The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-11-01
Jacksonville Speakers.

1
made known by posters, moving
placard and the auction bell.
The party was composed of
Messrs. John L. Doggett, w. J. /
Bryan and Robt. Sears.
Only Mr.. Bryan spoke. The
speaking was in the court house, and,
as il was court week, we are told
that there was present a tolerably
fair 19sudience, a few ladies being of
the number.
As we were not present to hear
Mr.. Bryan's speech, we would not
refer to it, but for the fact that he is
reported as making some intolerant
criticisms Of certain newspapers that
do not favor Jacksonville as the Cap
ital, among which the COurier-Info
mant was mentioned as one. We
are aware that at point or points of
his spsech, Mr.. Bryan is reported as
disclalming that this paper was in
Guided in some of the criticisms; bit
he did not keep it so separated from
the others that he may have had in
mind, as to make it clear what part
of his structures he meant for it alone
to bear, and what part he intended
to apply to it in common with 9th
) ers.
Was the COurier-InfOrmant, for
instance, one of the ''little weeklies
that presumed to mould public Opin-
ion?" Was it one of those he tried
to belittIe by the rating of some of
Z those ''little weeklies" as having for
; their Office equipment only Ga pocket
full of type, box of backing and a
brush" and yet ''presuming:?" Was
: it one of those included in the ''sub-
sidized press of which he had much
to say? Was it one of those charged
with "exhausting the mud holes
; ) throwing mud on their betters?'
u The quoted words may not be the
: exact words of Mr.. Bryan, but they
q carry the idea conveyed by him to his
audience on the several points
u named.
~ Now, it makes but little difference
II whether any one of the ideas named
q was fssended to4feferl exclusively, il
Il part, or at all, to this or that particu
e lar newspaper, they were all doubt
= less intended to do nOmore than create
u a little laugh favorable to the speaker
: at the expense of his opponents
j They show IN him an intolerance
> that, not being able to meet by fai
/ and proper argument those opposed
/ to his schemes, resorts to assertion
Il and epithet which he, in desperate
/ effort to hold up dying cause
L thinks will rescue him and it. He
S does not yet know that a strOnG
cause does not need to maIign It's OPP
ponents, and that a weak cause i
made weaker by it.
IS Therefore, from that standpoint
0 he is entitled to sympathy. Neithe
$ Mr., Bryan nor any other orator
IL however, despite the effort, will b.
g able to shade, much less hide behinC
y such assaults, 1.-THE fact that few
L local politicians have set their head
II together for the purpose of imposing
on the State an unnecessary, and al
s. enormous debt for their own prof
/ and pleasure.
y The removal question, from its in
s. ception to the present time, is
D series of steps any one of which ma,
e safely be challenged as unfairl,
d forced on the State through the Jun
convention, whose members wer
ID neither elected with reference to s6cI
+ a question, nor went to Jacksonville
" to attend that convention, eXpectin!
to be confronted by this seriou
is question of Capital removal and al
that is involved in it. Look at tn
vote on this part of the platform
forced on members before the nom
n nations were made. Look at tn
7r plurality vote, declared as sufficien
rs to remove the Capital instead of
IN majority vote, or three-ffths vOt
OF as is required in the Legislature; loo
he at the binding of all Democrats t
eF vote for every after step, should tn
ID November primary declare in favo
ne of removal, reaching forward in ii
ID binding power even to the Leglsla
a ture of 1908; and can you still clair
Il that these steps are fair? Shall tn
as greater wealth of one candidate 70
Mt the capital assume to 'itself the RICH
=. alone to mould opinion?
w Shall not the press of the country
az however inadequate the equipmer
in type; however limited in the IL
cd fiuence; however clean its hands
K bride, be berated by Mr.. Bryan bt
cause, forsooth, it does not keep 81
OF ence, and let these questions come
* an election, without voters being cal
+ionod 90 fo tho dauoor IN the