The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-07-07
LOYAL TO COL. eLouNT.

How circumstances do alter cases
1t was only few months ago that
the Pensacola papers were holding up
". a. Blount as the one absolutely
spotless and stainless individual in
the universe, and urging the people of
Florida TO vote for him on the ground
that his previous corporation affilia'
tons could by no possibility influence
his opinions or vote in the senate
And now these same papers are fall.
ing out with him over a little dinky
Pensacola charter bill, and they are
intimating that he is working for the
interests and against the people Now,
who would believe that of the i'm
peccable and unimpeacheable Mr.
unt?-Lakeland News.
The Lakeland News in the above
out-Durst of smartness, which is not
only poor attempt at sacarsm, (the
height OF humor TO which the editor
of that paper stands but little chance
Of attaining), but which also contains
an insinuation that flop" has been
committed in Pensacola, has used an
s too many. He employed the plu-
raj noun, papers" when to be correct
he should have used the singular form
of that particular part of speech, the
noun paper. (Of' course he may not
know exactly what We are talking
about when We mention the number
OF nouns and We will not further dis
turb him by mentioning gender and
person.. But TO come back TO. the
subject, there is one of the TWO pap
ers in Pensacola that has not Topped
in its attitude toward the Hon. W. 4.
Blount
The Lakeland News has made two
serious errors. First, it blundered
assuming that public sentiment
toward Mr. Blunt had changed in
Pensacola. What that paper and
some persons even here misunder-
stood to be public sentiment was
merely the out-burst and cry of a few
who have been misled and turned
about by some Mark Anthony. Sec
ond, the Lakeland News says "Pa-
pers." There are but two in Pensa-
cola.
The Evening News believes that
Mr.. Blount is as "spotless and stain
less an individual" as he ever was.
that his jast corporation afflia-
tons would not" and could not posi-
bly, influence his opinions or vote in
the United States senate
We believe that the people of Pen
scola, Of Escambia county, of all
West Florida know this as we'll now
as they did on the two primary days
they gave him the grandest and most
overwhelming majority a candidate
has ever received in this section Of
ne state.
When We begin writing about Mr.
Blount we enthuse, still stung By dis
appointment. and We want TO tell the
hundred and one reasons why he
ought 10 be at Washington in one
house or the other all over again.
but he is not running-yet. and il
would hardly be fair TO rake him
again into politics and publicity when
ne is trying to live the private life of
a successful attorney.
We believe that everyone of Mr..
Blount's true FRIENDS of few months
ago are still his friends.
We believe that everyone knows
and we'll appreciates Mr.. Blounts at
titude in addressing members of the
last legislature. He has always
served his clients we'll; we said so
when he was a candidate and we say
so still because We knew then and
know now that were the people OF
this state Mr.. Blunt's clients and he
would serve them we'll.
The Lakeland News has used the
wrong number OF the noun papers"
and has itself committed blunder
We have just received the sad news
that the Pensacola navy yard is to be
abandoned and We people over here
in Pensacola are only lamenting that
Mr. Bloun1, or some other man as
able and as friendly 10 Pensacola.
were not there to stop it. TO show the
administration and congress that this
s a grevious error about to be made
Pensacola News.