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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-06

see it! The North must see it!
was asserted by Southern news
papers and statesman. And
meantime Northern croakers
hOwled: The North won't stand
fox it! The North will boycott it!
Manager George H. Brennan &C
cepted the challenge, presenting
The Clansman in New York City
beginning January 8, 1906. The
success of the New York run
was enormous. Five distinct
and separate engagements had
to be played in New York the
first season, and an equal mum.
Der the second and third seasons.
An all summer run at McVick-
er's Theatre, Chicago, and ca
pacity engagements and re-en.
gagements in st. Louis. Wash
ington, Baltimore, Kansas City
aud other large cities have
marked the three years of the
play in the North.
The heroes of The Ctansman
are of course the Ku Klux, in
particular their gallant leader,
Young Ben Cameron, who is in
love with the daughter of a
Northern Abolitionist but who
refuses to give up the secret
order ever to win her. Among
the striking scenes of the play
are the South Carolina election
in 1867 when the negroes car
ried the State by 100000 ma
jority; the auction of Ben Cam
eron's home for taxes and his ar
rest by the scalawag white Gov
ernOr; the dread convocation of
the Ku Klux in a mountain cave;
and the final scene in the home
of the mulattO Lieutenant Gov
ernor Lynch where the Cans
men, headed by Ben, make the
negro prisoner and rescue the
mistaken Northerner and his
beautiful daughter.
The Clansman reproduces not
only the tragedy but also the
comedy of the blacks, while the
bad negro is set forth as the
carpetbaggers' dupe. On the
other hand, the old-time chivalry
of the Southern whites is shown
at it's best. Such figures as those
of DR.. Cameron who gave four
sons to the Confederacy;Ben the
gallant young leader, and Nellie !
Graham with her sweet loyalty
to an unrequited love, endear
themselves to the hearts of all
playgoers. These and the other
characters are in the hands of
the original capable company
that presented The Clansman in
the East including Arthur De.
Voy, Evelyn Faber, Abner HI.
Summons, Edward B. McGuin-
ness, M. A. Carpenter, Irving l.
Quimby. Joseph R. Garry, John
F. Carleton, Jas. r. Lorraine,
William Lewis, James G.. Sanders,
Willard Tracy Flanagan. George
Woods and Jessamine
Woods.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-11-06

money OF the favor seeking cor
poratiOns has purchased the vic
tory; but 1T them beware. The
peoples demand for a reckoning
will not always go unheard, for
the events of yesterday fore
token the swift approach of the
day wherein the American ma
ton shall reckon with the trusts
and predatory interests that
have devOured the substance of
the people, debauched their cleo
tiOns ard insolently sneered at
the calamity they have wrought.
Eternal Justice cannot permit
forever the scaffold for Right
and the throne Tor wrong.
Times Democrat: The general
indication pointed at first to a
different decision. The political
party in Office has never before
been able to continue itself in
power, after a panic or business
depression occurring during it's
administration. In retaining
Office in spite of the financial
troubles Of 19O7-o8 the Republi
cans have broken a precedent as
old as government itself. The
belief that the country is recover
ing from that panic probably ex-
plains why the voters decided
not to hold the Republican party
responsible for it, that is. not to
punish it; and the further belief
that Mr.. Taft, pledged as he is
to carry out the Roosevelt poll
cies, which are practically the
policies OF Mr.. Bryan himself.
will keep these pledges, saved
him from defeat. That there
we're many, especially in the
West, who were not sure on this
point and not willing to trust the
Republicans, is shown in the
vote in that section. The many
scratched ballots cast, electing
Democratic Governors in States
that gave Taft majorities, ex-
pressed the popular doubts and
the thought and attention the
voters had given to the prepare
ton of their ballots.
In the early days of October
the Democratic presidential pros
poets improved and it looked as
though the drift might carry Mr..
Bryan into the White House.
The force of the movement, how
ever, was checked a few weeks
before the election; and it seems
that the Bryan "scare'I
which the Republican leaders
and some of the big trust inter.
ests succeeded in arousing had a
natural effect on the voting, es-
peclally in the East. It has been
suggested-by Mr.. Bryan him
this scare was gotten
up by the Republicans for the
purpose of squeezing money con-
tributions out of the corporations
It accomplished this purpose.
and did more; it aroused the Re-
publican party from apathy and
it brought out q large vote.
This is shown in the result in
New York City and the States
tributary to it, like Connecticut
and New Jersey. In all of these
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
POLITICS IN GEORGIA

Down our way" said Mr.. Billy
Sanders of Shady Dale, we're foolish
about politics. We talk about it and
dream about it and sit in the shade
and draw maps Of the campaign in
the sand. We dispute a right
smart; we deny the allegation and
defy the alligator; and sometimes a
knock down and drag out fight will
come on as unexpected as an April
shower in June. What we want to
know about is, who's a-gwine for to
be the next president? Politics is a
heap more important in the south in
these latter days than they used to
be We've diskivered that the Yam
KEGS carry on business by means OF
politics. and we've got to come to it
| if were a-gwine to survive among the
fittest. We've got to make money
enough for to buy up congresses an
! Legislators. an as many stray federal
| judges as We kin git under kiver; we
! have got to be able to bid highr than
the railroads an the trusts, and we've
got to have the money to back our
bids. Joel Chandler Harris in I'm
/ Gle RemuSs Magazine
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
FLORIDA PRODUCTS IN BALTl
MORE

a Baltimore after New Years spe-
cial says that the market on the en-
tire line Of Florida stock has been
quite satisfactory. Wax beans and
string beans are in fair demand, and
cukes are in demand. as well as good
tomatoes, few Of which, however, have
been arriving. Okra would sell well
if anything like good stock was in
arrival A lot of unfair stock has
been in receipt this week. 1t will not
bring express charges. Potatoes are
quite active. and prices are ruling
firm, with a fair outlook for good bus
mess as the winter grows older. Vans
are moving quite satisfactorily
North Carolina sweets are in good
demand at satisfying prices. The
market rules firm
Onions are steady and cabbage is
improving. There has been a better
demand for cabbage all week than
for some weeks past Norfolk kale
put in an appearance and did well.
Incidentally. a crate of berries ar
rived from Florida Monday, from the
Three Rivers section, and were dis
7 posed Of at very fancy prices to the
hotels, for holiday table purposes.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
TOM WATSON ON LON LIVING
STON

In this weeks issue of the Jeffer-
sonian vii be found the platform Of
Hon. James L. Mayson, candidate for
congress, against the mal-odorous
Lon Livingston.
MaysOn is precisely the kind Of man
that Livingston would be. if Living
ston were the reverse of what he is.
Mayson is clean in his manner of
life, as in his public record. He is
not a liar. He is not corrupt. He is
not a hypocrite. He is a gentleman.
He does possess talent and patriot
ism. He would, if elected. be a cred
it to the Atlanta district and to the
state Of Georgia.
He would possess some real influ-
ence in congress, and would not make
a complete fall-down on such a matter
as the sub-treasury proposition, as
Lon Livingston did.
Mayson would be a real and con
slant friend of the farmers Of his dis
trict. instead of Observation-Disclosures
/ ton friend as Lon Livingston is.
/ He would give to the city of Allan
ia square deal in all things, and for
everybody, instead of being a mere
tool Of a few patronage mOngers and
| the Southern Railroads. Lon Liv
/ ingston has ever been.
GOrgians of the Atlanta district!
Don't submit longer to the national
disgrace Of being represented by such
man as Livingston.
Rouse yourselves and elect a re
spectacle gentleman to represent you
-Thos. E. Watson, in the Weekly
/ JefferSOnian.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
spAakMAH TO REMAIN IN HOUSE

The departure for Washington OF
Congressman sparkman, without fur
Their announcement, may be taken as
final assurance that he will not be a
candidate for the senate, but that he
will remain in the house.
This decision makes Mr.. Spark.
mans promotion to the senate doubt
full. This was regarded by all as his
best opportunity.
Senator Taliaferros term expires in
1911, and, from all indications, he will
be a candidate to succeed himself
1t is obvious that Mr.. Sparkman
would not oppose him.
The senator to be elected this year
will hold Office until 1915.
Death or resignation will furnish
about the only opportunity Mr.. Spark
will will have to go to the senate in
future.
His friends, who have desired to see
him a member Of the upper house, re
greet his decision. for more reasons
than one.
He will never have another such
opp0rtunity-Tampa Evening News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
FANATICS ~ HISTORY

FRnaticism is found in an enthusi-
asm or an exaggeration Of opinions,
particularly on religious subjects ;
but there may be a fanaticism for
evil as we'll as for good. Now, / will
not deny that there are persons
among US loving liberty too well for
their personal good, in a selfish gener-
alton. Such there may be, and for
the sake OF this example, would that
there were more. In calling them
fanatics, you would cast contumely
upon the noble army Of martyrs, from
the earliest day down to this hour;
upon the great tribunes OF human
rights, by whom life, liberty, and
happiness on earth, have been secur-
ed; upon the long line Of devoted pa
triOts, who, through history, have tru-
ly loved their country; and upon all
who. in noble aspirations for the gen
eral good, and in fOrgetfulness of self,
have stood out before their age, and
gathered into their generous bOsOms
the shafts of tyranny and wrong, in
order TO make a pathway for truth.
You discredit Luther. when alone he
nailed his articles TO the door Of the
church at Wittenburg, and then to the
imperial demand that he should re
tract. firmly replied: Here I stand;
I cannot do otherwise. so help me
Cod" You discredit Hampden. when
alone he refused to pay the few
shillings of ship-money, and shook
the throne of Charles I: you discTed-
it Milton. amid the corrUptions of q
hearuess court, he lived on, the lofty
friend Of liberty. above question or
suspicion: you discredit Russell and
Sidney. when, for the sake of their
country. they calmly turned from
family and friends. to tread the mar
row steps of the scaGoId; you dis
credit the early founders Of Ameri-
can institutions, who preferred the
hardships of wilderness, surrounded
by a savage foe. to injustice on beds
of ease; you discredit our later faith
ers, who few in numbers and weak
in resources, yet strong in their cause,
did not hesitate to brave the mighty
power Of England. already encircliug
the globe with her morning drum
beats. Yes. sir. of such are the ia
natics" of history-From a speech
delivered in the United States senate
in 1856 by Charles Sumner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
MOVING PICTURE GALLERY

Mr.. Harry Wood Of St. Petersburg
is in Ocala and may make this city
his future hame. He has rented the
new brick building from Mr. TOffaIet-
ii on Magnolia street, and will open
a moving picture gallery in same at
once, and will put on exhibition the
latest and most up to date scenes,
such as the Passion Play" and Ma
pooleon's March to Moscow These
are the exact reproductions of the or
iginals, and have given immense sat
isfactiOn wherever presented.
Mr.. Wood is a grandson Of the late
Dr. William Lesesne, who was one OF
our pioneer settlers. He resided near
Pennington, and Is well remembered
by al lof our older people for his pc
cuIiar characteristics and wonderful
personality.
Mr. Wood has made the moving
picture business a success, and we
hope he will be alike successful here.
The admission will be only 10 cents
and these plays are especially fasci-
mating to the children, and are enjoy
ed b. the older persons as well.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
THE WORST EVER ON EDITOR
CLAUDE

The Times has more than once la
mented that Governor Broward did
not have an organ-an able and pow
erfuI newspaper which would present
and defend his acts and policies in an
interesting manner. It would lend so
much life to Florida politics as to re
Ieve the duIIness Of debate, which
is mostly one-sided. Since the APP
pofntment of W. J. Bryan to be al in
term senator the need is more mani
fest than ever. Scores of indignant or
Indifferent editors have had their say
in censure or criticism, but the voice
of support has yet to be lifted with
sufficient Ioudness to be audible over
the entire state. 1t is a Dity."-Tam-
pa Times.
The above is the worst ever. Yet
we see that the Jacksonville Metrop-
oil. w. R. Carter. editor. one Of Ed
itor L'Engle's left-hand favorites. is
actually essaying to be the governor
mOuth-pece. 1t beats all.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
THE MAJORS STILL HUNT

Gould you direct me to a moon
shine distillery?" said the major, in
the mountain region.
Don't you know Georgia's gone
dry?"
Il do. That's why I want a distil-
lery."
kin l trus' yo'?"
Sure"
Well den, go down yander to de
old graveyard. an wait in the dark O.
de moon, by de dead cypress an de
old slate tombstone what you can't
read de name on, till yo' hear some
thin like a scritChOwI hOller. an I'll
come 10 yOu!"-Frank Stanton, in At
/ lanta Constitution.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
DOES NOT THINK HE WILL BE A
FREAK

We give our new senator, Hon. Viii
liam James Bryan, credit for entirely
too much sagicity and good taste to
take the Hon. Jefferson Davis Of Ar
kansas as his model. And so we have
no fear that Mr.. Bryan's pTeCOCity
will tempt him to violate the tradi-
tions of the senate and offend the
just prejudices Of his senatorial col
leagues by rushing prematurely to
the tribune with a rip-snOrting speech
of the ying-the-ligbtning type.
The universal testimony about Mr.
Bryan is that he is able, shrewd and
cultured, and because he is, we know,
that he will not put himself in the JEFF
fers Davis class. In due season we ex-
pect to read that he has made his or
atOrical debut with grace and force
and said something worth while in
the right way and at the right time.
a dozen apt lines in debate that will
md the joint in an adveTsary's armor
viii make him more reputation than a
dozen pages in the Record, stuffed
with gorgeous platitudes and fiery
generalities-Live Oak Democrat
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
is GOLD NATURAL MONEY?

Finally, and as an end, the Post
Law. down this proposition, and it We
viii maintain:
That il this people should adopt
an amendment to our federal constitu-
ton demonetizing gold, taking from
it its legal tender property and shut
ting the mints to il. that law would
not impair the value Of gold one iOta.
Men and women would be just as hot
foot in pursuit of it as they are today.
II would buy as much as it Will buy
now. and the ArgOnauts would go TO
.she end of the world in search Of it,
even though every government de
monetized it. Gold is not valuable be-
cause it is coined; it is coined because
il is valuable"
And the Ocala Banner holds that il
the United States government were 70
do that, and all other governments
were TO follow its example, that gold
would Immediately decline in value
and would be worth no more than the
price given TO il by the demand ere
ated for il by its manufacture into
jewelry and other articles more OF
= rs useful and ornamental And the
apply would be so much greater
than the demand that the price would
hardly hold it's own with tin. There
is no such thing as natural money
money per sc.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
OKLAHOMA HAS GREAT coNsTI-
TUITION

New Zealand Is the worlds best OBJ
ject lesson of the excellent results
Of progressive politics. And now
comes the new state, Oklahoma, a
close second to New Zealand in her
rejection Of antiquated ideas in gov
eminent, says Erwin Markham. in
Success Magazine. Newborn Okla
homa seems to have no more respect
for obsolete statecraft in running
present-day politics than for ancient
stone hatchets in chopping present
day wood piles. Indeed, oklahoma
might be supposed to be OF the order
of those who speak disrespectfully
Of the equator" for she implies that
jefferson and Hamilton didn't know
all about the drafting Of constitutions.
and she filings of their Outworn pOlit-
zeal precedents as she would their
powdered perukes.
Some Of the provisions in her new
and radical constitution have much
disturbed the comfortable models of
the political world. She prohibits the
manufacture and sale OF intoxicating
liquors except for medicinal purposes.
Conniving physicians, with the easy
prescription" for the thirsty" pa
tient Will be fined aud jailed. The old
common law rule was. the greater
the truth the greater the libel" but
in Oklahoma that mOss-huug maxim
is now museumed for the eye of the
cuiiO-hunter For in the new state
the truth Of the matter alleged TO be
UbeIous may be presented to the jury.
and the man charged with libel may
go free if the matter charged as libel
Gus is true. and was written or pub
Hshed with good motives. and for JUS
tifabIe ends. This young state, alive
to the fact that the gristIe of today is
the bone of tomorrow, has determin-
ed to save the children from the
blight of child labor. So children IN
der fifteen are prohibited from work
in the mills, mines, shops and factor
les, and compulsory education is de
creed for all between the ages Of
eight and sixteen.
When Oklahoma came to the cor
porations. she touched them on a live
rib. This is the spear she prOds with:
The records, books and files Of all
corporations shall be at all times liza
bic and subject to the full visitorial
and inquisitorial powers of the state,
Notwithstanding the immunities and
privileges in this bill of rights
Here is a bright spear Of publicity
pushed into the locked darkness
where the criminal corporations plot
their treason against the people. Hon
est men. of course, have nothing to
fear; but the criminaloids are howl
ing
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
WHO AND WHERE IS
THE HARMONIZER?

but a fool would have seriously pre-
dicted any other result.
But If the party vote was smaller
in 1900 than in 1896 when Mr.. Bryan
was each time the leader, what are
We to say Of 1t in 1904, when it slump
ed something like million and half
votes, and represented the smallest
vote the party had cast in twenty
years?
During that memorable campaign
when the enemies Of democracy had
forced its greatest leader to the rear
just as the Banner would do now
We had, in the language of our con-
temporary
a candidate who has made no
strong antagOnisms; a man around
whom all elements Of the party may
/ gather; a man who can cement all
/ factions, heal all frictiOns; who viii
not open old sores. who can gather to-
gether all the struggling and wayer-
/ ing fragments of the party and be
/ prepared to 90 to battle with the enc
my in a solid. unbroken phalanX."
But with this kind of a candidate
with Mr.. Bryan and his friends denied
all management in the campaign. un-
der conditions which the Banner now
again demands-with all Of this, the
democratic party suffered the worst
defeat and rebuke it had experienced
in a presidential campaign since the
days of Horace Greeley, % years be-
fore.
The Banner argues that the same
sentiment which is opposed to three
terms of Office for a president also ap-
plies to three nominations for Office
The cases are not in the least paral-
lei and there is no precedent for such
argument. John Adams was four
times a candidate, and was elected
the third time. ThOs. jefferson was
/ four times a candidate and was elect
ed the third and fourth times. John
/ Quincy Adams was three times a can
didate and was elected the second
time. Andrew Jackson was three
times a candidate and was elected the
/ second and third times. Henry Clay
was three times a candidate and fail
/ ed each time. Grover Cleveland was
three times a candidate and was elect
/ ed the first and third times.
our good contemporary refers to
Mr.. Clay. but it does not refer to any
Of these other cases. The fact is,
there is no precedent, practice, or rea-
son for the argument which the Ban
ner concocts against a third time"
nomination.
These things, however, are appar-
ent to all men. What We want the
Banner to do is to answer our Ques-
tiOn-whO is the man who can unite
the party? TrOt him out. Let us size
him up. Let us figure on the prOpo-
SitiOn as to whether or not he can
poll more votes than the one demo
crat who received in 1896 a million
more votes than any previous Candi-
date had ever received and a million
and a half more than the safe and
sane" harmony candidate got eight
years later. Don't hedge now, but
come on with your man.-PensacOla
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10
CONDUCTOR RAYSOR MURDER.
OUSLY ASSAULTED
Now Lying at ST. Luke's Hospital IN
ious-Negro Fireman's
Deadly Work

BY the merest accident yesterday
afternoon Sheriff BOwden found a
white man at St. Lukes hospital in a
serious condition. the result Of a muir
derous assault.
The sheriff stated today that he had
investigated the case and learned
that Sunday L. NJ. RaysOr, a conduct
or on a Seaboard Air Line freight
train. had some words with Ed Logan.
a negro fireman. at Baldwin, twenty
miles west of Jacksonville, but no one
has yet been found who could state
what the fuss was about. When the
train arrived in the western part Of
the city the negro fireman went up
to the conductor and struck him on
the head with spade or shovel, fell
ing him to the ground. The injured
man was sent to the hospital, and it
was there found that his skull was
badly fractured and may result fatal
Iy. The conductor is yet unable to
give any information, being uncOn-
scious most of the time
Instantly upon learning of the as
sault Sheriff Bowden and his depu-
ties went on a hunt for Logan, but he
had skipped out He lives in Jack
SOnville.
The sheriff was naturally indignant
that neither he nor any other officer
had been notified earlier Of the affair,
and said today that he could not IN
derstand why there was so much Sc
crecy manifested about it.-Jackson-
vile Metropolis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-01-10

DR.. J. W. Roberts, formerly presi-
dent of the Wesleyan Female College,
Macon. Ga. after quitting the minis
try. has returned to il. He claims
hat.skepticism. which he could not
corHol, drove him from its portals,
but. after years of suffering, belief
has conquered, and he returns with
All mists cleared away, and his duty
looms up before him as clear and IA
diant as the sunshine.