The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-10-28
Our FRIENDs-THE ENEMY

ate and mouse or representatives.
Things at home are reported to be
in bad shape and are apparently go
ing from bad to worse.
Charges and counter charges have
been made and things are in such
a middle that the Literary Digest, in
order to be informed of the exact sit
uation. sent letter addressed to ev-
cry newspaper and magazine in the
state
AS a concensus of the true condi-
ton of affairs it CLEANED the following
facts:
Taxes have trebled!'
Marketing conditions are the worst
ever known
The State Insurance Department
is more than year behind in pay
ment of losses and some of the 1920
claims will not be paid in two years!"
'.The Bank of North Dakota is in
solvent
The Republicans are trying to sad
| die on the Socialists the sorry plight
/ into which the state has fallen but
/ it stands to reason if the Socialists
were in control it would have some
representation in Congress.
How is it in other states where this
party of great moral ideas are in
power?
! The governor of the great state of
Illinoisthe state of Abraham Lin
coin lis on trial for the unlawful use
of the states funds.
The amount figures up into the mil
lions.
In the state of Michigan Mr. Tru-
man Newberry holds his seat in the
United States senate by virtue of
having a big wad and spending it
freely or as the Houston (Texas) Post
puts it, by buying his seat and pay
ing for it. .
As the great forests of pine and
other valuable timber are being rap
idly depleated in the state of Wis
consin the Republicans that have con-
troll of that state are singing a new
song.
When it was thought their lumber
supply could never be exhausted they
cried for a high protective tariff
to shut out importations from Canada,
but now that they are almost exhaust
ed and its inhabitants want lumber to
build their homes as cheaply as pos
sible they are looking longingly to-
wards the forests of Canada and. want
the prohibitiye tariffs removed.
So from that state a discordant
note is reaching the ears of Congress
and Mr.. Harding is given trouble to
assuage it.
In the state of Massachusetts one
Henry Cabot Lodge is occupying a
seat once occupied by Daniel Webster,
a princely name in American history.
On an occasion in addressing the
students of one of the famous col
leges of his state he said that to en-
ter into a separate peace with Ger
many would forever brand our ma
ton with dfshonor and in the face Of
that statement voted for a separate
peace.
Think of Daniel Webster pulling
a brand of dishonor on his country
to serve party ends
Ex-President Taft, recently appoint
ed to the exalted position of Chief
Justice of our court of last resort,
was president of the League to En-
force Peace" and when it came to
show down stultified himself by say
ing that he was not in favor of the
enforcement of peace
Hon. John Sharp Williams was
member of the League at the time
and when Mr.. Taft made this stulti-
flying announcement the distinguished
Mississippian Immediately forwarded
his resignation.
President Harding in the campaign
of 1912 supported Mr.. Taft for presi-
dent against Mr.. Roosevelt and among
his other quoted statements while
editor of the Marion (Ohio) Star said
Roosevelt was the most "self-seeking
politician the country had ever pro-
dnced.' and other statements yet
more severe, yet recently to curry
favor with the progressive wing of his
party and to try to patch up some
sort of harmony, ignoring Jefferson,
the author of the Declaration Of In
dependence, acknowledged by all his
torians to be the greatest statesman
this country ever produced, placed
Mr.. Roosevelt along with Washing
ton and Lincoln as the third great
est American
And this is the makeup Of the