The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-17

sets. For your information l desire
to inform you that Rockwell Hoar new
er represented the state Of Massachu-
setts in the senate of the United
States.
Further on in your maliciOuSly crit
ical diatribe, miscallcd an editorial,
you commit 50 many errors that it is
invonceivable how you could have and
been as ignorant as you are. You say
"all states have made valuable con-
tributiOns to the senate Of the United
States and hereunder you proceed
to say that there were "Yancey from
Alabama, MeDuffie from Georgia. Cass.
Hendricks and Voorhees, from Mis-
souri,, Fillmore from New York" etc.
AS a matter OF fact Yancey of Ala
bama never became a United States
senator. although he achieved distinc-
ton otherwise; McDuffie, to whom
you learnedly refer as from Georgia.
was a United States senator from the
state OF South Carolina; Cass. whom
you incorrectly state achieved distinc-
ton from Missouri, was United
States senator from Michigan; Hen
bricks, and Voorhees,, whom, with in
state were senators from Missouri,
were never any such thing but, as any
school boy knows, were senator's from
Indiana To cap the climax of your
absurdly ignorant article. you men
ton Fillmore as being a senator from
the state of New York. which. Of
course, he never was.
You refer to me as fresh" young
and youthful. will warrant that
there is not a fresh" young or
youthful school boy a dozen years
Of age in any public school in Marion
county, who in the course Of one es-
say on any historical subject will dis
formation, the inaccuracy and general
all-rOund Ignorance Of your profound
contribution" maliciously critical Of
me.
The United States government does
not allow me as a senator from Flor
ida to send u. S. histories to my
constituents If I were so allowed
would send you one but I respectfully
recommend you, the next time you I'M
dertake to learnedly and lovingly dis
cuss me, or anyone else, from a his
tOrical standpoint, that you call in
some barefoot school boy, not exceed
ing twelve years of age, and he will
give you more correct information than
you have evidenced you possessed
when you mounted the tripod to at
tack me.
Fortunately, the people of Florida
are sincere lovers Of fair play and are
not as ignorant nor, although you pride
Florida press, are your brethren, in
my judgment, 50 inadequately equip
ped. so lily informed, nor so apparent
ly ready to do a young" man an in
justice as you evidently are.
Yours very truly, w. ]. Bryan.
Before writing the editorial to which
printed in a great many newspapers
Of the country, notably the New York
World and New York Herald, and al
most substantially the same thing was
printed in the Times Union. Mr..
Bryan's denial was not forthc oming
until after the Banners editorial had
been printed and excessively commented
upon by the state press of Florida. Ac-
cepting his utterances as genuine, the
article was just such an article as
should have been written and we are
in receipt of many letters commencing
up for writing it. AS soon as Mr..
Bryan disclaimed using the language
attributed to him this paper promptly
printed his denial. The lapses to which
he refers were done in the hurry Of
the moment. One was our error and
the other was the error of the types.
They were corrected for the weekly.
But these slips Of memory did not des-
troy the force of the argument nor
the point which this paper wanted to
emphasize The tone and temper Of
the young mans letter is not credita-
BILE to one occupying a seat in the
United States senate. and Is scarcely
worthy Of the dignity of q reply-Ed-
itor Banner.
PHIL ISAACS IN TROUBLE