The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-11-30
WE'VE GOT 1T IN ocALA.
The Corporation Anaconda has it Fangs
on our Political Vitals and is Do
in0 10 naadIv Work


ing is Deadly Work.
Do you believe all you hear?p we
are told was the appealing inquiry of
the humorous and philosophical pas
senger to the irate conductor.
If we should believe all we hear, or
the half we hear, of the city govern
ment Of Ocala, there can be no two
opinions but that we need Lexow
Investigating committee to lay bare
the official doings and misdoings and
the laxity of the administration of
the laws, and Parkhurst, with a
pitchfork, to stir up the public con-
science and arouse it to action.
The country stands appalled, at the
exposures of Mr.. Lexow's committee,
and the hideous things brought to
light by Mr.. Parkhurst in the great
city of New York, yet there are moth
ing in those exposures, if we are to
believe the half we hear, that do not
exist in Ocala-not on milder but
only on a smaller scale.
1t was not very manv Sundays ago
that saloon man was giving vent to
his outraged feelings over the shame
full exposures of Tammany hall, yet
at the very moment he was giving
vent to his overfowing Indignation,
the back Sunday entrance to his bib
ulous fountains was lined with a
stream of thirsty men and he was
reaping the harvest of the week, and
all the while his customers are given
to understand that they are in no dan
ger of being annoyed by police inter-
ference.
This is one of many of the reports of
the street and which are said to be
made under the jingling of the glasses
Having seen with his own eyes and
heard with bis own ears, the very
serious charge against the offending
passenger, the outraged knight of the
bell chord immediately began to exer-
else his authority and against the
passengers entreaty aud appealing in
quiry, :" Do YOU believe all you hear,
Mr.. Conductor?' the conductor hus
tied him out and off the train.
The voters of Ocala, who are not
blind, and deaf, and dumb, and whose
sense of smell are unimpaired, should
manifest some of the feelings and ex-
ercise some of the determination of
this conductor and take these little
city officials by the nape of the neck
and seat of the pantaloons ard hurr
them out of Office.
The things that we complain of were
on hand and manifested themselves
at the second ward meeting Tuesday
night in studied variety and mis-
cellaneous abundance and as usual
acted in telling harmony.
Every corporate influence, to which
the city has given life, was there to
prevent, if possible, any change being
made in the city government
The wate.-works, the electric light,
the street car line, the saloon contin-
gent, and the ward runner, were on
hand pulling together and working in
the same direction.
1t is the same old story in all the
ramiications of political life that is
silently and industriously sapping the
foundations and fabric of our govern
ment and which shows itself from the
little ward meeting in country town
to the great political gathering OF
National convention.
1t IL the great anaconda that is
everywhere and incessantly knawing
at our political vitals and undermine
ing our system of government.
1t should be throttled all along the
line.
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