The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
5EVERIDcE TO THE FRONT

IOr opposing doctrines, and Roosevelt ,
stood for Mckinley for all he was
worth. Seen after, We find Roosevelt
pledging himself by McKinley's bier
to stand for all that Mckinley had adj
vocate1 and to have nc friends but
those Of Mckinley. In the years that
followed we find Beverage following
dutifully after RoOsevelt-sometimes
limping painfully under reprOofs and
hard words, but still following. Taft
is now pledged to stand for all the
Roosevelt policies, no more and no
less, and Beverage is supporting Taft
even if they did not put him alongside
on the same ticket. So this aggrega-
ton is following Roosevelt and RoOse-
welt is following Mckinley, who OPP
posed Bryan, and yet it is claimed
that Roosevelt and Bryan stand for
the same thing, except that Bryan is
more so-this being the republican
view which is supposed TO prevail in
Indiana where Bevertdge hangs out
when at home
How then does it happen that Nh
Beveridge writes an article to Apple
tons Journal which is an argument
and citation of facts to support the
following proposition:
The assault on the evils of bust
ness has degenerated into an assault
on business itself. Yet business is
nothing more than the people work
ing and trading together. Business
active means prosperity; business
stopped means starvation Check
business and the farmers pillow rusts
in the furrow; the bankers money
lies idle in the vaults; in the factor
les spiders do the spinning; in the
homes of labor hunger sets the table.
and the laborer himself tramps the
streets in search of WORK"
The title Of the senator's article is
UNJUST Attacks Upon Business Must
Cease" Doesn't he know that il is
not for him 70 issue commands? Is he
an Ajax 10 withstand the lightning of
the man that he obeyed? Who made
these assaults" of which he speaks?
Are My Policies" TO die with Roose- /
Welt next March? Not if Taft is elect
ed. for Tart has sworn to "cinch"
those policies. and Taft is an honora-
BILE man. highly placed. with long eX-
perience, a born administrator and
diplomat who never, never deceived a
soul in his life.
Now Beverage is not unknown.
When you know the conditions you
can judge what a man will do, and
when YOU know the man and what he
has done he can reconstruct the con
ditions without much strain on the
fancy. Knowing Beverage and read
ing his article what is the situation?
Beverage thinks he is kicking a
lion without teeth. He was hardly
kicked more than once by Roosevelt
twice in the senate chamber before all
the people and he showed no resent
ment. But Beyeridge thinks ROose-
welt is down and out now and he
"kicketh." as the Bible expresses it.
/ Wherefore. it must be that Taft has
put Beverage wise and told him there
is no more strength to ROoseveltism.
! Which looks right: or else Beverage
sees that Indiana has made up her
mind and he jumps for the band wag-
on. When the course is reversed Al
! bert will point like a brave boy to
/ this article and say: Mother, behold:
/ I turned back two weeks before Won
/ did-the magazine is dated November
: l. but it was printed on October 49,"
Then ali men will see that Albert has
not lost his cunning.
! How many are trimming their sails
with Beverage He says we can't get
along without the steel trust and The
/ Standard Oil and the meat trust and
the harvester -Rooseveltism has
! long ago declared war against all
! these-in theory. 1t is also making
war against some of them now, say
ing that it is necessary to ''eXtirpate"
J them Can you explain why Mr. Bev-
! eridge chooses to shout right now
( that the Unjust Attacks on Business
must Cease" even though he does not
! say who is making this unhOly war?
With a double tariff Beverage says
We can control the trade of the wo Id.
Who gave us the tariff that ha~s
trade? Cease the war Oh business,
and business will revive. Who made
the war? Why not Genounce the SIN
ners st. Augustine Record.
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