The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-01-19
WHAT DOES 1T MEAR9
The Jacksonville Citizen Brought to
0oala BY Special Train and Distributed

Citizen brought this paper to Ocala by
eight o'clock, and II was distributed
by carriers throughout the city free.
Ocala was the subject of specially
nice treatment in its columns. Mr.
Brumby, the Citizens correspondent
here, gave US three column write mp,
putting Ocala's best foot forward. tor
all Of which the citizens of OcaIa feel
most grateful.
Il is claimed that the special e.
that brought this edition of the Cit
zen is the fastest on record on the line
Of the F. G. IL p, aud the affair bea
all railroad time and all new spapcr
enterprise heretofore known in tie
history of those twin motors of civili-
zation in the state of Florida,
OF course the first impulse Of every
body was to know what was the inn
mediate and moving cause Of the ex-
penditure of so much energy, haste
end money?
II the President had been impeached
or assassinat,d; if some anarchist had
exploded a bomb in the halls of Con-
gress; if the Queen had died and the
English government had been trans
formed into republic; if Rio de Ja-
nero, the beautiful capitol Of Brazil,
had been blown 10 atoms by MelIo
and Peixoto captured; if New York
city had been swallowed up by an
earthquake, or some other appalling
catastrophe had occurred in some part
of the world, it would have afforded
some explanation for this extraordina-
~ "outbreak" of the Citizen, but
coming upon US on the dead quiet Of
a Sabbath morning and heralding no
unusual occurrence, the average citi-
zen was in doubt what to ascribe it to;
and while the majority hailed it a. an
imitation of "Pulitzer enterprise"
others were irreverent enough to
ascribe it to an exhibition of dam
fooIism," using the phrase, Of course,
in no profane or offensive sense.
And this leads Us to ask what,
about the Citizen anyway? In the
language of the street urchin, "What
is it here for?n
There is certainly no legitimate
field for another democratic daily
newspaper in the city of Jacksonville.
The field il more than occupied by the
Times Union, the Evening Telegram
and the Evening Metropolis.
We venture the assertion that in no
city in the United States, no larger
than Jacksonville, is there 50 complete
a newspaper as the Times-Union. II
is a far better paper han the needs of
Jacksonville justify or it's citizens can
support, and the determination of its
promoters to put it on footing with
other Southern newspapers published
in much larger towns, have been done
ut loss, and as the manager is &
young man native and tn the man
nor BORN his efforts should receive
nigh degree of recognition by the peo-
pie of Florida.
AS there Is no legitimate opening for
another democratic newspaper In
Jacksonville what is the object Of the
newcomer? And if its object is to
crush out the Times Union, should it
oe sustained; or whether it is or is
not, is this throwing up Of hats and
"hurrahing' for the Citizen just the
fair thing to an ola established journal
that has given the state ion9 years Of
faithful service
We know little oe the antecedents
of those connected with the Citizen.
They are all stranges to Florida and to
her needs If there was an election in
Florida to morrow none of them
would be entitled to vote. So the
very name of the paper is a misnomer.
On the other hand, Mr.. Stockton is
a native of Florida; his father was
pioneer and as gallant soldier as
Florida sent to the front. He survived
the war but a short time, and the dis
asterous termination of that event left
his family in extreme poverty. His
Sons have been the architects of their
own fortunes. They bear honora-
BILE names and have achieved for
themselves a reputation that reflects
honor upon the state that gave them
birth. The state should be
proud of them, and proud of the pa
per that the time and talents OF the
one, and the money of the other, have
built up.
And for what and from whence
comes this desire to crush out the
Times-Union? Aud what's the mean
ing of this special railroad service for
the newcomer?
The man is naturally or artilicially
blind who fats TO comprehend the
of it ALL
Itmeans that the Times-Union must
be crushed out because of its support
of Senator Call.
1t means that those who have
the courage to oppose the influence Of
power must be put down.
The money and corporate influ-
ence is potent power, as we all
know, and it remains with the people
of Florida to say whether or not this
shall be done.
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Burglars are already cracking safes
in Jacksonville. Is it the advance