has busted himself in be-
halt of all his cOnstituents-nOt in an
attempt to array one class against
another through appeal to passion,
prejudice and ignorance, but through
raanly, direct endeavor to help all the
people through general Legislation of
interest to the entire country as we'll
as special legislation of immediate
benefit to the people of Florida It is
his desire to meet and talk with the
people in every county, and this he
will endeavor to do. | am confident
of his reelection, but this does not
mean that any of the democratic cleo
tors of Florida should take his cleo
ton for granted. We should pursue
a campaign of education, tear off the
mask of hypocrisy wherever or by
whomever paraded. and in this way
assure to ourselves and our state a
continuance of those services and that
work Duncan u. Fletcher has so ably
started, is continuing and can only
consummate successfully through his
return to the Senate.
'From every side | have received
letters, unsolicited, pledging support
and work for Senator Fletcher. The
people appear very much to desire g
continuance of loyal, faithful service
in the person of Senator Fletcher"