The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-07
CATS INITIATES
THE GOOD CALIPH
Fits HarOun- Alraschid- Around
the State of Florida
(Tampa Times)

81 am looking after the business of
the state" is the reply made by Gov.
Sidney J. Cats TO representative of
the Times today when queried rela-
tive to the nature of his visit to Tam
pa and South Florida at this time and
but for a few words relative to a sim
| ilal trip made to Escambia county re-
Gently, the governor left at noon to-
| day without making known what par
! ticular business of the state he is
| looking after.
The state executive stated that he
spent three days in Escambia county
determining for himself whether offic
ers of the county were doing their
duty, and that in a short time after
his visit there the sheriff and prose-
crting attorney of the county were
dismissed from office. cts a wise
thing for the governor of the state to
get out among the people and see for
himself and then he will not have to
depend on reports reaching Tallahas
see" commented the governor.
Whether the governor has any one
OF set of officers under surveillance in
Hillsborough or any other county in
South Florida is not known, but he
visited the phosphate section before
reaching Tampa yesterday noon and
he stated that he has other places to
visit before returning to Tallahassee
Thursday night or Friday morning.
He said, however, it would not be
good business for him to announce in
advance what particular counties and
cities he contemplates visiting before
returning to the capital. There was
no intimation by the governor that
this trip here has revealed official
negligence on the part of any Hills
borough official.
Governor Cats arrived about noon
yesterday and with Probation Officer
f. P. Martin dined with County Judge
John G. White. They attended the
lecture by Mrs. Armour at the First
Baptist church last night. While
cranking Judge Whites car yesterday
Mr. Martin broke a finger and badly
cruised two other fingers.
While admitting that he is leaving
no stone unturned toward furthering
his candidacy for the United States
Senate, the governor said he would not
begin intensive campaigning until the
fifteenth of the month. 81 have
bought a Ford car and employed a
chauffeur and on the fifteenth expect
to start at Jerusalem Tallahassee
and begin a speaking campaign that
will carry me all through the state.
Ny plan now is to deliver not less
than four addresses each day."
Over Several Counties
Eight counties in West Florida have
already been fairly well covered by
the governor and he declares he will
: receive a larger majority in these
counties than when he made the race
for governor four years ago. Refer
ring to his candidacy in Hillsborough
county he expressed the belief that
he will receive more votes here than
in the gubernatorial race. He said Pat
i, Murphy, the genial songster and poet
of Tallahassee and Jacksonville fame
: had this to say recently, "Old Cats
beat the Catholics four years ago be-
cause they believed in Jesus Christ
and now he's going to beat Senator
Fletcher because he does not believe
in Jesus Christ"
The governor is wearing a ring he
5 prizes very highly. 1t was presented
= to him by the inmates of the state
= prison farm at Raiford and cost $50
5 the prisoners making donations OF
( from one penny up. The setting is
amethyst, and has a Masonic emblem
engraved on it.
Speaking of his record at Tallahas
see, the governor said the state insti
itutions were never in better condition
J., than today, and that while few offic'
e ers of the state do not fully realize
f their responsibility, he believes the
n official business of the state-state
8 and county-has never been in better
l shape than it is at the present time
o The governor expressed much elatior
over the prosperity he found in Tampa
in the way of new buildings going uI
and the number OF winter visitors