The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-03-05

u las been saii by persons wiser
than the writer that the American
Senate i the ideal chamber Of the
World. 50 marked has been its Inn
press Brs0n other nations that the
greatest statesmen OF the old world
have sssowesed eBeomiums upon L.
Speaking q it recently Lord Sails
bury i reported 70 hare said: The
Tniied S1ates senate i marvellous in
is efficiency aud strength" 80 great
Is this statesman inpressed with it
Importance that be wants . similar
body instituted in England.
Speaking Of it sir. VIM. Gladstone.
confessedIy the greatest statesman d
the old world Of the present century.
says: The American senate is the
most wonderful work ever struck on
AZ one time By the braie and ingebuI-
Is Of man.
What has caused these flowers 20 be
scattered 20 proGigslIy at the feet 81
the. American senator l. ii nos ise-
cause Of the able men who have com
posed IT, What has been its nember-
ship? In glaneing over lis pages We
find On It's rolls the most brilliant ar
nay 81 names that have figured in
American history. Desssoy these
names and sou rob America of meet
VI It's glory aud the achievements thai
make il take rank with the foF-Hns-i
nations 81 the eartn. DEPRIVED Of the
names Of jefferson, Madison. Monroe
and Randolph: Dewitt Clinton. FIJI
more aud SewarI; Adams. Webster,
Everett aud sumner Calhoun. Hzyne,
Pinkney and RdtIedge; Crawford,
Cobb, Gordon sad Hill; Clay, critten-
dou aud Breckenridge; Jaekson. John.
son and Bell: Benton, Cass, Westcoit,
Yulee. Call, and hundreds Of Others,
shaE would be our history?
Iadeed, every state, from the time
Of the session o. the first senate to the
last, has been careful 10 send TO il is
most honored. patriotic and renOwB.
ell statesmen, and the record OF these
men, a. We hare before stated, ha:
forced TO the front rank Of nations
the American republic.
80, then, We can but regret that the
Florida Citizen, with iconOcIastic and
irreverent hands, wants tOsgeep away
all that Is sacred Of this ideal cham.
Der and instead Of making ii the most
dignilied body in the world, desires te
transform it into a mere real estate
agency and immigration bureau
In selecting members to this anglIsl
body, which stands az a shield be
tween the people and the executive
the Citizen says it should be a mere
matter Of routine work" ssthe same
a. commercial agent selects book
keeper" NOspeech, it says, ofaDy Flor
ida senator, has ever brought a settler
10 Florida worth his salt, nor secured
| an investment, nor founded town
nor opened section to civilization
Truly, the editor of the Citizen hal
very crude and strange notions Of ths
functions Of United States senator
Reminding Us that the state has
| 30 miles Of sea coast and long Iinei
of nayigable rivers, the Citizen says lei
Us send to Washington a man who
knows the state, and who has demon.
strate3 his fitness by career full OF
usefulness and substantial results. >
Every dollar.n the editor says, sin.
vested here benefits every one Of Us, >
that we ''Iack Development and thai
our waste places should be built up. ,
"Our representatives have known fol
months the duty confronting them, >
continues the Citizen, land it nov
only remains that the legislature riss
to the demands Of the occasion AND
all win be we'll"
Now suppose that the legislature o
Florida, and the legislature Of ever,
other state, take the same view Of In.
senate that the Citizen does, how Ions
would the senate command the respee
OF the American people and reeeiy,
encOmiums from the statesmen O
older nations? Suppose that all the
| states send its senators to the Unite
States senate to attract cettIers TO theil
respective states, what sort Of a spec
tacIe would that body present to thu
world? The idea is supremely ride.
ulous one, and shows that the editor
of the Citizen entirely misunderstood,
or knowingly belittles the nature o.
this august tribunal.
The senate has larger powers. M
treaty with foreign power is valid
without It's approval of two-third.
vote; all ambassadors and agents Il
foreign powers must be approved By
it; no postmaster OF the first or second
class can be appointed unless cofirm-
ed by it; war cannot be declared un-
less il gets its sanction. The secret of
its marvellous strength aud efficiency
i because it springs from and rests
upon the suffrages of the people. Tn
like the house Of lords it has no hered-
itary poison. Many times the vote of
the senate has kept the administra-
ton from entering into entangIing al
iiances and many times has forced it
into jndicious and wise paths.
IL has done too much, 1t holds too
lofty place in the country's annals.
1t commands too much of the respect
Of the world, to be now rudely changed
and transformed into an ''immigra-
ton bureau.n
Pish.
The Duke Of Richmond receives the
LARGEST Varcfnf1 in