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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

Mr.. Adams contends that the Waters
Pierce OIL company is not part OF
the Standard Oil trust, and broadly
intimates that the fight made against
it has been inspired by that great
monopoly, or by some faction in it.
In making d defense OF the Waters
Pierce Oil company, Mr.. Adams does
not renounce any tenet OF his we'll
known radrcalism. He boldly asserts
that the trust system of industry is
an evolutionary development; ridi-
cules the theory that trusts can be
destroyed, or that they should be de-
stroyed, and declares that the sole
remedy is the taking over by the gov
eminent of such industries as have
proved themselves susceptible to pri-
waite mOnOpOliZation-
Space does not permit a resume OF
his defense of the Waters Pierce
against those who have mercf'essly
attacked it. but he proves conclusive
ly that much of the animus is politi-
cal, and that the company has I'M
fairly been charged with the sins OF
the Standard Oil trust. There is no
doubt that Mr.. Adams articles have
done much to change the sentiment OF
the people of Texas, and that they
have paved the way for the elimina-
ton of politics in a crusade which
has been of no benefit TO those who
were forced TO take sides.
The following paragraphs are in
Adams'S best vein, and Will add to
his reputation as one of the clearest
thinkers and most fOrcefuI wriers on
the great economic questions now
pressing for solution:
TRUSTS did not originate because
1
| did they result from the exercise OF
rare individual judgment and keen
capitalistic insight. The trust was the
first remedy at hand for that perpet
ual panic called unrestricted compe-
| tition. "
Competition cannot be maintained
or forced where combination is pos
| sible."
Il hold that whenever a combina,
| ton of individuals or of corporations
! succeed in throttling competition
| that their very success has decreed
| that il can best be conducted as a
| monopoly, but l also hold that the
! state, the government or the people
call it what you please-shouId
| then step in and conduct such a
| monopoly. l stand for the public
schools against a university fOstereC
! anu uOufUdI0u ny d TSOChSIciIeI,
| hold that the United States postoffice
| is more worthy of admiration anC
more conducive TO patriotism than the
! United States Express company"
| Il would rather defend and cham,
'pion a currency system based on
| acorns and four-leaved cloyers THAI
| to explain how a great trust is to
| distintegrate into a thousand small
| establishments, between which there
shall be that beatific warning concord
| by which the pubic will get the best
! of it
The war came, but young Rookie
! fe5ler did not put uniform on anC
| march to the front. Incidentally, II
may be mentioned that many of Oul
great fortunes were founded by men
| who had sufficient will power to re
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

Fundamental to our system of govern
ment, is the essence of the open shop
principle. Workingmen may organize
for the protection of their rights and
the promotion of their welfare, but
not for the destruction or curtailment
of the rights of others or injury to
their wellIbeing. If the unions cannot
demonstrate their benefit sufficiently
to attract wOTlGmen in their several
trades to join them. they should not
be permitted to exercise coercion in
timidatiOn or violence to force them
in or to keep them out of employment
If they refuse to join. A workman is
entitled TO the same rights as a non
union man that he world have as a
union man before the law. and he
should he protected in those rights
IN the one case as in the other 1ney
should be recognized by employers,
whose liberty is also assaulted by
unions that claim superior rights for
their members and attempt by COM
b1natiOn 10 enforce them. The most
serious mistake of the labor unions
IS this attack upon equality Of rights,
which insists upon discrimination in
the employment of men in their occu-
patiOnS and leads inevitably to unius-
Unable strikes, to boycOttS, to threats
and intimidation and to assaults I'D
On person and property against which
every subject Of civilized law is en-
titled to protection.
Nothing Is more inconsistent with
this principle of equality than the de-
mand for class Legislation. the making
or laws to apply TO one class of citi-
zens and not to another, or to apply
Inherently to one class than to anoth-
er- To make one law OF conspiracy
Tor organized capital. to make the
judicial power of injTnctiOns different
III labor disputes than in business dis
lutes or any controversy threatening
Injury, to permit bOycOttS by labor
unions which would not he tolerated
by combinations of employers. would
ne destructive of free government and
lead ultimately TO despOtissm 1t is a
wholesome thing that manufacturers
and other employers of labor are or.
ganlzlnG to resist these destructive
tendencies and to insist upon the
maintenance of the constitutional
rights Of all But they need to he
consIderate of rights also and not go
100 TAR in repression. OUr working
men need to be educated to under
stand their own rights and to respect
the rights Of others. They should be
encouraged to organize and to con
quot their organizations on right Drin
clples, and helped to free themselves
from bad leadership. Unlcn worhmer
are still a small minority in our body
polite and not so formidable as theiI
leaders would have Us believe They
VIII not gain strength 10y striving
against the principles of American in
situations and fighting against the
spirit that created the government o.
the United States and is essential &C
its preservation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
Wanted to Be Ready.

Servant-I've come 20 give notice.
ma'am, as 1 am going to get married.
Mistress-Indeed, Mary How long
have you been engaged? Servant-L
amt engaged at all. ma'am. Mistress
We'll, who is the happy man? Serv-
ant-You know the big shop down the
road. Well, the shopwalker looked at
me the day before yesterday, and yes
ferday he smiled, and today he said,
Good morning" and 1 expect tOmor-
row he'll propose. and, you see, ma'am,
I want to be ready.-LondOn Answers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
THE WATERS PIERCE
-: CASE IN TEXAS
By Frederick Upham Adams.

strain their impulse to save their
country by fighting for it"
NO mercy, no compromise, no
combination, but relentless war, with
bankruptcy and disgrace Tor the
weaker, and uiches and laurel
wreaths for the stronger-su-h was
the industrial and financial program
mapped out in those gentle and good
old days which clustered around
1870"
In the lovely little game of the
Survival of the fittest,' John ID.
Rockefeller is IT. and those who pre-
tend that they like the game should
not WEIGH. | don't like the game, and
have been saying so for twenty years
or more"
Rockefeller gave the world its first
great object lesson in the poss1bii-
ties of organized production. He saw
the defects, stupidities and idiocies OF
our system OF induStry-and proceeded
to take advantage of them"
1T is amusing TO listen to men who
grow eloquent expOunding their dread
of the tyrannies of state socialism
and~whO denounce the impractic8bili-
ties of government ownership, turn
| blithely to the defense of a plan
ment to stop a man from selling what
/ is his, and to regulate the amount OF
| business an individual or a concern
shall do without calling down the
wrath of the law"
i confess that ] am unable to con-
ce1Ve OF such a thing rs fair compe-
| titiOn.' You might as well preach in
| favor of 'peaceable fighting COmpe-
| tition means that each participant will
| take every possible advantage OF ali
| of his opponents"
In defiance of popular opinion and
| in contempt of the makeShift school
| of alleged political economy which
| has been cOnjured up in recent years,
| | wish to record my belief that the
| Waters Pierce had a moral, ethical
| and legal right to buy anything
whlch, anyone else was willing to sell,
and l will go further and declare that
| no government has a right to inter
.fere with any individual or combina-
ton of individuals in restraint OF
! this freedom of contract
| The principal difference between
| a good lawyer and the average judge
is that the first delivers his opinions
| in his private office for a private fee,
and that the Judge delivers his opin-
| ions from the bench for a public sal
airy. The lawyer becomes d judge
and the judge becomes a lawyer, and
no halo of unnatural wisdom rests
over him in either instance. Both
| make mistakes for the obvious rea-
son that the law is the most inexact
| of all the sciences"
| "BalZac once declared that a coun-
try which had 10000 laws had no law
We have many times that number OF
| laws. and only a StatiStician knows
| how many conflicting decisions. Keep
on sending lawyers and more lawyers
| to your legislatures to pass more and
| more laws; create new and more
| complicated sstems of courts, but in
the name Of common sense don't
| complain if they sink you deeper and
deeper into the legal mire, and charge
you roundly for the service"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
PAPER ISSUED
DURING WAR
N. Colver Has Copy of Ope-
lika Union, Gotten Out
By Soldiers.

y COlver, of DeFuniak Springs.
who was a Union soldier during the
Civil War has submitted an inter
esting copy OF volume l. No l, OF
the "Opelika tAIaD Union" as pub
Iished by the Ninetyfifth Illinois reg
iment. on June J. 1865, during the
occupation of the town by the Union
forces.
The worn little copy of the Union
is an extraordinary example OF jour
nalistic enterprise. Published by
members OF the regiment who had
been engaged in the tolls of war since
the first outbreak of the struggle, the
attempt is a trife uncouth, and the
press work frankly bad in not one but
several q aces. But the sentiment Is
there. and the ideas OF the staunch
little sheet are not far from those
which are entertained by the first
men of the country today She
sparkIes out editOrially in quite an
ambitious manner; in fact, there are
few passages but which may, in the
light of years that are gone. be con-
sidered in the nature of a prophecy
which has proven true in many in
stances.
A Breezy Sheet
The Union. as the Official organ or
the post commander, Colonel B anden.
shows no end of enterprise in ne
Issue whI5h, after so many years,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
Fletcher Should Remember
Four Years Ago.

The Fletcher newspapers are jubli-
ating over the fact that John S. Beard
and w. B. Lamar, defeated candidates
for the United States senate, have an
nounced their support of ID. u. Fetch
er as against Governor Brcward in
the second primary.
There is no special reason, IN the
light of past experience in such cases,
for any shouting on the part OF Mr.
Fletcher's friends because of these
announcements.
The voters who supported Mr.. Beard
or Mr.. Lamar. in the first primary did
so because they either felt friendly
for their special candidate or thought
he was the best qualified for the Of
fee. In no case, however, did these
voters sacrifice the privilege of making
their own choice of candidates in the
second primary and they are more
than apt to resent the idea that
either Mr. Beard or Mr. Lamar can
hand them over to any other candi-
date at will. For our own pa -
do not think that either Mr.. Beard or
Mr.. Lamar will attempt to do any
such thing.
And so far as Mr.. Fletcher is con-
cerned, he can very we'll profit by the
experience OF Bob Davis four years
ago. 1T will be remembered that
both Buster Brown and Dannitte H.
Mays announced for MIR. Davis in the
second primary, but that Davis was
defeated and Broward was elected.
The average man will go a long
way in support of friend Or lead
er, but he draws the line when thai
leader tries to hand him over TO some
| one else.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
SAVE THE
FLORIDA ALLIGATOR.
Punta Gorda Herald.
A~%%~~~AA%>%%% :

The day is coming when the alliga-
tor will be as scarce in this state of
Florida as the once plentiful buffalo
on the western pTairieS. The eXtinc-
ton of the alligator is assured unless
steps are taken to preserve what is
left of these picturesque creatures, by
stringent Legislative enactment 1t
We're a thousand pities if we COntinu-
ed idly to watch the slaughter that IS
daily thinning the ranks. and voiced
10 protest against the wantOnnesS Of
this destruction.
Let it be remembered that the alb
gator is native to but few states in
the Union. and if some interest and
effort is not made in these Gulf States
in his belIalf. he viii become as en-
dinCt in a few years as the mammoth
and mastOdOn.
Our state must move in the matter
The virtues of the alligator. the nObili-
~ of character of this beloved saUr-
ian. are through lack of knowledge
hidden from the world at large. 1t Is
not generally known, for example
that here in Punta Gorda the alligator
has helped us to solve much Of the
perplexity of the servant problem,
performing many OF the duties OF
household service in a manner as
creditabIe TO his intelligence as 10
his heart.
To the practice of many OF our lead
ing citizens of allowing these dOmesti-
Gated lizards to roam their yards at
night, unfetteTed and free. we attri-
tUte in our town the happy absence
We enjoy of tramps. burglars and yell
low dogs As a watchdog the alliga-
tor is unsurpassed. His honest bark
is enough to put the fear of GCd into
the hearts OF all midnight providers,
and his affection for superf1uous dogs
is only equaled by his capacity for
benevCIently dsSimilating them. It is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

finally found its way to the Journal
office yesterday. A poem or two, in
deed, is attempted, and there is any
amount of space filters directed. IL
is true. upon foreign subjects in
foreign land, but the job seemed to
have been tackled, notwithstanding.
and the issue in hand of the "Openka
Union" stands as testimony that II
was at least tackled well.
Some Extracts.
"Opelika was occupied by the
Ninety-ffth regiment on the 18th
inst" says the Union" The regl-
ment marched through the principal
streets of the city to the hills beyond.
into the beautiful grove of pines, for
merry used as a hospital camp. The
city contained six or seven saloons
which were dealing out poor whiskey
to the returning soldiers. causing
some to be boisteTOus, and TO make
more noise than the post commander
judged necessary for the welfare or
the city They were accordingly or
dered closed. and now everything
goes swimminGIy.'
An order of Colonel BIanden con-
corning firearms was also published
in the Union: The possession OF
firearms by citizens at this time Is
unnecessary. as good order and dis
cipiine Will he enforced against all
dsturbers Of the public peace. 1t Is
thereby ordered that all having fire.
arms in their possession in this COM
munity turn them over to headqUar-
ters Immediately, and they will be
returned later"
Issued In 1882.
Mr. COlver is also in possession or
CODY of the UniOnville IN. V Ban
ner. published on the seventh day or
August. 1892. The main article deals
with the subject of "Anti-MasOnry III
Maine" which was at that day an is
sue which was attracting consider
able attention throughout the COUNTRY.
Andrew jackson and his policies are
also dealt with with an energy which
shows that the editor had feelings or
his own on the subject. In fact, the
sheet in lis entirety is a credit 10
early journalism in small New
York town. when facilities were not
even what they were to be in a few
wears, and doUbly interesting at TINS
distant date Mr.. COlver, IN TACT,
takes DardOnable pride in the posses
sion of two almost perfect specimens
of country journalism as 1t appeared
in the early struggles which char
acterized the craft in former gem
Grafton. -f--..--
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28
pENsAcoIA. FLORIDA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2S 1908.
What John Stockton
Must Combat.

Must Combat.
The result of the gubernatorial
race in the first primary was dis
Hinct surprise to everyone. The Jour |
nal took little stock in the idea that
John Stockton would be nominated IN
the first primary, but it did believed
that he would lead the race. This De-
lief also, we think, was generally
shared both by the Stockton and the
Gflchrist adherents, and the large
vote received by Gilchrfst was as
much of a surprise to his friends as
dit was to his opponents.
Now there is but one thing for John
Stockton and mis- friends to do-they
must get down to business. They let
Gilchrist get his lead in the first pr1-
mary purely by default. Neither
Stockton nor his friends did anything
i'm his behalf. Over+confidence lost
them first place in the first primary
overconfidence must not be permitted
to do that in the second. The bulk OF
the Browne vote, properly appealed
to. viii go to Stockton, and Gilchrist's
dead can easily be overcome, but work
IS necessary to do it.
John Stockton now has arrayed
against him
The corporation element,
The liquor element, and
That other element
which is interested, chiefly in Sena-
tor Taliaferro's behalf, in keeping as
many state and federal offices as pos
sibIe away from Jacksonville.
All of these elements are actively
at work to defeat John Stockton. The
corporation element has always been
against Stockton. Since the Anti
Saloon issue became dominant in
Florida and throughout the south, the
Liquor Interests of Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Florida have staked
their last hope ON this state, and they
are therefore organized TO defeat any
candidate that opposes them.
Why are the Liquor Interests of
Alabama and Georgia, one of which
is now dry and the other of which
will be dry on Jan. l, neXt-why
are they interested in Florida? Simply
because they look upon Florida as
the last refuge from which they can
ship their goods into the dry states
which have driven them out. That is
irwhy they are interested in Florida
land why they want no man for gov
ernor who VIII not veto a prohibition
dill should one be passed by the leg
islature That is why they are fight
ing John Stockton.
Florida wants no weak or uncertain
man as governor during the next foul
years We want no man who does
not stand fiatfooted and square upoI
every important issue in which the
people are interested. For those very
reasons We want and need Johr
Stockton now.
1t would be a public calamity FOL
Stockton to be defeated at thi,
time. The Journal can say thi:
in all consistency because it ha.
never been special admirer of JohI
Stockton. 1t has always respected
him and felt friendly toward him, bu
il has rover worshiped him as som,
of his enthusiasts followers do.
The issues now, however. are S,
clear-cut and the personalities of tn,
two candidates are so clearly market
that we feel that all citizens VIII,
have the real good or the state a
heart should rally to the support o
Stockton's candidacy. But we shall
have more on the same subject here
after.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

The Vorusia County Democrat says
that some editors in Florida are so
intolerant that they confidently pro-
claim that every man who fails to
join them in their adulation of some
particular aspirant for office is mo
democrat" The Democrat is doubt
Gess referring to the Bryan move
ment in Florida. We have no knOwl-
edge of the intolerant editors referred
to by our contemporary. They should
rebrked. Who are they? The demOc-
racy Of no man is questioned or i'm
pugned because he is not for Mr.. Bry-
an at Denver, and outside of the anti
Bryan papers themselves, we have
seen no intimation that anybody
thought that way. The Nebraska lead
er is no autocrat; he has none OF
the machinery of aaFtocracy and he
has achieved his leadership by pure
personal merit and the force of his
doctrines. He would be the first to
resent the proposition that loyalty TO
him was the test of party loyalty,
anu tIle Peopio WIN D0lI0Ne III hIlLi
and seek his nomination fully share
his tolerance in that respect. The
stuff now current in certain news
papers that Bryan supporters are
seeking to abridge freedom of Opin.
ion in the matter of the party chance
at Denver is pure hypOcricy without
any basis in fact, and it is reasonable
l to suppose that its purpose is to
Grouse prejudice against Mr.. Bryan
himself.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

The Times-Union naturally thinks
the primary is a failure and should
BE abolished. Ditto the Ocala Banner.
Ditto the Tampa Tribune. We have
Yet to hear from General Gilchrist
about il.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

A lot of old newspapers,
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour
nal office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

Walter Kehoe, the next representa-
tive from Florida's third congressional
district de is a believer in and ad-
vocate of the kind of democracy
which this country needs. Let the
friends of that democracy get busy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

With the united support of Beard
and Lamar going to Fletcher with en-
thusiasm, BrOward will not stand as
much chance being nominated for the
United States senate as William Ran
dOiph Hearst win have in being elect
ed president of the United States. MI
Broward received approximately H.
600 notes.-the other 80. 900 going
SOlidly for Mr. Fletcher, his nominal
ton is an absolute certainty and if
Mr.. Broward really has any true
friends they should pull him out of
the race, thus saving them money.
time and hTmiliatiOn.-Tam Trib-
une.
1T remains TO be seen, however,
whether or not the united support of
Beard and Lamar can thus be hand
ed over like so much merchandise.
The people who voted for Beard and
Lamar are no doubt as capable of
deciding whom they Will vote for this
time as they were in the first prI-
mary, or as MessTs- Beard anad La
mar themselves are for that matter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

Stockton stands for something. Is
there any important issue which Gil
christ does not straddIe?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-28

The announcement that the county
solicitor of Duyal county will prose
cute the campaign grafters is refresh
ing. Let us hope that he will keep
his word.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-26
alexandria Gazette.
"WEDNESDAY EVENING. ArG. %. 1903.
~Misery Loves Company"

~ beg your pardon" said the
stranger on the bicycle, riding slowly
up to the sidewalk and steadying him
self by putting his foot on the curb
"but | am looking for a restaurant
where / can get good meal. Can you
direct me to oneT
The man whom he addressed was
standing In front OF store trying to
rub a grain Of sand out Of his eye
with one hand and holding bis hat on
with the other. for It was a windy
day. and at first he made no response
But presently he spoke.
Go to the next block" he said, land
turn to the right Four doors down
you will find a restaurant"
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they acct
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out of town. He stopped
and spoke.
my friend" he said. Il followed
your directions. | went to the restau-
rant you directed me to. and | got the
worst meal ! ever had In my life"
81 thought you would" answered
the other. Tf you had waited till J
got that grain of sand out Of my eye
| should have sent you to a good res
taurant. but you didn't. just had to
divide my misery with somebody. and
you happened to be handy."-Youth's
COMPANION.