The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-02-28


were no economic changes during his
administration. Business was good
and taxes and prices advanced but
little. Mr. Cleveland was defeated in
1888 more because he was not a
spokesman than anything else. Hel
wasn't so profuse in handing out the
offices, really tried to put good men
in public places and the northern dem
ocrats went back on him. With the
election of Harrison in 1888, the re-
publican party began to ride for a
fall. 1t increased protective to a
prOhibitive tariff, and began to try to
it's bootstraps. 1t was about then
that old man H. C. of L. came of age,
and has been growing ever since.
The Mckinley tariff boosted manufac-
turing at the expense of farming,
only for the manufacturers to find
they couldn't sell their goods. Mr..
Cleveland was reelected in 1892 on a
wave of reaction against republican
policy. No doubt he did the best he
could himself, but he had little help
from his party, and no blessing re-
suited to the country from his ad-
ministration.
The Mckinley administration was
aided by the inevitable rebound from
depression; also, at the same time,
the country triumphed in war over
| Spain The country increased in pros
perity, luxury, taxes and prices.
Roosevelt followed McKinley's policy,
| but right in the middle of his days
came a panic, which the country was
barely recovering from when Wilson
and the democratic party went into
power on the usual pledges of econo-
my and reform.
| We all know there was nothing of
either, and the outbreak of the world
war probably saved the country from
| just such another experience as it
had during Cleveland's second ad-
ministration. Reform Of the national
!, financial system was probably the
one wise and scientific measure of the
Wilson administration. This was a
great achievement, and probably
saved the country from a financial
collapse in the late summer and au-
tumn of 1914. AS to how Mr.. Will
sons peace policies would have even
tually worked out there is no telling
for the war knocked all calculations
into a cooked hat There was a great
err prosperity in this country in 1918
10 than it ever saw before, but it was
hectic, and was ebbing in 1920.
The defeat of the democratic party
in 1920 was due to discomfort about
the war. 1t was in control of the
government during the war, and was
blamed for all the mistakes and con.
sequences of the mistakes. There is
no reason to believe that it made any
more mistakes than the republicans
would have made, but the people were
sore and mad and took it out of the
party in power. 1t was a good thing
for the democratic party that it was
defeated. For now it can sit back
and criticise the republicans for max
ing more mistakes. 1t is likely thai
the democratic party would have beer
defeated in 1920 if there hadn't beer
any war. The republicans may lose
in 1924, and if they do not they viii
lose in 1928.
The truth is that electing a presi
dent has become game. We nomi
!. nate our man and go out to elect hin
in pretty much the same spirit tha
we watch ball game or horse race
It is only the raw and inexperienced
or the hopelessly boneheaded that ex
poets the result to benefit the people
We don't profit from each others mis-
takes. One of the greatest curses t.
the country is the vast number O.
superf1uous Office holders. Each party
as it comes into power, increases them
|; At the close of the Wilson admins
tration, the country had more worth
less office holders than at any othe,
. time in its history. And did the re
publicans reduce the offices? Not NOR
than they could help. They illet
them with republicans, and hav
created some more offices of thei
own.
Here in the South, we have a vita
issue-white supremacy. That viii
never bother the North. 1t wouldn'
, bother the South if the North woult
/ let it alone. Otherwise you may TAX
, any hundred Americans, from al
over the country, mill them around
divide them equally, and they vii
come very near counting up $3.50 i
ability and honesty as well as mum
; bers
The reasons why taxes and ex
penses are so high are our steadil
| increasing laZiness and extrapanc