The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-09-05
PUNK, BUNK, PUNK

"But the Ocala Banner ought TO
speak to the senate committee on
that matter-Miami Herald.
'.That matter" is the statement
that in the league of nations the
British empire has six votes to Am
erica's one.
This paper has corrected that state
ment so often that from WEAKNESS
of spirit it has pronounced its oft
REPETITION as punk, pure ana simple.
1t was said Of old: "Lf they hear
not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead"
So why continue to ."cast pearl be-
fore swiue?" if we shall be per
mittee to employ another Biblical
quotation. g.
Ex-President Taft is reported as po-
sessing one of the finest and most an
alytical judicial minds Of any man in
the country and he denies absolutely
CUdC GTodC DIILdlu udS oAA FOIV' W
our one.
Prof. sChas w. Eliot, president
eminitus of Harvard college. make.
the same denial and gives the same
explanation of the treaty as EXPIRES
ident Taft ~
Senator John SHARP Williams says
that Prof Eliot has the best native
and one of the most highly trained
fntellects of any man. in the United
States. U
He is long-sighted because he has
been taught by abundant knowledge
of the present status of the world to
be long-sighted.
Ex-Attorney General Wickersham
and any number Of others, who are
patriotic enough to put country above
party, are frank and candid enough
to say that in the league of nations
the United States has as4much weight
as the British empire.
Judging from the attitude Of Sena-
tor Lodge and other republican mem
bers5 on the foreign relations commit
tee .'who have reversed their public
completely, it lis not unfair
30 say that they are blinded to ev-
erything else save the sole purpose
of electing republican president in
1920. Il
And the Miami Herald is either
knowingly or unconsciously aiding
and abetting in the same direction.
The republicans know that the
Germans are opposed I'd the league
of nations, and they have the Ger
man vote in the United States cinch-
ed.
The Irish vote hitherto has been
with the democratic party The re-
publicans are trying to win over the
Irish by pretending that the Irish
ought to have a separate recognition
in the league Of nations. knowing
that the United States has no more
right to be entangled in the internal
affairs of the government of Ireland
than Great Britain has in the internal
affairs of Florida-whether we should
or should not impeach Governor
Cats for the removal Of Sheriff Lo.
gan. S
The republican members Of the for
eign relations committees are shut
ting their eyes to the peace of the
world in their bid for thexTrish vote.
They are also shutting their eyes
to the peace Of the world and the
prosperity of the United States in
their efforts to catch the labor vote.
They are also doing all in their
power to create confusion and dis
content in order to. catch the vote
of the Tom Watsons, George Harveys
and the whole irreconsilahle mass
of our malcontents.
If the Herald is not for us it is
against us and should follow the ex-
ample of Fred DeBerry and frankly
avow its purpose to defeat the dem
ocratic party and elect q republican
president in 1920.
SENATOR OWEN HAS SAID SOME