The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-04-03
PRESSING THE CROWN OF
THORNS ON THE PUBLIC

Editor Star: l am surprised and
sorry to see Mr.. Hooker advocating
Mr.. Bryan. | am not surprised at
Mr. Harris, as he always had a lean
| ing towards the theoretical. Some
| beautiful ideas but unworkable. AS
| remember, Mr.. Hooker could not ac-
cept Bryan's pet theory, Is to 1. Mr..
Bryan first attracted special attention
| by his "crown of thorns and cross of
gold"-crown of thorns pressed upon
the brow of labor. Who pressed the
crown of thorns? When the Adamson
law was demanded by labor, saying if
''we stop transportation, no munitions,
men nor supplies of any kind can be
sent to France. And if you don't give
us this law of special privileges we
won't allow a wheel to turn, and Ger
many will have overrun France with
in two weeks"
Mr.. Jewell said to the labor board
last week: "Profts, increase, dividends
| in business must not be considered
until labor is well paid, and labor
must be we'll paid and have all of the
pleasures of the millionaire in luxu-
ries, art, literature, etc, etc, before
profits can be considered"
Who is pressing the crown of
thorns? What man with capital to in
vest will put it in business to be
| +hn Of Lob
Mr.. Bryan's theory, "cross of gold"
if we had had no men of capital,
would we have had a Lick Observa-
tory in California? John D. Rookie
feller has been cursed for accumulating
money He worked early and late to
give the world better oil and reduced
the price He did not work an eight
hour day. Now all over the world Mr.
Rockefeller's money is aiding the
sick, blind and the halt. Without a
Flagler would we have had an over
sea railroad, or the beautiful hotels
and oranges groves on our east coast?
Mr.. Carnegie did not work an eight
hour day, but look at the buildings in
many small towns, built by Mr.. Car
negie, that the laborer might have a
place to go and get books for enter
tainment and instruction. There are
many other instances where men of
wealth have used their money for the
benefit of humanity, as a whole.
The labor world, thru Jewell, Comp
ers, etc, says "pay big wages that
labor may have luxuries, movies, fiiv-
vers, etc" Crown Of gold! Mr.. Bry-
an has been disquieting element all
of these years. He makes a nice
speech and I can listen to him for
hours and not get tired, but tomorrow
I will not know what he said in that
speech. He gives me nothing to take
home and study out. Several times in
his ambition to keep before the public
he led the democrats to defeat. He
went to Baltimore, as I understand it,
with positive instructions to vote for
Mr.. Clark, but his great desire to
have another try for the presidency
/. made him fail to secure the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Clark. He was given a
position in Mr.. Wilson's cabinet, but
neglected his duties as secretary of
state to go and lecture to make dol
lars for Mr.. Bryan. The Germans
were told to quit some of their hellish
doings, and Mr. Bryan told the Ger
mans, owe don't mean all we say"
We don't need theorists in the Sen
I ate, but business men-not takers
! but doors. I do not especially admire
; Mr.. Trammell, but much prefer him to
: Mr.. Bryan. We don't want men that
live in the clouds, advocating beauti-
;. full theories, but we want men that
live on the earth, with the rest of us
common people. Mr.. Bryan has cost
us too much already. His talk is cal
sound and no substance"
I agree with Mr. Hooker as to ou1
: primary. I think it curse and gives
: us much inferior material out Of
r which we try to make law-maker:
land law-executors. Let Mr.. Bryar
preach and talk of brotherly love. HI
= can do that to perfection. | dom
/. know that it does much good. W,
have had a great deal of brotherly