The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-04-02

no revision. am not comparing the
gospel of the Lord with the principles
of the democratic party, understand,
but am endeavoring to show that old
time principles no not necessarily
mean old-fogey practices. The man
who would interpret Tom Marshalls
position to mean that he would do
away with the telephone, telegraph,
railroads, automobiles, airplanes, wire
less, ETC., etc., and go back to pioneer
habits and conditions, is either delud
ing himself or is endeavoring to de.
lude others. The same principles can
be as well applied today as they could
in the time of Jefferson. In fact, the
old-time principles of the fathers Of
democracy came as nearly fulfilling,
when the principles were put in prac-
tice, the old-time commandment OF
Jesus Christ, "As We would that men
should do you do We even so unto
them" as it is possible for the finite
to fulfil law of the infinite. Let US
go back to the principles of the faith
ers, by all means.--Kaler's Kurrent
Comments in the DeSoto County
News.
II our good friends down in DeSoto
will be a little more spectre and will
inform us just what principles former
ly held by the democratic party that
has been abandoned BY it and is not
part Of present-day democracy. If
those principles are not IN conflict
with any of the amendments that have
since been added to the United States
constitution, we promise that this
paper viii use its influence to have
them restored, especially if they are,
as Senator Bailey Of Texas asserts.
essential to the perpetuity Of the re
public.
OF course cur good friends OF De
Soto would not want US to advocate
the restoration of slavery which with
the fathers" was 20 long para
mount issue" it would not have us
advocate the annHling of our banking
system which was also for so long q
time paramount issue" with the
fathers" nor can we believe that
they would have us war against fed
eral appropriations for river and har-
Dor improvements and state aid to
good roads" which was so long an
issue also with the fathers nor do
we believe that it would have us go
back to the open saloon" so many
Of the states having declared for pro
hibition.
Surely those things are not essen
tial to the perpetuity of the republic
Mr.. Bryan's commoRer has the fol
lowing TO say of Vice President Mar
shall's platit.des:
Old-Tin1e Democracy
Vice-President Marshall announces
himself a candidate as delegate to
the National Democratic convention
and expressed a desire for the nomi
nation of candidate upon ian old
time democratic platform" The Vice.
President in his statement of his
views is not as happy as he usually
is. His style is, as a rule, quite clear
and his meaning obvious. Now. how
ever. he deals in generalities instead
OF speaking out in meeting" The
only thing that he says that indicates
the trend of his thought is his refer
ence to "Unbridled Democracy" The
Vice-President is on record against
initiative and referendum; is this what
- refers TO by thephrase. "Unbridled
Democracy" If so, he will find that
the bridling of democracy can better
be left to the Republicans who, be
cause of the things they stand for.
have reasan to fear the people. Our
Government rests upon the consent OF
the governed or it does not. If is does
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We need not be afraid to let the PEG
pie have their way. Nobody knows
better than the Vice-President, the
frailties Of representatives. for he has
seen representatives use for their
own advantage the power intrusted to
them. If Mr.. Marshall is asking the
Democrats to have confidence in him
he ought to take them into his conf
dence and apply his generalities to-
questions now before the country. ii
order that the voters may know jus;
how far they agree with him and t
what extent they diner from him. And
By the way. are prohibition and sun.
rage sufficiently "old-time' to suit the
vioe-presidentl