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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23
A Florida Newspapers
Declaration of Independence.

The Tampa Tribune having evident
" been worried along similar lines TO
the worry experienced by other news
papers. has issued a declaration Of in
depence which it would not be a bad
idea for all newspapers TO adopt. The
Tribune says:
The Tribune as well as the other
papers Of this city, is being continual
" annoyed by visits and telephone
messages from persons who get into
trouble Of their own making. appeal
ing to the paper to keep their names
cut Of the news columns.
This practice has become so gener-
al that the Tribune has been forced
to adopt a strict and infexible rule,
applicable TO all alike
Hereafter THE NAMES GO IN.
Nearly every gambler, lOafer, FIRE.
Quenter of lewd houses. drunkard OF
saloon bum" who is caught BY the
police and yanked up before a court
hUrries either TO the Tribune Office OF
TO the nearest telephone and puts up a
sickly tale about not wanting his
name used on account Of his folks
~
with a poor unfortunate who. through
some UntOward combination of cir
cUmstances. gets into a police OF
criminal court muss With many OF
these fellows. it is by no means
bSbitUal and the Tribune feels fire.
QUentlv that it would be doing
a grave injustice to them and their
families to print their names in con.
nectiOn with troubles which are to a
large extent Of accidental origin.
But the Tribune has no sympathy
with the habitual viOlaters of the stat
utory and moral law who gets into
the tolls Of the courts and appeal to
a newspaper to depart from its duty
10 the public ana 10 bring criticism
upon itself as a public journal by
emitting their names or altering them
50 that they will not be identified a.
the Culprints.
The Tribune hopes that this will be
taken as final by these fellows that
they viii not annoy it by repeating
their appeals for protection.
UNLESS THERE is SOME VERY
GOOD REASON TO THE CONTRA
RY. THE TRIBUNE IS GOING TO
DO Is DUTY AS A NEWSPAPER
AND PRINT THE NAMES.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23
MR.. ROOSEVELT
AND THE CANAL.
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President Roosevelt has sent a let
ter to congress, recommending a lock
canal on the Isthmus. After reading
the diverse opinions of engineers OF
worldwide fame. and of the canal
commissioners. it would be difficult
to see how the president could have
recommended otherwise, except on q
happy gO-lucky choosing in favor of 4
sea level canal, because it would cost
a hundred million or more to con-
struct. So far as any practical re
suit goes Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Taft need not expended so much time,
labor and official stationery. This
Genes from the fact that the men on
whom they depended for information
and for facts failed to agree. The ex-
perts having disagreed so radically a
definite, nOn-expert opinion, of a sat
isfactory character, could not well
have been looked for from Mr. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Taft. The two great
NetAAoAS ale TIE OuGH anu III = wv ~
is to these that Mr.. Roosevelt has
turned to find basis for an opinion
in the matter of constructing the Pan
anna canal, which according to both
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft, is "be-
ing built" instead of saying it's
done done"
The Suez is a sea level canal, cut
through sandy plain; the 500 is a
lock canal. cut through land present
ing conditions somewhat similar to
those found on the canal zone. AS
no one seems to know just what would
happen. should a sea level canal be
constructed or what one would cost
or how many years it would take to
complete it, Mr.. Roosevelt took the
safe side in the matter of time and
cost a matter of ten years in time
and a difference of a hundred million
dollars or so in money. Mr. Taft
places the differences at $107 900, 900,
but considering the paucity Of facts
from the experts who have figured
and figured after going over the
ground a dozen time or more, Mr..
Taft could have named almost any
sum as the difference in cost, a mere
trife to the ordinary impatient
American. who would have a bad
case of nervous prostratiOn waiting
twenty years for a sea level canal,
knowing at the same time that lock
canal could have been completed in
one-third of that time.
OF course, neither Mr.. Roosevelt
nor Mr.. Taft said a word about let
ting out the canal work to contrac-
tors. This great work should not be
left to political bunglers to handle.
Mr.. Roosevelt,s term will almost have
expired before any appreciable work
shall have been DONE, and the work
will. perhaps, run through two more
presidential terms, and with each
election there may be a different par
~ in control What good can be
gained by making the canal a mere
political sluice-way through which
graft and official rottenness may flow
uninterrupted for years, though diff
ferent political parties may he in pow
er? With the work let out by con-
tract. a definite idea as to time and
cost could be reached. AS it is now
everybody is "up in the air" as to
either cost or time-but everyone
knows that its construction under Off
cial control means years of political
wrangling, with the chances in favor
Of a mess of official corruption.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

NJ. E. B. A. No. 81, meets hrsL al
third Wednesday evening al '.9y =
m, Raford Hall, No 10. Wea IH-'-
dencia street. ,..,
]. L. SWEENEY. Sec.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23
The Advertising
Crater

A recent issue of The Mobile Herald
contained the following pertinent
comment upon one form Of CRATER
from whose operations nearly every
business man has suffered to greater
or less extent:
The Smartest bushes man often
fall a victim. for a few dollars, at
least, to the advertising CRATER.
The CRATER comes in many guises,
and is not easily recognized; even
by those who have been bitten by the
beast.
He is smooth; If he wasn't he'd be
working for a living.
The advertising CRATER is here to-
day and gone tomorrow and many Of
his publications never appear except to
the advertisers themselves.
One follows another. like night fol
lows day. and even here in enlighten.
&c Mobile a few pieces of cardboard
a8e often sold to advertisers for a
sum equal 10 the price OF a page in
one OF the reputable newspapers.
Advertising pays. but only when 1t
Is done with intelligence through
those mediums which reach the PEG
pie
The patrons Of fake schemes re-
ceive no benefit whatever and merely
nav for the privilege of seeing their
names printed where it might as well
be written on the hinges of oblivion,
insofar as the reading public is con-
cerned.
Yet there are those who will turn
down a legitimate newspaper contract
a. favor of some fake which doesn't
ccst much and which yields nothing.
Pensacola business men have been
fooled time and time again by the ad'
wertising CRATER, but notwithstanding
this fact many Of them continue 10
nibble the bait thrown out by any en-
terprising genius with new scheme
for separating them from their money.
In newspaper advertising. and in that
only lies the road TO business success
and until this is thoroughly realized
by business men the advertising graf.
ter viii continue TO grow sleek and
TAT at the expense Of his many dupeS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

son TO fear any such thing now, but
for the sake of regularity We shah
continue to uphold the Monroe doe
trine, put it is doubtful if the Ameri-
can people want to go any further
than that Certainly they don't want
their government turned into an
agency for the collection of claims
held by usurers of Europe against the
weak, little states of Central and
South America.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEAEA.II. .

Mamie Costello, by her mex -. -
W. ]. Costello, vs.. J. J. W h--l--'r IN
Louisville & Nashville RailIOaL- -.
a corporation Garnishee. In W -.
ty judges Court, Escambia - ~.
Florida. To J. ]. Whitehead u. ~
dant, and all others whom u ma IT,.
cern: You are hereby notlhed -
Writ of Garnishment mas been Is, 80.
In the above case, and that your y. /.
erty in the hands Of the Louls'',,.s zen
Nashville Co., a corporation, naS .,ssr
garnished, and that unless you at'-. a
before said court on or before -,
day Of March, A. D., 1906 Juu---iost
by default will be entered a5a'-
you. Mamie Costello.
2feboaw4w.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23
Dauqhters of Rebekah.

Dauqhters Of HeDeKaH'
Naomi Lodge, No. 10, Daughle's % %
Rebekah, meets every Monday L.-.'
at 8 o'clock in l. o. o. T. hall Wis U
ing sisters cordially invited TO Do pres
ent. .--....,.r
MRS. PEARL WITkOFShl'
NESS WILLIE KENDRICk. sec.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

foreigners from the Flowery Kingdom
Chinese in this country have predict.
ed the greatest massacre Of modern
times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

Senator Tillman is soon going to
make a speech upon Panama, If
speeches dug canals the Isthmian
ditch would have been completed
long ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

All this talk about Japan purchasing
the Philippines is hot air, pure and
simple. The Japs are too wise to in
vest in a gold brick.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

willie-we were playing insurance COM
Sany at school today and the boys treated
Ine mean.
Mama-How?
WilHe-I was the president OF the COM
pany, and before 1 could resign they hred
me.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

A HEO90 HAT
JIM suppose you love to SO Eleighina
because Of the melody OF toe 1inglina
sleigh bells.
Jess-Yes. and they often lead up I'd
the wedding bells. That's the best OF q.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

Speaker Cannon is rapidly demon
strating that he is in the Car Reed
class.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-23

The outbreak in China is scheduled
for February "A when, it is said, there
WI be concerted action to Gust al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20

coin held one levee in tire time. ! had
clnssmate and fellow graduate. n. G.
l.. Hatcher, Of Loudotin county, Virginia,
who was very tall-conslderably over six
feet He attended the reception. not
from any sympathy for he was an in
tense Southerner, but out Of curiosity.
ala not so, but 1T was reported to me
mat Lincoln, struck with Hntcher's tow
crlng stature, stopped him as he passed
with the crowd and insisted on mensur-
Ing heights with him.
They did, and Hatcher was found ia
be just Il little taller. Here am re-
minded Of llatcher's end. He left soon
Tor Virginia and joined the army. He
was IN the battle of Balls Bluff, was
married. for death BY his extreme tall
ness. and killed by a shaipshooter OF
the enemy. Poor Hatcher after MI these
years can scarcely keep from weeping
for him. While writing about Hatcher
am reminded of another of his and my
class mates and Undergraduates. The
most of the students in Columbian Col
lege We're decidedly Southern in their
sentiments, but there were n few exccp-
tons. Among the latter was n young
man named MciGs, the son OF Quarter
MASTER General NIeigs Of the United
States army. The young men, Meigs
and Hatcher, were both mathematical
scni'lscs rs clearly appeared In their
college rotations They did not hurt
themselves studying. and yet they always
got the very highest marks In mnthc-
MATES. For example. Professor I'ristoc,
| himself Il frst-class mathematician,
would give out problem In higher
mathematics and assign 1t to Mcigs. He
would 60 to the board and work on 1t
a few moments, and report himself ready
! for recitation. The professor would scan
4 it carefully, and pronounce 1t proved.
| But 1t had been worked out, not by the
method Of the textbook, but by nm
| entirely new process, Hatcher was iust
| n little behind him In u GENTS for math-
! ematics These young men parted. one
to Join the Northern army and one the
1 Southern Hatcher died as | have de-
/ scribcd, Alogs was with Sheridan N
| The Valley and his end is described bA
/ O'FcrralI In his Forty Years of Active
4 Service. Both parties were surprised
al the meeting, but there was no faiter
Ing ON either side Pistols leapcd from
their holsters and tiring commenced, an'
In a short time II ceased, and the Fed
eral' officer and one Of Shaver's men hat
fallen from their horses dead, The Fed
eral officer proved to be Lientcnan
Meigs, an exceedingly promlnent anc
popular young ofiicer.'' Poor Meiss'
! drop a tear for him, too
such are my more prominent Eecol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20

found il a crowd standing before the
house Of Mr.. Seward twho was that day
to be announced as Mr.. Lincoln's Secre-
,ary of State). and Mr.. Seward himself
addressing them in a very excited style.
lie seemed to be greatly alarmed.
passed on to the Capitol, and awaited
inc coming of the inaugural procession.
Just before noon it appeared and APP
preached the northern wing of the great
building TIE walkway from The street
was closely covered with boards. The
carriage had In 1t the President elect
president Buchanan. and General Scott
II WAS surrounded by soldiers with
cleaning bayonets. The occupants of
inc carriage alighted and disappeared in
the covered walkway; while our crowd
moved to the front Of the Capitol to find
y position from which we could hear the
inaugural address. | found such q posi-
tlon without much difficulty. Soon Mr..
Lincoln and his attendants again APP
pcarcd, lie was homcly man. tall lean
ana hard featured. lie was dressed in Il
suit Of black broadcloth, had on a beaver
,la. ana carried In his hand gold
headed cane. Chief Justice Tancy an
! preached and administered the oath of
| Office Then the address commenced.
AZ composition it compared favorably,
WIN those that had gone before. IT
1 tiii''S ulsSNlSed his purpose To make
war II necessary, upon the seeding
! ota'eS. IN some statements It seemed
| 10 mean mat, ana In another it would
| appear TO leave his course undetermined
for example the address says: $40 the
extent OF my ability ] shall take care.
as me Constitution itself expressly en-
JOINS upon me- that the laws az tho
Union be faithfully executed in MI the
states. This seems decidedly w,,rlil,o
/ Inc address says again: ."rhe mower
confided TO me win be used ia hold
occupy, and possess the propcrty ana
places belonging TO the government" IL
|. ne means war why does he not saw ,,ro.
'nke Nsome property and places had
already been seized) property and
places belonging TO the government, .
SO completely had some people been do
ceived that Senators Dnuglns and VIZ
fan went straight into the senate ana
claimed exactly opposite INTERPRETATIONS
Douglas that the address mean, concilin
ton and peace, and Wigfall tina, ii mean,
coercion and war, ] remember botI
speeches we'll. | remained In Washinp,o,
and at college nearly two months afte
Lincnln's inauguration, my mother re
malning all that time very uneasy ;,bou
Inc and very anxious for me TO be ;,
: home In those excited and exciting times
The students from the South had mostl
left but | found myself aspecially boun
bS my occupancy OF the tutorship
$ position To which ] had been chosen o
my graduation the previous session. Li
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
The Embroidery House
Of the South.
The thousands of pieces that greet
you, the belittled or half-pieces that
meet your gaze as you glance over this
great ocean of E,nbroideries, tell the
story better than cold type.

sf 4oc and soc Embroideries at zoe yard
Finest Hand-Loom Embroderes on Swiss
and chiffon cloth. Some of the daintiest de-
signs. usually found only in French goods
S5c E1onncings. Zoe yard.
g These run in widts to is inches and are In
SNOWY petticoat patterns.
NJ Wide Insertions. zoe yard.
ia Some Of these 10 inches wide, In open and
very snowy patterns; much sought after for
waist trimmings.
25c Embroidery Insertion IL 1-2c yard
b over 1900 yards OF these. Some Of the
best hand-oom embroideries. in dainty Swiss
and fine nainsook. In various good widths
II 15c to s5c Embroideries soc yard
81 These IRE mostly 1s-inch flouncings, and
are English effects in some of the handsome
patterns
s5 Corset Cover Enbroideries, 25c yard
In lS-inch widths, OPEN snowy patterns; also
blind work. Especially made for corset covers.
edged for ribbon beading.
These are two special lots of al-over that
cannot be duplicated this season. Run In fine
baby patterns also open. SNOWY Anglas and
Irish Point in Swiss Nainsook and Cambria.
Your choice Monday Of. this immense lot-norc
than 800 pieoes-.For and 3sc yard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20

contending that speech delivered on his
way to Washington to be inauguratctD
a State bore Il relation to. the Federal
Union analogous to the relation a county
sustained to Il Stalc-a statement that
Davis, or. any other educated politician.
could no more have made than deny his
own existence. So It happened that
Davis was held in and held back by
wol-estabishcd principles whereas Lin
coin had no principles that he might not
brush aside IL they stood In the way Of
accomplishing any of his purposes.
Mr.. Lincoln was one Of the most saga
cious men that ever lived. No one could
surpass him In making the worse appear
the better cause. Some Illustrations may
be given In his first inaugural address
he would not say. "Retake. occupy and
POSSESS" but cautiously declared, Hold,
occupy and possess" lie continually
charged the Southern people with break
ing up the Union and destroying the
government, as II they were engaged In
the work Of trying to get the Northern
States to give up the Union or force
them out of It; whereas the most they
We're aiming at was to go out the Union
themselves. and leave other States to
enjoy the Union as long rs they felt in
cllned. lie would say or do nothing ex-
cept so far as he could see the North
crn people behind him, but would go
ahead and do anything when he felt as
.surcd that they We're at his back. First
he could not he persuaded to touch
slavery. In his first inaugural address
he plainly declared. ~ have no purpose,
directly or Indirectly to interfere with
tho institution OF slavery In the States
where 1t exists. ! believe have no lawr
full right to do so, and ] have no nclna-
.tiona TO do so'' And vet when he saw
that the Northern people would sustain
him in the act, he issued proclama ton
that would destroy the whole institution.
Mr.. Lincoln was fond Of telling Jokes,
and had II large store Of them Oh hand.
and yet he WAS Il very melancholy man.
l would attribute his melancholy to sew
cral causes. lie WAS ilnhnppily married.
Then lie must have felt certainly at
times, that ne was largely responsible for
the bringing oil of the war, and for all
the woe following In tsttrack. Nor was
he n man entirely destitute of human
Kindness. lie was gradually led along
! into deeds from which at first lie wouG
! have slr,ink. lie was made unhappy BY
the struggles in his bosom between ma
tive goodness and the opposite feeling
necessary for carrying on the war. But
God used him, and am reconciled ia
| his work,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Monday Starts The 1906
Sale Of ShirtWaists.

Shirt-Waists that possess the ex-
quisite touch of the finest makers in
America.
There are more than fifty different
styles-some FL various prices-nore
than six thousand dollars worth Of
waists. The neat, the handmade, the
simple, and the fussy
Every price-step leads to bargain,
from the soc ones to those at $40.
Let the waists tell their own story.
Here are a few examples:
Among all this storeful of many thousands
of Shrt-Waists there will be found
Handmade Silk Waists, III white and eve
ming shades. that We're made to sell for go;
choice. $3.50.
White Lawn Waists. in plain or embroidery
trimmed, We're made to sell at 75c to csc;
choice, ape
j The choicest Lingerie Waists Of the season.
made to sell for s3.9s. hand made. at each,
/. $3.50.
$3.50 to ss5o--Whte Lingerie Waists all
hand made. in various styles. for $500 and
5000.
Waists that Will be sold Monday tor Csc;
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ON THE EVE OF THE WARBY JOHN POLLARD

MY father sent me off 10 college in the
autumn Of 1851. He sent me TO Colum-
btsn College. Washington. D. c.. out OF
reverence for Luther Rice, the founder
OF the institution. The advantages en-
!oyed there were not only those OF the
institution itself. but like wise those grow
ing out Of hearing the debates In Con-
gress. in which ] took much interest and
watched very closely. Calhoun, Clay and
webster were gone. but great men were
Still there. Ny years In college covered
2 period OF great excitement and irnpor-
tance in Congress, from 1857 to 1861.
heard the first speech made by Charles
Sumner when ne appeared In the Senate
after the attack OF Preston Brooks
Sumner was a tall man. and with flesh
enough to give him rather Il stately APP
pearance, His speech abounded IN clas-
sical illusions. and was delivered with a
slow and distinct voice. though he read
1t from manuscript. ii was. and was
doubtless intended TO be, an insult to the
Southern people His theme was formu-
lated: THE Barbarism Of Slavery"
When he was done. Senator Chestnut,
of South Carolina arose and said that
mankind had deified and worshipped
beasts and reptiles; but 1t had been left
for this day and for the aboli,ionists Of
Massachusetts 10 defy the Incarnation
OF malice, mendacty and cowardice.
Sumner arose and said that ne could APP
pend to his speech the remarks Just made
rs a further illustration OF the barbarlsm
OF slavery.
] WAS IN Washington the day Lincoln
was inaugurated He had approached
the capital city slowly, coming by rail
4 and making speeches al the cities by the
way. In one speech he compared the
4 secession Of a State from the Union 10
the withdrawal Of a county from State
~ traced him along on the map as ia,
rs Harrisburg. Pennsylvania there hc
dropped out of sight. and turned up on
morning in Washington. The rumor tina
he had arrived In Washington and was
Registered at WillarGs Hotel passed
quickly over The city ! went down Il
Wizards and looked on The register. anC
There discovered "a. Lincoln" writer
in his own hand ] should like to know
where that autograph Is now. The IN
augIral day was tame affair com
pared with what that day had been am
what 1t was 10 be hereafter The al
tendance was comparatively small. No
body seemed TO know what to do or wha
y To expect next. Things were drifting
whittier nobody could tell.
Early In the morning as ] passed dow
Fourteenth Street and was crossing
Street u think that was The sireeu,
looked a little to my left and saw
crowd of fifty or hundred people listen
Ing TO some person whose identity wa
not yet discovered. approached an