The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-20
THE CAUSES OF OEMocRAIIC
DEFEAT

Mr. Bryan is quoted as saying mat
it is not yet possible to say Wha'
causes contributed to the democratic
defeat.
We do not claim a clearer VISION
than others. but the reason for the
long-continued triumph of the repuOh-
can party seems 10 us plainly appar-
ent
The trusts. with their money, and
the Roman Catholic church, with It's
power. are the directors of the repuO-
lican party-and it is a combination
that will never be defeated at the pal
lot box.-Jasper News.
That the Catholic church gave I2I'
his victory, is fully proven by the
vote Of New York City. The payment
of ten million dollars to the Catholic
church for property claimed in the
Philippine Islands by the republican
party. and Mr.. Taft being The agent
TO investigate those questions, had
their sympathy and support h the
past [ have been liberal in my views
on denominations. but now / say we
must prevent the growth of the Cath
Ollie church. which. governed by an
italian pope. who would kill every
American if he could. to advance the
power and influence of his church.
The pope can give New York TO any
party that he wants 10. as he can alb
soluteIy control his sheep.-Bartow
Record.
This is in line with our position
that Rome is for any party that Will
extend the greatest concessions. till
her own church constituency, now in
creastng with every incoming ship. is
strong enough to Romantic the en-
tire congress. To this end the Ro-
man church instruCts her membersarO /
vote for none but good Catholics
wherever they can be prt forward .
with any hope Of election. And this
brings us to the point which our crit .
ic tries to demolsh. In referring 70 .
the p0pas instruction 10 confer with .
the father c0nfessor. and other good
n.an of the Holy Catholic church. as
to how they should vore. our critic
says that the pope did not mention .
the Roman church. His contention
would be that the words Holy
church" as written by the pope. do I.
not mean the Roman Catholic church
But they mean exactly that and moth
ing else. If We are correctly inform
ed. the word Roman" is nor used by
them as a designating term. 1t To-
calizes them too much But on the
other hand they claim the exclusive
right to the term Catholic UNIVERSAL
as we'll as to the term. Holy church.
since in their opinion no other church
is holy. SO that when the pope adj
monishes the voter to confer with the
COnfessOr. and other good men of
the Holy church" he means what we
PrOtestants call the Roman Catholic
church. To further prove the cor
rectness of our Interpretation of the
pope's language We repeat a quota
ton: Catholics must not vote for
men except those who are true and
loyal Catholics" Again: Never vote
for any other man than a true Cath
Ole" The meaning is evident. So
the Roman church is ever on the
alert, looking to the Remaining of
the government of this country
Florida Christian Advocate.
As men grow older they ought to
grow more tolerant. Now. we have
no idea in the world that the Catholic
church would commit murder TO adj
vance its claims, or that its influence
In politics would be more banefuI than
that Of other denominations. but IN no
on the safe side it were better tn keen