The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-21

COVER THE DEFICIENCY IN THE
GENERAL PENSION FUND. BY
TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE
GENERAL REVENUES OF THE
STATE BEFORE ANY OTHER AP-
Preparation SHOULD BE PAID.
This does not look as if l We're OPP
posed to Confederate veterans as PEN
soners.
1t is stated I made a speech in the
Senate of the State of Florida in 1909
against pensioners. | WAS NOT IN
THE SENATE AT THAT TINE.
MY ELDER BROTHER WAS A
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER UNTIL
THE END OF THE WAR. AND so
WAS MY FATHER. WHY SHOULD
L BE AGAINST OTHER CONFEDER-
ATE VETERANS?
MEN LIKE YOU WHO HAVE GAL
LANTLY DEFENDED THEIR COUN-
TRY ARE NECESSARILY JUST, AND
YOU WILL BE JUST TO ME- AND
NOT CONDEMN ME-, NOT ONLY
WITHOUT EVIDENCE But AGAINST
EVIDENCE.
If YOU think me in all other respects
worthy, I should appreciate your vote.
Very truly yours,
W. A. BLOU Nj.
VETERANS MAKE INDIGNANT
PROTEST.
Upon receipt of the letter of Mr.
Blount Pensacola veterans, acting as
individual citizens. signed the state
mont which appears below.
Pensacola. Fla, Jan. 90. 1911.
We. the undersigned Confederate
az ho,
licious statement is being circulated
| throughout the state that Hon. W. A.
Blount. d candidate for United States
senator. has been and is still opposed
to granting pensions to Confederate
veterans, do hereby. having the facts
before US, declare this statement to be
utterly untrue, and do hereby refer our
comrades to Mr.. Blount's record for
proof that our assertion is correct.
His votes and other actions while a
state senator, 1s03-1905. favored pen
sioning Confederate soldiers: and he
was active in providing means for the
payment of the pensions. We take it
as an insult that the old Confederate
soldiers should be singled out as OBJ
tects to be Influenced by prejudice. and
induced TO blindly accept political
| ia hrications.
This is no action Of a Confederate
camp, but the individual action of our
selves as citizens. who claim the right
to resent the insinuation that we can
| thus he hoodwinked into acting against
the principles for which we fought. -
| D. B. Reed, c. V. Thompson. Mason
| Scarritt, John l.. Pinney. VIM. r. Nor
| rill, w. r. Cooper. y. NJ. Hyer, T. j.
Roberts, w. K. Hyer, ]. T. Perry. Al
bert Rinra, H. c. Flowers. Phillip
| Touart, Henry G. Crabtree, l.. c. Boni-
| fay, Richard Rathwell. J. NJ. Dawson,
| Dan NJ. Majors, Jas. Flynn. VIM. Fart
| mas, John D. Leak, w. II. Murphy,
Gideon Murphy, Eugene Delmar. Geo.
| II. Davis. j. n. Giles, Augustus John
son, n b Cook. c. W. Willis. Z. n.
| Putnam. J. ". Hilton, Frank Maura,
| Boykin Jones, Lewis NJ. Livingston. w.
H. Trimmer, f. Powell, II. 3. Fred
erick, John T. Perry. Anthony Riers..
Jas. c. Chestnut. E. Donahue, Tom
Lisco. Geo. Q. Brosna ham. Mary Mayo,
Geo. Chandler. F. c. Brent. D. @. Brent,
Jas. Farinas. w. /. Witch. Henry z.
Jones. NJ. Paul, F. N. Smith. J. Z.
Spoon, Robert Simpson. J. NJ. Tate,
| Scion r. Tate. Augustus Villar.
w. L. wITTIcHs LETTER.
W. l.. Witch. ex- commander of the
Florida Confederate Veterans. writes
the following letter concerning the
charge against Mr.. Rlount:
| Pensa cola. Fla. January 20, 1911.
| Editor Pensacola Journal.
Dear Sir: Referring to circular let
ter OF Mr.. ". a. Rlnunt dated .Tany.
| 18th. 1911. will say: | have known Mr..
Blount for thirty years or more and as
Commander of the Florida Division Of
Confederate Veterans l know that he
has in many instances and in various
ways helped them and l know of my
own knowledge that he was always
ready and willing to assist them i'll
every possible way.
w. L. WTTTICH,
Ex- Commander Florida Confederate
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