The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-31
OLA. FLORIDA FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 81. 1909.
VIII Southern Man
Have Place in 1912?

The Savannah News, which at first
the Richmond interview of the Hon.
Bob Glenn wherein the recent govern
or of the Tarheels advocated a South
ern man for the vice-presidentiaI nOm-
ination in 1912 and which even went
so far as to suggest that the Hon. Bob
might be putting in one word for the
Southern Democracy and two for him
self, evidently has recOnsidered the
geographical situation as applied to
the 1912 nominations and now goes
the eminent North CaroIinian one bet
ter by advocating a southern man Tor
the top of the ticket in the next cam
paign.
The News is not the first Southern
paper TO take this stand, which viii
seem radical to some of the haTdsheiI
I emocratic organs of the North and
East-two or three papers below Ma
son and DIxor's line put in a timid
line or two on the same subject as
much as three or four years ago; but
the News is the most prominent South
ern paper that has lately declared that
the South, the backbone of the party
, vote at national elections. should in
1912 be rewarded for its past party
fidelity by being permitted to name
the candidate for president. The News
quotes d recent Atlanta Journal edito-
III 80 -
party never will elect another presi-
dent until a man from the Southern
section of the country gets the no.nr-
nation.
This gives the easy-writing editl-
| TialIst Of the News some food FOR
thought and h" proceeds:
The Democratic party has been at
] ing ever since the close Of the war be
tween the states upon the idea that
the time had not yet come for naming
a Southern man for president, that tae
South was sure to cast her electoral
vote for the Democratic ticket and
that therefore he wise thing to do
was to name Northern man who
could carry some Of the Northern
states The only man it has elected
was Grover Cleveland. and he was
elected simply because the people had
extraordinary confidence in his honesty
and his purpose to administer the gov
eminent economically and in accord
auce with the wishes and interests Of
the people. They believed he would
stand up against the trusts, the pro-
tc-ted interests and Wall street inttU
enCeS- They were not mistaken. II
I vr-,rs1z "a
a Northern man who had the conf
. dence os the people in these respects
to the extent that MI Cleveland had.
and IT the same time administer the
government sanely and safely.
But cannot such a man be found in
the South? We believe there can.
| The South Is conservative She isn't
the home of the great trusts and she
is against the protective system Wall
street influences do not seriously af-
feet her. The impression would PIE
vail that a Southern man. being from
section comparatively free from
these interests and Influences would
administer the government wholly in
. the interests of the people. Besides.
there Is a strong sentiment in the
North in favor of making il clear that
all sectional feeling has disappeared.
. ana lIl> sentiment would snow lTSFtE
in a presidential election. in which q
Southern man was a candidate.
In the doubtful states /. would be
strong enough to swing those states
20 the Democratic column. And there
IS another thing that would help
Southern man IT i the belief that
the South IS on the eve of a great de
VelOpment and that feeling would IN
fUenCC votes LOT a southern candidate
There is much force in the argu-
menU which cur Savannah coutam-
poraTy presents in favor of a southern
man for the 1912 presidential nomiua-
ton. The South has always furnished
the bulk of the Democratic vote the
South is entitled 20 one of the candI-
dates on the ticket which the South,
whoever The convention sees nj -u
name. is always bound 10 soiidIy sup
port We believe, however. Win
many Southern papers as well as
many Southern men whose opinions