The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02
NEW PARTY ORGANIZED IN THIS
CITY
An Interesting Description of the
Event BY An OnIooker-Democrats
Should Be Proud That They Are
Democrats.

gressive party, held in Ocala Satur
hearts of all true democrats and
made them feel it was an honor to
| belong TO a party that was so far
above reproach.
| Mr.. Herbert L. Anderson, temper
airy chairman of the convention, made
most forcible speech, in which he
upbraided the republican party, and
especially the chief executive of the
nation, telling of the manner in which
they stole the nomination at the re-
cent Chicago convention, how Mr..
Chubb agreed to and did trade off
the twelve Florida votes for the ap-
Ipointment of Mr.. Cheney as United
States juduge, and several other such
practices within the party that re-
fected no credit on anyone concern
ed Herewith.
He further stated how the high tar
if was the cause of the terrible con-
ditions existing today, as to the cost
of living having advanced so cOnsid-
erably in the past fifteen years and
wages and salaries practically re-
naming the same, how the emigra-
tion laws were responsible for the
people having to live in the condition
in which they do, and filling our fac
tories and shops with Slavs, Poles
and Italians, who were willing to live
in hordes until they should raise
enough money to go to their former
homes and live Independently, there
by robbing our native American citi-
zens of rights that were naturally
theirs
Then he took up the money trust,
and convinced his audience how the
panic of 1907 was a one-man panic,
and how few men residing in Chi
cago and New York brought it on to
crafty a few of their own personal
prejudices, and explained how it was
possible to do so at any time under
our existing laws, and further stated
that We should improve our money
laws, to change our system, and make
it more on the order of the money
system of European countries, where
paNics were unknown.
He took up the question of the
democratic party. He wished to
know what had the democratic party
done in the past fifteen years, and
then started off his attack on the
democratic nominee, Mr. Woodrow
Wilson. The worst that he could say
of Mr.. Wilson was that he was a new
convert to the progressive cause, and
in fact the last man of note that join
ed the party on that plank, and how
Mr.. Wilson was now willing to ac-
cept the planks of Mr. Bryan that he
| (Nr Wilson, laughed at some years
ago
Then was the time to introduce his
champion, Theodore Roosevelt. He
stated how Mr. Roosevelt was the
savior of the American nation, as
conditions now presented themselves,
and he was the logical man to lead
the people of the United States to
their rights, and have the government
of and for the people.
Mr.. Anderson seemed to forget that
for years he championed the cause of
the republican party when Theodore
| Roosevelt was at its head. when it's
| principles were the same then as they
are today when political games as
big as the Chicago game were being
played (but with Roosevelt winner)
how Roosevelt had seven years to
convince the American people that
he was for and of the people, that he
was against trusts, for better immi-
grafton laws, for a reduction of tariff
and how he failed to ever carry out
one of the principles that he now
stands for.
He said that Mr.. Roosevelt had
been tried and tested and had come
out pure, and could do so again, and
that Mr.. Wilson was only an expert
ment. My idea, however, is that in
the elections in November that the
American people will prove at the
polls that they would rather have Will
son as an experiment than Roosevelt
as tried and true" because when
he had the chance he was found
wanting.
Mr. Anderson then said how the
people of Florida wanted a minority
political party, and they would give
the democratic party the race of its
life in November, but the race of the
democratic donkey" in November
will be the one OF its life, but not as
Mr.. Anderson would have it. He will
prove the winner by a big majority.
as the people of the United States