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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

state in the interes: OF his candidacy
and that before the primary he hopes
ana expects TO have visited every
county IN the state and prove to the
people that he is deeply in earnest
and proposes doing everything possi-
Ole TO secure the nomination for gov
eFnor- When We wrote the para
graph We had no intention Of attenpt.
ing TO prejudice Mr.. Stockton's candi-
dacy nor do him injustice. We simpiv
stated what We believed TO be a fact.
We believed then, and do now. that
Vhen the ballots are counted on pri-
mary day in Madison county il will
De found that Mr.. Stockton will have
received comfortable majority OF
them All that We hoped to gain bv
that paragraph was a visit from Mr..
Stockton and if the paragraph has
awakened him to the fact that Nadi-
son county people would like TO hava
him come among us and tell lis his
desires and his merits. then the end
has been accomplished. We rather
believe that not many DAYS will pass
before Mr. Stockton viii come 10
Madison.-MadisOn New Enterprise.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
The Trick
That Failed.

1t is merely threshing old straw in
which there isn't grain of wheat Tor
the enemies o. John Stockton to seek
10 use again and in a third campaign,
10 his disadvantage the private letter
which he wrote to Mr.. Flagler some
years ago on private business. Not
the most ingenious construction or
in it which initiates against Mr..
Stocktons fitness for the governor
ship or any other public trust, or re-
fleets in the slightest degree upon
his private life or personal integrity.
TO drag this letter into the cam
paign is simply the dernier resort,
the stale, outworn device of polite
ians who can find no facts or argu-
ment of real substance or merit to
oppose 20 Mr. Stockton's candidacy,
and, as was to be expected, the peo-
pie are paying no attention to it.
The Arcadia Champion defends Mr.
Stockton stoutly and effectively
against this petty scheme of his enc
IulcS, anu int Live IAN Ocn4ONi at
quoting from the Cham pion. puts the
case with much clearness and force
in the following:
In the above the Champion, has
spoken wisely. In every place there
are some men who think that when
they enter political campaign.
sitheT as candidate, or the assrfs1itoft-
er or some other peroRds a candi-
date, they are -refSved from all COM
mon obDsftf0ns to be fair, and are
fully arranted in the use of all
ArSssible tricks, and advantages that
they would spurn in other matters
or relations. They seem TO be fully
possessed of that old and dangerous
doctrine that the end lustities the
means" and Unhesitatingly resort to
means that, as men, they know are
not Just or fair in order to win a
victory From the best we can see of
the matter, the letter fuss" referred
to by the Champion, is an instance
of this kind II has no connection
whatever with Mr.. StOckton's present
candidacy. and indeed. in its strict
analysis, there is nothing in the let
ter that reflects discredit upon Mr.
Stockton as a man, or the fitness OF
his character for governor 1t is
only another case of "straining at a
gnat and swallowing a camel" But
il is all falling out the rather to Mr..
Stockton's advantage, and is helping
him on to the governors chair. So
mote il be.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

Evelyn Thaw has now stepped
down and out of the tragic and SEN
timental setting in which she has so
long posed into the sordid atmos-
phere of the damage suit industry
She has brought suit against res
heavy damages for asserting that she
visited his place in company with a
man the other night and both were
ordered out. 1t would be pretty hard
to damage Evelyn's rep after her own
story under oath on the subject.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Say if They Are
for BRYAN or Not.

ihe Journal has recently stated
that the delegates who go to Denver
from this state should be Bryan dele
gates because the democracy of this
state is undoubtedly and overwhelm-
ingly for MIR. Bryan as the nominee
for president. Under such circum-
stances every man who announces
himself as a candidate for delegate
10 the national democratic conven-
tion should inform the public just
how he stands on this issue so that
the people of Florida may know if
their representatives at Denver are
going to support the man OF their
choice or not.
The voters should call for this in
formation in advance of the election
Il it isn't given without solicitation.
In line with this We reproduce the
following from the Tampa Times and
we hope that every Bryan newspaper
In Florida will help TO have the can
didates for delegates commit them
selves unreservedly on the point:
II is the plain duty of every man
who wishes TO represent the demo
Gratis of Florida at Denver to say
right out Squarely whether he favors
the nomination Of Bryan or Johnson,
or Gray, or prefers to go uninstruct-
ed Let us have no shuffling about
the matter, but let every man come
souarely to the front with a clean
cut declaration of his position.
We believe fourlifths OF the demo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
PENSACOLA FLORIDA SUNDAY MORNING. IL,

Gratis of Florida favor the nomina-
ton of Bryan. But that is only an
impression. There has been no pri-
mary held to define the respective
numbers of those for and against
him. Now let the candidates tell how
they stand and let the voters at the
coming primary make their choice.
Let us have an honest and above
board expression OF the democrats Of
the state. If Bryan is not the choice
of the majority not one of his friends
wants to juggle a delegation in his
favor. The only way to get that ex-
preston is by permitting the voter
to intelligently sift his ticket
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
YES, WE MEANT.
Live Oak DeTr.oat.
~>~~~~~~> . - 80 :

The Tampa Tribune dis in ques-
ttion our recent editOri on Two
Good Ideas" in which recommended
Mr.. Stockton's stand on e drainage.
and on the civic league OF course.
the Tribune is inteTestedn the can
didacy Of General Gilchat- We are
sure that the editor of he Tribune
means to help his candiCy along in
every legitimate way 'ssible. and
that may be why our itOrial was
Called IN question Hover. the two
ideas advanced still haveur endorse
ment. We still believt that Mr..
Stockton view was coect in that
he would not pledge himlf to either
the continuance or adjoining the
drainage proposition untiie had fully
investigated it for himst This pa
per has opposed the draige scheme
from the beginning. nothat We did
not want the lands draed-no one
objects to that; but We d object tOi
the unprepared mannera which i'll
was taken up
Governor BroWaPd haGOne a lot
of investigating, and We lieVe there
is still a lot more of invegating nee
eSsaTy before the cheape and most
efficient drainage plan perfected.
and the future results Forked out
with accuracy. SO, we rntain that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Denied 1t With Emphasis.

Prof GiddingS, of Columbia college,
in a letter to the Pensacola Journal
not only denies with emphasis the re-
port that he said that the negro race
is fast disappearing from the south be-
cause Of the intermarriage of whites
and blacks, but further says that he
believes, and in his writing and lee
lures has said that such intermar-
riages not only have been barred by
southern law and sentiment, but also
that southern sentiment on this point
is right, and on every ground justifi-
able" The reported remarks attrib-
uted to him unjustly and which he
thus diSClaims have been quite widely
commented on.-JacksonYille Times
Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
How 1t Looks
Abroad.

The fact has been advertised
through the South that Pensacola has
been aroused to her great opportuni-
ties and as an indispensable step to
realize on them, is making prepare
tons to erect a large modern hotel
here. 1t was inevitable that such ad-
vertising, should come, and when the
hotel itself has been completed the
measure of that advertising will be
increased many fold. Such an enter
prise exploits itself through innum-
cradle mediums in all parts of the
country, for every patron of the
house tells its story wherever he
goes AS an evidence of what our
proposed hotel is already doing for
itself and for Pensacola We reproduce
the following from a late issue of
the Nashville (Tenn.l Banner:
The awakening of Southern cities
to the necessity for up-to-date, mod
ern hotels is promising sign Of
progress. The famed Ponce de
Leon" of s. Augustine, that Mosaic
architectural gem, first turned the
wealth tide of travel to Florida,
bringing men who have invested I'M
told millions in East Florida. Pensa-
cola, with its magnificent deep water
harbor, has awakened from her long
sleep to realize the cause of her re-
tarded growth-the need of a modern
hoteEand has now organized a cor
poration to erect a grand hotel. We
quote the words of a wealthy Pensa-
cola citizen and the largest subscrib-
er TO its hotel fund: Il have made
a fortune here, and now, in the au-
tumn OF life, realizing that there are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
That Good Roads Convention.

An event of Importance to Floridi-
ans is the call for "A good roads con-
vention in Jacksonville on April 16,
IL and is. In order to increase the al
tendance the railroads of the state
have granted Il special rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip.
plus 25 cents. With this inducement
there ought to he quite a large gath
ering at Jacksonville II is to be
hoped that in the consideration of this
great and important matter of good
roads. the leaders in the movement
will be able to decide on some praC-
teal plan for A system OF county
highways. with the ultimate end in
view of joining these county highways.
each county helping with its link To
forge magnificent stretches of paved
roadways from north to south ana
from east TO west. The former can
not afford 10 do without this improve
ment: while the farmer is using these
highways, thousands OF wealthy visit
ors with their automobiles will find
Florida a mecca. for this particular
kind of amusement. Surely the con-
vent'on will be able 10 frame or ont
line some measure that will stand
reasonable show Of adoption by the
next legislatuTe.-St. Augustine Rec
ord
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Nothing Gained by MudsIinuino.

Inc Metropolis had hoped that the
county campaign would be clean and
free OF personalities between candi-
dates. but if reports are true some OF
them are resOrting to the dirty line
TO carry their point. Why should this
be so? No politician ever gained a
point by mudslinging. He should have
enough TO do to look after his own az
fairs and talking about himself. The
other fellow should not interest him
at all. 1t is not necessary to mention
his name even once in either a good
or bad way during a campaign. We
ask our county office-seekers to try
this policy and watch the good results.
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
To Improve ST. Johns River.

The Sanford Chronicle believes that
some day Lake Monroe viii be alive
with ships. This is no pipe dream.
The Index is not violating confidence
when it can inform the good people OF
that town, that Congressman Frank
Clark's resolution on improving the
St Johns river to that city has been
favorably received by the engineers
and that they have reported favorably
on making deep water from the ocean
TO the Gate City.-Lake City Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
A Pensacola Visitor.

Hon. a. H. D'Alemberte, of Pensa-
cola, was a visitor to Lake City last
week Mr. D'Alemberte expects 10
come over again after the primaries
and endeavor to organize a lodge of
Knights of Honor In this connection.
it gives the Index pleasure to note
the fact that he is a candidate for
the office of tax collector of his coun-
ty- Mr.. D'Alemberte has a statewide
reputation as one of the Officials of
Florida who always made close cOllec-
tions, and that without using harsh
meaSures.-Iake City Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS.
Park No Easy Mark.

What has become of Park Tram
nell, anyway says the Tampa Trib-
une. Unless OUT eyesight was at fault
we SAW that stalwart young statesman
on PalafoX street in Pensacola yes
teTday, and We have reason to believe
that he was doing some mighty fine
work in promoting his candidacy for
attorney general of Florida.-Pensa-
cola Journal. Thanks for your cour.
tesy in spotting him. AS you suggest.
he is not such an easy Mark as some
of his opponents would insinuate.-
Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Query TO Northern Capitalists.

y Washington newspaper declares
the south should sfavely face the con-
dltlons OF peonage pra1 ticed in son%
OF the turpentine districts of North
Carolina and East Florida Correct.
Meantime it would be interesting to
know what proportion of The turpen-
tine interests in the aforesaid districts
are controlled by northern capitalists.
Birmingham tAla.) News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Panama City Railroad.

a. B. Steele. presldent. and NJ.
Harwood. chief engineer OF our rail
way, were arrivals here on THURSDAY
afternoon of last week, remaining over
night. They came to look over the
work on this end of the road, and in
spect the bay shore at their terminal
IN connection with the building OF
their dock. Mr.. Steele was very san.
guine that trains would be running
into this town early in May.-Pan-
anna City Pilot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Honors for Stockton's Son

The son or Mr.. John y @ S+o,.,,
ton, Of Jacksonville. who * = stTda,',
at Princeton university has recen,Iv
Won one of the Rhodes Scholarships 10
the oxford university. England. The
young man Is certainly to be consrat.
ulated, as we'll as is his distinguished
Iather, as these scholarships are Sc.
cured entirety on ones own merits.
-OCdla Banner
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
VIII Sion Prohibition Bill.

General GiIchrist, in an Interview
with the Volusia County Record, last
week, spoke in such a manner that
the editor of the Record felt justified
in quoting him as pledging to sign d
prohibition bill if passed by the next
legislature. How wills this strike the
Tampa Business Mems League. who
are preparing to make the fight of
their lives for him because he is
against prob. bition.-Live Oak Demo
GRAFT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
FIorida's Pineapple Crop.

The pineapple crop Of Florida IN
1905 amounted TO 571.159 crates. Of
which Lucie county produced 271,s70,
leading every other county in the
state. The crop of 1907 amounted to
375.641 crates, Of whi>h 81. Lucie
county produced 215,496 crates. The
coming crop is estimated at about
500 900 crates. OF which St Lucie
county will produce 100000, or three
fifths of the entire crop produced in
the state-Fort Pierce Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

In the Journal this morning there
is a noteworthy article written by Mr..
G.. A. Waterman, secretary of the
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, en-
titled Easter Sermon by a Pastor of
Progress" which We heartily com
mend to our readers. 1t is full of the
meat of clear. strong, practical
thinking along lines in which the peo-
pie of Pensacola are deeply interest
ed now, and from an Easter text Mr..
Waterman has preached a lay sermon
of large value which will be sure to
make its impress upon thinking read
ers. We need just such literature in
Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

There will be a box party through
out Florida on May 19-ballot box
Jacksonville TimeS-Union.
Let us go a step further and say,
in printers parlance, that on that in
teresting date many excellent gentle
men in the candidate class will have
a box head put on them and they
will feel no interest in subsequent
events
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

Spring is here with all its bloom
and beauty and advantages and dis
advantages. 1t is the season for
cleaning up premises and sprucing
up homes and attending carefully to
all sanitary requirements. In this
connection we reproduce from the
Jacksonville Metropolis the following
letter from a local correspondent
whose criticism is as much Justified
by conditions in Pensacola as in
Jacksonville. II we would all take
the advice of this correspondent,
which we could do at very small cost,
our city would be cleaner, healthier,
happier and prettier. He says:
Now is the season of the year for
painting houses and whitewashinS
fences and outhouses. ! could never
understand why SO little whitewash
Is used in Jacksonville, while at my
former New England home so much
is used and to great advantage. An
old dirty board fence can be materi-
ally improved in appearance by
whitewash. The whitewash costs
little and most anybody can apply 1T
Besides improved looks, whitewash
is healthy and destructive to insects,
etc.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACCLIANS
Sympathy for Mr. Beard

The people of Florida will sympa-
thize with Candidate Beard whose
residence was destroyed by fire 1t
was happy as we'll as d beautiful
home. where hospitality presided al
ways, and where the master dearly
loved TO work and think and talk. IL
is too sad that while he was enligh,-
ening his people the illumination at
home proved Observation-Disclosures
vile Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Fine Tribute to The journal

A recent edition of The Pensacola
journal contained an exhibit of its
circulation for each day in the month,
and each month in the year for the
whole of 1897. The grand total was
1,s02,2I5 copies, making an average
daily edition of 5,75S. OF course,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
CAMPAIGN IN THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Laney a Fluent TaIker
Hon. ChaS. II. Laney. candidate for
congress, will address the citizens OF
Madison at the courthouse tonight
(Friday). Mr.. Laney is a fluent taIker.
is polished gentleman. and will in
terest those who may hear him. La
dies are cordially NATURALIZATION
Recorder.
kehoe Had Majority.
]. W. Kehoe and ChasI H Laney,
congressional candidates, addressed
our people on the issues OF the day
at the courthouse last week. Judging
from outside comment, Kehoe sup
porters were greatly in the majority.
Holmes County Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

Senator Tillman is slowly recover
ing from his recent illness and ex-
poets soon to go to Europe. This
distinguished man has done some
notable things during his career In
Washington City, but his greatest
achievement is to have completely
reversed the first judgment of the
and to have passed from the repute
OF a noisy swashbuckler and dema-
gogue to that of a very able, high
minded public man whose direct and
clear cut way OF getting at the heart
of things is especially to be COM
mended- The Washington Post, in
dependent republican, has this to say
of him:
NO man in the senate is better
known to the country at large than
Senator Tillman- None has been
more active in the legislative enact
ments of congress for the past four
teen years, and few have made
greater impression on that body. Ad-
herentS and opponents. alike, respect
and admire him. However men have
disagreed with his personal views or
his political principles with regard
to legislative questions, they have al
ways paid tribute to his courage, rs
his absolute honesty, and to his sin
certify. His ability and character
have made themselves felt in the
senate chamber and throughout the
country in large measure, and in
these times of strenuous legislation
the country can i'll afford to spare
him from its councils
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
The Journal Calls Names.

We are sorry to see the Pensacola
Journal fall to calling names In a
late issue II speaks of That reckless
d9struct.Cnlst, Editor Jordan. Of the
Punta Gorda Herald" We extend orr
heartfelt sympathy TO Brother Jordan
Jacksonville Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
viii Make Good Race.

The Democrat acknowledges call
from Hon. Royal G. Duha, candidate
for railroad commissioner, who was
in our CITY for while yesterday. Mr..
Dunn is the present secretary of the
commission, and it is pretty generally
conceded that he will make good
race.-Live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
John Stockton Explains.

In a personal letter to this editor.
Candidate John StOckton-who wants
to be governor Of Florida--thinks
that our paragraph of last week was
unjust and possibly prejuiicial 10 his
interests, in that we expressed the
thought that probably he was not
taking the personal interest in his
campaign which he should, but rather
leaving the matter to his friends In
the letter Mr.. Stockton explains that
his private and personal business has
been in such shape since the recent
panic as not to permit Of his leaving
II many days at a time, but says that
he has visited many parts Of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
John Beard in Madison,

Hon John 5. Beard, candidate for
United States senate, will address the
voters of Madison county at the court
house here on Saturday, and if you
miss hearing Mr.. Beard you will re
greet it.-Nadison Recorder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
ONLY AppendicHis Iackino.

The Pensacola Journal says that
General Gilchrist has opulence, pull
chritude. aplomb and 'suaveter in
mOdi. " Now if he could just get ap-
pendicitis he would be all right.-Lake
CITY Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
The Retort whitening.

XIII the demdgOgue. yellS the
Tampa. Tribune. The Tribune office
would be a good place to commence
Wan hula Advocate. The place OF all
places. Send him in and after We
have mashed him TO a pulp in our
new press we will bury HIM at our
own eXpense.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

The Montgomery Journal, after
quoting some pertinent figures on
the subject, agrees with The Journal
that the mulattoes are not increasing
in the South. The Journal says:
The negroes in the South have in
creased very largely in intelligence,
if not in numbers, and their morale
is much higher than when the last
census was taken. Even now the
mUlatto is very scarce, and is rapid
~ passing ont, very much to the
credit of both races
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

Tom AppleyaTd has now passed into
the candidate class sure enough. He
has his picture in the papers. Up to
that point there lis always hope for d
man, but after that he is beyond the
reach of appeal, and he must have it
out 10 a finish with old Vox.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12
Fresh Tennessee Eggs.

As good as yard eggs al % cents
per dozen. J. R. Rhodes. Phone 343.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-12

there are papers that have a greater
circulation than this, but then there
are states in the Union that have a
population of one person to each
three acres of land, whereas Florida
has one person for each IS acres of
land There is room in Florida for
larger circulation and also for more
inha bitantS.
We doubt if there are many states
i'll the Union of the size of Florida pro-
ducing a paper that can show a circu-
laItion statement that will in any way
come up to that OF The Pensacola
Journal.
The statement shows that the resi-
dents Of Pensacola are awake to their
hest interests. realize d good thing
when they see il, and have no hest
fancy in giving it the support it de-
serves. When the current year is
closed We hope 10 be able to show that
The Journals circulation has passed
the 100000 nark.-The Real Estate
and Bankers Review of Florida.