The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-26
BY z. Nellie Beck.

Mississippi delegation, continuing the
delightful "reminiscences with which
he had held US spellbOunu.
Soon after Mallory went 10 Wash
ington, Bryan and Bailey spoke on the
Wilson tariff bill Mallory wrote to
friend in Pensacola enclosing both
speeches and saying;
lone or the other of these two
men are going to be leader of the
democratic party in the future. Read
both speeches. and tell which ii Will
be. for l have great confidence in
your Judgment
The answer sent back was:
'Bailey's not in it. 1 wish he was,
but Bryans the coming man
You were selected by Mr.. Mallory
to manage his first campaign, were
you not Mr. b" was asked
We'll, not exactly, for in d way it
might be said 1 selected myself. 1t
is a well known fact that Mallory had
been frequently defeated for congress
and l, amongst others, had contribU-
ted to the expenses of the different
campaigns. One Sunday morning We
were arranging TO pay up the balance
due on the preceding campaign which
we had lost. Our expenses amount
| ed to about 81, goo, and, if my memory
serves me, ten of us paid the deficit,
and / made the remark that 1 can
nominate Mallory for thousand dol
| lars iS you'll let me run this machine.
In a few minutes the thousand
! dollars had been contributed, though
the campaign was nearly two years
off Mallory was sent for and agreed
| to the plan. Now, we're talking of
a time when d great majority OF the
people who could be elected u con-
ventionS didn't have the money to
pay their expenses to distant point,
and the railroads at that time were
| furnishing transportation. board and
/ lodging to delegates they could use
/ Il at once wrote to people | knew
| in the first district. frankly aCknOwI
| edging the fact that d Few of Nal
| lOry's friends had raised small fund
| for the purpose of paying the eX-
penses Of delegates who could not
| otherwise attend the coming cOnven-
ton. The result was, these people
| were notified in time and started 10
| work in their counties, notifying their
friends that they would be candi-
dates for delegates to the next con-
vention. The result o. that was that
! in nearly every instance the par
ties written TO, met US at the nearest
station and accompanied us to the
convention at very small cost. That
\ is a lesson to young men TO not de-
lay till a month OF two before a con-
lventiOn-or a primary it is nOw-but
TO work all the time"
They also should know that when
they're in a fight they want to show
a bold front to the enemy and to the
Indifferent voter. Don't plead with
him, but show by your manner that
you are convinced of election. as was
lproved to me by two instances in my
own experience One was an incident
on the trip from Pensacola to Barlow
in that first campaign 4 certain
county in West Florida had five votes
represented by three delegates. WE
had one, and the other was claimed
by both. BY getting the second man
| we'd get the five votes. He boarded
our train after we left Pensacola and
some of our jealous delegates were
anxious he should be captured before
we reached Gadsden county. / told
them Let him alone. Don't any man
ask Cor his vote
L told Mallory I thought I under
stood the man. and to leave him 70
me l never mentioned election t.
him for hours, but saw that he Wa;
furnished with lemonade and cigars
Then, after two hours conversation
IL candidly told him that we didn't
of my friends in his county were his
friends and for that reason I would
offer him a berth in our sleeper
called the porter and notified him &c
arrange a lower berth. and, As it was
warm weather, to not make down the
upper berth as our boys would prob
ably stay up for the night.
when the Judge got ready to re
tire, ne slapped MalIory-whO was
sitting anxiously in the seat ahead
of us-on the shoulder and said:
You can put F cOtnty in the
Mallory column OF course. Mallory
realized the importance Of the vote
for that vote gave us West Florida
solid for Mallory
Il mustn't get any credit for that;
If il was good judgment as | had
learned ii by experience In an event
in a close county fight I was appoint
ed a committee to see our old war
horse Trimmer and induce him 10 be
on our side l pleaded with him al
night till the sun shOne through the
window In the morning and Trimmer
hadn't made Up his mind vet AnC
Trimmer will remember this
This was the year We met ir
!, OcaIa &c nominate supreme Judge.
we nominated Maryland from
there went to Barlow and held the
congressional convention. At Ocala
We net a man rom Jacksonville who
had been great factor in the defeat
Of Mallory four years before in Brooks
Vile And after consulting with thf
delegation from West Florida Nal
lOTy's manager told WIZ. Call tina
p If the Jacksonville man was seen il
Barlow the next day the entire
, West Florida delegation would oppose
!, 1 his fCzll-=l realization
qUence was the gentleman Srom Jack
; sOnv1lle didn't show up az Barlow aHt
tae Mallory forces had a vaik-Over
; But we never ran into breaker.
at the Ocala convention the foIIOwfu.
day. We favored Judge Mabry as n
was a south Florida man. prOvidin,
Judge Maxwell had no show w