The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-23
BRYAN VS.. CARNEGIE.

/, board of trustees of the Illinois
college, located at Jacksonville, H., be-
| cause a majority of the trustees voted
| in favor of accepting a donation from
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, on the ground
| that to do so would place the college
| in line with plutocracy:
1t seems to us that no one can read
Mr.. Carnegie's book entitled "Tri-
umphant Democracy" without feeling
that the author is a democrat through
| and through.
None of our earlier or later states
men have paid higher tribute to our
| institutions.
The book, from the first page to
the last page, breathes the spirit of the
simplicity of democracy
Mr. ~Carnegies great wealth does
not puff him. up. He is plain in his
tastes and simple in his habits. He
| is easily approachable. In all the
walks of life he sets an example wor-
| thy of emulation. When his favorite
niece, Miss Lucie Carnegie, married
her riding teacher against the wishes
Of her immediate family, she found in
Uncle Andy" a friend and a defen-
der.
Mr.. Carnegie proclaimed the vir-
tues of the young man in the public
prints and said that he was prouder
to have him a member of the
Carnegie family than any Count Boni
de Castellaine that was ever born.
There is nothing foolish nor foppish
about Uncle Andy"
He came to the United States poor
boy. He was energetic and enterpris-
ing. He wasn't afraid to soil his
hands with work nor shirked response
bility nor duty. His efforts were
successful. He made money, indeed,
more than he ever dreamed of in the
buoyancy of youth.
The democratic party does not war
on wealth. 1t makes no war on enter
prise, and it believes that every man
is entitled to the fruits of his toll. 1t
simply wars on i'll gotten wealth.
1t is no crime to make money in the,
try under the sun. 1t is no where con-
demned in the book of books" The
slothful servant-the one who buried
| the talent that was given him-was
| he one condemned by the Master.
Mr.. Carnegie is not using his mon
| ey to corrupt the government. He is
not using it to corrupt the courts. He
is not using it to change the curricu
lum of the colleges. He is not using
| il to build up asentiment antagonis-
tic to the spirit of our institutions.
| He is endowing colleges and estab
fishing libraries the very purpose of
| which is To- educate the masses and lift
| up humanity to higher plane.
Unless our entire civilization unde~-
| goes a change we cannot move hand
| nor foot without money.
1t is as necessary as the water we
| drink and the air we breathe
| Free schools do not mean free
| schools. 1t means a tax on al the peo-
| pie The teacher must be paid The
| laborer is worthy of his hire" is the
language of the scriptures. From
| the cradle to the coffin-from birth to
| death-all through the ramifications
| Of life-the demand is always for
| money. We may inve IN against money
| as much we please. but the necessi-
ties of everyday life demand it, We
\ must have it. Civilization requires it,
| The savage alone can do without it.
So in founding schools and libra
ries, Mr.. Carnegie is using his wealth
| To wise and useful ends, and our Opin-
| ion is that Mr. Brayan is wrong in
CHASING him as a commercial high
wayman.