The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-28
JOHN BEARD IN TAMPA.
Tin1es-Union Correspondence,
April IS.


AT the Hillsborough county court
house square last nignt. Hon John
s. Beard OF Pensacola, candidate for
che United States senatorship, ad-
dressed the people of Tampa, devot-
ing nearly an hour and half mainly
TO his proposed disfranchising of the
negro and his contention OF the I'M
constltutionality of the fifteenth
ame4dment, which he makes the
principal issue of his campaign.
Judge D. H. Yancy of this city intro
duced the distinguished Pensacolian
IN few brief but neatly turned SEN
fences, in which he described Col
beard as man whom he had known
lor twenty years as a citizen CT strict
uprlShtnesS. honesty and ability, the
son or a true and tried democrat and
confederate soldier, and a man who
mad continuously served the people
OF FLORIDA with much earneStness and
nttIe remuneration
Col Beard announced as his theme
the unconstitutionality of the IF
teenth amendment and his proposed
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the negro and
closely followed his subject through
out almost his entire address, except
Ior short period, during which he
gave Gov. Broward a decidedly warm
roast, dominating him the head anu
front OF gigantic political machine
VINO while crying out against corpo-
ratlonS and corporate Influences in
politics, had appointed to the United
states senate man from Mariana.
NlIham II. Milton, who was fully
Ioentlhed with corporate interests
ana connected with numerous bank
ing institutions and other financial
interests, which made him far removelf
from the common people, who the,
governor so vehemently processes to
champion. -
Mr.. Beard strongly criticised Gov
broWard for his part in the Louis
Vli!e and Nashville land COMPROMISE
ana SAID the appointment or forme1.
GOV Jennings as attorney at $4,000
salary IN services which George p
Raney, one Of the ablest LAWYERS in
the state, had only received 81 600
declaring that everybody knew that
haney Is worth ten times more as
lawyer than Jennings The sneaker
claimed that jennings ,apnofntn1nnt
was piece of political trickerv. and
the reward of henchman without
regard 10 the interest of the peonIe
Col. Beard but mildly and briefly
mentioned his other opponent for the
united States Senatorship. Hon DIM
can L. Fletcher, contenting himself
with calling him the distinguished
gentleman from the state of lack
sonville, Immediately apologizing TO /
MS audience for the slip of his |
tongue which had made Jacksonville
a state instead of a city. and then
remarking that he did not know
whether he ought 10 apologize or moi
as the people Of the metropoIis
thought their city covered the whole !
state and distinguished citizens only
came from there.
He went into very lengthy de-
tailed argument to sustain his con-
tentlon of the constitutionalitv of the
hfteenth amendment, and WHY the
negro should be disfranchised. the |
speech being on the same lines with
those he has delivered elsewhere in
the present campaign ana in the lasr
Legislature, when he proposed the
amendment TO the state constitution |
DISTINGUISHING the negro.
Col. Boards address was most in |
terestlng and instructive throughout !
and the large audience. which had
among it many ladies, remained as |
highly interested listeners through |
the nearly one hour and a half CON |
sumed in its delivery.