The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-26
HOW MALLORY SECURED
HIS SECOND NOMINATION
E5ississippian at Denver Convention Talks of
Bryan and Mallory

went 10 Ine EDth QelcedtlOu anu
urged them to stand by Mabry and
our delegation would support aim
next day And We did. and had the
proud satisfaction o. nominating two
of the best men in Florida and two
of the best friends of the people
Mabry to the supreme court, and II
Mallory 10 congress II
AT Barlow the convention was
called TO order and the EScambla
delegation adopted a different policy Il
to that used in the past, namely, We /
sat quietly in our seats, made no
demonstration when We gained vote
from unexpected quarters, did no
cheering. and by that fact did not !
antagOnize our opponents and got !
nomination out of the third ballot I'M
der the two-thirds rule
"Mallory's career from the leSisla- |
ture TO the United States senate /
ought to be a lesson and encourage /
meut to the young politicians o. TO- !
day. he was not bitterly opposed to
corporations. but was fair to all He
never would accept a pass tele-
graph frank, nor any favor from the
corporations II was shown by what
he did in the senate in getting 21,OOO
acres mile for building the 2 & A
road that he was not adverse to rail
roads. The south Florida people own
ed much of the land and such was
| their confidence in Mallory that no
other man in the Florida senate
could induce them to give their
/ lands to build that road.
Possibly other people may have
| enormously gotten the credit for the
/ building up o. Pensacola by this
road-if II has built it up-but. if the
state of Florida had given the la
fn
mile he'd have built that cOntemplat-
| ed road from Pensacola TO Seattle.
] Mallory, about that time, had fore
seen the fight between the railroads
and the people, as he told me on diff
! ferent occasions that he didn't like 10
see those private cars, magniiCently
fitted up different from those. used
/ by the people. and the time was
! bound to come when the people must
| either control the railroads or the
government must own them. This
was long ago-about thirty years ago
| "Bryan'S career was, on a larger
lscope. like MaIlory's. The people
were always for him and the leading
politicians against him. I've seen 1t
in Tallahassee. where members o
the senate would be absent when
lquPstiOn came up First thing when
the sergeant at arms would bring
them in would be
| whats the question? If its po-
IIiticaI we'll vote with Mallory, but If
il in any way affects the railroads
or corporations well vote against
him I've heard that expression by
the leaders.
Mallory is dead, hut his memory
Lives in the hearts of the people,
while a great many of those others
lare living but are politically dead
$50. say to the young men all over
lFToTida. but in EsCambia county par
ticuIarly. If they want to live in poll
tics let them follow Mallory's political
lcaTeeT-
"MalIory's physical courage was I'M
questioned. I've seen him come right
into a crowd of opponents, into a dan
gerOus place for him to be, and say
The man who says l am opposed
TO the IabOring man is a liar And
1.-The man who repeats that statement
lis a liar
Then he went on TO state and to
prove that at the very time he was
accused of opposing labor, he was in
a committee pleading for a laborlng
imam who was contesting for his seat,
and got the seat Cor him without a
dollars cost TO the claimant
Il was too young then TO realize It.,
Inception BY the railroads of getting
1.-The working people opposed TO Nal
IOry. Previous to that | had been
opposed to him. But man who had
the courage to come into that crowd
THAT night under the circumstances.
and make the statement he did, must
he an honest nan as well as a brave
one. and from that time | was a
Jealous follower o. Mallory
And. if there's one man that's
been in political life that was always
faithful to the people of Florida, it
was Stephen r Mallory, and he GER
tainIy deserves monument placed
on the most conspicuous place on
PaIafOx street. as an encouragement
to the young man to realize that MS
fight against unjust trusts and cor
poratiOns, will be remembered even
after he is dead
What did you mean awhile ago
when you said that speaking of BTy-
an reminded you % a joke on Billy
Knowles" was asked
Billy had told me when We were
silver men, that if we'd adopt the
gold standard we'd have England at
our feet in five years But, though
We had to adopt the gold standard
eight years after his prediction, we
encountered the greatest panic We
ever had-tle one we felt the most
; Later ! wrote TO him from Mississippi
dra wing his attention TO the pTedlc-
ton he had made and asking him
why we had to borrow S50. 100000
from England TO help Us out. He
came back saying that old age had
not impaired my memory But he
still believes that England owes u
ten OF maybe twenty millions I've
forgotten which This viii again show
the young man that the men VINO
!, deal in finaRces don't know it all
, II don't like to make this sort of ex-
ample Of my eTiend. but
I'd Ike TO tell the young men IN
Florida. and every place, to read Sen
{ a-o- Keverid ue-S article in tho SafITT.