The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-05
MOCK INDIGNATION

big make-belieye. The complaint
should be made from the other side.
Every man who believes in the ini-
tiative, referendum and recall is go
ing to vote for Woodrow Wilson. A
great many who have no idea of the
meaning of the high-sounding phrase
are going to vote for him also be-
cause, in the beginning of the cam
paign, before Governor Wilson re-
versed himself on all leading PROPOSE
tions, he was regarded as the popu-
lar candidate.
The average man likes to be on the
winning side-he likes comfortable,
if not conspicuous, seat on the band
wagon.
We repeat that all the initiative
referendum-recall vote is concentrat-
ed on Governor Wilson, so why should
he or his friends complain
Is it not the whine of the wolf to
| brighten the timid?
Why should they be constantly on
the hunt for mares nests and be bus
| lily engaged in counting and recount
ing the number and variety of eggs
in them?
How is it with those who sincerely
and in fear and trembling, oppose the
nitiative-referendum panacea?
Those who see in its adoption and
application to the orderly affairs of
constitutional government, grave dam
gers to the perpetuity of the repub-
lie?
We see our forces divided and scat
tered, some going hither and some
thither, not knowing where to turn
nor for whom to vote There's the
rub!
Mr.. Champ Clark is a magnificent
man. AS speaker of the house of
representatives he has achieved
wonderful reputation. He has been
a member of the house for a long
time and has maintained himself
with decency and integrity. He has
been a model member, and is DEM
ocrat through and through. He is op-
posed to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
call affair, so why should not those
opposed to it vote for him? No good
democrat can raise particle of OBJ
lection to him, even upon the most
critical examination from any or all
points of view, so his friends and ad-
mirers are going to vote for him, and
in doing so they help to scatter the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vote.
Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio,
in season and out of season, has hew-
ed to the line of pure democracy as
he has seen it. He stands nigh in
the councils of his party. He has
large and patriotic following. His
reputation for honesty and integrity
Is so great that he commands the adj
miration of the opposition in such a
conspicuous degree that he has been
twice elected governor of President
posed to the initiative, referendum
and recall. and has had the courage
to say SO right in the face of Mr.
Bryan's uplifted tomahawk, so why
should those who oppose this heresy
in the party not vote for Governor
Harmon? Yet in carrying out their
determination the vote against the in
Observation-Disclosures heresy be-
comes more and more scattered.
1t is a play directly into the hands
of the opposition and none know it
better than themselves; so the squeal
they are setting up is a false one,
and all the while they are laughing
up their sleeves.
Who can say aught against Oscar
w. Underwood? He has manifested
in a most eminent degree the quail
ties of superb leadership. He is in
the very prime and vigor of manhood
He is sound, adroit, tactful He is
courageous Fidelity and faithful
ness complete his political makeup
His resourcefulness of craftsmanship
is as profound and farreaching as his
qualities of leadership. Though
southern born and resident of Ala
bama continuously for twenty weight
years, he has resided long enough in
the north to be non-sectional. Ar
| IDENTIFY opposed to the initiative, ref
erendum and recan as unwise, unpa-
triotic and undemocratic, in a party
sense. why should those who oppose
this new tenet of faith, now freshly
sought to be engrafted on to the DEM
ocratic party, not vote for Oscar w.
Underwood?
But, in doing so. it again divides