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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
ALL FOR GEORGE

Progressive democrats of Florida
should unite as one man in endorsing
the application of Hon. George G..
Mathews of the Fort Lauderdale Sen
tinel for the office of consul general
to Brazil. Mr. Mathews served in
the consular service in that country
under the Cleveland administration,
and is we'll versed in the duties re-
quired He also speaks the Portu-
gest language fuently. Mr.. Mathews
has long been leader in the pro-
gressive movement Of the democracy
of Florida, is a fine gentleman and
scholar, and the office is suited to his
taste. Let's help him get it.-Palat-
ka News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
MATHEWS DISTINGUISHES HIM
SELF

Hon. Geo G. Mathews, editor of
the Fort Lauderdale Sentinel, was the
recipient of much congratulation yes
terday, upon his making the shortest
speech on record in this part of the
state. He was asked to introduce
Hon. William Jennings Bryan at the
Pompano barbecue, and realizing that
the immense gathering had come to
hear Mr.. Bryan, and incidentally to
eat, in just half minute Mr.. Math-
ews accorded to Mr.. Bryan the wis
dom of Henry Clay, the oratoric4 Il
ability of Demosthenes, and more nice
things than could have been said by
the average man in half an hour, AMI
left the field to Mr.. Bryan to charm
the audience in his own inimitable
way.-Cor to Miami Metropolis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
THE WORST CHRISTMAS PRES
EMIT

In an editorial in the December
Woman's Home Companion, a writer
says:
The most miserable Christmas
present, the kind that no human being
is rich enough to afford, is that which
is bought to make show, to exploit
ones own vanity.
when you are tempted to buy g
'show-off' present, remember that the
recipient has some rights. One who
understands will be made unhappy by
that kind of gift. You know yourself
that when you receive present that
represents a great sacrifice on the
part of the giver it makes you feel
miserable, even when the right spirit
of generous friendliness is behind IL.
"The cost in money is about the
poorest of measures for any kind of 4
gift. The thoughtfulness in it, the
recognition of a desire for things I'M
asked for, the affection that goes with
it, counts for much more. Every
Christmas each of US receives a mes
sage that means more than the most
expensive gift. Yet we forget that
sometimes in the perplexing selection
Of presents for others
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
AN UNUSUAL EXPRESSION G
GOOD WILL

The editor CT the Journal has re-
ceived what seems to him to be the
finest tribute ever paid an undesery-
ing private citizen. 1t is a set of res
olutions drawn and signed by a COM
mittee of pupils OF the public schools
of Milligan and addressed to Hon.
Woodrow Wilson, asking that the ed
itor be appointed postmaster general.
The resolutions reclte that our
beautiful, progressive, democratic
state has never been represented in
our governments cabinet" They
then add that we have in our schools
nominated him postmaster general
and ask your serious consideration of
the matter when you go to make up
your cabinet, and then add a few
more pupils to those who will ever
owe you a debt of gratitude"
The resolutions are signed by =
committee Of fourteen school chill
dren, representing the pupils of the
Milligan public schools.
The editor of the Journal may live
for many years to come, but he never
expects to receive a prettier compli-
ment than this unexpected and volun-
tary exr~ assion Of good will from
these boy and girl friends in the pub.
lie schools.
While the editor is not a candidaje
for a cabinet position or for any 9th
er position that would take him away
from Pensacola or from Florida, he
nevertheless appreciates the motive
that prompted this unusual express
sion of confidence, and he trusts that
his course in life may always be such
as to justify the esteem and good
will of his little public school friends
Pensacola Journal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

citizens were solemnly sacrificed ar
the altar of Divus Julius by Octavian.
The higher classes on all sides ex-
hibited a total extinction of moral
principle-the lower classes were all
atheists.
Tacitus says:
"The holy ceremonies of religion
were violated adultery reigning with
out control; the adjacent islands fill
ed with exiles; rocks and desert plac
es stained with clandestine murders,
and Rome itself a theater of horrors,
where nobility of descent and splen-
dor of fortune marked men out for de-
that aimed at civil dignities, and the
modesty that declined them, were Of
lenses without distinction; where vir-
tue was a crime that led to certain
ruin where the guilt of informers
and the wages of their iniquity were
alike detestable; where the sacerdo-
tai order, the consular dignity, the
government Of provinces, and even
the cabinet of the prince, were seiz-
ed by that eXecrable race as their
lawful prey; where nothing was sa-
cred, nothing safe from the hand of
rapacity: where slaves We're subOrn-
ed, or by their own malevolence ex-
cited against their masters; where
freemen betrayed their patrons, ami
he who lived without an enemy died
by the treachery of friend"
No one can make us believe that
Rome, in her worst days (such as
those that we have only in part de-
scribed) never harbored such condi-
tions of vice as are prevalent in our
social circles of the present time"
Oh, no! Vice is growing beautifully
less and virtue greatly more in re-
Spouse to the open door of the school
house, the widening influence of the
pulpit and the click of the thousands
of Mergenthaler machines.
With these agencies on foot knowl-
edge is increasing, the comforts OF
life are becoming more universal, AMI
in every conceivable way we are
making the world better and as these
progressive agencies increase, as they
are doing, it must go on from better
to best until all peoples everywhere
will recognize the brotherhood of
man and the fatherhood of Cod
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
DR.. c. 8. WILMER TAKES RAP AT
GOV. BLEASE

An address by DR.. C. B. Wilmer,
pastor of st. Luke's church, marked
the Friday morning session of the
Civic League of America at the Y NJ.
c. A. hall
DR.. Wilmer had as his subject,
Crime and Lawlessness, and made
a stirring address. He talked at
length of the evils of lynch law He
took a rap at Gov. Blease in this con-
nection. He said, however, that lynch
law would never be abolished until
some method was found to stop the
''nameless crime which generally
brought it about.-Atlanta Journal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

The Baltimore American says that
million persons a day in attendance
upon moving pictures in this country
is the figure accepted by the British
consul, who makes report to his coun-
try recommending a system OF censor
ship such as is followed in America
This means many millions more an.
nually than patronize the public H.
braries. And this would imply that
the educational advantages of the
moving pictures has just begun to be
appreciated and brought out by suita-
BILE use"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

1t is all well enough for an editor
to express his honest convictions, and
We are generous enough to believe
that the majority of them are in the
habit of doing this, but no editor can
be conscientious if he is content to
palm off on his readers a 6x9 poster
as a newspaper. When he receives a
dollar from a patron and a friend, il
he is honest and conscientious, it is
up to him to give something like val
ue received for it. No editor can be
honest and conscientious and do 9th
erwise. If this be treason, make the
most of it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
Weekly

God bless the flag! Let It float and
fill
The sky with it's beauty; our heart
strings thrill
10 the low, sweet chant OF Its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus of all its clustered
stars.
embrace it, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow
while it's colors blush warn on your
bosoms of snow.
Defend it, @ fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than TO float it's fair folds with sol
dier'f last breath!
And love it, o children! be true to the
sireS
Who wove it in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

j. Pierpont Morgan says there is
no money trust; says there never can
be- because nobody can get a monop-
oily of money. Don't know so much
about that. If some prospector were
to run up against mountain of gold
and pre-empt it under the gold stan
dard, if he could not have a monopoly
of money, why not? But if paper mon
ey were made the money of civiliza-
ton a monopoly of it would be i'm
possible.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Those newspapers in Tampa did a
bad thing when they permitted Colo
mel Calhoun to go to Texas.-Ocala
Banner. Maybe they didn't permit
it-couldn't prevent it. Colonel Cal
houn has a head Of his own, and it
would be pretty hard to prevent him
from doing anything he wishes. How;
ever, one of those famous Texas biz
yards will soon do what the Tampa
papers couldn't do-send the colonel
scurrying back to Florida, where he
is wanted and appreciated.-Punta
Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
I'VE don't need a tariff on steel nor

1--WE don't need tariff on steel nor
do we need protection, which is an
everlasting mistake. and needed only
for infant industries When I start
ed in the steel business, we did not
make a pound Of steel; now we make
more than all the world combined.
Food should never be taxed. Don't
worry about the tariff. 1t will take
care of itself" These are not the
words of free-trader, a political the
orist not of a democrat. They are
the well-weighed words of a canny,
level-headed man of affairs, a great
captain of ndustry-Andrew Carne-
gle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

William Asher, a wealthy philan-
thropist of Freeport, Ill, has announc.
ed that he will be Santa Claus to 400
children this year. He has asked for
names of children in that city who
will have no other provision for
Christmas. We live in a fortunate
era.
Some newspapers delight to nail a
little lie with railroad spikes and
sledge hammers. AS they live in the
limelight, they must resort always to
the spectacular.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

A man by the name of Alec Alex
ander, all the way from Indiana, is
marching through Georgia in seach
of a wife. There is one paramount
condition-she must be possessed Of
brown eyes"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Mr.. Thomas H. Harris, who arrived
home Saturday morning, had the
pleasure of listening to President
Taft'S speech in Jacksonville. He
says that the president said that he
wanted to get to Panama by the
quickest route. SO he came through
Florida. But he had to traverse the
entire length of the peninsular por-
ton of it, That if there had been j
canal across Florida the distance
would have been shortened. Here is,
indeed, high authority for a canal
across the state, and the shortest and
most feasible route is the one up the
st. Johns and Oklawaha rivers to Sill
yer Springs, from Silver Springs to
Blue Springs and ON down the With
lacoochee river to the gulf. A ship
canal is the type needed. 1t would
not only shorten the route to Pana-
ma, but it would lessen the danger
around the keys, would relieve ships
OF their barnacles without dry dock
ing, and would be advantageous in
many other ways.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

1t is matter OF very sincersfegfst
to the many friends OF Mrs Belle
Dean. who has made Ocala her come
for the past few years. to knss that
she is leaving Ocala the firstm ne
New Year for Jacksonville. fhicb
city will be her future home Mrs.
Dean is interested with Mr. A ,
Stuckey in the Standard smialiT
Company of that city. and IS q
Jacksonville to take charge ssa
business. Her friends here = ~
greet to lose her.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Seedless tomatoes have become
quite common out in California. The
writer can remember when the toma-
to contained as many seed as a qua
va. By the way, a seedless guava
would be fine thing for our jelly
manufacturers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Advising other people to be loving
and forgiving during this festal sea-
son, the Pensacola and Tampa news.
papers continue unloving and unfor.
giving.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

The only fellow we ever heard of
who positively knew how to break UP
setting hen" was the Kansas edi-
tor who slipped an alarm clock under
her Now. we admit we never tried
his plan We cid not have faith
enough in it to try it. but give it for
the benefit of any who wish to try it
as a last resorts
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Bryan and Wilson--or shall we say
Wilson and Bryan-had three-hour
conference the other day at Trenton,
and neither one will divulge what the
conversation was all about. We have
no disposition to pry into state Sc
cretS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Ocala Is TO have a new b&neas
block. built entirely by negro HliaA
This is a most commendabls to -
reflects great credit on the e1pf@
citizens who have acquired nsne
sufficient to make a notable lmp'o'
ment for their home el<T
Tribune. CO..
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Mr.. Wilson will make but one an
nouncement as to his cabinet before
his Inauguration, and that one will
not be announced for some time YET.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Miss Clara Munson has been elect
ed mayor of Warrenton, Ore. She is
the first woman to be so honored in
that state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

If President Wilson's inaugural ad-
dress is as good as his letter of ac-
ceptance it will be pleasing to the
whole country.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

The Tribune says that the Tampa
postoffice plum will not be ripe until
1914, but that a bunch of boys are al
ready camping under the tree.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

"They call it aig-nawg in Flurridy,
says the Montgomery Advertiser
What's in name or the way you
pronounce it? The articles the thing
Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Jacksonville is having a milk exhi-
bition. Milk is one of the liquids
used in Jacksonville for exhibition
purposes.-Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Our friends see the best in us, and
by that very fact call forth the best
from us.-Hugh Black.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

In dealing in epithets and adject-
ives, Hilson can go one better than
Claude.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1912

The peace pact still drags. In the
meanwhile war goes steadily on.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

When one nails a lie," it should
be done in a spectacular manner, II
political fame is to come of 1t.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Hell-gate does not necessarily open
into his Satanic majesty's dominions.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
VOICE or TIE cossaso..


Ex-Governor Glenn % Nsr,h a
! come from a state wsar,
driven liquor out and e..
grass growing IN the sases. !,
of our cities and town ~,
North Carolina formerly "a. -.
and shamefully so-only a, -
pitch and turpentine-nns -.
Is entering upon an era q -.
the like Of which shs rev.
known. She is gaining via
and bounds and this Is nfr,hm..- s
statewide prohibition. On. -
minished nfty per cent. 4. 4. -.
by the fact that forty unlon.
state are empty and idk 80
mothers were ashamed tanusw -.
children e go 20 school hsosa.. +.
fathers had taken the essh..
their backs that strong arns -.
be purchased Since 1851 -. :.
state went dry, the school ,ra.s..
has doubled There has - = s
crease OF one-half ia the r,an.s..
at the Baptist. Methodist A. =.
byterian churches. and a NJ -.
of spirituality has swept osa, =.
state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
Ex-Governor Noel Of mlsslmluO,

Ex-Governor Noel Of Mlsslmlppl
1t was prophesied by the llqaor u.
terests that when the liquor bsslaess
was destroyed. schools. bushes and
prosperity would also go. TIE pro
phecy has utterly failed: the liquor.
at least. the open saloon. hm gone.
but the schools were never mare sue
cessful. and business was neva mors
prosperous.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

The Atlanta Georgian says that re-
must go with tariff revision,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
Governor vessey q seu,n 90

TIT 'cSseJ OF ooutn H1N1tI
| believe that the liquor traTIc
In reality the highest tax thas d b.
ing paid by the common peopls Of 3.
day, and that It Is the heaviea dra.a
upon their resources. Tf thb r.
fact. it is our duty to legislais IN he
interests of those people. and NOT 3
the interests Of he men who are d
the business for a profit or q moneg
consideration.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

Ex-Governor Haskell Of oldlhoms
Oklahoma's condition has yasEly
improved under prohibition. "a ws
are daily gaining In sentimsa and
votes in favor OF it. Our bee argn.
ment is the statement by SIND mer'
chants that their customers - bag.
ing shoes instead OF whlske1 Mea
are paying their bills with reaief
propmtness and buying more Coz TIER
families. This is strong evideice e
the practical benefit OF our La
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27
Governor W. R. ssubbs o. k,..a.

"Sa W. ~ oN1OD3 CI H8HHII
There is nothing radical OF unrea
sonable in helping a weak nan 70
carry his weeks wages home 10 his
wife on Saturday night: there i
nothing fanatical in enabling Der 70
send her children to school va good
clothes. good shoes. and a goaa din.
ner in their little baskets. n0hibt
ton serves the child as well 8 the
man. 1t is for the wife as weaas Cor
the husband. II is for society wen
as for the individual Il Is b ths
government as wei las for the pvern.
ed. In Kansas it pays the door bis
bills, the lawyer his fees. the pastor
his salary.
This is why the people OF 90 stass
are so thoroughly committed 10 ~
support. Opposition to It hm pras.
tically ceased in every quartet
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

At each session OF our esislstie.
assembly since statehood. M u.sa
the session of 1909. a resoluaon 10 :.
submit the prohibition clause Of fhe
constitution 70 the people uas intro
duced. The resolution had kser Al.
herents at each session. unu huauv
they became so few thar no rssoiuls.
has been offered since the session 4
1907; so it would appear thai nrsha
bition has become a settled pollcy
this state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-27

The prohibition law Is 4 49,.
law from every standpoint Laoss..
at II from the moral vievbolat
tends 70 better citizenship IA 80
government From the eoneml..,
standpoint. IL is clearly domonsir.s.s
that it means homes. better fsad -.
better clothing for thousauA a. =.
men and children in this stie -.
In Oklahoma the overwhelmlnr ~.
dict OF our home-loving. lss-abla.s.
citizen nip is in favor OF our Law -
viding for statewide prohiha.on.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-10-17
0 chromosomes AHs-IHlNkiNe PEOPLE WHO COMPOSE TUE
PROGRESSIVE PARTY 0 00"rooe TIE



~ % @ gun 10 think seriously politics. if they had moi
they mad not begun
there would be no Progressive today " " current matters
Inc progressive Party is did NOT oou g..
did not begin with the leaders M ~ .ne BOSSES
focking W people and that is why
which, as ! ,o r,oo
DOORS program that neono
'nei - ~ ,nen chance to at the nol
If the readers of the h 81 poh
me men 'he! IN all walks tho ~
zones NNH lane tue pace Oh
Men and women weight noo,an. -,
store ana he outcher SHOP and they
state ana the city halls
me! are eu " We'll don't know
guess I'll have to vote the Socialist ~ ~ ~ ''
The thinking rome don't want IN voo ~,
10 vote ticket ,oss
tonary And the Progressive
Time mas peen wheh political meeting
Republicans and the Democrats all
moi be as MARI OF coming
there was uch enthusiasm for Republican
feop VINO political
comes from missouri Arguments
them en plan OF action and they
their $500 ONaA' "Au 'oN
We know that we know that
We
accord with the ideas OF the majority
ideas the majority the
formulated and
Direct nominations for example carefully tested
suits this has California
their choice from President
choice HAD they not had that opportunity
senators people, mad elected
Colorado California
higher politics
These ideas have
ably Our other IDEAS also taken the
1t
p o ucceed
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-10-17
Promoted Amendment to
State Constitution
State of Washington,
Office of the Secretary of State.

:. o, ,on,arr. Tn n.
~ ~non ~ me- - ~ Iao;siotrro
peulenee ~ 49, ~ 1911 antitIed
appru,eu " aM cr ~ amend art
as ioIo"s. co..;.',.;or ~,
icie one " W;,ton a".Snr;,.
the o.a'e VI I;n 49,. n
III enocial election at any time
~ racoli and discharge any elective
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-10-17

From the standpoint of labor,
the more that DR.. Wilson, who is
the democratic candidate for presi-
dent of the United States, talks the
more tiresome and wishy-washy does
he become" says the Labor World.
He persists in avoiding the vital
questions that labor wants him to
answer. He has never had an e.
quail in dealing out platitudes that
mean nothing definite and that
please nobody who wants to know
exactly how he stands on that burn
question of the day. He has
declined to face even the democrat
/, platform and has declared that
a platform is not a program. He
has gone as far as to state that he
wants relate tariff, whatever
that may mean, although the plat
form that he has been selected to
represent declares all protection I'M
utional The truth is DR.. Wilson
has not in any single instance de-
clared himself in any manly or clear
manner that directly concerns labor.