Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-02
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lusia has been freely discu Fed d.
the press OF the state. aud the opiu.
lens &C many 90 the leading papers b.
decidedly favorable to the popular
.C1a...sran wiz resides in Gain 81
viz.
Under the caption of The House
Puts Itself in a Ridiculous Position.
The Tampa Tribune OF April 2eth
saw:
IN passing the resolution In refer.
ence 20 Frank Clark and William J.
Bryan. the Florida House puts itself
in a position that can only be- de-
soribed as ridiculous.
1t has unnecessarily attacked The
record Of brilliant Floridian. a
member OF Congress. with whose con.
duct. as a Congressman. IL has moth
ing vLatcyer 20 60.
1t has expressed. virtually. want
Of confidence in the Democracy Of
this Representative. and for the sole
and only reason that he expressed in
public the views of thousands Of
Democrats In this State and through.
out the United States I'm opposition
to the continuation OF a leadership
which has proved disastrous TO the
party.
And, while insulting Mr. Clark. Il
has by no means cOmplimented Mr..
Bryan; for the vote on its own resO-
luton certainly shows that at least
% members Of the House refused to
endorse Mr.. Bryan and were willing
TO go on record as refusing.
"Mr Bryan will hardly consider II
a compliment when he sees that. on
a resolution endorsing his democracy
and hailing him as the matchless and
the peerless leader a majority OF
only seven votes could be mustered
In the body which sought to pay him
tribute.
Indeed. II Mr.. Bryan manifests his
usual selfrespect. he will decline an
invitation to address a body which
thus closely divides on the question
OF his Democracy Furthermore. Mr.
Eryan Is very apt To learn that ne
has been used, in the whole proceed
ing. as a club TO strike a viciOusly
jealous blow at Mr. Clark; in which
event he will certainly decline. and
without thanks.
so. the upshot OF the whole AFFAIR
Is that the House has insulted Clark.
affronted Bryan and made itself ridi-
ulous-all TO no purpose save It's own
humiliation"
The jacksonville Metropolis takes
the following view Of the matter:
las an instance OF frittering away
valuable time by the Florida Lcgisla-
ture, We invite attention TO the House
journal Of Tuesday. when the matter
OF adopting a resolution consuring
Congressman Clark for his remarks
deTogatory 90 William j. BRYAN iu
the House OF Representative az
Washington a few days ago came up
The resolution was amended. discuss
cd and substitute finally adopted
Now what was the benefit 90 bo de-.
rived by the citizens at Florida from
this piece az political grand-stani
play? Few indeed are tho taxpayers
who care whether Clark was cpusur-
ed or Bryan indicated % was
mattcT Cf no consequence 90 men sent
60 Tallahassee 20 make Laws
MI Clark was not 40 last Gu.
sured bur Mr. Eryau's D,-u,r..y
was indorscd This does not make
Mr. Bryan any better Democrat ar
Mr. Clark any less one. and was
frivolous political nonsense from the
start The Legislature of Florida
has something more 90 do than 90
define the political faith OF Bryan or
Clark or any other man. We really
hope there will be- no more of such
business In the Legislature"
The Savannah News says An
| Indiana court has sentenced a mis-
demeanor convict. who pleaded that
ne was drunk. 90 one years residence
I'm a dry" county. with the proyiso
that he send at least half Of the
wages be- might earn 90 his family
Now. why isn't thar a good idea To
have sent thr convict to prison or thn
Changing would have been to deprive
| his family of the means of support
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