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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

has announced to his friends that he
will not be candidate for president
of the next senate. Mr.. Adams filed
that exalted position for two sessions
with entire satisfaction to every mem
Der of the senate, and had he con-
t@isaded to again Candidate he
would have been hard man to beat.
Madison New Enterprise: From
now until the converting Of the legis-
lature there will be much working and
scheming upon the part of candidates
! for the speakership of the house and
president of the senate. For the first
named place the ayowed candidates
are Sgd L. Carter, of Alachua, Eugene
Mathews, of Bradford, and W. A Mac
Williams, of St Johns R. Pope Reese,
of Escambia, is also spoken OF as a
candidate for this honorable position
and other counties are yet 10 be heard
from. For president of the senate
Hunt Harris, of Monroe, and VIM
Girardeau, of Jefferson, are mentioned,
as is also Frank Adams, of Hamilton.
From present indications there will
be no dearth of candidates for either
place and the race promises to be in
tereSting.
Speakership Contest.
Some of the state papers have given
out the impression that W. A Mac
Williams, of St Augustine, would be
a candidate for speaker of the next
house, and the st. Augustine Record
calls their attention to the fact that
Mr.. MacWilliams will be a candidate,
and adds that he will be a winning
one. The Lake City Index says of Mr..
MacWilliams: He is in every way
capable, is a man of quick judgment.
and would make a splendid presiding
officer"
The Gainesville Sun says of sgd L.
Carter:
Those editors who have put Hon.
sgd L. Carter "out of the running" for
speaker of the next legislature will
find that they are woefully mistaken
when that body convenes. Col. Car
ter is today the strongest candidate
for speaker, and he will steadily gain
votes as the time approaches for the
assembling of the legislature.
Regarding the probable candidacy
of R Pope Reese, of Pensacola, for
this position the Palatka Times-Her- |
aid says:
Hon. R. Pope Reese, of Pensacola, |
is mentioned as candidate for speak !
err at the next session. His friends |
state that he is we'll qualified for the |
position.
And the DeFuniak Breeze adds:
The suggestion, first made by the |
Tallahassee Sun, of Hon. r. Pope |
Reese, of Pensacola, as suitable
member for the position of speaker |
of the next house of representatives |
is one that should be well consider
ed. While not personally acquainted
with the gentleman we understand
that he possesses the necessary quail
iffcations for the position. and if for
no other reason than that he comes
from West Florida, he should have
This part of the state /
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

urged to do by certain members of
his cabinet, he would have been
roundly censured.
Since the Stockton resolution for
state ownership of railroads came up
before the Jacksonville board Of
trade, urging the governor to call a
special session of the legislature to deal
with heTailroad proposition, questions
have been asked as to what members
of the governors cabinet, as it has
been alleged, were urging him to call
the special session to deal with the
drainage matter. Comptroller Groom
has been charged with being one of
them, but it seems now that he denies
having expressed such views. Attor
ney-General Ellis was quoted as say
ing that they had gone into the drain
age matter and it was too late to back
down; that they had to so ahead or
else acknowledge failure
The little, and on its face, harmless
dispatch that was sent out from Tai
lahassee, telling of this contemplated
action by the governor is liable to
do damage yet to some members of
the governors official family at Tai
lahassee. The following clipping,
dealing with this question, is taken
from the Tallahassee True Democrat:
Comptroller Groom urged Cover
nor Broward TO call an extraordinary
session of the legislature to provide
funds to continue the work of draining
the Everglades, but the governor isn't
as bold as the comptroller, and he re-
specially declined. "-Palatka News.
We may be mistaken, but we think
the % WIN
some injustice. since We have been
reliably informed he stated while in
Jacksonville some few days ago, he
had opposed going to the extremes
in drainage matters, but that the gov
ernor and majority was 'agin' him"
Now, figure on ii to suit yourselves
Rockefeller says he believes in the
higher life. He also believes in higher
oil.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06
The Special Session
That Was Not Called.

Some days ago the statement went
out from Tallahassee to the effect
that the governor contemplated the
calling of a special session of the leg
islature to deal with the drainage
question The report at first was dis
credited. but later il seems that there
was more truth in it than at first ap-
peared, and certain members of the
governors cabinet have been credited
in the press with having expressed
their views in favor of the contem-
plated action Of the governor.
Whether or not there were suffi-
cient grounds for such action we
will not say. but from the fact that
the session was not called it is safe
to predict that no such grounds ex-
listed. Whether there were grounds
sufficient even for the discussion of
such a question is more difficult TO
determine, but one thing is certain,
and that is that when the governor
refused to call the solons in extra
ordinary session he took the side
which has proved most popular with
the masses.
The people of the state do not seem
TO want a special session of the legis-
lature and the press has expressed
itself rather fore bly, on the question.
If the governor had called the special
session. as it is reported he was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

This, we think, is record of which
any newspaper might well feel proud,
and we are sure that if The Journal
did not in this case take little pride
unto itself, its friends would do so
for it. The record shows a steady,
healthy growth, and we do not be-
lieve that there is another city in
the world, possessing the restricted
newspaper territory which Pensacola
does, that can boast of a newspaper
either with the circulation of The
Journal or OF the size and quality of
the paper itself.
The Journals circulation for 1906
is particularly gratifying, showing as
1t Hoes an increase of SSS over 1905.
The record for the year shows its ups
and downs, but whether the circula-
ton was going up or going down, The
journal has always given its -advar.
Users the beuvnt or knowing just
what they are paying for when they
buy space-and that is something that
eyal..--~spdper- Cannor boast of do
Ing.
One of the main features Of The
Journals circulation-and that is
what makes it particularly valuable
to advertisers-is the fact that it rep
resents a larger proportion of pay
ing subscribers than is usually the
case with daily papers. The Journal
makes a bigger effect to collect the
money due it on subscriptions than it
does to get new subscribers and the
result is that those who read The
Journal pay for it-and they are the
class of people that the advertiser
wants to reach. In fact, the circula-
ton department of The Journal has
devoted the past three months TO
wedding out the dead beats and it
starts the New Year with a clean,
bona fide, paying subscription list that
is in itself joy to contemplate.
II will be The Journals aim to make
its 1907 average exceed the 5000
mark. In the meantime, we submit
10 the papers advertisers, the largest
circulation ever possessed by a Pen
sacola newspaper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

| is entitled to more influence in the
| legislative halls than it has exercised
| in the past.
United States Senatorship.
The Manatee Record notes the fact
that even the United States senator
ship is receiving some attention from
the politicians at the present time.
Some how or other the boys seem to
have a hankering for these higher
jobs"
There is very little discussion over
the probable successor to Senator
Mallory in the state press and the
possible" candidates for this posi-.
ton will doubtless keep under cover
until after the next legislature adj
journs.
Discussing Mallory's successor, the
Gainesville Sun says:
Should Senator Mallory again be
candidate for the United states sem
ate the people of Florida would be
derelict in their obligations to faith
full public servant II they refused him
reelection. There are so few men
of his stamp in the highest lawmak-
ing branch of the nation that his de-
feat would be a public calamity.
O'Brien's Candidacy.
There has been considerable com.
ment among the brethren of the
press" over the announcement that
j. Ed. O'Brien, of Pensacola, would
be a candidate to succeed Broward,
and much speculation as to the cause
of the announcement. Few of the pa
pers seem TO think that he will be in
the fight when the bell sounds for
the official start, and some few Of the
editors profess their ignorance Of who
Mr.. O'Brien really is. The Madison
New Enterprise receives and dis
misses the announcement as follows:
The Lake City Index prints two
column cut of ]. Ed. O'Brien, of Es-
Gambia county, and says that ne will
be a candidate for governor in 1908.
This adds one more to the already
long list of probable candidates for
the governorship in 1908. Wonder
how many of them Will be remember
ed when primary time rolls around?
The Palatka Times-Herald gets fun
ny and hands out this to the captain
Of the pilot hosts:
Hon. J. Ed. O'Brien, of Pensacola,
is mentioned as a gubernatoria1 pos
Having been a steamboat
man, he thinks he is especially well
qualified to run the ship of state.
The DeFuniak Breeze thinks that
the Pensacola candidate will be Al
bert Jennings, and deals with the
announcement in this way:
If there is any significance in the
OF the Lake City Index
that ]. Ed. O'Brien will be a candi-
date for governor in the next primary,
L is that the faction in state politics Of
which Mr. Appleyard is an exponent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

! and just where he will derive his sup
port from it is not known. He was
elected to the senate over James n.
Wilson, who was a member of the
last legislature, and is said to be very
strong with some of the western sena-
tors.
Administration Support.
Of one fact in regard to this inter
esting race there is no doubt, and that
| is that the administration will not
support Hunt Harris. The question
ton support? When DR.. Vests name
was mentioned it was said that he
would receive it but this hardly
seems probable. 1t is alleged tina:
the Jackson county senator was elect
ed on an anti-drainage platform and
if this be true the administration
him the presiding officer of the senate.
A better guess at where this support
will go would be to say that William
NJ. Girardeau, of Monticello, will re-
ceive 1t. Mr.. Girardeau has served
for two terms in the lower house,
and was elected to the senate in the
primaries last summer. While he
has not shown any marked signs of
being a champion of the administra-
ton yet he has always been most
friendly to Governor Broward and his
official family, and is said to have
favored the drainage project. Mr.. Cir
ardeau is very modest man, retiring
in disposition, but keeps a keen eye
on public matters and when he makes
a move in the political game it nearly
always turns out good one. He is
very able man and would make an
excellent presiding officer, and if a
majority of the senators are favor
able to the administration, which ii
has been claimed is true, the chances
are that the next president of the sen
ate will come from Monticello, and
that his name will be William VI.
Girardeau.
Press Comment.
The following comment on these
are clipped from the state
papers during the week:
Palstka Times-Herald: Senator
West, of Jackson, is being groomed
for the presidency of the senate. He
is gentleman of recognized ability
and sterling worth, and should he
succeed in securing the position Would
reflect honor upon himself and his
friends
Gainesville Sun: Hon. Frank Adams
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

Havana is getting -imericanized
rapidly. The action of Governor
Nunez in taking steps TO suppress
gambling is referred to as putting
on the lid"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

They are already beginning to fall
off in the mud behind the New Years
water wagon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

Scientists are getting things down
so fine that they can photograph a
mans voice As soon as they reach
the point where the Glove odor can
be transmitted by phone and photo
praphed at the other end of the line
lot of new excuses will have to be
manufactured by married men
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

Wanted-An anti-toxine for the
graft microbe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

The teeth of the muck rake bid
fair to be we'll polished before this
year of grace passes into history.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

Rockefeller says he believes in the
higher life. He also believes in higher
oil.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06
The Journals Circulation
Record.

In accordance with its established
custom, The Journal publishes today
Its circulation record for the past year,
together with a comparison of its
circulation for the preceding years.
The figures showing The Journals
average circulation for each of the
years from 1899 down to date is as
follows:
1899 600
1900 $50
1901, SS7-
1902,
1903,
1904, 540--
1906, $50
1865, 738-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-06

Continued on Eighth Pase.)
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
ProdiqaI Up to Date.

A we'll known contractor of towp
not far from Boston has a son, still
under 20, who has been running away
from home ever since he attained his
twelfth year. The father has many
times been called upon to fetch the
young lad back from remote points,
and none of the hard luck proposition
the boy has faced has taught him a
permanent lesson, probably for the
reason that he has always found it too
easy a matter to get home by simply
telegraphing his father for the price
of a ticket
He went away again two months
ago, and his father didn't hear from
him until recently, when the contract.
or got dispatch dated Hastings, Neb.
The message ran:
Gam on the hog. Wire me $40 for
a ticket home. Jos.
The desperate father went to the
telegraph office, got blank, and
wrote this concise reply:
Eat the hog"
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

So much the more must this indi-
viduality be asserted when the dress
is copied from fashion plates in which
the design of woman's anatomy is so
conventional, and so to say, untrue.
There she stands. tall and slender,
with small head. a swans neck, a
waist no bigger than her throat, di-
minutive hands and feet, every dress
and style becoming this creature Of
Imagination.
1t must not be forgotten that fash
ion, rightly understood, is not a friv-
olous and futile thing, as claimed by
its detractors, but one of the phases
of art, a phase inspiring numerous
marvels which at all times make a fit
frame for beauty-that "joy forever"
as asserted by the English poet
The fashions Of the present period
will likewise be immortalized and
transmitted to posterity by the cele-
brated painters of to-day. the Flam-
engs, the Makovskis and many a poet
or lover Of the beautiful will speculate
as to the history Of some fair twen-
tieth century belle in flowing draper
les, with the heightened and attenu-
ated waist the clinging yet vague
skirt molding her figure to perfection
over the hips and then flaring boldly
around her knees; skirt made deliber-
ately longer than herself, falling
around her, making her taller. form
ing pedestal to her beauty, adding a
languid slowness and peculiar grace
to her walk as she gently glides,
scarcely lifting the fluffy hem without
getting embarrassed in its folds
More than one will stop before g
pair Of dreamy eyes, gazing at him
from under a dark velvet toque, all
drapery with but a bird or disheveled
giant chrysanthemum giving a touch
Of color to the somber setting, the chin
Of the exquisite face half buried in a
muff. all velvet and fur, lace ruffles,
chiffon with a bunch of violets or a
Marechal Mel rose peeping from out
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Omen to Grave Doubt.

Richard Harding Davis was talking
in New York about the life Of re-
porter.
"A hard life it is said he. 1T is
a life that taxes all the energies.
| don't care how great a genius a
man might be, how resourceful, how
persevering, how alert, all these quail
tiles would be brought in play If the
man turned reporter and on many a
good story he would still fall down
at that.
Reporters are often snubbed. There
is a stupid type Of man that likes
to snub them. Such a man. bank
president, once tried to snub my
friend Jimmy Patterson.
"The bank had gone up through a
defalcation, and Jimmy went to in
terview its head But its head was
crusty. He refused to be interviewed.
He took Jimmy by the arm and led
him toward the door.
r'Young man., he said, I always
make it rule to mind my own bust.
ness.
Were you doing that said Jimmy.
when the cashier made his haul?' :"
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

convivial cheer that went around the
festive board through the medium Of
the ponderouS punch bowl, or the
quantity cut champagne glasses. Many
trife that tells of the love of fem
inine fnery fills another case-rare
bits of lace, miniatures, silver and
china-a delicious bit of feminine folly
all time.
1t does seem a bit CHASTITY to turn in
with the ghosts of the great, upon the
bed where Washington died. but it
has been done; and, too, where Lafay-
cite rested. On the quaint little dress
ing case, where reposed his august cue,
now, each springtime, lies a riotous
mass of modern hairpins and feminine
furbelows. The sitting room of Nellie
CuStfs, that of Martha Washington,
the family dining room and the library,
each with its wealth of heirloOms, tells
of the painstaking care and research
Of many years. In these rooms the
Regents sleep, and work, and live, and
imbue themselves with the spirit of
the Washingtons.
The attendants, for the most part.
are more replete with new uniforms
than historical information, but there
is reason for knowing that it was in
the dear old library that Washington
received the off cial announcement of
his election as president of the United
States. There are II closets in three
sides of this room-curious little
closets within closets, none perceptible
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

his front door. and prepare to salute
with camera and a taking" express
sion whirls into view, and before you
know it yours is one of the strange
faces that looks out from the gallery,
all wondering, even though knowing,
what he is going to do. But it's Of no
use to fret Like trouble, he is ever
with you-thicker than dandelions on
a summer green. If he divides the
honors with any one, it's with the
woman who wants a souvenir of Gen.
eral Washington.
Here in the banquet room, on the
spot where Lafayette, Rochambeau,
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and
the Artists Houdon, Peale and Trum-
bull, besides many great revolutionary
generals, dined, the women hold their
executive sessions. The beautiful
silver mounted mirror that adorned
Washington's banquet board is re-
moved, and upon the table they write
Of the progress that saved the old
house from ruin. To the Regents of
the Mount Vernon association, who
come once each springtime and actu-
ally live, eat, and drink, and sleep
under the famous old roof, does the
place owe it's air of homelike COM
fort, as well as it's preservation.
1t is the banquet room that was
prepared for the first time by the
hands of Lafayette and company of
French noblemen, who chanced to be
house guests. The story runs that a
ball was to be given, and the i'm
ported paper had arrived, but
no paperhangers. Mrs. Washington
mourned, but the chivalrous Lafayette,
always ready to do or die, consoled
her-he was equal to the emergency,
and he and his friends hung the paper,
assisted by the general and his house
hold. In this historic room, the wo-
men are literally surrounded by the
priceless treasures that they have
collected from the fading past for
the benefit of future generations. The
Washington that Rembrandt Peale
pictures, facing the difficulties of
Yorktown, giorifies the side of the
room, while from mahogany cabinet
comes substantial suggestion Of the
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
He bet he could Milk a Cow, but He
Lost

did you ever notice." asked the
necktie clerk how the average city
fellow lords it over the country boy?
Thinks he's wiser and better, you
know. It's natural-I thought that
way until l mixed with a few simon
pure country boys, and then tumbled
You see, my old man bought farm
down in Kansas, and l went down
there to run affairs. l was pie for
the rubes. Course I couldn't milk a
COW, and that tickled them to death.
But learned to milk, on the quiet, you
know, and figured on turning the
laugh. | got so could play regular
tune in the pail and thought l was on
to everything. l was fool, too.
We'll, one Sunday the boys held an
outdoor entertainment in a pasture.
Everything was allowed but biting and
scratching. Of course, got the brunt
bad, either But when it was passed
around that couldn't milk cow l
just smiled.
"'Anyone want to bet?' l asked,
thinking of some easy money.
They figured for few minutes and
then scratched up $40, and / covered
1t.
Trot 'er out says, feeling kind
of guilty. They didn't know about my
private lessons ~
WELL" continued the necktie clerk,
arranging his stock on the table, they
trotted her out-the cow, you know
and I settled beside her on a one
legged stool and went after the juice.
But nothing came, and everybody guf-
fawed i couldn't coax any milk out
of that critter for love or money. The
COW stood my abuse for ten minutes
and never said word. She was
model of patience.
"T quit. It's all yours. gentlemen
/ says.
"OD the way home l confided my
troubles to an old farmer who had
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

| to the passing traveller, but cleverly
| concealed as a part of the walls and
| woodwork
You must wade knee deep through
cherry tokens to reach the old con-
servatory, with the quaint, rambling
| servants quarters tucked away under
the caves on each side, while sloping
roofs and whitewashed walls remind
one somehow of Bobbie Burns.
1t is curious how the American trav.
eler prefers to pilfer his historic
treasures rather than to pay a trife
for them. The old gardener thinks
this is the case. and it is only by the
greatest vigilance that he has for so
many years preserved the historic out
line Of the garden as originally planted
and laid off by Washington. Again.
Mrs. Letters generosity and fine judg.
ment are shown, for she is chairman
Of the committee on grounds and
shrubs, as we'll as interested in the
garden and greenhouse. Many a rare
plant finds it's way to Mount Vernon
through her efforts. The gardens are
maintained at an expense of over
$4,000, but between $500 and $500 of
this amount is realized from the sale
of plants. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst is a
model farmer, and spends her money
and talent freely. She has preserved
and beautified the wharf at an ex-
pense of more than $4,000. She di-
rects the superintendent as to the
vegetable garden that supplies the
table maintained for the attendants.
advises about the deer park that
hangs on the hills edge over the
Potomac, and otherwise acts as
Beneficent power all about the prem
ises. She took practical view of the
herd of Jersey cattle that browsed
around, and when they failed to keep
the old-fashiened milkhouse as well
supplied as necessary she had them
sold and a pretty herd of Guernseys
driven In.
In the spacious old kitchen where
things run riot, the traveller buys
either a glass of milk or a picture to
carry away as souvenir. Somehow,
one can't help but feel that even the
kline belonged to Washington, because
they browse on his plantation.