The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-05

tor Taliaferro voted with Aldrich and
against the reduction of the tariff on
print paper.
The Denver platform further provided
that Articles entering into competition
with trust-controlled products should be
placed upon he free list" Coal iron and
hides are trust-Controlled products. Page
1855, Congressional Record of June %,
1909, shows that Senator Taliaferro voted
with Aldrich and against an amendment
reducing the tariff on coal rrom 90 10 30
cents per ton. Page 3705, Congressional
Record of June %, 1909, shows that Sen
ator Taliaferro voted with Aldrich and
for an amendment taking hides from the
free list ard laying a duty of Is per cent
ad valorem. Page 1902, Congressional
Record of May IS. 1909. shows that sena-
tor Taliaferro voted with Aldrich and for
laying a duty of % cents per ton on iron
ore.
Has Senator Taliaferro been loyal and
true to the principles and platforms of
the Democratic party?
In another place in this letter 1 find
him saying that since his young manhood
he has devoted himself day and night to
the fight against Republican misrule and
negro domination.
House Bill No. 4.
In 1889 there were about thirty negro
policemen in the city of Jacksonville; the
police board was constituted by two
negroes and one white man; the city
marshal was a negro. the city jailer was
a negro; the city Changing foreman was
a negro, and the Municipal Judge was a
negro-Joseph Z. Lee. now Collector of
Internal Revenue. a majority of the city
council were white men.
In that year white man brought a
raft of logs to the city, imbibed too much
whiskey. was arrested by a negro police
man, carried through the streets to the
city Jail by a negro, had his name en-
tered upon the blotter by a negro police
sergeant, was locked up in cell by
negro. tried and sentenced to work thirty
days the chaingang by negro judge,
turned over to a negro city marshal and
by him delivered to a negro changing
foreman.
'rhis incident so melted the white peo-
pie of Jacksonville that they set to work
to devise some way to rid the city of
negro officers. and the bill known
House Bill No. was drafted and carried
to Tallahassee by J. NJ Bars, John n. c.
provided that all city officers should he
selected by the City Council, which was
the only possible way to rid the city of
negro officials When tn chill was before
the Senate Committee that committee
came to Jacksonville and held meeting
in the Duval Hotel. J. NJ. Bars and my
self made arguments for the passage of
the bill, and James p. Taiiaferro made
an argument against Its passage. The
following gentlemen were members of the
Legislative Committee. Chas. B. Parkhii
now Justice of the state Supreme Court
F, r. Bailey. of Monticello; J. w. BRYANT
of Polk county: o r. Smith, of st. Johns
county: and j. Il. Tuten. of Hamilton
county. Either of them will bear me out
in my statements.
Senator Taiaferro's Private interests.
1t is everywhere conceded that the
most important questions now facing the
American Congress are the regulation of
! trusts and monopolies and currency re-
form.
The Consolidated Naval Stores Com
pany is such a corporation will be af-
feCted by such legislation, and yet Sena-
tor Taliaferro is heavy stakeholder in
that company. and Mr. Walter F. Coach
TaliaferTo's campaign.
The Consolidated Grocery Company has
hccn convicted of violations of the Sher-
man Antitrust law in the United States
Court for the Southern District of Flor
! ida. and vet Senator Taliaferro is heavily
| interested in the Consolidated Grocery
Company. and was interested at the time
/ of it's conviction.
The Atlantic Investment Company. of
Savannah. pleaded guilty TO violations of
! the antitrust laws Of the District Court
! for the Southern District of Georgia vet
Senator Taliaferro was stockholder i'm
/ that company and received at least 81. 500
| in dividends from il.
! He is a stakeholder in the Atlantic
National Bank Of Jacksonville of which
! his son-in-law. Mr.. z. w. Lane. is pres
! ident He is a stockholder in a national
| hank in Tampa, Of which his brother.
/ Carson ITALIA erTo, is president.
| He. with his two sons in-law. own the
| building in which the Times Union IS
| published
| ask if Senator Tsliaferro IS in a posi-
| ton to vote in the interest Of the Door
people on legislation affecting any Of the
! CORPORATIONS above uientionedr When
| your welfare demands that your Senator
+ vote money out Of his own pocket Will
/ he do it? Are you giving yourselves a
| square deal by sending such man TO
/ Pm cScnt YOU?
| N. B. BROWARD.