The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-24


select Senator Teller. OF colorado. 70 ua
troduce the hill. Senator Teiler left q
Republican party because Of It's hostility
and dleioyalty TO silver; he knows mors
about the financial question than opr en-
udite governor has ever had the opportU
nifty TO learn, and the Senate Democrats
naturally would look 20 Senator Telles
20 lead IN n fight Of this Kind. They
would hardly select any new and untried
man, no matter how brilliant the novice
might imagine his ability was. Our gov
ernor should disabuse himself cf the tdea
that because he halls from Illinois rivea
him license TO bombooEle us backwooda
crackers.
Clearwater Press; upon excellent an
thority the fact In learned That Governos
Jennings, In recent speech In Calhoun
County declared that while "he had beeH
In once day and night for III months"
there had been time since Senator Talia.
ferro was elected when for IL months
that gentleman had not been In his Of
dee for IL days." or words to that effect
Now, what sort OF backwoods campaign.
ing do you cnil thatT And what sort
Of people dld tho Governor think he waa
talking 10, expecting them to believe what
he saidp Everyone who heard him mua
nave known that no, period Of II month";
elapsed between the sessions OF the SEN
ate; that during NIL vacations every Sen
ator has q vast volume OF Important cor
rBepohGence on public affairs which mus
I've attended to that an active, faithful
and conscientious senator IL Obliged IA
work "day and night" during the ses
sions 20 accomplish hts purposes in ne
half Of the people he represents, and thal
no senator or Representative who has az
complshed what Floridas delegation haa
done In the last two Congresses can have
nod amy time FOR play or idllng. Hut
then Mr.. lornings evidently Imagined thai
he WIS talking 70 ignorant people who
would know NO bettcr than TO believe wilma
he snid. That they will vigorously re-
sent his opinion n them az the polh
should surprise no one; least OF all, Gov
ernor Jennings himself
oss
WHITE Springs Herald; Were he. Gov
ernOr Jennings, q man Of good judgment
amt refined sensimlities he never In the
world would publicly proclaim that be
was entitled 10 any credit for tho collec
tion Of the Indian war claim, for he pgsi
Rnow that such claim II false and that
his auditors know It also, DID he have
the right use 10 bis reason he surely would
not permit the few friends VINO are q
20 him by political fayors bestowed "
he pr0rlalming that he Is 1.-THE best fifend
Ia Confederate soldiers Of any Governor
The state of Florida ever had" for the
record shows, not only this claim n bt
entirely untrue, hut on the contrary, thBl
from Jennnlgs' Inauguration Till the leglS
latiyc session n this year, that u
was almost Impossible for an old Con-
tederste soldier to get pension, unf
their Widows are denied entirely MOI
only this. but the old Confederate sol1leis
who were already on the pension iun
were pIt 70 every Inconvenience imAgI
able aud many Of them went for monshs
fter thew pensions were due, before 70
ceivinE one dollar, bY reason " the am
cuiiict placed In thS way by the admini.
Stlation, Governor Jennings hhS demon
Rtraued bg actions, which speak louder
han words, that be Is the uncompromls-
Ing enemy " the Old Confederate soldiers
md the Ola Confederate soldiers VIII re-
lect hs false assumptions OF regard, made
tor political campaign purposes only.
0aiuesyile STAR Then there Is Cover
nor Jennings; both faulty ana blsmAble-
fguity Tor the same reason that otheru
are faults -bCcause he Is human. Blam-
able. Bccsnse he has not doue Ns well az
he might have done. As q result Of q
combination ~ circumstances he came ih
to tho Governors ofice, and In some rs-
spccts hs has made GOOD governor, I, e.,
ne has done some good things since he has
been Governor hOt he has made come
awfpl hunlcrv, HDd some OF the blum
d"rs. " seems 20 rs-rllst nave been made
with opcn eyes wilfuliy, and Intentional.
ly. Iie hos disrgarded the EXPIRE ssed
wishes ~ the people number Of tines
In making appointments 10 office 10 I'll
vacancies caused by death and resignation.
ami ~ every instance where TINS dlsfe'
gard ~ The peoples wishes was shown bis
net 80 euvorcd Of political trickery that
many of his former staunch supporters
became thoroughly disguised with his po'
liticll behavior aud were forced 10 the be-
upi rht hr wits building for himself n
political machine with which ne hoped 10
mquufartnrc Senatorial nomination 10 be
turned oui slime time next summer, ~
was fnrrguBo conclusion long before he
formally entered ihe Senatorial race -thnr
raliHfcrrO Uru stockton would measure
arms Tor the Senatorial plum, and before
tho GoNcrupr's announcement was made Il
WAS commonly uikc1 that his candidacy
could result In nothing better than the
lesseumg Of Si0cbtuns chances, and there
10y Strengthening the trust nagnatc's loot
But Notwithstanding these facts and sur
niscS Mr. Jennings entered the Senate
rinl race and has been y disturbing ele
Rcnt In L. ever since his announcement
was made
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