The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-28
MR.. CARTER GLASS; GREAT VIC.
TORY

Mr.. Carter Glass is the author oil
the currency bill which is now before
congress for adoption or rejection, but
which is not receiving the same cor
| dial measure of support from demo
Gratis and progressives as was the
good fortune of the Underwood tariff
| bill 1t is running against snags and
meeting with shoals and shadows
here and there largely because of our
great financiers do not believe it pos
sible for one who has had no expert
ence in the banking business to frame
bill that is fraught with so much i'm
portance for good or evil to the coun-
try.
Before he became a congressman
Mr.. Glass was an editor Indeed. he
was like the late John w. Forney. He
performed the remarkable task of
conducting two newspapers at one
and the same time. He was editor
iof the Lynchburg (Va.) Daily Morn
ing News and likewise editor of the
Lynchburg (VaD Daily Evening Adj
vance. Being editor of both papers,
he did not have to waste his time and
intellect in conducting useless and
profitless personal controversies
which of itself marked him as a man
of great wisdom. Mr.. Glass was kept
so busy and devoted so much of his
time to his editorial duties that he
had neglected to cultivate his powers
of oratory, which are of such little
use in the sanctum, but so essential
to the successful statesman.
But when one is so extremely in
earnest and gives his whole soul to
the accomplishment of an idea the
stumbling blocks in his pathway. as a
rule, melt away as the mists of the
morning.
The Economic Club of New York
City gave a banquet at the Hotel AS
of the financiers, bankers and infiu-
entail men generally of the country
were present, and a notable debate
on the currency bill followed.
Professor Joseph French Johnson,
, who holds the chair of political econ
omy in the New York University, and
Mr.. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
the National City Bank of New York
City, were among those who opposed
! Mr.. GLASS; bill Congressman Glass
and Senator Owen were present to
defend it.
1t came Mr.. GLASS; turn to speak
long after midnight, when the debate
had grown more or less wearisome,
and he felt compelled to apologize for
having neglected his education along
the lines that had won for Mr.. Bryan
the presidential nomination.
Prof Johnson, Mr.. Vanderlip and
others who spoke authoritatively on
the subject had already spoken most
effectively when the author of the bill
timidly arose to defend it. Perhaps
no less to his own establishment than
to all the others present, he easily
won over nearly every one present
to his way of thinking. 1t was a no.
table victory. Although the hour was
late when he wanted to stop he heard
the cry from all sides of the table:
Go on! go on" His mastery of the
subject and his sincerity had done the
work
The current issue of the Outlook
of which ex-President Roosevelt is
one of the contributing editors, says
that Mr.. Glass easily removed the
misconceptions, misunderstanding
and prejudices that have unfortunate
ly too long prevailed in the financial
metropolis against the bill.
Mr.. Glass won as notable victory
as an orator as he had already achiev-
ed as an editor and profound, consci-
entious and Industrious thinker and
worker.