The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-08-02
Distinctions and Differences.

| some time since the Journal took II upon itself
10 account for the sudden conversion of Editor
| Frank Harris, of the Ocala Banner, by saying
p, that his democracy had been very unfavorablY
| affected by his appointment as a trustee Of the
| State Agricultural college at Lake City-'an in
| stitution in which the influence of Mr.. Flagler
and his friends must be accepted as supreme
| The versatile editor of the Ocala Banner can
find nothing more convincing to say in reply to
this than the following
THE editor af the Ocala Banner was appoint
| ed trustee of the Florida Agricultural college
| at Lake City by Governor Mitchell in the early
| part of his administration and was re-appoiuted
by Governor Bloxham. SO II his appointment
| as a trustee of that institution has unfavoraby
affected his democracy the matter is Of nearly
| ten years standing"
The Journal is aware of the fact that the
Ocala editor was appointed by one governor
and re-appointed by another. We are also aware
of the fact that the Flagler influence we have in
mind had not at the time of his original ap-
appointment made itself felt in Lake City
| That was reserved for a later stage of the game
and as Mr. Harris at that time in Office his
Difference to the corporation ideas he formerly
contested, dates, not from the time of his APP
pointment, but from the moment when his
proud spirit first submitted to the fatal spell.
We trust that we have succeeded in making
this distinction clear to the alert intelligence of
the gentlemen from Ocala. who at one time
POSED as the defender of the democratic faith
and whose sudden detection is one of the most
significant signs of these, or any other times -
Pensacola Journal.
The editor of the Ocala Banner con-
fesses that the above distinction,
though somewhat labOred, is not at
all clear to him. He does not know
whether it means that he should have
resigned from the board of trustees of
the Florida Agricultural college as
soon as Messrs. Wilson and ParrOtt
were made his colleagues or whether
he should have voted against the ac-
ceptance of Mr.. FIagler's donation
to the college and by so doing deprive
the students attending same the bene-
fits and pleasures of gymnasium,
natatorium, etc.
Nor does he see why the question of
politics should intrude In the college.
Is the principle of receiving gifts to
educational institutions wrong, and
shall we give Mr.. Carnegie, Mr.. Rock
efeller, Mr.. Stetson and Mr.. Flagler
no help in their efforts to turn loose
their wealth for the benefit of the
poor?
We think the esteemed editor of the
Journal is suffering under a delusiOn.
We think he has mistaken some other
platform for the one adopted at Kan
sas City.
The democratic party is making no
war on wealth, nor on industry, nor
is it opposed to the establishment of
libraries, hospitals, asylums, homes,
schools, and universities. by the rich |
men and women of our country.
As to the Journals charge of de
fiction" it is some consolation to the
editor of the Ocala Banner to know
that the same charge is made against
Mr.. Bryan for saying pleasant things |
about Cleveland's wealthy mayor and
for saying further that the same condi-
tons do not now exist for the free coin
age of silver as when the campaign
of 1896 was fought and other things
more important for the time being
may press forward for settlement.
A man who shuts his eyes to the
present and hugs more closely the
issues that are past has no part among
the living and should take his place
beside the mummies of Egypt.