The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-01
CARY HARDEE'S CAREER
From His Home Paper, the Suwanee
Democrat

AS the campaign for governor
draws to close it is source of much
qualification to the home folks of
Cary A. Hardee to hear from all por
tions of Florida the good news that
the overwhelming majority over all
candidates he will receive in his home
county will be duplicated in many
other counties and that his election
by large majority is assured.
II is doubly cheering to Mr.. Har-
dee's friends to realize that these re
ports follow the kind of campaign
that ought to be made by one aspir-
ing to the high office of governor, and
that when Mr.. Hardee becomes gov
ernor there will be nothing in his
campaign of which he should be
ashamed and that he will take his seat
without any strings tied to him and
under no obligations except those due
to the entire citizenship of the state.
Mr.. Hardee announced his candi-
form a long time ago. He has visited
every section of the state and carried
his canvass to all the people. He has
told the people what kind Of admins
tration to expect from him as gov
ernor and on the merit of his policies
has appealed for their support. He
has sought the support of no special
interests. He has not appealed to
class hatred. He has not attempted
to mix religion and politics and has
not tried to secure votes by appealing
to denominational ties. He has paid
his own campaign expenses out of
money earned by his own honest toll
and has not permitted any contribu-
tions to his campaign fund as his
sworn statement on file at Tallahas-
sec will show. When as a result Of
this campaign Mr.. Hardee is elected
it will mean that the policies pro-
posed by him have been endorsed by
fair vote of the people and that a
solemn compact to promte those Doli-
cies will have been entered into be-
tween the people and their governor.
1t will mean that Mr.. Hardee's slo-
gan of Better Government for Flor
ida" will become living reality. 1t
will mean a business-like administra-
tion of the affairs of the people, econ
omy in public expenditures, and a
clean administration at Tallahassee
Il will mean that public officials
placed in Office by the vote of the
sovereign people will not be removed
except for grave cause. 1t will mean
in the governors office at Tallahassee
for the full term of four years a gov
ernor only under obligations to all the
people, not candidate during his
term for any other office, and with no
ambition save to serve his people well.
Out of such conservation great good
to the people must and will result.
The campaign tactics of Mr. Har-
dee's opponents is proof positive that
the reports reaching Live Oak as to
HGrdee's strength are true. Both of
his opponents have attacked Mr.. Har-
dee all over the state. They have not
once attacked each other. 1t is not
customary for rival candidates for
high Office to combine their forces.
The fact that Messrs. Hulley and
Swearingen have united in attacks on
| Hardee is proof that they both fear
| him and do not fear each other. This
| is proof that their friends all over
the state tell them what Hardee's
friends tell him-that Hardee is the
winning candidate.
The unjust charges brought against
Hardee is additional proof of his
strength. His opponents are men of
fair intelligence. If they did not fear
Hardee, even in the heat of a cam
paign, they would not attack him with
out just cause. If they had good ar
Iguments to use against him they