The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-29
WAS THE STAR 80 VERY CARELESS

The editor Of the star is rather care
less when it comes to talking about
the recent strike in Jacksonville. For
instance. he says in the issue OF last
Tuesday that the governors reques,
for a loan ito pay the soldiers Wa re
fused by the oligarchy that miSht
charter has put in control or the me
tropolis of the state" As matter OF
fact, the governor has only suggested
that he would ask for the mOney-and
not even indicated the amount needed.
And incidentally the star might re-
member in all the talk about the
enormous expense that the call Of the
troops made for the state that BuVdl
county represents modest part on the
state and will herself bear part 81
the expense. and would promptly ana
cordially assist Ocala or any other
section of the state in time Of 'rou-
ble-Times- Union.
IL we have said anything about
Jacksonville that we shouldn't have.
we withdraw it and apologize.
Our information in this case was
drawn from a Jacksonville paper. II
stated very plainly that the city GOV
eminent of Jacksonville did not intend
to loan the state any money if the re-
quest was made.
We remember many things, and
some things we have forgotten but we
do not remember to have ever hefor"
heard or seen il stated that DuVal
county represented a modest part OF
the state We have heard Duval coun-
ty accused of many things, but until
we saw the Times Union Of Thursday
Nov. 20, 1912, modesty was not among
them. Neither have we any doubt that
Jacksonville would ably and cordially
assist Ocala in anything where OCala
needed help. And we can assure the
T.-U. that Ocala will never balk al
helping Jacksonville when Jackson
willie needs assistance.
But we hope Ocala will never dis
grace herself by squalling for help for
such a trivial reason as the Jackson
Vile streetcar strike.
We have carefully read our Jack
sonville exchanges and talked with
the Ocala soldiers who were sent to the
metropolis during the strike. We have
not seen or heard of anything in the
shape of a riot that fifty determined
policemen with night-sticks, and re-
volvers to back them, couldn't have
put down.
We had personal experience with
strike a number of years ago. It tool
place in a mountainous country. anC
the strikers numbered from 500 to
thousand, men, acquainted with thu
country, armed with modern rifles ant
we'll supplied with ammunition.
The force sent against them wa
about the same in number as that sen
to Jacksonville last month 1t wa
composed of the same sort of material
that is, young men of the cities AM
towns, but much less experienced am
not near so well armed as the Florid;
troops Yet this force in two week
put down the strike, or rather rebel
lion, defeated the rebels in severa
smart skirmishes, in which dozen o
more men were killed. captured owe
two hundred prisoners and hundreds o
rifles better than their own govern
ment guns. This was case whore
was really necessary to call out tn
military force of the state.
We don't think soldiers should b
called out unless there is real neces
sity for calling them out If there i.
they should be called out and set to d
soldiers duties in a soldiery way
The four companies of state troops i
Jacksonville, if properly handled, ca
dispense any mob" that can assembl
in that city. Its utter foolishness t
call out men armed with rifles an
bayonets that they mustn't use
neither should they be called out t
dispense a few hundred unarmed work
ing men and boys that fifty resolut
policemen or deputy sheriffs coul
handle.