The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-06
THE SOUTH. BY
GOV. G|LCHR|ST
ARTICLE BY FLORIDA GOVERNOR
APPEARING IN COLUMBIAN
MAGAZINE.

In the January issue Of the Column
tian Magazine of New York City ap-
reared articles written by the various
governors in relation to the Repub-
1ican party. The following is the con-
tribution by Governor Albert W. Gill
christ:
The' South.
Editor Columbian Magazine.
The vital question before the Amer
lean people today is the tariff, and the
problems incidental thereto. Among
these may be mentioned the cost OF
living. wages for labor, trusts, discrim-
nations in favor of all capital invest.
ed in protected manufactures against
labor and against the people at large.
There are other questions Of great I'M
portance, railroad rate legislation and
q sound and elastic system Of cur
rency.
Examining the platform Of the Re.
publican party for 1908, they were
Internationally for revision OF the
tariff" without saying whether such
revision would be up or down. These
words were set like the old negro 3
coon trap, to catch the voters a-comin'
and a-goin'" They were hung upon
the G. o. P. elephant like the two
tails Of the actual elephant, which the
little boy said be did not like because
he could not tell which was the ele-
plant was going to move The Re-
publicans Of the middle west all evil
IDENTIFY thought that when the elephan.
did move 1t would move in the in
terests Of the people at large, while
the Republicans of New England evil
IDENTIFY knew that when 1t did move it
would move in the interests Of the
capitalists and Of the industries OF
their states. as against the interests
OF the many
The president called the tariff the
best ever enacted" Senator ,Bris'
tow, Of Kansas, at the Salem Chau.
tauqua, August 16, 1910. stated that
the duties fixed in the recent tariff
were not made to contribute to the
welfare of the American people, but to
fiji the pockets of the greedy, remorse
less financial Speculators." These
two eminent Republicans seem to diff
fer little. Judging from the recent
action of the Republicans IN Iowa and
Kansas, there seems to be some doubl
IN their minds as to whether the
word best should be pronounced
best or WORST"
= OF great interest to any nation is
an ELASTIC. and adaptable system oil
currency" to which the party pledges
itself. This subject will be elastically
come and will be as elastically side
tracked.
"a Considering THAI all the great trus.'
of the country have fed upon the law
enacted by them, the paragraphs OF
trusts would necessarily be considered
a Joke.
Again examining the platform o
the G. o. P. tor 1908, it appears tina
II was their attention to intoxicat'
their followers, with words. In words
they favored Those ideals of Govern
ment which make Tor justice, equal!
and fair dealing" In big letters the!
put EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOF
ALL" Tighten the burdens" 'of al
who toll" The Republican Party
worthy of public trust" Their "ideal
Of government" making for Justice
equality and fair-dealing'' have fount
Equal opportunity for all" in thos,
whom Senator Bristow styles greedy
remorseless, financial spectators"
A laboring man does not work 70
so many dollars per day. He reall.
works for the exchange value of thes,
dollars. They have frightened" tn
.burdens of all who toll" by maxim;
the toilers work three days for wha
they used to secure with the work o
two days
y The practical benefits to be derives
from railroad rate legislation may b.
justly credited to the amendment
made to the administration measur
by the Insurgents and Democrats.
My opinion is that the Republican
party lived up to its platform, es
pecially on the tariff, because tn
tariff was unequivocally revised. From
their past history no one had a RICH
70 expect any revision except an III
equivocal revision upward.
ALBERT w. GILCHRIST,
Governor Of Florida.