The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-26

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pat, and will you have a drink
Before responding Pat looked heaven
ward, and when asked what was the
trouble said, And be g"rra, thought
/ heard the angels sing" But after
accepting the invitation another story
Obtruded itself upon him. a teamster
who was driving a yoke of steers came
to an obstruction i'm the shape
of some bars and in Letting them
down he tied the lines around one Of
| his legs, and before he could get the
! bars up again the steers became im-
/ patient and dashed off in great speed
/ dragging the unfortunate teamster
! for considerable distance. After
/ eXtricating himself and adjusting mis-
anat omy as best be could he was told
! 10y IA passer 10y that he made mis-
take in tieing the lines TO his leg.
! Yes, said the fellow, | made that dis.
covery before was dragged half a
mile.
Mr.. Anderson said that in attempt
ing TO collect his thoughts together
for speech he made the discovery
that he had made mistake in ac-
cepting the genial secretary's invita-
ton.
He said that Notwithstanding much
adverse criticism he thought General
Hancock was right when he said
that the tariff was local issue and
that the ownership of public utilities
was likewise local issue, and in the
language of Grover Cleveland, OcaIa
was faced with condition and not
a theory"
That its ownership of the electric
light plant mildly stated was failure.
That since the plant had been owned
by the city the citizens had endured
a service that would not ~ tolerated
for moment from private corpora
ton.
Hon. J. NJ. BarcO responded to the !
toast of Town VS.. Country"
He said when the shIiling secretary
asked his consent t. respond 10 this |
toast he was told chat he would be
expected to say something on the line !
of town and country, out if he was
expected TO say something of the
town against the country he wasn't |
in it. He told Of the beauty and
utility of tOwH ana country working
in harmony together.
H, took issue with Mr.. Anderson
that the city in operating the electric
light plant had been failure and
that gentleman to joint
discussion OF the subject before the
voters.
In speaking of the construction of
the Panama canal and the ship canal
across Florida he grew eloquent and
drew vivid picture of how it would
rapidly lead TO the commercial supre-
macy or tie southern seaports.
Mr. Il. L. Anderson spoke on
-'Ocals e Transportation Problem" in
part "a follows:
If has been said that there are no
nere uants in Ocala, and that there
exists grave determinations against
Ocsla in the matter of railroad trans
Durtatiou rates; that ton of freight
.ouid be carried from Jacksonville,
through Ocala, to Tampa, at less
ase than it could be stopped in tram
III at Ocala, and after having reached
Tampa it could be re-shipped north
ward as far as Inverness and sold at a
ate which excluded the Ccala merch-
ants; that the railroad commission is
lot responsible for this, because
Tampa is entitled to the rate she has,
md that this did not prove that the
abroad companies are entirely to
blame, bat 1t came very near proving
hat there are no merchants nor board
# trade at Ocsls.
The situation is parallel to the des-
ription that Caezar gave of the divis-
on of Ancient Gaul. 1.-The railroad
have divided all of Florida
nto three parts, and have permitted
wholesale business to be done only
t Pensacola, Jacksonville andl'