The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-05

receiving $3.50 e+5 ia cash, Florida. WItLOU
receiving anything. might nave been coz
peIl-d 90 pay S3>y,ss+65.
Couldn't Have Done Less.
4 You contend that, ia addition 10 Tia
.,agyueut Of the Indian War claim proper
ou demanded and procured III tle al
.,,~-m.ut OF the mutual account beJws q
the state and the United States. the pay
ueut by the latter of Ss>.55--II, due tins
-eucaI fund 81 the State. S-5yfl.r- due th'
trustees OF the Internal Improvement fuu5
"a account Of swamp land mlItE. anl
...s-g-l due tine general revenue fund O.
tl0r-It ON general census account. auC
.urther succeeded in collecting Tor the stat
sne additional sum Of $l324S. OF c0uTs-
lou did II YOU use the word procured
$ meaning received. D. The act for a set
,lelrent OF the mutual account. and tha1
line bonds Of the State, held in the Indian
tirust fund, should be surrendered 60 the
Governor OF Florida You would nave beer
derelict in your duty if you had filled Il
receive the money. but, even in that event
the Government, under the law, would hav,
found a way 10 settle the account and the
state would have suffered no loss 1 re-
peat therefore. that YOU could not yery
,ell have done less.
Every one Of the sums you mention IN
.DEneCtiOn with this claim had been
withheld from the State, because, as /
Iave said before. the State had failed 10
pay the interest on its bonds. and the
Government withheld payment on all OF
them 10 indemnify itself gainst loss. The
tct Of Congress. providing for the settle
LeEt of the account, and this alone, I'M
.ocked the doors Of the United States
Treasury for the payment % the State
u every dollar due to whatsoever account
1r fund. Referring again 10 the $500.
05 bonds and the S24S,@s466 interest thereon
luc the Government. YOU do not seem 20
credit that payment with lessening in any
way burdens and lowering taxes. [ main
-ain that debt. wherever owed. Is bur
den and that its payment. whether 20 one
creditor or another lessons that burden
ia the sum Of the debt paid
You viii pardon me, ] nope. for treat
ing this subject extensively. and / offer
as my excuse that it seemed necessary in
view Of your unique ideas on the sub
ject.
Not Here for Buncombe.
As 10 your suggestion that I have not
a bill resolution or amendment
1u any subject. or embodying any principle
In tHe Democratic platform. YOU know that
since / have been in Congress the Admins
ration has been Republican and both
branches Of Congress overwhelmingly So
and ] am not here for buHcDmbe Or To
whistle against the wind. but To devote
my time and best though and energy t.
passing measures Of benefit 10 the people
on Florida. Practically every proposition
contained in jhe Democratic platform has
been before the Senate. IN one way or an
other, since 1 have been "a member, and,
upon every one Of them. your state
ment to the contrary Notwithstanding. !
have voted i'm fun and striCt accord with
the platform OF the Democratic party. /
10 not pretend To- be bold enough 10 at
tempt leadership To the exclusion Of Demo
cratic Senators who have grown gray IN
the service Of party and country. / have
been content, on the contrary, and regard
i. AS being to the interests OF Florida
well. to listen 10 their wise counsel and to
follow rather than to presume to lead. Per
laps, if like some, I had been enraptureo
with the sound of my own voice. or were
given 10 the peripatetic practice Of useless
specchmaking. / might have introduced
such bills. even though they had been al
ready before the body and were fOreOr-
1ained to die in the pigeOn-holes of Repub-
can committees.
The Delegation "a Unit.
You say that l have not gotten an ap-
preparation for any place or point west Of
the St Johns river. BY your reading of
he record, what have / gotten east Of that
river? [ say that the work of the dele.
CATION is the work of a unit and is not
bounded by nor circumscTibed in geo.
graphic lines or limits. l say that l as
sisted in getting every appropriation west
Of the St. Johns river, just as my col
eagues assisted in getting every appropria-l
ion east Of that river. 1t is true, you add
hat you are not dealing with what has
leen done by the Florida delega tiOn-that
you are not a candidate against the dele
cation. But let me tell you that the record
IF the delegation is one and inseparable.
II your system Of reasoning be sound. then
.ach Of us has done nothing, and, If each
IF US has done nothing, then how is it
possible that all of Us have done anything!
will remind you again that ! have never
.laimed any results whatsoever not as
ISOLATED with the work Of my colleagues. L
md YOU cannot credit the whole delegation
With the accomplishment of anything with
,ut giving due credit to each member tor
lis proportiOnate part thereof.
No member Of the delegation has ever.
complained that each and every other
member has failed to do his part an any \
natter relating to the interests Of the
people Of Florida but on the other hand,
We have all realized with great satisfa1
ion that we have worked in full accord
md harmony in obtaining results. NO
member Of the delegation, who has Ia
,ored with me hera. or rather with whom
have labnred will sustain you in the.
assertion that ] have nnt done my :ul'
art. W ny, therefore, SuOulu yOu SplA-
lain? 1
Your reference to my interest in the First
Bank of Tampa would seem 70
ave no proper place in this discussion,
nd yet, let me assure you, there Is moth.
ng whatever about it to be ashamed OF ,
r to conceal. The United states stat
ties provide for the establishment AMI
equation of national banks and author
re the Secretary Of the Treasury t. desis-
.ate repositories for Government money Z
years before I came to the Senate the
first National Bank Of Tampa was desig-
ated one of these repositories because
was located at a point where the Gov
was collecting and disbursing
lrge sums Of money and it was as much
or the convenience Of the Government. I
g for the bank. Since I have been in
he Senate the deposits have been increased
here just as they have been increased,
s I understand, all over the country. This
vas no privilege accorded the bank be-
ause Of my connection with It, nor was ii
ny special source Of profit. for there has
ever been a time in the history Of the
ank since it has been a depository that it d
as not had more idle money than the total n
mount Of the Government deposits. If S
on think that my sense Of justice or con- {