The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-02

these, both high and low, | offer a
tribute of gratitude and comradeship.
(Applause)
But what of the conduct of some
of those who pretended to represent
these in the legislative halls of the
Nation? When it was insultingly
proposed that our Nation should haul
it's flag from the high seas, where it
had flOated in unmOlested dignity for
more than a century, and that we
should surrender the highway of ma
tions to the ruthless twilight assassins
and the worlds most brutal enemy Ill
Republicans in this House voted to
haul it down.
When in the Sixty-fourth Congress
we were seeking to pass a shipping
bill that would give our Nation mer-
chant marine with which to send our
commerce to the waiting nations and
prepare us for the coming of our en-
trance into the Great War, 100 Repub-
licans in this House voted against it.
When in that same Congress it be-
came necessary for the Nation to
raise revenue to sustain itself and to
replace the loss of revenue due to the
driving of commerce from our shores,
1872 Republicans in this House voted
against it.
When an attempt was made to pre-.
vent ships, which had armed them
selves for protection against subma-
rines. from carrying munitions of war
to the struggling nations of Europe,
which subsequently became our asso-
ciates in the war, 76 Republicans in
this House voted for the proposal.
When legislation was being passed
to punish alien plotters against the
peace of this Nation, who blew up our
factories, crippled and murdered our
people, 146 Republicans in this House
voted against this punishment.
When, in the Sixty-fifth Congress,
after war had been declared, it be-
came necessary to pass a revenue bill
to raise the funds necessary to carry
on the war, to raise and equip our
matchless Army and the great Navy
which was to carry them safely to the
other side and bring them back, rs
Republicans in this House voted
against it.
When in the consideration of the
revenue bill in the Sixty-fifth Congress
it became necessary to tax great war
profits accruing by reason of the ex-
istance Of the war, 1856 Republicans
in this House voted to strike that
provision out of the bill and place
that burden upon the consumers and
toilers of the Nation.
When in the spring of 1918 the Ger
mans had launched their great drive
to separate the French and English
armies and capture Paris: when the
French and English were being driven
back and Paris was being approach
ed and bombarded: when civilization
held its breath and eager eyes scanned
the horizon for rescue from America:
when Lloyd-George announced that it
was race between Hindenburg and
Notwithstanding to win the war
before the American Army could get
to France and Wilson to get the Amer
lean Army to France before linden
burg could win the war-and when
silent and darkened ships were racing
like greyhounds upon the bosom of
the seas carrying that Army, eager
and impatient for the front. and all
humanity stood on tiptoe to see wheth-
er it were too late to turn the tide,
it was then that Republicans in this
House and Republican leaders in the
Senate sought to take from the Presi-
dent of the United States and his
legally constituted advisors the
Of the war and turn 1t
over to committee of maIcontents
to be appointed by themselves. It was
then that Republican leaders sought