The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-11-01


hesitate to say that he believed aim
to be the most dangerous man that
had ever occupied the presidential
chair. That he knew nothing of con-
stitutional limitations, and would not
consider them if they circumscribed
his sweet, unbridlee will
In pointing out the dangers OF the
referendum" plank in the progress
i've" platform he said that if it be-
came a law on our national statute
books it would deprive the states of
passing laws as we have done. and
which have been affirmed by the SUI
preme court, especially in cases seq
regating the races in our public
schools and on our railroad trains.
Mr.. Sparkman paid his respects to
the socialist party, and said that he,
the same as they, saw a great many
defects in the world that needed REM
edying, and that if he had the making
of the world he would make roses
without thorns, grass without sand
spurs. reptiles without fangs and
Bull Moses without such big horns
and yet bigger mouths, but to remedy
these things would require making
the world all over again, and he did
not believe, after ALL that We could
make a better job OF it than the Gre
ator had done.
He said that Victor Berger, the
lone socialist in congress. made the
confession that the socialists in this
country could do nothing without the
cooperation of the farmer, and as
the farmer was a conservative force
the socialist was hopeless of ever Sc
curing his cooperation. The speaker
took occasion here to pay well mer
tied tribute to the farmers of the
United States.
Mr.. Sparkman said that he sympa-
thized with tAe man who was COM
PEELED to work for a daily wage, and
especially if confronted by sickness
and other misfortunes, and that he
could readily understand why he
should be lured off and be induced to
join the socialist party, but in the
end he would find that the hopes that
they held out would prove
Like to the apples on the Dead Sea s
shore,
All ashes TO the taste"
Mr.. Sparkman closed his interesting
discussion by hoping that the demo
Gratis of Marion would lead democra-
cy's procession by giving the largest
vote in proportion to population of
any county in the district.
Chairman Gary next introduced
Hon. Don. c. McMullen, senator from
Hillsborough county. He said that
he was no stranger to the democracy
of Marion because his career had been
watched and the only reason Marion
county had not shown their favorit-
ism for him was because they had
never been given the opportunity
Mr. McMullen at once got into the
good graces of the audience by tell
ing one of Bob Taylor's inimitable
stories in which Mr.. Bryan figured as
one of the heroes.
The speaker said that the last dem
ocratic president was the son of q !
Presbyterian minister and after he
laid aside the burdens of office he
went to Princeton; that the next dem
ocratic president would be the son
of a Presbyterian minister and would
back track on Mr.. Cleveland, and go
from Princeton to the White House.
He told of a lecture of a Tampa
paper to the people of Ocala about a
certain prize fight that was said to
have been pulled off in this city, and
offset it by Charles z. Jones visit to
Tampa, where prize fighting could be
seen most any time only few block
away from the home Of the editor
who had volunteered a lecture to the
people of Ocala. He said that he was
opposed to prize fighting and race
course gambling, and was proud of
the fact that he had drawn the bill
that would make both of them for
ever impossible in Florida That he
favored athletic sports, and would be
glad if baseball was played six days
in the week
The speaker said that he had been
so inspired by what he had seen on
his campaign tour that he hall fallen
into poetry the first time since he had
been married, and repeated one Of
the verses to one of his political rhap-
sodies, much to the delight OF the au-
dience
He proclaimed that the democratic
party was the real progressive" par
ty, and said that they were fighting
for the full rights of man, the same