The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-02-23
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To the Editor Ocala Banner:

To the Editor Ocala Banner:
In your criticism of the direct legis-i
lation through the initiative, referen-
dunn, imperative mandate, or recall
and proportional representations the
latter two branches the more impor-
tant part of direct legislation. were
somehow overlooked in last weeks
Banner.
"Res Publica," republicans, and
Demos Kratis," democrats, alike are
in favor of a non-representative, or
rather a misrepresentation form of
administration or government.
This form of government or admin
istration is everything on Gods green
earth except democratic or repub-
lican form. 1t is neither fish, flesh,
fowl, nor good red herring; it is the
very sublimity and essence of hypoc-
risy, deception and fraud.
No barbaric despotism, no feudal-
istic hierarchic tyranny, no simple,
no constitutional monarchy, could
ever hold a candle to the adroitness,
slyness, foxiness, the cunning and
brutality, the incompatible success
and effectiveness of our North Amer
lean plutocracy, faithfully aided and
abetted by our national so-called con-
stitutional Jurisprudence, and misrep-
resentative government
Dear old Banner, is there anything
left of what should rightfully be the
| heritage of the present and all future
generations, in this so-called ''land of
the free and the home of the brave"
that is worth appropriating, acquir-
ing, annexing, stealing, and somehow,
robbing the hundred million people
of, for the benefit of few thousand
long shouts, who have their forefeet
always in the manger?
Ancient forms of robbery and ex-
ploitation of the people have required
| from two to four thousand years to
accomplish what was achieved by our
American oligarchy in little more
than one hundred years. This could
only have been accomplished by
means of a misrepresentation form of
government, such as ours is now, and
always has been.
Dear Banner, yes, it did require
some $4,000 to $4,000 news laws an
nually to turn the heritage of one
hundred million people over to few,
mere hatfull of plutes.
For this kind of work and legisla-
| ton, the initiative, referendum and
recall are too cumbersome, as you
say, and we would never get through
voting; but, my dear old Banner, an
honest democratic management of
the affairs of the whole people needs
outside of and beyond the Ten Com
mandments, which we all know and
which are filtered into us from the
cradle on, very little further legisla-
ton than a few shop-rules for each of
the several industries, which are and
should be made by those directly con-
cerned in them.
| This will be found entirely suffi-
cient to convert this hell of indus
trial war, of deceit, fraud and robbery
into a heaven of industrial peace,
health, wealth and happiness for all.
Direct legislation is coming; we
have it now in six or seven states;
so in universal suffrage and woman's
vote they will all be with us in few
more years.
This same old cumbersome, dishon-
est and extravagant system of mis-
representative legislation, which has
produced all this hell of poverty, dis
ease, crime and death, will give way
to an honest administration through
the Initiative and referendum, the re-
ca: and proportional re presentation
in nation, state and mum ,,i9alit.y, fer
the tenefit of all the peopl,-a tr"e
iemot racy for the first time il The
worlds history. Have We got the
brains the common honesty and de-
cency to beat some of the older ma
tions to it?
SARTORIUS.