The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-02
sUPpL ICATIok FOR A MOSES
ore of henry Wstterson's Chsrac.
teristic Editorials


invocation, of the leader VINO Is need
81 70 muster he hosts of Kentucky
ssm9.rscy anu 80 march Them out
from the nog- aud vapors OF the pre-
vsiliug medi1criJy To the broad up-
hands Of the eminent and the Gistin-
-uished. where Jhe sun shines. 80.
,hst Al Who lock may SEE and ad.
mire.
Alss. leaders no more than spirits
msv b. summoned from the vastly
oeep. They burst uH6idden out Of
the womb OF time Usually, though
aubjd Zen, they are wanted: the
character and the term Of their SER
rirs are fixed; ;nav irrsdi.te for
moment th- aIWsnenT ot vtFsir~
spd.-even ~ eXhalauoas OF the
dsun-tn-y vanish aud ar Ssen uu
more. Kentucky has mad heT share
Of them; Though Coloael Preckin-
ridge can recall an interrsgnUm when
itwas said, and truly said, that the
onlv Keutucklan of national distiuc-
ton having a recognized place in the
pIblic activities was "A horse,
The outlook for new crop of lead
en- may not be very promising. The
Young men OF the present who might
sspire to leadership in public life can
rot Affoid II. They are engaged for
The mo-; part ia fortuae-building. He
must be but au inferior beina VINO il
wiling 60 sacrifice future of freedom
and affiuence and get down into the
unspezkable dirt OF modern politics
with it, poor rewards and uncertain
tenure. We are passing through
tznsilion period The age of express
siOB-of sounding rhetoric-0f inn
prrs.ive declamauOn- with its doc
trines Co. be explained and lis senti-
menIs d be observation-disclosures Ia
Gbe orator and writer predominauce
IN the popular esieem-is Welding the
right Of way 70 Al epoch OF business,
OF commercial development, ana, noJ
unnAIurelly, the pioneers of the new
gOslel Of money AMI chilean. are
either half educated shysters, or cor
rupt rings;ers.
kentucky j. not al ala exceptional.
IN al the states which have come un-
Der the Infi Ience of modern methods
notably Delaware, with Addicks;
Pennsylvania, with Quay; New 1Ork,
with Plat; Ohio, with Hams
republicans each and every One-we
see the machine trough: 10 sOme-
thing like perfection. Ii WAS the re-
Publican, not the democratic, party
which Was first 10 discover the black
arts ~ the age f political dicker and
barter; tn democrats who follow
after art ihr nIrresG tyTOn> and lmi-
tators. But, the system has come To
stay; ne wlio seebs office must adept
himself u it, requirements; tue very
puhlic Itself entertaining small
SYMPATHY f"r him, vino, beaten,
squeels, thu, making itself parJiceps
criminis TO the roguery of the pro-
iessionsls. La point of fact, it dis
misses hisl a. simply poor devil who
showed himself unequal TO the
game.
shall there ever be amendment?
Why, yes; sitter while machine
methods will be 50 thoroughly aud 50
universally familiar that there will be
no chance for cheating. Each gam
eler will know the marked cards ia
TIE hand Of his adversary. We are
TODD that the implements of war will
Ultimately become so destructive that
war itself will be eliminated from
International usage. So too politics;
~ tricks OF trade will become so COM
monoly understood and applied, that,
sner q while, the players will agree
among themselves upon cheaper il
not cleaner requirements; the law
VII be invoked, as in England, to
49, acOCc&oAg ACcNAANNAOhf eA~f
out OF the mire OF bossism and ring
sn, viii issue something like a sys-
VEN OF professional ethics, giving as
sasnce Of . better class Of public
men and creating q more elevstiDg
state Of public morals.
ln the meantime, organization,
more or less corrupting and corrupt is
NE order Of the day, he who has not
made up his mind to do in Rome IS
he Romans do laying the ghost Of
ma ain IL IL hsunts him and quieting
ms conscience in case he has q con-
c'ence with the ready sophism that
ne must fight the devil with tire-had
oe'tsr stay out OF the arena Of prscti-
~ politics, the term under which
corruption and the corruptionists
would conceal their scoundrelism pure
and simple.
kentucky is no worse of than her
inter states. The democratic party is