The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-02
IN The WOODS.
t the Ed.,or Of the oca,a Banner.

advertisement of one "SartOriou-N of
"Interns tional Committee" fame in
last weeks issue of the Ocala Banner.
We presume the Ocala Banner, in
its muniicent msgusnimity, will un-
furl those beautiful and symmetrical
waves Of thought, 30 highly appre-
ciated in the past by giving a little
space TO a reply. Sartoriou- wants
proof that socialists are dreamers,
fools, cralks, etc.
Now, We are not reaching for any of
that fame nor for any Of those gilt
tering laurels 20 pro;usely offered 10y
SartorloUs AID hi committee, FIR
we'uus ia the country are not sup.
posed 10 have any brains, Judging
from some of the platforms VI read.
If Sartorious really and IN good
faith desires 10 hear from men
and women. too. who are possessed Of
braiue Why does he not appeal to
those who, through Divine decree,
We're given a full and complete mo.
nopoly Of intelligence?
Yet We must cOncede the generosity
Of our esteemed friends the venerable
oartorious, ~. al.
Socialists not dreamer-, VISION
aries, cranhs, etc, eli, On what
ground Of reasoning can The immacu-
late ''InJernational Committee"
hope to impress upon the public.
even the shadow Of All Idea that so
cialism j. not vague aud misleading?
Have not the National Economic
League" flooded this country wiil its
free literature to such All extent ;laJ
many merchants have been mater
ially relieved financially from pur-
chasing wrapping paper and ali %
such said literature has exhaUstiveiy
treated and digesjei this self same
question OF socialism? Buried it, sir
Il j. a. dead - the question Of finance.
We caution Sartorious TO not per-
init his advertisement 10 get too far
away from home, otherwise, the re-
m4inder Of his balmy days may he
consumed in the distribution OF his
crowns and coronets and like a re-
nOwned gentleman ~ OF French
fame, fluid it incumbent upon him
self to even give kingdoms way.
Wilhelm der Kaiser says socialists
are not safe persons TO be permitted to
run at large. Who Will deny that
the Emperor is man of brains?
Nicholas, Gar of all the Russias
and probably of Manchuria, sends
socialists to Siberia or shoots them.
Hasn't old Nic-pard0n-I would say,
Nicholas, got brains a plenty!
Plus y says its sacrilege. Who
will have the audaciCy 10 question the
brains of Plus. Edward, of Merry
England, says "Me too" to nephew
Wilhelm. Hasn't Edward got brains ?
Abdul Hamid is so severely brainy
that the fertile ~ product of his in
tellect is even now shaking the fOun-
dations of European and Asiatic
Empires, while his soldiers are daily
wallowIng in human gore, the life
blood OF babies, women and old men.
All, all to wipe out this visionary
aud pernicious socialism, Roosevelt
Who in all this broad, glorious and
free land is not acquainted with the
strenuous Teddy? Who has not
heard of the indomitable "hero of
San Jusn?" OF his irrepressible
strenuOsity in his determination TO
shackle cunning, and of his glorious
success in achieving that result? Who
has not heard of his winning and din
ing Wash-oh, pardon the depression
can any sane man doubt, for q sim
gle moment, the capacity Of Mr..
Roosevelt's brain, color or sire. And
what does Mr.. Roosevelt say of social
ism. Single-hot air, sir, hot air?
"Holy John" and "Pious, Pierre
pont," ct al, ad infinitum are equally
vindictive in their condemnation of
the-to decentralization theories and