The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-01
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l vi CdDDdRGS anu KINGS
i OF why the sea Is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings"
Alice in Wonderland.
| He was loaded for bear that time,
wasn't he? And all for insignificant
US! We. feel enormously flattered.
But we had our fingers crossed.
There is a popular geological myth
current concerning the existence
somewhere, of lowly animal of the
| lizard variety that, when struck by
an overwhelming blow, breaks oblig-
I'ingly into several pieces. which wig
gle away into places of safety until
the smoke and noise of the Big Ber-
thas have subsidized, then reassemble,
and said lowly lizard is soon calmly
doing business at the old stand. A.
fellow feeling makes us desire first
hand acquaintance with such a liz
zard; we now know exactly why and
how he does these stunts.
In regards to the delicately turned
compliments that were showered upon
our devoted head last week by the
| Great Huge Bear, we modestly admit
that we "may be all those things he
says we are, and heap more"-only
we do not feel that he has adduced
sufficient evidence to establish the
truth of some of his assertions Per-
haps a more intimate acquaintance
with some of the book-lore he affects
to scorn. would convince him that GO
ing after an opponent with blunder-
buss, and attempting to blow him off
| the face of the earth by mere brute
strength is not considered very high
form of augmentation, and that such
mode of procedure "altho it make
the untutored laugh, cannot but make
the judicious grieve."
Mr.. Editor says that he has long
been in favor of woman suffrage. If
this be true, we feel like saying, Ode
fend US from our friends; we can take
care of our enemies!" We dare ven
ture the assertion, that one could
search the editorial columns of the
Star back thru all the years of the
present management, without finding
a single paragraph that could be con-
strued as indicating more than half
contemptuous tolerance of a cause
that he clearly deemed of little i'm
rortance. He frankly admits that he
has never exercised himself about it
because he "did not believe that it
would make much difference" We
suppose that he means "much differ
ence" IN the results of the general
elections. IL this supposition be true,
then we feel justified in concluding
that the editor of the Star has never
comprehended the fundamental prin-
ciple of democracy, insofar as it be-
comes motivating force in develop
ing the individual.
We may be a careless newspaper
reader. As matter of fact, our time
for reading is so limited that we find
it impossible to memorize the valua-
BILE productions of the various local
editors, especially as we have to do
some reading of magazines and news
papers of broader scope and keener
vision that we may keep abreast of
the times. But you are a careless
reader of newspapers, yourself, Mr..
Editor, and in spite of your colossal
intellect, you showed a very faulty
knowledge of the real facts when you
said that. legally, the militant suffra-
gists should have received long terms
OF Imprisonment. You do not seem
to know that this matter went before
the supreme court which handed down
a decision to the effect that these
women had been unlawfully imprison-
ed inasmuch as they had not exceeded
their constitutional right to assemble
peaceably. Now did not say this;
the supreme court said it. But we sup
pose you will misinterpret the above
as you did last weeks article, and In
sist that we are defending your "suff-
pests" as you are pleased to call
them; but we are not; we, are merely
stating facts in connection with the
case-facts that you do not seem to
know, you Careless newspaper read
er!"
And you talk about my "iring at
everything on the sky line" Why 1t
would take nest of machine guns,
working overtime, to keep up with
you alone. You misinterpret things
so, and go wriggling off with your
mistakes in so many different wrong
directions, that it is exhausting and
quite profitless to try to bother with
you.
Another evidence of your careless
newspaper reading is found in your
statement that you "do not know"
that the Times Union and the Tampa
Tribune are against suffrage. You
must be careless or extremely dense
if YOU don't know it.
You say, Mr.. Editor, that the pas
sage of the federal suffrage amend
ment will give the party in power
dangerous influence over state cleo
lions. You further insist that you
have tried to explain to US why this
would be the case. but we grleve to
say that we have no recollection OF
any such kindly condescension on your
mart. Won't you please try to explain
it to us again-in print, so that our
feeble intellect can grasp, by degrees,
YOUR words of wisdom, and so the UNI
enlightened public can have the great