The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-06

into the hands OF the benefioiaries OF
the legAizsd combinations
Can any one wonder that the
benefciartes OF such excessive tariff
rates do, every four years, threaten
the people with ruin If an attempt is
made TO change the laws by which
such exactions shall cease?" he ask
ed. During the last campaign they
threatened ruin and destruction in
case OF the success Of the democratic
party" said he. Many men uuivered
in their boots for fear Of such disas-
trous consequences. But when will
the people be stronger VIII the peo-
pie be stronger to assert their rights
| after twelve or fEteen years more of
republican rule In the so-called in
terest OF the laboring man? Will
| they be stronger when not five thous-
and will own one-ffth OF the property
| Of the United States, but three thous-
/ and men shall have owned rs or 80
per cent Of the wealth OF the eoun-
tryl'
INCEPTION OF SLAVERY.
Continuing, the speaker said: The
New England ancestors OF the repub-
lIcan party were largely responsible
for slavery and its inception. The
republican party in its platform now
talks about having freed the slaves.
They never did any such thing. Their
freedom grew out OF a war incident
to secession. the seeds OF which they
had themselves GOWN. They simply
make this claim in order TO have and
control the negro vote. They assured
~ need sll OF them they can get. In
stead OF the republicans claiming
that they freed the slaves, their state
ment would have been more accurate
had they claimed that in open def
.ance Of the constitution they en-
franchised the negroes"
Governor Gilehrist said he was op-
posed to the agitation of the uncon-
stitutionality Of the fifteenth amend
ment to the federal constitution being
started by any southern legislature
or state. at can safely be affirmed"
said he, that sooner or later, when
the AsiaticS become voters in Caro-
lima and elsewhere on the Pacific
coast, or when the colored coming
ents OF Springfield, Illinois, and of
Springfield, Ohio, or Pittsburg or Of
other cities and states, become too
aggressive. and that when the G. o. P.
can no longer use the brother in
black, that this question will be set
tied right. by the supreme court OF
the United States"
THE RACE QUESTION.
Taking up President Taft's plea for
greater division Of political senti-
ment and af1liation in the south,
Governor GilchYist said: Instead OF
discussing the race question as it ex-
lists IN the south, will invite your
attention to IL as IL now exists in
neutral territory-the far western
states. Suppose this element, Chi
nese and Japanese, would, as the ne
groeS in the south, vote practical
ly as a unit. Don't you suppose that
the white people of California would
combine so as to preserve their very
civilization? Suppose this condition |
existed throughout the entire Pacific |
coast and the states bordering there |
on. Don't you suppose that Mr.. Taft
would have his hands full, in show |
ing these people that there shall be |
more than one political creed to be
subscribed to and supported? Don't |
you suppose that these people consid- |
er 1t in a very different light than |
patriotic desire?' Don't you suppose |
you would hear OF the Solid Pacific? |
Coming a little further east, judg- |
ing from the riots In Springfield, Ill,
right under the shadow Of the monu- |
ment Of the great emancipation. Do
you suppose that If the negroes were
nearly half Of the people Of Spring |
field, the white people or Springfield |
would consider ii patriotic for these
negroes, in combination with a few |
white men, to rule that city?
Judging from the riots in Spring |
field, Ohio, Mr.. Taft's own state, I'M
der such conditions described above,
how do you think the patriotic desire |
OF the white people Of that state /
would assert itself? Now, as a mat
ter of fact, right on the main street
OF the capital city OF Florida in |
good portion Of the city, there are
stores owned and managed by ne
groes. Southern white people feel /
more kindly towards them than do
the whites Of any other portion of
the United States. But we do not
desire to have them rule US, any more
than would the people Of Springfield,
Ohio. or Springfield. Illinois, desire
to be ruled by them. 1 know of no
greater injury which could befall the
people to divide, and thereby leave
the result to the arbitrament of the
Negro.
''I believe in the patriotic desire
OF MP. Taft, where such desire can
be properly asserted. want IL to be-
come an important plank in the next
national republican platform. Patri-
otism should begin at home. I want
the republican party 20 periodically
England states and of solid Pennsyl-
va<aa"
Governor Gilchrist said the south
Is now prospecting and developing.
The census returns show that our
population is increasing at a rate sec
ond to none" he said. The assess
mept rolls show that material wealth
is increasing rapidly. The increased
number Of our schools. our churches,
show that we are fitting ourselves to
be worthy OF our increased wealth
and strength"
Foley's Honey and Tar not only
stops chronic coughs that weaken the
and develop into con-
sumption, but heals and strengthens
the lungs. 1t affords comfort and re-
lief in the worst cases Of chronic