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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-03
Plans are Made.

Immediately after the matter of
subscription had been settled for the
time and the first bridge" had safe
ry been passed, there appeared to be
general inclination upon the part
of every one present to place the mat
ter upon a solid business basis as
soon as possible. While matters ap-
peared to be in a somewhat chaotic
condition, as the result of the magni-
tude of the proposition which Pensa-
cola had been dealing with there was
plenty of opportunity to take matters
firmly in hand and to systematic the
big work which is still before the
stockholders. 1t was TO this end
then, that a meeting was arranged to
take place in the Brent building on
next Friday night, when signed stock
holders will have the opportunity of
seeing the project placed upon a
much more satisfactory basis through
the work of committees appointed for
that purpose A charter committee,
TO report upon form of charter.
was appointed by Chairman Stlllman,
is composed of the following. F. X
YOnge, G.. A. Waterman and r. B.
Simpson. Other matters of import
ance will be brought up at the Fri
day meeting. when everything will be
tsyStematized hnd working basis
established.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-03

Snhscrib- for The Journal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
The Now -nnncr slaN.

There aro tHrre other cars, ane compartment sleeper one standard sleeper and regular diner, vith ou- dUr'or. cooks and waiter to supply
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
MPAIGN BREAKS This Is the Season When They Are Made in Greatest
 Number.
  WHAT THEY LEAD TO Mir. IongNorth the Burcbard of tho 1908 Cumpnlgn?--0r Did He
 Lose His Temper?

The Springfield Republican prints the following interesting editorial;
 This Is the month in presidential struggle when breaks" are most mum erous and most excruciating Political managers dread october, with it's high tension and general uproar, because then if ever the men who breaks may take the center of the stage, at the psychological moment. and beNitch the best planned Of campaigns. Tho classic break of our later political history, which old campaiguers can never for get, was Rev. Dr, Burchard's awful phrase, rum, Romanism and rebel lion, spoken sonorously in the pres ence of James q Blaine, in the closing days Of the struggle of 1884 The mis- chief played by it Was instantaneous, although no one was ever ablc to esti- mate its actual effect upon the voters Mir. Blaine lost New York state by so narrow 2 margin that his friends nat urslly believed that the Eurohard break alone was enough to turn the scale. Politicians, at any rate, cannot help being nervous regarding such ex- ssperatinR episodes. The hest they can do is to play the part of fremen and stand ready with the hose.
 As both verb and noun. break has over a page of definitions given to it hy the Century Dictionary, showing what an important word 1t is in the Eng fish language but In it's political, idl- omatic sense, 1t probably was borrowed from tho race track 4 trotter In race breaks. that is, loses his layel stride and reperts to an impossible kind of eallop which ls not permitted by tho rules of harness racing Tine animal acts in this manner because Of an over nervous condition or excessive speed which cannot he maintained The word break applied to political campaign CTS has the same meaning The orator, who makes 2 foolish remark to an audience in the last weeks of an cxeit Ing presidential battle loses his head much as hard-pressed harness racer on the home stretch loses his stride. In the vocabulary of political slane "preak' has vivid and picturesque significance which Is in harmony with the popular conception of a presidential contest as 3 race with candidates running "a conception which has
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

the crowd. Some rush in to hos what the people have to say. whiI others pick Qp the base villagers ,rh stand on the edges, chewing straw and looking as if they had socn 'ra dozens of times. They arc the wi; boys who can tell all about local cor dltions, and will do it gladly. TT photographers have been snappin inc crowd or catching Mr. Taft in new pose.
 some local committeeman has bee forward to the baggage car to ge. bale of literature. one of the lifor,t bureau men has been stirring hin self to pass out Taft Autographs m circulars. The conductor has hea at the station getting his train order but thore is no all aboard" from hin When the signal comes, the troi starts and all who are no aboard Y, left, For the Taft train has mlssic to perform and waits for no mn There are other crowds waiting sr many miles to do The trainmast, of the road is abroad and he clea the Way The engineer makes has With caution. and every railroad ma on tho job hreathes easier again whe the train is turned over to the co, meeting linc.
 So runs the day on the Taft tral II would be q monotonous day if ,,e, Die We're all alike, but every tow visited is a new proposition, Ever where F the great surglng, complf crowd of people. the jury bcfoi whom MT. Taft is pleading his "a 1 tic arbiters of his fate.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
As to sherman.
l.5nringGeld RepuhlIcan.N

William T. Taft exceptionally ", fitted for tlo presidency finely boise forward looking, essentially a democr In the Iarge sense, is nismated wi
 James $. Sherman The Republic, would not prefer Mr Sherman 10 Brys and Kern were the republican csnd dato for vice president at the he, oI that party ticket Happily Jud
 Taft s only fifty years of age, and
 h excellent health Al the same +ir Il E fair to say that that Mir. Sherman neighhors in Utica, N F, irrespecti
 of party affiliations, have a. high s
 preciation of his character and abilii and this augurs hat In the futui should worst come to worst, MT. Sind mon might be expected to rise to ord idental possibilities much as Chesf \ Arthur did No man can stay il national purpose. expressed in the ed rlctions of both parties, to enlarI within the republic the dominance genuine democracy, because the deinaI and the upllft lie back of Roosevl and Of all the rest In the fixed purpd of the people Even the inadenud sherman would have to fall in" wi the irros'stible
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

The big guns at Forts Hamilton and Hancock and all the steam vessels in Now York harbor will join In q noisy welcome to the battIeship Alabama when she stcams mp the NarroWs to- day, having completed her wonderful cruise around the world, She parted from her sister ship, tho Maine in mid ocean, the latter going to Portsmouth, N. F., and headed for New York still hl command of Captain Ton lGYck p. w. Nccdcr, who stood on her bridg" whom she steamed out of Hampton Roads last December Iu Rear, Admiral Evaus battlcship fleet The Alabama Is to he thoroughly oycrlauied at the New York navy yard, She has been in commission seven years During that time she has never been repaired aud tho fact that at the end of six years .bc was able 10 undertake and successfully complete the most won dcr'uI voyage ever made by modern baltlcships is a matter of great pride with American naval constructors, The Alabama and the Maine left Hampton Roads on December 9 last, and contm- pod with the fleet In Its visit to the Pacific coast There they were de- lachrd and ordered home,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
TAFT ON A TOUR What Is Doing on Board the Candidates Special Train
 in the West,
 '-ar4-r~rr-arrasas--~s EVERYBODY SEES TAFT Much Campaign Literature k Dis uibutcd Far and Widc--Iycry
 Word Recorded,

William H. Taft the prospective
 ruler of So,oO0,0oo people. ts making a whirlwnd tour of lHc oouutry, crossing state a day. not to soo tDo bosses or to "hY' the local wor,ars
 but to make his appeal dtroct lo the lndivIdual voter tlc Is talking Whor- eyer he can to John Jones, tho farmer, and Potc Wilson, the carpon- tor and Frank Smith, lho swItchmau, looking them in the eyes and telling them face to face why they shpulu prefer hjm for president says Charles E. Cheney in Minneapolis Journal
 "Swingjn' round the crclo,' aaid Nasby in Andrew Johusou's day, ana they used to call 1t that when Grovcr Cleveland made hs presidential tours
 It ls more complicated proposition now than even in Cicvoland's iay. Even with WeDl-eQuippcd special train, it is no holiday outing, Few people realize the magnitude of the cntOurage that goes with Mr. Taft ou his winning of the West" cNcusou
 Many of the roadside watchers have
 wondered at the Dugth of the tara- van, with its Hyo Pulmaus and oag- sago car and some may have imagined that Mr. Roosevclrs hcir was travelling like a Russian Grand Duke.
 The fact is that with all thls oluip- ment Mr. Taft has only one tiny .om- partmont iu thc rear ear, which hc can call his own, and even there he la not safe from intrusion, While the main purpose of Che Taft train is to get Mir. Taft over tho ground tbero arc many other functions to be per
 formed along tho way
 The Taft train is a political head quarters on wheels, a travelling hotel, and a spelbindcrs safe narbor lts rear platform ia movable forum with an ever changing audience lt is likewise a rolling newspaper office
 and q photograph gallery II carries a population almost as large as some of the towns where it stops and. in fact, may be called a city on wheelr.
 Its atmosphere is ono of excitement. and but for brief hours of sleep tlare
 Is no rest on tho train for Mir, Taft If he wore not alroGdy trained in lho strenuous !ffos he would have broken dowG before tho first week was anaed. By keeping in such splendid trim, ox- cept foi his voice, MT Taft has dem- onstrated once more his aptitude for public service of the highest and
 most eXactug kind.
 The Trains One Mission
 Publicity Is the aim of inc yaft tour Mr. 1afts appearance before
 1 Q to & audiences day is only one of
 'ts fruits Where thousands Sec and hear the candidate millions more read of hls tour and his speeches. Every ddy of this brings hm closer
 to the people, Even those who hear him speak are not left with a mere ncetiug impression, At every stop the
 train puts off hundreds of Taft pic
 lures to be hung In windows 1nd thousands of booklets to be read and digested st leisure, with arsum nts appealing to mon of different walks in life.
 If the train had only to convey fhn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
Literature Poured Out.
The Candidates Advance Agent.

Thorn is system in this trip, as in every move of the Taft campaign Tha happening along the line arc not loft to chance. for Mir Taft has All advance agent Arthur E. Statter gocs two or three days ahead or the train to tho yaious state and city headquarters, 10 eac that proper plans have hecn made
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

for Mir. Taft's reception and Tor the principal meetings. He says who may 20 ou to meet the train and escort 1t into the state and in short makes 1t his duty to see that all possible pre- cautions are taken to insure success,
 The train is never without its local contingent The senators and gov ernor ot the state being traycrsed are generally on board, also tho congress sional candidate for the district be- ing covered Then come the local who swarm on board 10 give Mir Taft an advance welcome, and perhaps to announce a slight change in the program" which will mean moro work for MT. Taft The local committee members have no habitatlon, so they overflow into every ear. brimful and bubhing over with excitement The correspondents have code expression which ts al- ways in order, "G, x. L. Co" which stands for great excitement in ti1e local committee" There is the G, X. R. man who must shake hands with Mir. Taft and is never denied, Most always there ls a little girl With flowers for MT Taft
 How inc Machinery Moves.
 Generally the time is limited to five minutes for the crowd to sec MT, Taft. and foe the train machinery to get action on the crowd This means quick work for everybody
 The whistle blows for 'spoacn towu. Col. Ransdell rushes to lne platform with him q stenographar, some newspaper men. two photosr1- iphers, the introducer T 'spcilbinder and 2 senator or so. The train slows up as it passes through two solid li1es of humanity, and stops as the Fear platform lust passes tho rear flo The throng closes in with rush, boys climb the railing. and all eyes Ire turned to the door judgc Taft ap- pears right on the minute. "rhcro lc Is, shouts some one and then all cheer.
 Ladies and gentlemen, shouts Congressman Somebody, waving for silence. and he presents "the 1eNt president of tho United states,
 Crowds Arc q Study.
 Tho crowds al stations along tho way sec little but Mr Taft EVeryn)1y on tho train looks at the crowds. They arc tho objective point, tho test of success or failure, They supply the correspondents with human inter eat and tho politicians with arial one crowd Is at good deal like an other There is always the rihald small boy who yells Hurrah for Bryan" and then runs like 2 little rascal. There Is always the man with the habp who wants MT Taft to shake hands with tho infant, IS 2 matter of historical record in the future. Judge Taft steps to the rail TO- moves his hal. and smiles The peo. ple smile back and the real object of his visit is attained But they want 10 hear him speak SD he gives them tabloid dose of campaign gospel, hammered in with monotonous short arm gesture. and generally cut short by Col Ransdoll's potent wave to the brakeman,
 Meanwhile there have heeu other doinga, lnquisitiNo newspaper nen have been off the train mineing with
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

Squiro'y naughtet 'Would you mJn throUinc .'our ljtlo boy into h1n roud ] want )o soo 1T my doR wilt rrznp him.
 YlUaeer rorldl0ll not
 SqGjro's Daughter | do Wish lor would. Youro inc second woman rvp asked who saii "Np,' punch
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

candidate, jts only equipment would ho tue er Constitution. from which Is smlljug Durc morgos a each stopping place aud touches oIt t0e puut-up Fola ur tbr popJIacN
 Ransdclrs Potent Finger,
 rho permanent abDT oC UJN trJu is uoudnd hy coL Dmt w, RauadolL sergeant at arms of the United StiJoa auuato who ia director of tho moyo- WcOts of tbo palty lt ja. .Col. Rams, doll ou whom thc brakeman liScs his eye at every stop %o matter Wuoth- rr Judge raft mls haJ 0js say or not when Coll Rausdeu gives the sjgu Tho brakeman signals the ousinccr md the rustrum fades away before the oyo8 oc thc multitude, The local committee and Mr. Taft are generally mad because the signal was given SD soon, and tic engineer always swears because il ddu't come sooner So the colouoD'a life is hardly more happy than the poor baseball unpirc'a Mir, Taft has one of thu Constitution stlte- rooms Cot RausdclD anotber and a third is tho home of Dr, J. L 1ich- ardeon of Washington. the throat specialist whose important task Is to keep thc Taft yora apparatus in working ordcr D}ut for him the tour would have ended In au early break- down. fife has &hou rhat throat the best expert attention, washing out the irritating dust and applying asuing- cnts to the InHamnd throHt lning
 The tourrh compartment is occupied by Fred w, Carpenter Mr. Tatl's prj- yatc sccrctarN who attends to all his correspondence, uo light task even during tho tour and by James F. Wil- Hams of tbo Boston Transcript who represents Chairman Frank ll llilgh- cock of the natuugl committee on thc trip. Mr. Williams keeps in touch with headquarters every daE report ing by wire and by letter on the prog ross of tho trip, on conditions In each statc receiving and sending suggas- tIons as to work in auy given local- i,N
 The Constitution has its own chef and waiter, and trusted attendant m William pUunoH a. colorcd man, ho w.ts Mr. Tafts doorkonpcr while ho was Secretary of War, and now arls as Nbs mossone"r
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
The "lIotcl" Car,

The Eha, another private car has room to1elioyo eomc of the congestion that would afltct the Taft ear Nhcn a dozen or go stalo leaders pile on tha train t1 act as caaort and advisors in ordinary Onc compartment in this cti' IS roseryo1 for 'spoNhtudars" another important accessory for the trip, When Ml, TalCs voice rails q good rougb-and tumble iatter is needed Co Gll iU the gap Tho Hov. J Wesley ljIll occupied that roin till Minneapolis was reached, and j.. Adam Redo took his place, rrmaiuns with tho train aa far as Lincoln At Sioux City, when Mr. Taft was unable to reach tho crowd under the Great Northern train shad Bodn savad the day and was tho hero of the train for gl hours thoroaiter
 Tine Associated Press correspondent, K c. Bailey and the Uuitcd Press representative. Mr. Hazard, haya quarters ou thr Ebu lIore also re- sides Gus | Nargor the ollical press agent, who supplies tNr uewspapcr in- stinct oO the reM platform amt cas that an correspondents nu board cct tna proper 'lnpc Within bali an hour after Mr. Taft has delvorad q telling snort speech Mr Eargcr has copies from lho stenoGrapncrs and Js passing them out to the newspaper men,
 This rar also has It's own cuisine. and dimes many am occasional guest for whom there j7 not room d, the candidates own little table
 The Newspaper SaT.
 There arc thrr7 other cars, ana compartment sleeper one standard sleeper and a regular dtnor with ou- dH"er. cooks and vai'cr tu s1pplV
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-08

industrial conditions, under the handicap of insufficient appropriation
and want of power. With an annual provision OF only $4,000 this
work was necessarily incomplete, yet even in its restricted scopeit was
important and valuable as afOrding undoubted evidence Of the States
sympeag with ndenceuragementso of the manufacturing and indus
trial enterprise Of its people-then latent now magn1hcenty eE
pressed.
With the added duty Of the supervision Of the States printing;
activity. It's cost to the State-$a,5o0 q year, to cover salaries and.
the expenses of securing the information necessary to the statistical
and usefulness; but its conduct has been such as not only to widely
advertise and promote the advantages and Possibilities Of the State
|ury of an amount of money that at the least is double the cost of its
maintenance A4s hA@#S#h# go 81 #E6A#### E# ##tE##
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-08
THE PRINTING SCANDAL UNDER FUSION

For years the Estate printing was considered not a business enter
prise, but a political bonus By practically unanimous consent this
important incident Of government was left as It were. to tats care q
ton. When the Legislature adjourned it left the contract and the
printing with the printer. Sometimes the holder of the plum
was a printer In fact; sometimes he was only a printer in name. In
either event the States interest in a business involving the expendi-
ture of large sums of money was left solely in the hands of the party
interested In drawing the money for the work. The work itself was
that pertaining to a highly technical and little understood trade, need
ing the closest supervision and on its face open to suspicion in its per-
When the fusion regime of the nineties came into power the result
here, as elsewhere, was that the opportunity of serving the public
interest was made subordinate to that of fattenng at its expense.
Apart from the award of the public printing to a political favorite,
without regard to- its cost, the manner in which the contract was
even the fusion Treasurer to bring suit for the recovery of thousands
Of dollars alleged to have been improperly drawn from. the State.
to. the State. Needless to say, little if any of this money was ever
recovered, although not a little good money was Thrown after bad'
in the effort to do so. E9se9e s4s1@ssE 81
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-08
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND PRINTING.

This Departmentswas established in 1887 by a Democratic Legis-
iature as the Bureau of Labor Statistics" The Departments work
was for years confined to the narrow limits of making report upon
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-08
INTRoD6or1oN OF BUs1NEssgMErHoDs.

When a Democratic Legislature, therefore, put the supervision and
control of the States printing in the hands of the Department it sub.
sttuted business for political methods, and forever removed the mat
ter Of printing from the realm of partisanship and the hope or sus-
picion of graft H $3.50 ~
face value the reports of the printer as to the amount and quality of
work done, but also as to the amount of supplies needed in its per
formance. Purchases OF paper alone mount into many thousands OF
they were not always economically made. Under the control of the
Department all these matters are now given to the careful scrutiny
and watchful control of an officer competent and specially trained
for such duties. Before a single item of printing expense is paid for
by the State the account of the printer is examined, accompanied by
printing business Every pound of paper purchased is bought by the
State to fit the particular need and is subject to, the decision Of the
act, 3 practical printer" The eye of the Department is constantly
on every detail of this large, growing and complex function Of admin
safeguarded is shown by the fact that the printing of the State is now
done at a price cheaper than that of any other Commonwealth and at
any other State. A comparison of reports and public documents.
issued by this and other States is generally as favorable to the former
in respect to the quality of work as it is in regard to the expense of
doing it.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-10-08
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