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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-25

II is announced that the postmaster general in his forth
coming annual report will renew his annual recommendation
that the telegraphs and telephone services should be govern
ment owned and put under the control of the post office de-
partment. Nothing about government operation during the
war ~ since has shaken my faith in this policy Mr.. Burle-
son remarks naively. Unfortunately for his objective, 1T has
pretty well shaken whatever faith a hundred million people
NAV have had in it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-25

AS against that memorial to the senate bearing the sigma
lures of two hundred and fifty more or less distinguished citi-
zcns from all over the United States, in favor of the league Of
nations covenant without reservations, may now be set off one
opposing the covenant as it stands signed by five thousand
citizens of the single state of Pennsylvania, all former soldiers
of the American expeditionary forces.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-25

Mr.. Taft has felt compelled to tell the president that 1T IS
his duty ito face the facts as they are and make the best OF
Them" He cannot sit up and say that every one must play the
game as he wants it played, for this is no one man country
not yet and may it never be that.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-25

NJ. Clemenceau, it is announced, will positively not seek
a new election. 1t has been the fortune of few statesmen Ito
be able to retire on a record of such splendor as his-and,
perhaps, few would be able to resist the temptation to over
stay.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

But the Lodge sabotage did not
stop even with this affirmation of the
political morality of junkerism. AT
the same time the telegram uphold
ing the Italian government against
President Wilson was made public
the senator sent our other kilograms
declaring that it is obvious" that the
covenant of the league of nations
"will require further amendments"
What these amendments are, or the
nature of them, he did not say. The
peace conference has done its work
the covenant had been adopted unani-
mously, the German ENJOYS had as
sembled to discuss the treaty of
peace and the republican leader of
the senate thereupon proclaimed his
intention to undo what has been done
with so much effort That is what
the Lodge amendments mean, if they
uean anything.
To say that this is craftsmanship
gone mad would be moderate. No
more venomous spirit of rule-or-ruin
has been manifested in Washington
since the. southern senators in the
winter of 1866 and 1861 declared that
secession was. the only answer TO the
election of Abraham Lincoln. In the
hope of discrediting President Wilson
Senator Lodge is, apparently willing
to destroy the moral influence of the
United States throughout the world.
wreck the treaty of peace and
plunge civilization into chaos
1t is unthinkabIe that majority of
the republican senators are prepar-
ed to follow such fanaticai leader
ship. There must be limits some
where to this paitrsan fury.-WorId.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09
CHAMP CLARK THE JONAS or
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The Louisville Courier-Journal has
long and most forceful editorial ON
the dangers to the democratic party
in case that Champ Clark is promoted
TO it's leadership
The editorial is double loaded AMI
is nearly two columns in length
The following is it's most salient
features which we feel sure will be
read with interest by the readers of
this paper:
Is Claude Kitchin's announcement
that Champ Clark is to be selected
for minority leader in the house the
proclamation of a thought that is
but the favorite child of wish?
Of course, Mr.. Kitchin is for Mr..
Clark. A man up tree could have
known that without the whisper of a
word. The records of these heavenly
twins during the war have been so
nearly alike that it would be diff,
cult for the casual student to tell
one from t'other. The twain wear
the same congressional millinery;
their political cravats are Identical.
MIR. Kitchin's tribute to Mr. Clark S
touching bit of praise for himself.
Will Mr.. Clark now come forth with
an aria of laudation for the worship
full marplot from North Carolina?
''The suggestion of the representa-.
tive, fresh from a survey of life in
Porto Rico, is, stripped bare Of
persiflage, a daring suggestion that
the democratic party leaders have
decided, after mature deliberation,
to go insane. 1t is more than sug-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

A writer in the Miami Herald says
that one may whitewash a crow and
call him a dove but that he will still
be a crow at heart How true that
it. It was said on good authority
years ago that the leopard cannot
change his spots nor the Ethiopian
his skin" How we in former days
would proudly boast that America
was the asylum of the oppressed OF
all lands, and fiinging our doors wide
open and giving them shelter. they
would become one of us and quickly
imbibe the spirit of our institutions
But feed, nourish and fondle these
boishevists as one may and try to
make "doves" of them but The
''crow' will still remain and they viii
continue manufacturing bombs and
whenever opportunity offers fly the
red flag of anarchy
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

gestion; it is accusation For the
selection of anyone of the type CT
Champ. Clark for the high place of
minority leader Of the house would
be to proclaim TO the world the mar
riage Of the party to a career whose
recent manifestations have been sick.
ening to militant Americans. Only
persons who have lost their heads
would participate in such a wedding
ceremony
"The party would be Jared to its
foundations by such a misadventure.
1t is not important that the figure
in question bears the name, Champ
Clark 1t is the record of that figure
which counts To make party leader
any man whomso of such a COM
plexion would be to exaIt a congress
sionaI Stacker who should be con-
demned and to espouse a course ;,t
conduct which should be repudiated.
He would be sufficient liability TO
his party were he only an obscure
constable. The democratic party
with Champ Clark as it's house leader
would be, in the public mind, a Champ
Clark party, The identity of the two
could not be escaped The odium
which his behavior deservedly visit
ed upon him would be transferred in
popular fancy to the party which
adopted his leadership. Will the
democratic members of the house
commit themselves to such. consr-
Huence? Irrespective of the party,
will they evince such callous con-
science as to entrust to such leader.
ship the enormous affairs of the pub
lie srevice?
1T boots nothing that the author
of the infamous phrose, "a conscript
is no bette rthan a convict" has at
last hustled into the ranks of the
advocates of league of nations.
This no more makes him worthy Of
leadership than does Ihe
poverbial swallow serve ito make a
summer. His career cannot be IN
done, his numerous blunders cannot
be retrieved. The moving finger has
writ. It's message is the same as that
scrowled upon the walls of ancient
Babylon.
The democratic leadership owes A
duty to the public, which is a higher
moral obligation than any feeling of
personal courtesy to- Champ Clark.
The seniority rule, which has been oh.
served by the republicans, has
brought disgust to persons who hoped
for better things in that party. The
democratic party can arise above its
opponents and establish itself high
in public judgment by casting that
odious rule into the junk heap. It
can make itself strong for the pres,
Dental campaign next year by being
militantly American and burying
those of it's representatives who were
militantly anti-American. Rejection
of Champ Clark would hearten every
patriotic spirit. It would thrill all
persons who look forward, not back.
ward; who champion an able leader.
ship not a charIatan. His selection
would offend the millions of young
who fought the war and
to whom his memorial 'epigram" WIS
an insult. Welcome the day, when the
Kitchins cease from troubling and
the Champ Clark cease to Jest. e
will herald the Feast Of Regenera-
tion"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09
LODGE POLITICAL SABOTAGE

AS the German ENJOYS were arriv-
ing at Versailles and the italian gov
eminent was putting in Jeopardy the
whole issue of peace, Senator Lodge
was sending kilograms to various in
dividuaIs and societies in Boston up,
holding the Italian claim to Fiume
and assailing the position taken by
the president of the United States.
Senator Lodge knows nothing about
the Fiume question as the rest of his
telegram conclusively proves. But as
the chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, the fact that Presi
dent Wilson, together with the Brit
ish prime minister and the French
premier had refused to accede to the
Italian demands was enough to bring
him into thea controversy as champion
of Orlando and Sonntno
This is simply political sabotage.
There is no other term for it, The
senator from Massachusetts, is apply
ing to grave international issue the
methods of the l. w w. and employ
ing them against his own government.
AS a measure of the standards of
public morality set up by Senator
Lodge we need refer to only one
statement in his telegram: GAS toI
Fiume, if Italy is of the opinion that
it is necessary to her safety and for
her protection that she should hold
Fiume, I am clearly of the opinion
that it should be hers" What mat.
ters it if the annexation of Fiume by
Italy cuts 20,000,00O other people Off
from the sea and would be the signal
for another European war to complete
the wreck of civilization? If Italy
wants something that never belonged
to Italy, if Italy wants something that
was denied to Italy even by the Sc
cret treaty Of London, if Italy wants
something that cannot be granted
without again destroying the peace of
the world, italy must have it because
Mr.. Wilson thinks italy should not
have it. This is Lodge logic !
1t is needless to say that if this
theory is TO prevail we should not be /;
debating peace to Germany. We
should be apologizing to Germany
and paying her indemnities for the
wrongs that we have done her. The
Lodge justification of the italian de-
mands is the body and soul of Ger
many's justification of everything
that autocracy has done since Aug.
/, 1914. Germany was of the opinion
that war was necessary for her safe.
ty and for her protection" Germany
was of the opinion that the invasionl
of Belgium was necessary for her
safety and for her protection. Ger
many was of the opinion that the
violation of all international law and
the ruthless use of submarines was
necessary for her safety and for
her protection" On that basis Ger
many had just as good case as IT.
ally, and Senator Lodge should have
upheld her instead of voting to make
war; against her.
The Lodge doctrine means a return
to the law of the jungle, in which cyl
erybody is to seize whatever he wants
and whatever he thinks he can hold.
1t implies everything against which
the free nations have poured our their
blood and treasure.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

If our beautiful Orlando was i'm
bued with the same spirit that &C
tuated those Italians who changed
The name of the street in Rome that
was named in honor of President VIII,
son, it would renounce its name and
adopt one more suitable to the pa
triotism of the times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

If Major General Banding decides
to make the race for governor, he can
doubtless count on the soldier vote
DeSoto County News Well, it is al
together owing to- who may run
against him. Private John Allen
beat brigadier general in Mississip
pi. sr7'ty
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

In a way these large v posters
sticking up around town are sad
reminder. Remind us forcibly of the
" we haven't got, that we ought to
have, il we are expected to be cIassed
as a hloated bondhoIder Florida
Chief.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

We don't know Just how many
places we have seen claiming to be
the highest point in Florida and il
don't make much difference. There
is only one "best point" and we know
where that is-Winter Haven.-Flor
ida Chief. We alike the crow
think ours the best" but all are
good enough.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

The Arcadia News says that a
town is like flower; it may contain
all the natural elements of great
ness, but without cultivation it will
never attain its perfect bloom. We
hope that Ocala will take the hint
and make it bloom and blossom in
all directions.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

No falsehood has been more per
sistent than that the British empire
was to have five votes to our one
in the league Of nations. The enen
les of the league got out all kin'ls
OF false reports to build up senti
ment antagonistic to it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

If the state can or will build bet.
ter roads than the counties, or do il
quicker, let the state build them. :
DeSoto County News And If the
federal government can build them
quicker and better than the state
let the federal government build
them. We want the kind of roads
chat Caesar built.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Brave Frank Huffaker, who gave
Up the pen, mighty as it is, for the
sword, now that the dove of peace is
lowering over the land. is again
welding the pen on the Tampa Times
and we hope that he will make al
that the war was fought for FREEDOM
inent on that paper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

The Rotarians of the state are
unanimous In voting the ocala Wo-
mans club the livest organization Of
the kind In Florida The club has a
boastifui building, nicely furnished.
and there is every indication that
ability and progressiveness charac.
terize those in charge Of its Affairs.
Lakeland Telegram.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

The Pensacola Journal voices i'm
almost universal sentiment when it
says that FLORIDA is proud of Sen
ator Fletcher"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

which is commanding the respect ana
best thought of the world.
Entertaining this opinion of hinl
we hope that Colonel Edmonds VIII
pardon US for saying that it appears
to us that his comments on the ta4,
iff requires very little disseeting 60
show their fallacy and unsoundness.
If a high protective tariff" IS cap
able of doing what the Colonel
claims for it. it ought to be like the
early and the latter rains, it. should
tfall alike upon the Just AM the IN
just.
But it has not done so The Col
onel frankly confesses that it has
enriched one section while it has
impoverished another.
No other argument is necessary t.
show its unsoundness
OF the section that it has enriched
| it has only enriched one class of that
section.
The cry has been that this taiiff
was levied to protect American Ia
Dor from the competition of the pau
per labor Of Europe"
If that were its object it has com
pletely fallen down, because if
lit had been successful there
would have been no necessity
for the formation of labor
unions, and there would be no clash
between capital and labor which
is now threatening the nation with
bolshevism
For the shortening of the hours of
labor and the increase of the daily
wage, the labor unions claim the full
credit, and those of us who know any
thing at all, know that this credit
solely belongs to them.
We are told that the south was
chained to cotton slavery It is true
that the cotton growers of the south
were compelled to pay the eastern
manufacturers their pound of flesh"
which they mercilessly exacted. That
largely helped to rivet them in
chains.
In the 70's when such an article
as sewing machines were selling in
the south for $50. the same make Of
machines were selling in Liverpool,
London and Berlin for $40, and ev-
cry other article of manufacture was
sold in about the same proportion.
We all know how it was with steel
rails.
The veracity OF this statement may
be easily established, so why should
they not be classed as "robber bar.
ons?'
The enactment of a law that pro.
teets one industry at the expense and
to the injury of another cannot be
justified on any theory of right.
To make long story short PRO
tective tariff is nothing more noI
less than a bounty to manufacturer
and if a bounty is given to one indus
tr yit should be given to all others.
In democratic government all
should be fed out of the same spoon
The true theory is that every tub
should stand on it's own bottom"
Tariffs should be levied solely for
the purpose of revenue and the pro-
lection should be purely incidental
A protective tariff" would not
have saved the Southern Confederacy
from annihilation It was lacking in
man power
Sparsely as were the states cora-
posing it they furnished troops ard
provisions to both armies, while the
north had the whole world to draw
upon. The south was outnumbered
ten to one.
It was the want of man power, not
tariff that caused the downfall of
the Confederacy.
With her trained and disciplined
armies of millions high protective
tariff" did not save Germany and her
allies from destruction.
A writer in the Miami Herald says
ono
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Joe Earman may not know how to
do some things as well as others but
he knows how to print most inter
esting newspaper.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

The Arcadia News says that 'jeers
for President Wilson in Rome insplr-
ed cheers for him in America"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Tampa churches have had SAT addi-
tions since the Billey Sunday revi'
val.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Entered as second class matter
the postoffice at 0cala. Fla. unde
Acts Of Congress regulating secoc
mail matter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Luxuries are not as costly as some
other things-war. for example.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Opposition to the sale of the state
lands in the Everglades is develop
ing.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Fort Myers is first in the market
with carload of melons. They Were
shipped on the LIST.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Tennessee is the first woman SUI
frage state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Considerable activity is developing
in and around Leesburg.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09

Secretary Daniels favors the sink'
ing of the German navy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-05-09
The OCALA BANNER
published Weekly


FRANK HARRIS ........... Editor
FRANK HARRIS, JR. -. BUS. Mgr.
s. M. LUMMUS, Il. Asst Bus. Mgr.
MRS. SARA LLOYD -. Local Editor
MRS. J. R. MOORHEAD, Home Dept
Editor
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-27

SECRETARY DANIELS MAY
VISIT TENNESSEE SOON

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. q. (Spl)
-~Josephus Daniels, secretary OF the
navy, may visit Tennessee In behalf
OF the plan to recruit Tennesseans to
man the battleship Tennessee. Gov.
Roberts, who is in Knoxville, has *
tended an invitation to Secretary Dan
iels, with the suggestion hat meetings
be held at various points throughout the
state, from Knoxville to Memphis.
Should Secretary Daniels and Capt. X.
II, Leigh, U.S,N,. who has been de-
tailed as commanding officer of the
craft, find II impossible to tour the en-
tire state, they may make a single
speech each at a mass meeting In
Nashville, to which people Of the entire
state would be invited.
Accompanying the secretary Inc off
GERS who will holding meetings In he
half OF the plan, will be a recruiting
party to accept volunteers for enlist
ment and qualify them at once In or
der that they may get actively into the
service.
Commander W. G.. Roper, u.S,N" In
spector Of recruiting In the Southeast,
who also Is in Knoxville, states that
the idea of putting only Tennesseans
on the vessel Is unique, in that 1t has
never before been undertaken In naval
annals, 'Tennesseans TO man the bat
tleship Tennessee" This Is the slogan
of naval recruiting officers, who are
seeking 1900 men OF Tennessee for
service on this mammoth fighting ma
chine, the most gigantic ship ever con
structed, and SURPRISING naval achieve
ments Of every nation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-27
c. Of [. MAY AID
NEW COMMISSION,
IF WELL FINANCED
President Says Rare Chance
Is Offered for Cooperation
Between Business Men and
City Officials.

Memphis can take advantage Of an
opportunity for civic progress which
rarely comes to any city, If the bust
ness interests agree TO finance the
Chamber Of Commerce with the 500, 900
annual sustaining fund, which he re-
quests, w. +. FitzHugh, president OF
the chamber, told the Memphis auto
dealers at a luncheon Wednesday. A
mayor and set Of commissioners have
been elected and are going into office
who are nonpolitical, are honest, ca
pable n inspired with q genuine de-
sire to improve, he said, And they
are very close to the Chamber of Com
merce and can accomplish wonders with
the cooperation Of that institution,
l One phase Of the program predicated
on the raising Of the sustaining fund
provides for the organization and sup
port of a municipal affairs department,
which shall join hands with the new
city administration and aid them wher-
ever aid is needed. One division OF this
department will be a city planning COM
mittee which will endeavor to evolve
a plan for molding the future develop
ment of Memphis along lines of beauty,
health and utility. Another division
will be a taxation committee, which
will be charged with the duty of look
ing after the interest of the taxpayers
Of Memphis and assisting the city ad-
ministration in keeping taxes as low
as Is commensurate with a properly
conducted city.
And this department will be prepared
at any time, Mr.. FitzHugh said, to con
slider a municipal problem, investigate
It, weight it upon its merits and II II
be found good place the whole power
Of the over 5000 members Of the Cham,
Der Of Commerce behind it. Or, If Il
be bad, place the same power against 1t
But such things can not be accom-
plished without proper finances" Mr.
FitzHugh said, Therefore we want yot
to consider the underwriting of thil
sum of 500, 900 so that the Chamber
OF Commerce may truly project its in.
fluence into the community"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-27
METHODIST PASTORS
MOVE TO NEW STATIONS

NEWBERN, Tenn, Nov. 81. (Spl)-
Rev, Z. W. Crump, of the Newbern
station, and Rev. T. f. Cason, of the
Newbern Methodist circuit, are moving
this week to their new charges in the
Memphis conference. Rev. Crump has
been appointed pastor of the Clinton,
KY, Methodist church and Rev, Cason
has been transferred to the Bolivar,
Tenn, circuit Of the Jackson district.
Rev. W. A. Freeman has been as
signed to the Newbern station and
Rev. w. L. Sewell will take charge of
the Newbern circuit. Both ministers
will locate here 1t onc
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-27
MERIDIAN CONFERENCE
IS IN YEARLY MEET

MERIDIAN, Miss. Nov. %. tSp'.)-
The 106th annual session Of the Missis
sippi Methodist conference convened
Wednesday evening, Bishop John 7.
Kilgo presiding. The conference opened
with communion service conducted by
the bishop. Hundreds Of delegates al.
ready have arrived and been assigned
to homes in the city.
The main conference was preceded
Tuesday night by the annual meeting
Of the Mississippi Methodist Historical
society at the Central Methodist church
where the conference will hold Its SEES.
sions. This meeting was presided over
by Rev. T. B. Holman. OF Phoenix
Miss. ]. p. Brown, of Meridian, deliv-
cred the principal address, Fifty Years
of Methodism in Meridian"