The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-28
"Uncle Steve" Melton in the
Vaudeville Cast For a
Star Role.
MANY VISITORS. .....
OF PROMINENCE
Fresh Impetus Given to the
Talk of Gubernatorial
Possibilities.
II. A. JENNINGS, OF PENSACOLA
AND ALBERT w. GILcHRlST, OF
PUNTA GORDA, AMONG THOSE
WHO VISITED STATE CAPITAL
BAD WEEK FOR BILLS IN LEGIs-
LATURE.
BY Jefferson Bell.


Tallahassee, Apr. 81
"'E rushes at the smoke, when we
let drive,
<An' before we know, Els 'ackin' at our
cad;
'Es all 'ot sand an ginger when alive,
An 'E's generally shammin when
Els dead.
Els a daisy. Els a ducky, Els a lamb!
Els a inja rubber idiot on spree,
Els the only thing that doesn't care
a damn
For the Regiment of British Infantree.
So 'ere's to you Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your
'ome in the Sowdan;
You're a pore benighted 'eathen but
first-class fightin' man;
! An seres TO you, FuEZy-WuZZy, with
your 'ay-rick cad of air
You big black boundin beggar-for
yon broke a British square.
Fighting Steve"
Uncle Steve Melton has often been
likened TO a MelIin's Food baby but
not until this week has he given the
Florida legislature In session assem-
bled" an occular demonstration of the
fact that he is a f1rst-class fighting
nan---a regular Fuzzy-W uzZy-hke the
one Kielirg tells about who broke j
British square. Just how or why he
ccame involved in the fight no one
seemed 10 know, but he is the only one
twho did any fighting in the Jennings
Hulley scrap Wednesday night.
There was a day when | thought
convention of women the most anus
ing deliberative body ever saw; next
/ decided that a convention of school
superintendents was equally entertain
fng but for all-around vaudeville and
comedy commend me to the perform
ances of a religious organiZation-the
Florida Baptist Association-Stetso SON
Trustees-Hulley combination that is
giving a continual performance in Tai
lshassee at present. the question in
volved being a proposed amendment TO
the charter OF the Stetson University
at DeLand. which if granted would
place the University under the control
of the Florida Baptist Association.
Dr. HUXLEY, president of Stetson Uni
versity is leading the opposition to the
proposed amendment, and former Gov
ernor Jennings, Hon. c. A. Carson,
Hon N p. Bryan, and other prominent
Baptists are making a determined eff
fort to get the amendment through.
The matter wars thrashed over at great
length before the senate Judiciary COM
mittee, and was in progress before the |
house Judiciary committee, when Mr.. |
Knight of Columbia broke in and
claimed the bill under the Jurisdiction
al the house committee on schools and |
educational affairs and as an outcome
the entire arguments were gone over |
again Thursday in the supreme court |
room before the house committee on |
education.
Notable Visitors.
Tallahassee has been Overlooking
,,-fFA Oh l.
among them were former Governor |
Jennings, Nathan p Bryan. chairman |
OF the Board of Control; c. A Carson, |
of Kissimmee; DR.. Lincoln Hulley, |
president of Stetson University; Cap |
tain William j. Hillman. of Live Oak; |
T. a Jennings, of Pensacola; Albert !
w Gilchrist, of Punta Gorda; Captain /
". b. Denham, of Tampa: Walter n |
Halle and Telfair Stockton. of Jack !
sonville; A. p. Jordan, of Punta Gorda:
John NJ. Caldwell, of Jasper: c. l. |
Wilson. of Mariana; o. NJ. Gordan. of |
Pensacola; John l.. DosSett, of Jack |
sonville and many others of more or |
less prominence
Naturally the presence of certain of |
these has given a fresh impetus to |
discussions of possibilities, probabili- |
ties-one might even venture certain |
torially-there are the two Alberts-l
Albert the First. and Albert the Sec !
ond. who come under the head of GER |
taintieS General Gilchrist's announce |
ment was published Thursday and al |
though Mr. Jennings still maintains |
the attitude of a man who has not |
quite made up his mind whether he |
VIII be governor or not. his friends |
have no doubt that he will be in the |
race and regard the situation. as fa- |
las he is concerned with great salts |
faction. Another man whose name has |
long and persistentIy been coupled /
with this office is Captain Hillman. one /
OF the most popular men in Florida |
captain Hlilman still denies the al |
iegatlon and is content with the place |
ne occupies in the affection of the peo-
Pie OF THIS state. As / said once be-