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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19
THE JUST MAN IN POLITICS

The lust man seems to have no
place in politics. Pardon the express
sion. but he is as much at sea Is d
fish out of water. He has no home nor
abiding place. Both sides look upon
him with suspicion. If he reSo''''N
condemns the methods OF his irleni'
the same as he would il the s'h-e
methods were practiced by his h''
mics. he is denounced - disloydi q
spy in the camps. and the .'ri''-
is. put him OUT" If he Is not al arms
against his enemies for Tracticing me
precise methods as those pursued by
his friends. he is forthwith put u"Ghr
the ban and the verdict RENDERED
against him is put him out.
To be popular, to be even in sco1
standing. one must belong 10 the
knock down" and drag out variety
He that lis not for me is against me-
One cannot be fair. b. just nor toll
Grant in politics and be popular. He
must be a partisan. and me moe BIT
ter and vituperative the mere popular
He must parapnrase the sentence and
sentiment. Always right. but riSh' or
wrong, my country
The governing principle seems TO
be that you must either be for us or
against is. There is 40 hallway
ground. The adherence 20 this pIincl-
pie brought on our civil war Neither
section would admit thJ- there was
possibility of its being wrong an"
there was 10 compromise and no quar-
ter and the just man. tn" man who
wanted TO weigh the arguments Of
both sides dispassiOnatelv AMI with
ou1 prejudice and arrive L !alr nd
just conclusion was at a disadvantage
and was in danger of ha-ug lis per
sonal liberty abridged 3, be spole
above a whisper.
If we want to arrive at a just con-
c1Jsion W. are told tina; ra.Cg is
either right or wrong, and rhaJ ""
must not ttmporize with evil
The outcome of it all is pa. pr-s,u
very bitter politics. intensified bE our
primary sNs',m.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19
ATLANTA is AFTER THE FLIES

War on the bold. bad fly has been
declared.
The fly must be eliminated from
the body civic, polite and sauiyic~
says City Bacteriologist Claude e..
Smith
Except for this cIarter q. dishes. ana
the riotous claug of knives and FORKS.
everything was moving along smJ1-l.
~ and in the even tenor of it, way iu
one Of the restaurants of Atlanta Wei
nesday, when suddenly and withou.
warning big man i'm brass buttons
and a uniform stealthily swoop-i
down
In his left hand was cIutched tightly
big empty bottle Without a wJrI
the uniformed man gumshoed from :l
bic to table darting here and Their
throwing out his right tentacIe o.
catch the gay and festive flies in en-
midst Of their festivities.
The flies buzzed like electric fans
Quick-lunchers looked on with fear
and wOnderment while the Greek
walters and the Greek proprietors
watched in dumb amazement the
strange procedure. The man in tn
Uniform and the brass buttons spoke
not a word, but eagerly pursued mis-
prey.
Soon the bottle was we'll filled with
the bold, bad flies. The man the went
Oh 10 another restaurant. I'm this way
nearly all the hotels and restaurants
and meat markets in Atlanta were Wis
tied.
Thursday morning the man i'm rh-
uniform turned over TO the city bact.-
rlologist a sack or two Of fes. duly 10.
DeIed, and the work Of dissecting AMI
analyzing had begun with the view %
determining what flies carry what Dis
ease-where. when and possibly wiz.
lie flies. it is said. do not under
stand 1t all. Some have fled i'm con
S'ernation and dismay. while oth-rs
remain to mourn the loss Of loved
ones or in complete and bIissfuI ~
ioIdhce OF the impending disaster %
'"eIh and all their ilk-Georgian
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Your flag and my flag. and how it flies
today;
In your land and my land and half the
world away:
Rose red and blood red its stripes for
ever CLEAN;
Snow white and soul white, the good
forefathers' dream:
Sky blue and true blue, with stars that
CLEAN Alright;
The gloried guidon Of the day, a shell
ter through the night
Your flag and nay flag. and oh, how
much il holds
Your land and my land secure within
its folds:
Your heart and my heart beat quicker
at the sight;
Sun-ESsed and wind-tOsSed. the red
and blue and white:
The one flag, the great flag, the flag for
me and you;
GlOrified all else beside, the red and
white and blue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

1t is reported that one of the fastid-
ious newly married ladies of this
town kneads bread with her gloves
on This incident may be somewhat
peculiar, but there are others. The
editor Of this paper needs bread with
his shoes on. He needs bread with
his shirt on. He needs bread with his
pants on, and unless some of the de-
linquent subscribers of this "Old Rag
of Freedom" pay up before long. he
will need bread without a id
thing on, and North Dakota is no
Garden of Eden in the winter time.
Leading North Dakota Paper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

The recent conference of governors
has brought out strikingly the fright
full waste of the country's natural re-
sources that is going on in every di-
rectiOn. The woman suffragists
point to it as an object lesson on the
need of granting a voice in public af-
fairs TO women, who are theeconomi-
cal sex. Fifty years ago Theodore
Parker said one reason why he fav.
Ored woman suffrage was becaues
few old women kept house so waste
fully as chancellors of the exchequer
keep the state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19
POWER OF CONGRESS TO APPRo.
PIRATE MONEYS FOR
GOOD ROADS

Senator John H. Bankhead, the new
senator from Alabama, is a good roads
man, and recently added an amend
ment to the pOstOffice department,
and followed the same up with a
speech in which he showed most con-
clusively that the congress has the
power under the constitution to APP
propriate moneys for the construction
of military and pOstrOads; that the
power was early recognized by our
earlier statesmen and if persisted in
this country will soon be cobwebbed
over with good roads.
Senator Bankhead, in long speech,
among other things said:
On March ii, 1918, the house of
representatives passed the following
resolution;
Resolved, That congress has pow
er under the constitution to appro-
pirate money for the construction of
pOsUroads. military and other roads,
and of canals. and for the improve
ment of waterways"
Mr.. President. what was the atti-
ture Of the leading statesmen in the
early days of the republic? Thomas
jefferson said in a letter to Mr.. Liep-
er in 1908:
Give us peace till our revenues are
liberated from debt, and then, if war
be necessary, it can be carried on
without a new tax or loan, and dur
ing peace We may checker out our
whole country with canals, roads, etc.
This is the subject to which all our
.endeavOrs should be directed"
Henry Clay advocated the building
of national roads in a speech made
in congress in 1918, in which he said:
"Of all the modes in which a gov
eminent can employ its surplus reven-
lie. none is more permanently benefi-
cial than that of internal improve
ment. Fixed to the soil it becomes a
durable part of the land itself. diffus-
ing comfort and activity and ANNA
ton on all sides. The first direct ef-
feet is or the agricultural community.
into whose pockets comes the differ
ence in the expense of transportation
between good and bad ways Thus in
the price of transporting a barrel of
-four by the erection of the Cumber-
land turnpike should be lessened 81,
the producer of the article would re-
ceive that 81 more now than former
""
In addition 10 this, congress has a
stronger and more specific warrant
for making this appropriation, under
the authority conferred by the con-
stitutiOn Ito establish postoffices and
postrOads." Cooley. in his book on
Constitutional Law, says:
Every road within a state, includ-
ing railroads, canals, turnpikes, and
navigable streams, existing or created
within a state, becomes a postrOad,
whenever, by the action of the postof-
fee department, provision is made for
the transportation of mails upon or
over it."
POstroads and public highways are
highways of commerce, as much so as
are railroads or rivers and harbors.
They are the small arteries of our
commercial body, which extend out
in to the country, and gather up and
bring to market, railroad station and
wharf the great volume of the raw
products of the country, which are
the real constituent elements of our
commerce. They are equally indis-
pensable to our commercial growth
and welfare, and are equally deserving
of the fostering care of the govern
ment.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Whether for himself personally. or
for the policies which he stands for.
Hoke Smiths defeat for reelection to
the gOvernOrship of Georgia is a
crushing rebuff. Whether
the event means that Georgia is de-
cisively weary of reform remains TO
be seen. Present indications are
strongly in that direction Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19
PARTIAL RETURN OF VISION TO
BLIND SENATOR

washington, June 1l.-"HaVe
hope?" said Senator Gore of Oklaho-
ma, this afternoon. "Of course |
have, and lots of it, But l have no
great expectations. DR.. Wilmer tells
me that if my eyes had been treated
fifteen years ago the one he is now
working on would probably have been
saved; and that is how my case real
ly stands, l guess. However. am go
ing to keep up the treatment during
the democratic convention at Denve~.
and in the campaign, and if things
come out all right, l will submit to an
operation next fall"
The blind senator was listening to
a friend reading from Mills Elements
of Political Economy" at his board
ing house No. 1903 B Street, and was
as cheerful as a child out of school.
He had been able to see one of the
cuffs of his shirt less than twenty-four
hours before, and less than three
hours previously he had discerned toe
five fingers on one hand.
He declined to say anything for
publication about these phenomenal
occurrences, because he feared he
might raise false hopes in the breasts
of his friends, but his joy was mani
fest.
At the Episcopal eye, ear and throat
hispital the house physician and the
internes were Enthusiastically pleased
with the turn things had taken.
we just won't talk" they said.
However, see DR.. Wilmer and he will
tell you the news"
But that eminent Oculist has been
fooled before, and he declined to I'D
nit even that the outlook was favor
able. He simply reiterated that the
chance of restoring sight to the eye
was remote. He did not care 10 com
nit himself further. However, he
was palpably pleased with the pro-
gress of the treatment.
In the Gore family there is one per
son who has both hoped and believed
in the success of the experiment from
the very first. 1t is the senator's lit
tie five-year-Old daughter, Nina, his
constant companion and ardent adj
miTeT She is fond of drawing. and
her mother believes that some day she
will be an artist When her father
entered the hospital a week ago she
began to turn out pictures at great
rate, and she is still at them.
Il just want to show daddy what l
can do" she said. And daddy" glad
" admits that her little face and
those pictures are about the biggest
things in the world to him. She sits
by his side and draws away. Once IN
a while she stops long enough to put
her arms around his neck and kiss
him and assure him that before very
long he will be able to see her and
mamma for the first time.
Several prose poems have been
written about my blindness recently"
said Senator Gore, "and l appreciate
the sentiment expressed in them. But
don't want sympathy. l have never
asked any man any odds in politics.
Other blind men have done mucn
more than | have, and still others will
far outstrip me in the future.
Inability to use my eyes is not as
big a handicap as people seem to
think, and whether Dr. Winners ex-
periments succeeds or fails, | will
continue to mingle with you and show
you that, TO my mind, sight is not the
greatest thing in the world after all"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

What is probably the largest shark
to be caught in Pensacola bay in a
number of years was landed on Per
dido wharf late last night by a party
of young men, who were engaged in
the sport of shark fishing. A number
of small sharks had been caught at
the point and the party, composed of
eight, was we'll equipped when the
catch occurred. A monster shark was
hooked, however, instead of a small
one, as anticipated, and a tug-Of-war
followed, the big shark being on one
end and seven men on the other The
latter were finally victorious, and
what is claimed to be a man-eater
was landed, which measured u feet
and 9 inches. Another specimen
measuring 10 feet was later caught.
The men were using rope as fishing
line with hooks made at a blacksmith
shop and with over a pound of meat
as bait when they hooked the shark.
Pensacola Cor. Times-Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

II you have found a good thing,
share it with your fellows; if you have
got a good idea, tell it to the world
If you have learned TO get up in life
don't tear down the steps or pull up
ladder. Multiply helps instead of hin.
ORANGES: give a caress instead of a
kick. 1t is better to put on a patch
than to enlarge the hole.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

At Rochester the Standard oil Com
pany was found guilty of accepting
concessions from the filed tariff on
oil shipments from Orleans, n. Y, to
Vermont points. There are forty
counts, and the maximum fine on each
count is $4,000, or a total for the
whole of the shipments of 100000
An appeal was taken.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Little Harry. who dreaded the fire.
quent plunges that his mother made
him take in the bathtub was reading
about the Esquimaux and came
across the statement that bathtubs
were unknown in the arctic circle.
"Oh, mamma" he exclaimed, Ct wish
you was an Esqui-ma and papa was
an Esqui-pa. "-Chicago News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

One BOrland, who edits a paper at
Madison, is being shown up in an un-
enviable light. He tried to get an.
other party to make an affidavit to
damage Gilchrist. promising a con.
Fict inspectors job as a reward il
Stockton should be eiected.-Lakeland
News
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Gadsden county will hereafter be
called the mother of governors
Tampa Tribune.
And she's proud of her boys, every
one Of them. We have plenty of re-
serve timber when the present supply
gives out-Quincy Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

$50 Wild Bill died Of a snake bite?
Whar did he git bit?"
''Oh, the snake didn't bite Bill. TIL
snake bit Tough TOmpkins. an Temp.
kins drank two quarts o. tn remedy
an then shot BiH"-Judge'e Library
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Hon. Tom. Watson is showing daily
that one can run for the presidency
without being any more important
than the bridegroom is at a wedding.
Chicago Record-HeraId.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Senator Joseph w. Bailey. of Texas.
who is confined to his apartment at a
New York hotel following an opera
ton on his throat, was reported yes
terday to be in a greatly improved
condition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Many a mans reputation for wis
dom is due to his ability to keep hi
mouth shut
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Too many foolish people button
their thoughts behind.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

1t is up to Mr.. Bryan to catch on to
a few pointers from the Georgia land
slide.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

MaShanimity in victory is a greater
courage than bravery in battle lt
paIIdhes OF the essence Of divinity ~
sen But when the two are combfn-
eu III one person then indeed we have
picture of true greatness. How
many characters in the worlds his
'0iS nave risen 10 so great a height?
why does a landslide always soll1v
waterloo
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

Talent is one thing; tact is every
thing.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1908

Hope is the mother of disappoint-
ment.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-06-19

FRANK HARRIS. Editor.
p. v. LeaVengood, Business Manager
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03
EXPERIMENTS WITH APPLES.
State College of Washington to Grow
New Varieties.

State College OF Washington TO Grow
New Varieties
A system OF cooperative fruit ex-
periments will be put in operation this
spring, by the state college depart
ment of horticulture, through which
is expected the introduction OF large
number OF new varieties of apples in
the various fruit-growing regions of
Washington. says a Pullman corres-
pondent. AS stated by Professor w.
S, Thornber, in charge of the work,
the method OF experimentation is as
follows:
From the eight hundred varieties
of apples on the experiment farm, we
selected 65 of the best for use in the
cooperative work. We shall send two
varieties each of all the varieties. to
10 fruitgrowers in Washington, rep
selected
Each man who receives and plants
these trees in his orchard will furnish
with a plan of his orchard, showing
the location of the trees received
from us, so that in case he loses his
records, we will still be able to find
the trees, examine them, and see how
they have done.
When this data is collected and
complete, the station will be in pos
session of exact information concern
ing the adaptability of any one of the
65 varieties, to the region in which
It was tried.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03
More Bribery Charges.

Washington, Aprl S.-The story of
an alleged attempt TO bribe Charles
Berry. an officer OF brass concern
at Bridgeport, Conn.,. with a contract
for 100000 TO urge legislation favor
ing the Electric Boat company, was
a feature in today's hearing of the
Lilley congressional committee.
The charge was made in an affi-
davit by John c Lake of Rutherford.
N. j.. vice president of the Lake Tor
pedo Boat company. which was sub
mitted by Lilley
Lake says he was told by Ferry
that an officer of the Fall River
Ship Building company had asked the
latter to use his influence with a
certain congressman from Connecti-
cut to induce his TO discontinue his
efforts in behalf of the Lake COM
pany and to, work for legislation IA
vorable to the Electric Boat COM
pany II this could be accomplished
the Ferry company, states the affi-
davit, was to get 100000 by the
shipbuilding concern.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03
BAKER p. NJ. GETS MORE MONEY
Increased Office Receipts Boosts
Salary to $4,000 Per Year.

According to the postoffice depart
ment's regulations a postmaster's sal
airy is guaged by the amount OF
stamped paper sold at his office. The
end of the year for figuring up oc-
ours March 81 and William Lachner,
the present "p. m.," is wearing a
smile of prosperity today, says the
Baker City Herald.
The total business Of the office
shows s2Q,S40,61 taken in for stamps.
stamped paper and envelopes. This
is sufficient to give Mr.. Lachner. $2,-
500 salary for next year. 1t is also a
source of satisfaction to known that
the business of Baker City is increas-
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03
GROW BE:ETS ON
SUMMER FALLOW
NO NEED OF GROUND LYING
IDLE SAYS SIBBOLov.
Wheatraisers Can Raise Sugar Beets
on Wheat Land Without ImpOver-
ishing Soil and Be Well Repaid for
Their Labor-Crop Would Easily
Yield From $12 to SIS Per Acre
Beet Crop Uses Different Soil Force
From Wheat.

That wheatraisers of this county
can raise sugar beets upon their land
instead of wasting a season by sum-
mer fallowing is declared by E.
Sibbolov, superintendent of the sugar
factory at La Grande, who was in the
city yesterday. If the ideas of Mr.
Sibbolov are correct farmers are now
meeting with an economic loss that is
wholly unnecessary. He says that
sugar beets may be raised during the
summer and the crop harvested and
the land gotten into shape for wheat
seeding in the fall. BY such a course
the land may be worked every year
and he says that soil will be enriched
rather than depleted by the extra
crop for the reason that the beets
take different substances from the
soil than does a wheat crop.
The land lying near the foothills in
this county is especially adapted to
sugar beet raising according to the
La Grande man and he expects 10 see
the day when farmers will make from
$12 to SIS per acre from a beet crop
instead of allowing their land to lie
idle every other season.
Mr.. Sibbolov stopped off here last
evening while on his way to Portland
and while here visited B. Jensen, dis
trict manager for the National Live
stock Insurance company with whom
he was formerly acquainted He left
for Portland on the local train this
morning
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03
WHITES FEAR A
BLOODY MASSACRE
CLAMOR FOR LANDING OF
TROOPS AT HAYTI,
Declare Blacks Are Becoming More
UnbeaIable and Insolcnt Every Day
Fear Massacre Unless n Foreign
Demonstration Is Made-Body of
Well known Poe4 Found liiddlcJ
With Bullets.

Port Au Prince, April 3.-The
white residents are clamoring for the
landing of the marines from the war
ships in the harbor. American, Ger
man and French business men insist
that the danger is graver than is gen.
orally thought by the representatives
of the governments here.
They assert that the blacks are
daily becoming bolder and more in
sulting and that a massacre will cer-
tainly occur unless there is n foreign
demonstration.
Executions without the formality
OF court-martial continue despite the
promise to NJ. Carteron that they
would cease. Today the body of
Aresen Chevry, the poet and writer,
was found hanging to a tree riddled
with bullets. He was suspected of
being favorable TO the cause of Cen
eral Firmin, the revolutionist-
The white laborers at Gonives have
barricaded themselves in the ware
house and say If trouble breaks out
they will do some fighting on their
own accord.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-03

Paso Robles, April S.-ln a charac-
teristic interview this morning Ad-
mirai EvaRs made his position plain
in regard to the proposed commission
of vice admiral which is being held
up by coterie Of statesmen at Wash
ington. The admiral is overwhelmed
by the kindness and interest of the
American people in his welfare.
IF this is the way the people feel"
he said today, that bunch of polite
ians in congress who are opposing the
proposition to grant me the commits
sion of vice admiral can take theiT
old commission and bury 1t in the
stoke hole of hell. l have all the re-
ward / need in this demonstration
from the people whom I love. Moth
ing any politician can give me would
equal it,