The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-10-29

retaries of state, CLERKS of courts,
judges and justices of the peace.
But purely from party stand point
why should the Democratic party
North or South honor the negro with
office? They do not vote the Demo
cratic ticket or in any other manner
affiliate with the Democratic PARTY.
We do not know Of any number OF
Republicans falling over themselves
10 elect Democrats to office in your
section although they may be ever so
well qualified in point of efficiency,
loyalty and patriotism.
But speaking of the negro being
denied political recognition.
VIII Mr.. Holmes compare his treat
ment with that of the Jews, for ex.
ample.
How long were the Jews denied
political recognition by all the ciyiliz.
ed nations of the earth. Centuries
upon centuries.
Wen may we shudder at the intol-
Grant prosecutions and defamation Of
this until recent years-unhappy
race
The Jew was Gods fayoTite people
lie has filled the earth with wisdom
The nations of the earth are still large
X guided by the laws Moses handed
down from Sinai. He was the founder
/ of cur religion; he bears a conspic-
uous place in literature, in science, in
art. in sculture, in finance, in philan
! thropy, in culture, in refinement and
/ N government and the race has been
prcdigal Of its martyrs and heroes.
He stands alone among men for en-
durance under suffering and sacrifice,
/ for prosecutions that have bloodied
all the pages of history, for loyalty to
his faith when languishing in dun
geons, broken on the rack, tortured
by fire. cut asunder with the sword,
dying in agony on the scaffold. That
is the history of the Jew. He has only
recently come into political recognl'
ton and his race was never more
honored than by Woodrow Wilson
when he robed one with the gown OF
a iustice of the supreme court OF the
United States.
Contrasting the history of the Ne
gro with that of the Jew the former
has nothing to complain of in his de-
NAL Of political prefermeat
And what about the treatment OF
the Chinese and Japenese out on the
Pacific slope and especially in Cali
fornia?
They are represented 10 be a peace
full. Iaw-observing. frugal, industrious
people. and yet we see in a publication
before US that they are not only not
given any political recognition what
ever but are not permitted TO own
nor lease any lands.
Suppose that the South were to
treat it's negro population as harshly
what Juror fl would create in Mr..
Holmes section. and yet the South
is not making any great clamor nor
shedding any crocodile tears over the
treatment Of these Orientials in Cali
fornia and up and down the Pacific
slope
The South is perfectly willing TO let
California and her sister states solve
heir race problems in their own way
without any outside interference.
Mr. Holmes asks US this question:
Can a Republican move into your
ciehborhood and openly express his
political views and live there any
length OF time in peace--,CAN HEP
Why, Sure.
The president of our leading bank
in Ocala is a Republican and is honor
cd and held in very high esteem and
in point of residence is one of the old
est citizens in our city. Both of us
were at a banquet together Just the
other night and responded to little
toasts.
Both wings of the Republican party
have in nomination a full list of can
didates and unhindered and numolest-
ed are making a canvass Of the state
and are given respectful attention.
Republican here are as free to ex.
press their opinion as if they were
living in Boston or Washington City
and do not hesitate to do so.
Come down and look us over and
if you have anything OF the stuff i'll |
you like that which actuated st. Paul
when on certain pilgrimage you will
return to your home an entirely diff
ferent individual having seen the
light.
Vote for Cox and Roosevelt and