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The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Florida Needs People
Are We To Get Them?

The Tampa Tribune, which is TAX
ing a keen interest in the necessity
for legislative action to secure more
people in the state, says:
We cannot pretend to understand
why up to this time no bill even has
been introduced in the legislature to
create a bureau of immigration in
Florida. Such a bill, and a very good
one, was prepared by the apparently
now defunct state board of trade. But
why has not that bill been introduced,
even if the board itself has gone out
of business? Is the one measure the
most absolutely needful for Florida
to be laid on the shelf for mere sell
fish pontical purposes, as stated by
the Pensacola Journal.
The Tribune can only explain that
the situation is prepOsterousi Florida
must increase her population if she
is to keep pace with her sister states,
and should her Legislators fail to
make provision for such increase how
may they call themselves her loyal
sons? Is the dry rot of selfish policy
to eat up the fair growth of honest
principle in this democratic common
wealth?
That's a good eXpression-Dry Rot.
A condition that will permit a state
with the greatest resources in the
world to be 20 years in doubling its
population could not be more aptly
characterized
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Surgery and Hickory.

"Our surgery is not different from
vegetable surgery. For recreation
hybridize hickories." writes DR. Robert
I. Morris in the Medical Record. 1T
became necessary to find an expert
CRATER. High and low, all over the
country search was made. Horticul-
turists all said the same thing. 'Hick-
oricS cannot be grated. Millions OF
dollars a year would come TO us If
we could do that grating Finally
found a man in Massachusetts who
could catch % per cent of hickory.
CRAFTS and a man in Texas who could
catch 80 per cent of them. Both said
that there was no trick about ii at all.
Nothing was needed but quick, neat
work Surgeons have to face precisely
the same situation. y few will do with
ease what most others say cannot be
done at all. I have no confidence in.
any man who does not believe that his
own country eXcels in everything, no
matter in what country Of the world
he lives. From that standpoint Of pa
triotism l want to believe. and want
the belief to be fully justified, that
America has the very best, the most
competent, surgeons in the whole wide
world"
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Champ Clark on
FIOrida'S ADVANTAGES

about half as much to live well in
Florida as in Manitoba. Houses,
clothes, food and fuel do not cost so
much Cattle live the year round out
doors and keep fat. To sum it all up
! would call Florida the poor mans
paradise Not that it is not a delight
full habitat for the well to do and the
rich. They can take care of them
selves everywhere. Why any man
will live in city slums and rear chill
dren there when he can find a home
with pleasant surroundings and
heaIthful environment in Florida at
price within the reach of the every day
labOrer is a surprising mystery.
am no land agent or land boomer;
own not one cents worth of property
in Florida. but l write these words in
the hope that folks of small means IN
cities and colder climates. reading
this, may improve their condition by
the simple process of settling in Flor
ida, where Nature has been so lavish
with her gifts
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Yesterdays session of the senate
indicated that it would be about as
easy to pass a bill hostile TO d rail
road company, as to grow a pine
tree from a shoe peg.
This has been the case during pre-
v1ous legislatures, as the records Will
show. and if a different record is 10
be exhibited this year the line of ac-
ton will have to be radically changed
from that of yesterday.
Two bills, having the same object
for their purpose, separation of races
on railway trains, were up for discus
sion.
That of Senator TrammeH provided
for divisions or partitions in cars,
and gave authority of supervision to
the railroad commission.
That of Senator Beard provided for
separate cars, making it mandatory
for the railroads to obey.
The bill of Senator Beard is practi-
caIIy the same as the law that has
been on the statute books for many
years, the principal change being in
regard to negro nurses, so that such
provision might conform to a decision
of the supreme court.
Senator Beard asked that his bill
have the preference for the reason
that it was stronger and would place
on the statute books just what the
railroads would have to do.
As soon as he made this request he
was in the midst of a furious brain
storm" provoked by Senators Hender-
son, Grill, Buckman and Adams. and
the unfortunate senator from the
Second, who up to that time may
have had an idea that legislation was
INTENDED for the people instead of the
railroads, learned what a Ounce he
was 10 suggest any such proposition.
He was overwhelmed and put down
and out with his little bill, wrecked
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

by the storm Of commercial OratOry
that hurled II into indefinite postpone
ment.
Don't Obstruct progress" the
stock cry preached to every member
OF legislature everywhere since the
first railroad warered its stock and
demanded that the public pay divi-
dends on the water, was the slogan
that put John Boards bill on the shelf
OF has-beens.
Senator Trammelrs bill was a good
bill, a product of the railroad commits
siOner's office, but that of Senator
Beard was the better, and the railroad
commission was in no way deprived
of authority for seeing that il was
Obeyed
Senator Adams groaned aloud over
the insult that would be offered the
railroad commission. 1t would he a
slap in the face for it he said, TO
have Boards bill become a law. be
cause the commission could not CXer-
else supervision
Up to the present the insults to the
railroad commission have consisted
mostly in not having laws TO uphold
its orders. and the thing needed 10
prevent the railroad commission Of
Florida from continuing to be a Jest
of the railways is TO enact some laws
that force obedience to its orders.
The humOr in the situation. how
ever, was that the opponents 10
Boards bill, on the ground that it was
too drastic" did not seem to know
that what they were Objecting 10 was
Section 1850 of the general statutes,
which was copied verbatim in the bill,
with this exception: Nothing in
this act shall be so construed as TO
apply to nurses of one race in charge
of sick persons and children of an
other race" This change was made
to conform to a supreme court de
ciSiOn that the law be incOnteStiblC.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
HILLSBOROUGH DIVISION
CAUSED A SHARP FIGHS

TO the effect that the cOmnfcree. him
SELF Included. was pTejudiced in re-
Sard TO county division We're excepted
10 by Chairman Melton. who said ne
did not care TO discuss the merits VI
the bill, but objected to Ny P8rkin-
son speaking in this manner for any
of the committee except himself
Speaker Matthews asked the gentle
men not TO indulge in personalities,
ard MI Parkinson explained that ne
meant no reflection upon them Mr..
Dudley alone spoke in opposition TO
the bill.
Evenly Divided.
When the roll was called N no.
ton 10 postpone the vote was 50 ever,
ly divided from start 20 finish that
II was absolutely impossible 10 tell
until the last name was called what
the result WAS, and then those who
we're keeping tally added III JhciT cor
umnS several times in order TO make
sure. The house adjourned immedF
ately after the vote WAS announced.
and Representative Decker was sur
rounded by his delegation of constitU
ents from the west coast who haVa
been here in the interests Of he bill
and by supporters of the measure IN
the house who warmly congratulated
him upon the successful passage of
his most cherished measure through
the second reading. as an Indefinite
pustpOnement, which was 50 narrow
ly averted. would have finally dis
posed of the measure for which he
has labored so long and faithfully
Atlantic County.
Before the house committee on city
and county organization las. night a
hearing was given on Mr. Parkinson $
bill creating Atlantic county out Of
the present county of NOlusII, With
DaytOna as county site The bill iss
strongly opposed by his colleague,
Mr.. Morrison. and by Senator Sans,
who represents the district which NO-
IUsia county comprises The avSu-
ments before the committee were Ge-
cidedly warm. Two members of the
committee were absent-NIr NcCutch-
con OF PascO and Mr.. NIr Dudley,
who asked to be excused on account
of an attack of acute indigestion, but
asked that his vote be recorded
against the measure. saying that he
was against county division On prin-
ciple- In a speech in The house he
had called attention to the effect tie
creation of new counties would have
upon appOTiiOnment OF representation
of the legislature. Action was post
pOned until this morning. dnC il IS
conceded that the Atlantic county bill
viii be reported either unfavoTablv OF
without recommendation. In either
case. as in the Pinellas county mat.
ter, the fight will be carried To the
floor of the house upon the merits of
the bill irrespective of the action of
the committee.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 8, 1907.

duty to perform. In advocating a
middle courSe-a "clean swept
believes that it performed that duty
and it has no regrets for having done
so.
AS proof that the public also
favored this 'rclean sweep" we have
only to point to the returns which
show six out of eight of the clean
sweep" aldermen to be elected. The
result is vindication of The
Journals position and it ought to
prove a lesson TO politicians as well
as all aspiEants for Office for all time
to come.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Champ Clark who recently came to
Florida 10 deliver some lectures
says:
1t is not generally known that Flor
ida is the largest state east of the
Mississippi. but so it is. OF course
everybody knows of her health-giving
climate, her phosphate beds and her
immense forests of pine and cypress.
Her orange groves and grape fruit
groves and big hotels have been ex-
tensively exploited, but the fact that
it is the best poor mans country in
American has not been exploited
much, and that is the most important
feature of Florida. If the fact were
generally known that family of five
or more persons can live comfortably
on a two acre truck patch and even
lay something by for a rainy day.
Florida's population would soon
double. Just now thousands of our
people from the northern and central
states are moving to Manitoba to bet
ter their condition, but it costs only
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Inside Water Route to Alaska.

1t is well known fact that it is DOS
sible to go from Seattle to Srtka, Alas
ka, along a series Of channels" "ca-
mails" and reaches without once en-
tering the open ocean. In addition TO
this unique inside passage of upward
Of 1000 miles, there is a maze Of
branches OF such enormous extent that
the whole system of channels has not
yet been charted- Everywhere these
arms OF the sea are inclosed between
mountain walls. and in many places
they have the characteristics of grand
fOrdS.-New York World.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
BOMBAY
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Bombay, May 2.-HOn. w. H. Brett
Jr., left TO day for Tallahassee.
Miss Essie YarbrOUgh, of Geneva,
Ala, whO-has been home to see her
parents returned Tuesday
w G. Turner, special agent for At
lantic Compress Co, and Gulf Com
was In town to-day.
The harbOr, river and marine news
in The Journals quite interesting
to one who Knows the boats and
some of their captains
DR. Thompson, who has had his
Office at CaTyville for some time. ill
recently, is now located in Bonifay
Some repair work has been done
on the court house. or rather some
addition has been made. and matters
are being shaped up for Circuit Court
which cOnvenes here on May the 18th.
inst.
The Holmes County Advertiser is
TO come out again this week, this time
from Bombay.
Hon. J. A. J. Hathaway came in
from Westville Wednesday on the
mail.
Thomas NJ. Maybin, a naval stores
operator from in the country, was in
town Wednesday.
The bank of Bombay is now being
conducted in the new brick building,
which would be a credit TO a much
larger town then Bombay.
The large twO-stOry brick store of
the d. Hughes Mercantile Co, is now
nearing completion.
w D. Williams of Westville, is in
town to-day
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
SAID OF PENSACOLA
AND PENSACOLIANS


PensacolianS are industriously hust-
ling in the effort to raise a donation
of $25O,O0O to be given to the Mem
phis & Andalusia Railroad which
seeks a gulf outlet at Pensacola, and
every FlOridian should wish the long
suffering citizens of the Deep Water
City success in securing a competing
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
John Beard declined to be a mem
Der of the committee to investigate
! the l. I. Board. John thought there
ought to be special counsel to assist
the committee to make the inYestiga-
tion.-MadisOn Recorder.
The prominent business men of
Pensacola have agreed to close up
their places of business every Friday
afternoon during the summer season,
in order to give their employees a half
days vacation during the week This
is beyond a doubt the most sensible
move we ever heard of; and Pensa-
colians have cause to be proud of
their fair minded business men,
Santa Rosa Star
L'Engle is not vitriolic but witty
and entertaining. He is keeping close
watch on the proceedings of the legis-
lature and voicing editOrially in the
Sun, the interests of Inc people One
Of his brightest editorials came out
in an issue last week under the cap
ton of Achilles Sulks in His Tent"
In this article he represented John
Beard of Escambia county as sulkins
over the defeat of his resolution pro-,
viding for an investigation of the |.
l. Fund, but at the same time paid
Beard a subtle compliment by calling
him the tall fighter that come out
of the west and represented him as
Achilles.-Santa Rosa Star.
Pensacola has had a law passed by
the legislature investing its voters
with the power to elect all munich
pal officers. Ocala wants Just such
a Iaw.-Ocala Banner.
The citizens of Pensacola have
pledged S250.O00 for a new railroad
project. Evidently Pensacolians do
not think that railroads are much OF
a detTiment TO the progress and pros
perity of community-Palatka
Times-Herald.
Pensacola has Senator Mallory and
now wants Governor" Jennings. Does
the Escambia city intend keeping up
with Jacksonville in the office-hoiding
respect?-Palatka Times-Herald
The Democrat is very well satisfied
with the present constitution of the
United States, and we doubt very
much if the Florida legislature can
improve upon it very much by adopt
ing Senator Boards joint resolution.
A pretty wise thing to do is to leave
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Chopin's "inspiration."

Many people have heard the 'Marche
Funebre" of Chopin, but few are aware
that it had its origin in a rather ghast-
Iy after dinner froiic. This is the story
of its writing:
The painter Zeim had given a little
Bohemian dinner in his studio, which
was divided by hangings into three
sections. In one of these was skele-
ton sometimes used by Zeim for ''drap-
ing and an old piano covered with
sheet.
During the after dinner fun Zeim
and the painter Ricard crept into this
section and. wrapping the old sheet
like a pail around the skeleton. carried
it among their comrades. where Poll
gnac seized it and, wrapping himself
with the skeleton in the sheet, sat
down to play n queer dance Of death
at the wheezy old piano.
In the midst Of it all Chopin, who
was Of the party. was seized with an
and. seating himself at the
piano. with an exclamation that brOughe
the roisterers to their senses, extern
porized then and there the famous
..Marche Funebre," while his bohemi-
an auditory applauded in frantic de-
Globe.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

The following from the Tallahassee
Sun is just a sample of Claude Len
gle's way of expressing it:
Mr.. Peter o. knight was the host at
a little reception given in his apart
mentS at The Leon last evening.
Among those present were Senator
Sans, member of the following com
mittees: Judiciary, Corporations
Temperance; Senator Clarke, member
of committees on Judiciary, Corpora
tiOnS, Railroads.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Edwin D. Lanbright
A Word Painter.

The Florida press does not contain
a brighter mind or a more brilliant
and polished writer than Edwin D.
Lambright, editor of the Tampa
News. On Memorial Day, Mr.. Lam
bright wrote tribute to 1.-The Last
Veteran which, in The Journal 8
judgment, constitutes a literary bro
chure unexcelled in beauty and senti-
ment by anything shat the English
language contains. Mr.. Iambright's
beautiful word-picture was as follows:
THE LAST VETERAN.
He was the last veteran; of all
those who had fought for home and
right, he alone was left alive.
And now Death came ID lay its
hand upon him. One soldiers grave
was still untitled, and the s+eepless
Sexton waited, feaning on mis- spade.
A little patch os sunlight rested up
on the coverlet, and the dying man
placed his only hand there, that the
tender warmth might kiss it with
it's lip of gold.
And the words he spoke were as
the words Of one who dreams of
distant things; for they had a mystic
sweetness, and Death tarried that he
too might hear.
Now I know that the dying have
visions, for the words he spoke were
these:
Bring me the rusty musket and
the faded coat of gray, for yOnder in
the valley l can see the army gather
ing Long ago, / thought the war was
over, but l must have been mistaken;
surely that is my General yOnder, cali
ing to me and waving his sword, lest
| come too late to join them. Some
how, / dreamed that they were all
dead that l was the last of the
glorious number left on earth See!
They sre marching now, a mighty
host of heroes, with their feet no
longer bare and their flags no longer
tattered. On, on they go, and l see
them climbing the golden sunrise
hills, into an endless day, Company
after company, battalion after battal-
ion, regiment after regiment-and
yonder rise the white walls of the
city which they mean to take. But,
from the battlements of that city, no
menacing guns are pointed; no senti-
nels pace the Tamparts; there seems
TO be no apprehension of danger, no
preparation for attack. Look, The
army is entering the wide portals;
not a shot, not a struggle, no dead
or dying men, All l see-I see-I
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

The most northern lighthouse in
Great Britain. the northwest tower On
the coast OF Shetland, is built on a
towering rock that rises 200 feet high,
the summit of which barely affords
room for the necessary buildings The
rock itself has the appearance Of a gi-
gantic iceberg.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Secretary Taft says it will take
eight more years to complete the Pan
anna canal. And the nearer compile
tion it gets the higher Pensacola real
estate will go.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Notwithstanding the fact that We
are living and laboring under state
constitution which was written more
than twenty years ago, when the state
and its conditions, its needs and its
possibilities, were different in every
way than they are to-day, the house
voted down by a big majority a reso-
luton calling for constitutional con-
Vention
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

see-I know why the conquest is
blOOdless, for the name of the city
is PeaceI"
The little patch of sunlight faded
and the soul Of the soldier passed;
and the Sexton, leaning upon his
spade, sighed and looked into the
grave. E. d. l.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

If we had some money 20 invest
right now We wouldn't be afraid to
soak some of it down in Apalachicola
real estate.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

NO more taxes" IS the editorial
heading which one of our contem-
pOraries runs We only wish it were
true
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03
Measure Finally Indefinite
ly Postponed by Vote
of 26 to %.

o P P o SITION CLAIMED THAT
EIGHTY PER CENT OF PEOPLE
WERE AGAINST NEW PINELLAS
COUNTY SCHEME-STRONG Ar
GUMENTS FOR COUNTY DVIS-
ION.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

In an able editorial The Pensacola
Journal assures the Times-Union that
the people of Florida appreciate what
Mr.. Flagler has done for the state.
and the only criticism they have is
that Mr. Flagler and his railroad are
too active in political matters of the
state.-WauchuIa Advocate.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

we'll enough alone along these lines
just at the present.-Live Oak Demo
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Mr.. FIagler has done for the state.
and the only criticism they have is
that Mr.. Flagler and his railroad are
too active in political matters of the
state.-Wauchula Advocate
Beard, Adams, Mallory is the sena-
toriaI thunder now being heard
among the politicians at the capitol.
Gainesville Sun.
1t looks good to see the name of
Jeff L. Davis at the masthead OF the
White Springs Herald Jeff is ia
vOrite of ours and the Herald will
come in for a good deal more attention
in this sanctum hereafter.-Pensa-
cola Journal.
Thanks, Brother Mayes- In the
good old days of twelve years ago
when we labored long and hard to-
gether in Pensacola and waited and
watched for the ghost TO creep in
on Saturday afternoon, night or any
other old time, we formed a mutual
poverty and friendship society and it
is still blooming, at least over this
way. We are glad you are doing
well, getting rich, raising all sorts OF
enViable praise, as well as a family,
and here's to you and yours always.
Springs Herald.
Senator Beard doubts the validity
of the 14th and 18th amendments to
the constitution of the United States
and has introduced a resolution in the
state senate providing for an amend
ment TO the constitution of lie state
in which the right of suffrage will be
given the white voters only. The
resolution has passed the senate and
it is said will very probably pass the
house alsO.-Perry Herald.
The Pensacola Journal is growing
in favor with the people. II ought TO
be a great state paper 1t stands for
the people-Levy TimeS-DemOcrat.
B. r. Witkovski, representative OF
Pensacola. to the grand encamp-
ment of Odd Fellows, called at this
Office with a message from Frank
Mayes. Sorry We editor was not in
town 10 welcome Mr.. Witkovski.-
st. Petersburg Independent.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Champ Clark, the famous Missouri
Congressman who recently came to
Florida on a lecturing tour says:
FLORIDA now has a population of
something over 100000 souls The
great puzzle to one who has seen it
and heard the unimpeachable story OF
its marvellous fertility is why it hasn't
a population of 1000, 600"
That is the very point The Journal
has been trying to impress on our
Florida Legislature, but up to this
time We have seen no legislation cal
culated to bring 700 people here, let
alone 100000. FIOrida's worst need
is MORE PEOPLE. Do our legisla-
tors appreciate that fact?
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Beard, Adams, Mallory is the sena
toriaI thunder now being heard
among the politicians at the capitol
Gainesville Sun.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Considerable surprise is occasioned
by the announcement that less than
one half of the children of Florida of
school age are enrolled in the public
schools, and it is authoritively stated
that less than One-fourth of them are
anything like regular attendants
These boys and girls are the men and
women of tomorrow and there is no
excuse whatever for the absence of
the majority of them from their
studies.-BradfOrd County Telegraph
From all of which we should judge
that Editor z. S. Mathews of the Tele-
graph, who is also speaker of Flor
ida's present house of representatives.
is in favor of compulsory education.
The Journal would like to see a COM
pulSOry education law passed
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Boards RAILROAD
BILL 100 DRASTTC(2)
Tallahassee Sun.

lQQ2QaaQ2Q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

The Pensacola Journal is growing
in favor with the people. 1t ought TO
be a great state paper. 1t stands for
the peopIe.-Levy Times-Democrat-
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

The Democrat is very well satisfied
with the present constitution of the
United States, and we doubt very
much if the Florida legislature can
improve upon it very much by adopt
ing Senator Boards joint resolution.
A pretty wise thing to do is to leave