The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-09
THE SENATORIAL OUTLOOK.
The STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN THE
AsPIRaNTs DESCRIBED.
Senator Call VII Enter the Race
Still Thinks stockton Betrayed
HIM in 81!

moral or otherwise, had a moral"
but times change, and with that
change the moral" has passed away.
| But il has by DO means yet passed
| qnite out of sight, and in the thrill
lug political tale the present cam
paign is TO see unfOlded there may be
"moraW that he who runs may
read.
The proper place for a proper "mOr-
all is, OF course, at the end of the
story; but in this case, the lesson in
volved may already be seen looming
up vaguely through the mists of fac
tiOnal disturbance, where those who
run fast enough may read and grow
wise, or "otherwise."
The moral of this senatorial CONTEXT,
then, may properly be summed up in
these Business and politics
don't mix"
The words came to me hot from the
bat of one who is beyond doubt the
most successful man of his age in all
Florida. He spoke in confidence and
that confidence shall not be violated
| by any further Indication of his iden.
tity.
"If," said our authority, John
Stockton had left politics in 1890 he
! would have been one OF the richest
men in Florida today. But be must
rite his two horses at one and the
same time, and what is the result L?
The enemies he has made, The ami
mosities be has engendered have
arisen against him when least expect
ed, and his political chickens have
come home to rOOst with a vepgen-
ance. Today he is man with a
| grievance. tense and embittered with
a sense Of what he necessarily de-
| scrihes as his wrongs but what are
in reality, simply the inevitable re-
suits of his feverish political activity.
1 like John Stockton, and that is why
| don't like to see him turninga parry
contest into a personal encounter"
on THE OTHER HAND.
My principle" continued the
speaker, "applies with almost equal
| force 10 the junior senator. He has
succeeded where Stockton has not
in business, and some people take it
for granted that he must, therefore,
succeed in politics. But that is a
mistaken notion. Just as Mir. Stock
tons political success helped to blight
his business prospects, So may Mr..
| TaliaferrO's business success ultimate
ly injure his political future. No
man can walk two ways at once-no
man need hope to get anything in
this world without paying for il; ard,
if John Stockton made a mistake in
not getting out OF politics ard stick
ing to business, James p. Taliaferro
| certainly made another il not getting
out of business when he got into
| politics."
Now the man who said all this is
something Of a politician himself,
and the temptation to ask if he were
not an exception to his rule proved
irresistible He smiled-it was an
odd smile.
mo. l see what you mean, but
| you don't see what / mean. | never
go into politics, except when my bus
| mess interests call me there, and
| even then, 1 go on arther than is
necessary; and when l get what l
went for, why, l get out again,
make politics an entirely secondary
consideration. They long ago be
came the most prominent feature of
Johns spiritual outfit and you can
imagine what part they play in Sena-
tor TaliaferrO's mi i'd nowadays
Strange how the same drug affects
different men-how the same politi-
cal problem appeals to different
minds.
ON THE STUMP.
For instance, some of Senator Talia-
ferrO's friends are of the opinion that
he should absolutely refuse to again
meet John Stockton on the stump;
they take the ground that the latter's
UiOlant prnntinp DnD4o