The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
BEARD IN
MARIAN
WEST FLoRIDA'S CANDIDATE FOR
u. S. SENATE CRITICiZES BROW
ARDS APPOINTMENT OF w. H.
MILTON AS SENATOR WHILE
SENATOR MILTON SITS IN AU-
DIENCE AND LISTENS.
Special TO Tire journal.

Mariana, Fla. May "a large
number OF rhe citizens of Mariana.
including many ladies'. assembled at
the court house Monday night to
hear Hon. John :. Beard speech upon
the political issues of the day and in
advocacy Of his candidacy for the
United States senate. Mr.. Beard ;
speech took unusually and remarkably
well with the crowd. and there is no
doubt but that hes turned many votes,
and it looks very much as if he Will
carry West Florida in spite of the adj
ministratiOn machines.
He scored Governor BTOward for
his Inconsistency in appointing W. II.
Milton Of this place, 10 the senate
Senator Milton was in the audience
slad TO see Mr.. Milton there. as he
and Mr. Beard declared that he was
had said nothing in his former
speeches that he would not say on
this occasion and that he would not
continue to say to the end of the cam
paign. He also scored Governor Brow
ard heavily for the compromise with
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
by which compromise the Louisville
< Nashville received over 100000
acres of land of the internal improve
ment fund. and over $3.50 900 in money
under legislative grant which Gov
ernOr BrOward. when he was d candi-
GATE for governor. had declared that
he Legislature had no more right to
make than any other 100 men who
might gather together in the state.
He also scored Governor Broward
and the other trustees of the internal
improvement fund for the exhorbitant
salary of $4,000 per annUm which
they had paid Ex-Governor Jennings
during Governor BrOWard'S admins
tratiou. as general counsel for the
trustees. and they had paid Jennings
extra fees. aggregating $4,000 for
compromising the cases he had lost
as general counsel on a contract sal
AIRY Of $4,000 per annum- Mr. Beard
declared that Mr.. Jennings had re
Ceived $50, 900 that be knew of from
the trustees of the internal improve
Eent fund during Governor Brow rs
administration for losing. and then
cOmpr0mi sing. the cases that he had
lost.
Mr. Beard said that Mr.. Bryan once
said. that when he desired 10 say any
thing particularly severe of the SUI
Preme court of the United States.
that ne read a dissenting opinion OF
one of the Judges Of that court. Now,
SAWS Mr.. Beard. Il VIII nor charac1 er-
lie JneSe JTdnSdcIIOnS between -jeu-
ningS and the trustees but will read
you what the Tallahassee Sun, an ar
dent. unreasonable and unreasoninS
Supp0rter of the administration and
of Governor BrOward for the United
States senate, says Of these Jennings
fees Mr.. Beard then read an edi-
rorial from the Tallahassee Sun, in
which these transactions We're de
nOunced by that paper as graft. pure
and simple blown in the bottle. graft
Nr. Beard is very strong in West
Florida. and the prediction is freely
made that he viii be in the second
primary Last night he changed many
who were formerly for Governor Brow
ard. but who did not. until last night
know OF the transactions between
Jennings and the trustees.
Mr.. Beard also paid his respects in
no uncertain tones 70 Mr.. Lamar and
Mr.. Fletcher, showing that the few
men had held Office for d number Or
years. and had accomplished little. If
anything. for the good or the people
The smart rp-to to women of today
Know how TO bake, wash, sing and
play;
Without these talents a wife is \. G..
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