The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-10

is negro. Duval and Hillsborough /
counties have an enormous registered
negro vote. They are already paying |
their poll taxes, and they will vote in
November like they have never before !!
voted in Florida.-Tribune.
(Among oId-fashioned democrats
the sort of democrats we were
brought up among-it was considered
that white man degraded himself
when he asked for the vote Of a ne
gro And we all know that negro
regards with justifable contempt
white man who asks him for his vote.
But it is no degradation for white
democratic candidate to receive the
vote of a negro, of white republican,
a socialist or any other citizen. Most
Of the white republicans VINO come to
the South turn democrats as soon as
they learn real conditions. and dem
ocrats always welcome them. and con-
sider their change of politics as a
proof of good sense. We know repub-
leans who voted for Senator Fetch
er-will the Tribune say the senator
was disgraced by their votes ?-Star).
Is it wise for the democrats of Flor
ida to risk a condition like this, when
by adherence to the party they can
assure the election of man who will
be high class in every way and who
will stand for and be a representative
of white democratic supremacy
Tribune
Even if the committee has the
right to nominate, which we don't be-
lieve it has. what guarantee have the
people that it will nominate a first
class man? Isn't it better to leave
this to the people -Star).
It is not matter of personal con-
Germ to the Tribune. This paper, and
so far as is known, Or even snnounc-
ed, this part of the state, has no cam
didate for the office. The major part
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee is composed of men from
northern and western Florida, so even
sectional interest cannot be charged
to the Tribune. But the Tribune is
concerned for the existence and the
honor of the party of which it is a
part. 1t wants to see the people come
back to the principles of party 10y
atty and abiding by the rules and &C
tons of it's party. Unless we do have
this return; unless the party is upheld
in making a nomination for this va
cancy, it is but short step and day
to the time when primary nominee
for governor, or other high position in
Florida, will bolt the primary, get
five hundred men to sign his petition,
and run on the ticket independents
Tribune.
(Yes, the Tribune is concerned for
party loyalty, like Tophet, it is. It's
| only a short step back to the time
when a candidate for governor bolted
and ran on the prohibition ticket, and
the Tribune supported him, so it
ldid.-Star).
And the law doesn't demand that
the five hundred necessary petitioners
shall be white, or shall be of any one
party utilization. 1t says five hundred
signed petitioners. They may be men
or women, white, black, democrat, re-
publican, socialist or anarchist; and
doubtless there will be some of all
these on the petitions of men who de-
nounce the party effort to do things
decently and in order.-Tribune.
ooh, awful. awful peril, with demo
Gratis walking around everywhere, and
all democratic voters registered in
the primary books, that democratic
candidate looking for signatures tc
his petition should leave the plain
wide streets and the open highways
and hunt around in the alleys for re.
publicans and socialists. And OF
Icourse a democratic candidate will be
color-blind and ask negroes to sigr
his petition. And of course he will
know so little about politics that he
will have his petition filled with the
names of men who his opponents car
easily prove are not democrats, anc
So put him in bad with the democratic
voters.
As compared with the republicans
the democrats of Florida have about
five votes to two. The republicans
voted in larger number in 1920 tina,
they will this year, because of the
woman suffrage amendment goine
into effect. Colored women could vote
without paying poll tax, and they tool
up politics like it was a new game
This year, they can't vote unless they
pay. The great majority won't pay
Why should negroes pay to vote the
republican ticket. anyhow? The white
Republicans won't give them office anc
are treating them with contempt
The Tribune should ask some FRIEND
to hold its head under hydrant until
its fever abates.-Starl.