The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-21

men are at nome Wherever lu0y 90.
/ have seen them at church. at polit-
ical meetings, in the court room, in
the legislature, and in good many
other places, and they would always
be at home.
And, speaking of newspaper men in
the legislature, | cannot refrain from
reminCing you that one of the ablest
men of the last legislature was a rep
resentative of the press, namely, Hon.
Bill" Mapoles. Like all newspaper
men, Bill was popular and one of
the best-hearted fellows in the world,
but not so proficient in the art of
speaking or in the use of the Kings
English as some of his other breth-
rem. l remember that on one occa-
sion the legislature had before it
bill appropriating $4,000 for pipe or
gan for the Florida Female College.
"Bilp' was opposed to the bill, and
his speech in opposition to it ran
something like this:
"Mr. Speaker, am ag'in this here
bill. We have appropriated and ap-
propriated and appropriated money
to educate the rich mans sons and
daughters of this here state, and we
have not given any money to the
poor mans children. We appropriate
ed $4,000 for a law school building,
and we appropriated $4,000 for a
campus, and now. Mr. Speaker, to
cap the climax they are to take $4,000
to buy one of these here piped pianos.
No, Mr. Speaker, i am ag'in this bill"
AS ! say. think. that the newspa.
per men are at home wherever. they
so. Therefore, Mr.. Chairman, while
conceive it to be unnecessary to
tell the members of this convention
that, for the next few days the city
belongs to them, will say this, that
Ocala is a cosmopolitan city; that it
has as residents all kinds of people:
that it has Baptists and Methodists
and all other denominations; that it
has democrats. republicans and "bull
and all kinds of politics;
that it has wet and dry people and
rich and poor people. and all class
es and degrees. But, Mr.. Chairman,
when friends come to visit us, demon
national, political and financial diff
ferences are wiped away, and we all
join hands in trying to give these
friends the best time in the best city
in the best county and the best state
in the world
Mr.. A. w. Dennis of Jacksonville
to this address in the abb
senee of Mr.. w. H. Russell, president
of the Florida Press Association. His
were entirely impromptu
and very pleasing.
Following Mr.. Dennis. DIR. ]. E.
president of the Marion coun-
ty board of trade, welcomed the as
ISOLATION. DIR. Chace is a splendid
speaker and spoke as follows:
DIR. Chace's Address
Gentlemen of the Cost Congress:
AS the representative of the Ma
rion county board of trade. it becomes
my duty and my privilege to extend
to you in their behalf most cordial
welcome.
1t is not unusual for our city to be
selected as the meeting place of va
rious organizations; in fact, Ocala is
sometimes spoken of as the conven-
ton city, but rarely. indeed, do we
have the pleasure of welcoming so
important a gathering as we have
with us on this occasion. Important
because of the different sections Of
the state represented, the character
of men in attendance and the Won
their several communities and in the
state and nation over the material,
moral and spiritual welfare of our
people. Such power carries with it
grave ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ties which we trust you are measur-
ing we'll. up to and meeting as men.
for it is to such men that we would
extend our hospitalities.
one has said that cit is as universal
as the face of man."
We are told that among the savage
tribes of darkest Africa, as we'll as
among the various semi-civilized and
! civilized people of the earth, the un
/ obtruding stranger is received with
courteous liberality and kindness
something indefinable in its differenc
es, but sti,, different in degree if not
in degree if not in essence, a differ