The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-05
BRYAN BANNERS ORDERED
FROM FLORIDA'S SPECIAL
Johnson Supporters Induced
Railroad Officials to Order
Banners Cut Away-Were
Strung Up Again, How
ever.
BY Frank 1. Mayes.

St. Louis, Mo, July -3--tSpecial
THE Florida delega-
ton reached St. Louis this morning
and spent seven hours mere. leaving
this afternoon for Lincoln, where the
Fqoridians join Mr. Bryan in celebrat-
ing the nations birthday
The Florida car, or rather tho Pen
sacoIa car. has attracted a great deal
of attention all along the route 1t Is
the only car which carries banners
or decorations OF any kind, and that
fact. coupled with the other fact that
its banners reading FLORIDA Is Tor
VIM. ]. Bryan for President, can be
seen for q long distance on both sides
of the train. it has become very dis
tinctive feature OF the trip
All the way from Pensacola TO
Birmingham this special car attract
ed the attention of everyone along the
route and excited the envy OF the
other delegations on the train Al
every station, there were shouts Tor
Bryan, and farmers working In the
fields stopped their teams, waved
their hats and hurrahed for the
great comoner as the train passed
bv. You could even near the negroes
talking about dat BTy'n cah-
All went smooth and Florida 5
colors flew brilliantly until after the
train left Birmingham At this place
some petty official or jealous Johnson
partisan got busy, made complaint,
and shortly came a telegram ordering
the Pullman conductor to remove
the baners from that Pensacola car
The train then waited while the port
ers, under orders, cut the banners
down.
Some little delay was occasiOned
by the fact that no one had knife
with which to cut the fastenlnSs. Jas
McHugh was applied to.
II left my knife in Florida said
Mr. McHugh- II never carry such q
thing when / leave home
Have you a knife. subj" asked the
Ethiopian of Neixs Mex OeTting-
Il have replied Mr. Oerting- but
it's in my other pants pocket and my
pants are locked up in my suit case
I'm too busy now to go and get it
Former Governor w. $. Jennings
who was in the party, was then APP
| piled to.
Have you a knife?" was the ques-
| ton put to him.
L have" replied the ex-governor;
| s'wnat about it?'
| 4 want TO borrow it to cut down
| luOSfs b1slhCa 90 49,
! rendered
| Not on your life" was the en-
| phatic commandments from Mr. Bry-
/ ans cousin IF you wait until you
| get my knife. you'll be a long time
| cutting those banners down Besides
they belong TO Mayes and he Is in the
! dining car at lunch. why don't you
wait until he gets here and not take
advantage o. the mans absence that
| way2'
Cant do it sub, if we can find a
knife" was the rejoinder.
! At last some one, who must have
| been either a Johnson supporter or
| envious of t1e big Bryan sign, fur
/ nished the desired cutlery and the
| banners came down
/ Il was only temporary, however
| Night was coming on and rain was
/ falling and the banners were neatly
| folded up and laid away until morn
| ing But just before leaving time this
| afternoon. the boys got busy again and
| as the train pulled out of St Louis
/ the banners were again in place and
! everyone who saw the car knew
where the passengers were from
where they were going and what they
were going for.
| The Florida and Alabama delega
tons have a special train from BiTm
| ingham clear through to Denver Gov
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