The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-06-11
CLARK STILL IN ACTION

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cent scrap with the Florida legisla-
ture, incident to his expression of his
honest opinion on the dangers of con-
tinued Bryan domination of the demo
cratic party.
/ Mr.. Clark, while his remarks on this
and kindred subjects, could not DE re-
garded as strictly orthodox from an
Organization democratic" standpoint,
certainly voiced the views of thous-
ands of democrats throughout the
country and the ease with which he
established the soundness of his posi-
ton when he was permitted the priv
ilege of addressing the legislature and
with which he hurled the peculiar
Frank Clark brand of defiance into the
teeth Of his political enemies in and
out of that body, demonstrated that
he was not an orator without good
cause.
Since Mr.. Clark's return to Wash
ngton he has continued to express
his opinion of Organism and he has
gained considerable notoriety through
out the country as a democrat who
doesn't hesitate to manifest disapprov-
al of some of the features of democra-
cy according to present ideas.
One Of the first things Mr.. Clark did
on his return from the Florida battle
ground, which, by the way. he left dec
GRATED with the mangled remains of
Jim Alexander and others who envy
him his position and influence, was to
have inserted in the Congressional
Record the speech which he delivered
to the Florida legislature, when the
late but not lamented movement to
censure him was on tapis. The Wash
ington Times seems to relish a por
ton of this speech and reprints it as
follows:
81 understand that there was a
speech read here the other day made
by my friend, Ollie James. Did you
ever see Ollie?
Some of you who were at the Den
yer convention saw Ollie. He is a
broad, elegant, large, fine gentleman.
He is a little over six feet, weighs
probobly 225 to 230 pounds. He is a
tremendous physical success. And
Ollie's speech was read. Ollie IS an
enthusiastic follower of the peerless,
and let me tell you what his leader
ship, and those like him, has done in
Kentucky.
Kentucky. from my earliest recol-
/ lection, has ever been a democratic
state-as safely democratic as Geor-
gia or Texas. No state in the Union
was safer, and yet under the leader
ship of Ollie James and his associates
they have tonight four republican
representatives in congress, a repub-
lican governor sits in the state house
at Frankfort, and a republican senator
sits in the semitic chamber in Wash
ington and answers to the name of
Kentucky That's the Leadership of
Mr.. James."-Tampa Tribune.
Hon. Frank Clark is a very brilliant
and versatile debater; he is quick at
repartee: he is clever, active and ener-
getic, and possesses many qualities
that make him a lovable man, but he
has made a mistake. and the more he
persists in il the greater mistake he
is making.
He was secretary of the campaign
committee under Mr.. Bryan, and was
placed there because it was Under
stood that he was in sympathy with
the democratic platform as then pro-
claimed, and on good terms with its
leader. Mr.. Bryan is not now candi-
date for any Office, and has not done
anything since the last campaign to
Justify an assault upon him within his
own party. Because he was defeated
is no reason why he should be fallen
upon. bruised and beaten. When Ma
lpoleon was defeated his old guard
shed tears. To see a democrat shout
ing because Mr.. Bryan was defeated
does not show loyalty nor good taste.
Whatever Mr.. Clark's grievance
against Mr. Bryan is no one knows
and very few care, but whatever it is
it does not justify him in making an
attack upon the democratic party and
bringing it into disrepute and holding
IT up to scorn and ridicule.
In what respect is Florida different
from Kentucky? Kentucky has four
republicans in congress who vote with
the republicans. Florida has four
democrats in congress who vote with
the republicans: so, practically, it
amounts to the same thing. There is
, this difference: The republicans from
Kentucky fiaunt their own flag and
are in their own entertainments, while