The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-06
MY EXPERIENCE IN
THE LEGISLATURE
By c. H. B. Floyd. in Apalachicola Times.

You make me think of these; Of Ruth,
OF oIeanders, stars and truth"
1t is reported that Miss Dzialynski is
seeking to be the court stenographer
OF the new Mariana circuit.
RMS brings up an incident wherein
and whereby it appears that l got the
goat or Cardinal RicheIie L'Angle.
Claude has a form Of RELIGIOUS insanity
complicated with Swedenborgianism.
He sees the hand of the God of the
SWedenborgians in everything that
might appear as an advantage to
Claude. Claude struts about the lobby
or the Leon like his uncle Louis XIV.
He has CHIPS on his shoulders and rat
tesnakes in his mouth. He lives by
the fang, and invites everyone to fang
him in return. You had better leave
him alone. Now there's John Hender-
son, who inherited a standpipe full or
vitrol, but Claude gobbles poor
Henderson Ike a 'leven foot alligator
gnaws on a two foot shoe head cat
fish. You ought to see little Corpse
faced Bausket who drew all of McWil-
liams's salary throwing bouquets at
said McWillian2R. You ought to see
Bausket, who thinks he has fangs,
scuttle when Claude, the Magnificent,
is by the puddle when 1t is Claudie's
night to howl. Well, the lady last men
toned to whom l wrote said verse and
whom McNamee says is the brightest
woman in Florida (without excepting
six) told me one on Claude which bares
to the world ClaudeS Claudophobia
What stung Claude was that the lady,
his former campaign manager, had
gone back on him and told a conf
dence to me, his enemy Everybody is
Claude's enemy, as everybody is the
enemy Of any other tiger, physical or
verbaD the Erynnes (high brow for
Luck were with me. AS my uncle
Euripides, has well said:
SLOW come, but come at length,
In their majestic strength,
Faithful and true,
The Avenging deities."
It was fated so that should be the
willing instrument to hack down the
said Claude. He was standing in the
lobby of the Leon like a ringmaster
cracking his bitter whip in the faces
Of the cattle. In a sweet, silken, cow
slip voice said: Claude, Miss
Dzialynski told me a good story on you
the first time l saw her after Governor
Broward's death. She said that before
Broward was cold you called her in
your office and said in a solemn Swed-
enborgian, gloomy-faced voice, Don't
you see the meaning of this?" She in
quired: "Of what?" "Of Broward's
death" NO" she replied, It see no
meaning in it whatever; what meaning
occurs to you?" This" said Claude,
lis the meaning: this is Gods hand
removing Broward so that 1, in spite
Of all, can go to the senate" Claude
grogged, but was game. He is very
fine. He has class. He said: "She
was mistaken. Broward certainly was
cold. because until he was cold Nat
Bryan was busy debating kilograms to
her" But that's all right. Claude was
stung and slaughtered, and a week or
so thereafter ! cut off his head COM
Pletely; just finishing stroke. Claude
in his patronizing way spoke Of some
persons vagary." He accented the
first syllable. Now wasn't that droll?
For him not to know how to pronounce
his own name. For the name of Claude
is not only Mud, Dennis, Has Been,
Also Ran, but his best name is Va
gary.
In this chapter I had intended to
praise Reeves. My space is giving
out. So I shall hurry to beat the
hewgag. 1t is dusk. Let 1t be remem-
beTed the regiment is at dress parade.
The long blue ruled line is drawn I'M
der the palms. The flags have crossed
from the troops to the group of off,
GERS. From the silver larnyx of the
bugles there has sounded the clear
notes of retreat-the National An