The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-09-24
THERE'S A REASON


aroused to very high pitch by Pc
rusal of the T.-U.-Ocala Banner.
/ The T.-U. has the respect of every
real Democrat in the State, but, be.
cause it Is not soldering all over it
self about the League of Nations, 1t is
only natural that II should be obnox-
ious to those Socialists who are parad-
ing as members of the Democratic
party.-Jasper News.
II the Banner is a Socialist news
paper then President Wilson Is a
Socialist; Governor Cox is Socia-
list; Senator Fletcher is Socia-
list-but Governor Cats, Tom Wat
son and that crowd are not.
The Banner is merely an humble
follower in the ranks of those who are
behind the president and his admins
tration and is doing what it can to
continue the Democratic party in pow
er by the election of Governor Cox.
The mission of the Banner is to be
defender of the faith and defender
of the faithful-it essays to be as a
| sentinel on the watch-tower.
On all occasions it has defended
the president; it has defended the
secretary of war; it has defended the
postmaster general.
| If there is one man in public life
more than another that the Jasper
News seems to have an admiration
for it is Congressman Clark of this
district.
When under fire this paper never
| failed to come to his defense. The
! following which by chance came I'M
der it's observations while going over
some Congressional Records, is a sam
pie in kind:
Frank Clark, 1.-THE Getter"
The big newspapers of the country
are hammering Frank Clark because
he believes that the Public Treasury
is a national affair and does not be-
long solely and exclusively to the big
cities.
The Brooklyn Eagle, for example,
says:
Representative Frank Clark. of
the second district of Florida, which
has population, exclusive of tourists,
of approximately 100000, is chairman
of the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds.
Because his district is so small the
Brooklyn Eagle seems to be possess
ed of the idea that Frank Clark has
got no business being in Congress.
and, in it's opinion, it goes without
saying that he has no business being
chairman of so important a commit.
tee as the one on Public Buildings
and Grounds.
In the opinion of the Eagle, the
chairmanships OF important commit
tees should be the especial inherit
lance of the Members of Congress
from our larger cities, which are sup.
posed to be the depositaries of all in.
telligence and culture.
Then the Eagle goes out of its way
to SANDER our State in the following
fashion:
But we must come back to Mr..
Clark, the getter. He must not be
too severely condemned. Environ
ment has lot to do with the spirit
OF getting. Florida is full Of environ
ment. In fact, it has more of 1t to the
square mile than any State in the
Union. Cynics have said that Flor
ida's population is equally divided be-
tween those with the money and those
after it. When there is scarcity of
the former. the latter seems to in
crease. 1t is an endless chain What
the east coast system takes from the
rich 1t must defend against the on
slaught of politicians. whose eager
ness may account for the fact that the
State legislature meets biennially and
sessions are limited to so days. What
is more natural than that FIorida's
Representatives in Congress should
make most of limitless opportuni-
typ
The editor of this paper has travel.
ed just little bit. He has visited
Brooklyn. New York. Philadelphia
Washington. Cincinnati. Chicago. and |
many of the larger cities Of the conn.
try, and in all of which his heart thrill. |
ca and swelled with pride and patriot.