The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-02-15
EGOOD FOR COLONEL PETER o
KNIGHT


where he had gone in the interest of
Tampa in an effort to secure a naval
base for that city. was interviewed byl
a reporter Of the Tampa Tribune and
i'm the course of the interesting con-
versation this splendid citizen was
shown a copy of the Tribune contain
ing an article from Mr.. Eidelswold. al
walking labor delegate.
MIR. Knight paid his respects TO him
in regular Wilsonion clear-cut style
as follows:
Why" said Mr. Knight. '"if the
people here knew who this man was,
I would simply say no. but as he is
a newcomer and the people do not!
know him, | must tell them that he is
poor, unfortunate unreliaible,I
worthless, monumental lar, The hon
est working man of Tampa who has
lived here for years knows what my
views are with reference TO labor or
CARNATIONS. / hold no views against
legitimate organizations, properly
conducted whether of labor or capt.
tai What / am bitterly opposed TO,
despise and detest as the greatest
menace to the present stability and
further security Of the country, and
welfare of the working man himself.
is the fiannel-mouthed, Wild-eyed, re-
cedjug fOreheaded, brainIess. wind Il
jammfng, anarchistic agitat0r, who is
constantly talking abou;. his love for
his fellow lab0rers. while at the same
time busy doing nothing for them,
and their employers, and talking
about the business men of the COM
munity who have located industries in
it. built it up, and without whom nOnei
Of these laborers would even be in
the community The great mass Of
working people are all right, and la.
as Atkinson and Louis Ortega are a
benefit to any community, but the
very small minority are anarchists
and belong to the Bolsheviki of this
country and are nothing but l. w.
VS. and unfortunately they seem
nearly always to be able TO control
the activities of the labor unions, thus
bringing them into disrepute. These
anarchistic labor agltators, OF which
unfortunately we have some in this
community. simply make themselves
conspicuous and prominent, and pre-
tend to carry the unions in their peck
Ell. so that when election time comes
aroand they can secretly be paid to
swing the labor vote. Their love for
their fellow laborers is simply a pre-
tense and lie. As | said before. the !
honest working man who has lived |
here for years knows me. He knows /
that none of his class has ever come !
to me for help and heen refused. He
knows I am no hypocrite, and that l
have done as much for the working !
man as any ether individual in this
community, and I have not heralded |
it in the newspapers, or sentimentally !
blown on the stump about my great
love for the working man. ! am not
ashamed of the. fact that | was very
poor once. and that I have tasted of
poverty and adversely as much as any
other man. but being poor did not
make me envieus OF the rich or the
fortunate: upon the contrary, / was,
bitiou to be something and to have
something myself. and which ! knew
could only be secured by hard work
sacrifices, integrity and sObriety, and
not by calling every man who had
something a thief, and not by impugn-
ing the motives of and slandering the
men who were building UP thas coun-
try and the communities in which
they lived; and 7 want TO say a word |
to some OF these politicians Of this
country, generally, and that is: II
they want to aid in preserving this
country, its glorious traditions, its
splendid republican form of govern
ment, and the equal rights of men,
they had better bestir themselves in
Quieting and controlling these repre-
senattives Of the American Bolsheviki
instead OF giving them encourage
ment. We do not want any Russian =
Bolsheyiki democracy in this coun-
try"
NOTICE