The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-18
CHAPTER xxvn
Mr.. Floyd, this is Mr.. Gornto.

Some one introduced me to Gornto
near the door of the Leon on the first
floor. the front door. Emerson, who
discovered a vast number Of subtle
characteristics Of the human animal,
noted that when two of them meet a
contest goes on between them for the
mastery or for something or other. II
is convenient to consider each man
in the universe a little microcosm.
Then II each of US be that, let us say
that Gornto is Florida Instantly
began to make q map of Florida /
found that Gornto had a very long
coast line and many rivers I have not
through a number Of degrees of lat1-
tude and longitude. AS the Apa-
lachicola river is part Of Georgia, a
part Of Gornto goes back to England,
q part to the continent of Europe. He
was the hub of the house of repre-
sentatives. He has great amplitude
and includes everybody that was there.
He has tried his hands at many trades
and succeeded fairly well at all. He
is close to the earth and, therefore,
close to the heavens" He Is one Of
the few lawyers with a good analyt-
zeal faculty who has preserved his
heart in spite Of the grinding of the
upper and neither millstones of the
negative and affirmative. He is about
when they conquered the world. He
has a forehead like statesman, and
mentally he stands like a pyramid. If
he went TO the house of representa-
tives for or five terms he would be
the most powerful figure In Florida
Everybody understands him and no.
body can take him of his feet He
may be relied son to do the diplomatic
thing at the right time. / give you
this instance. One morning Ray Bull
lock made a motion to have a com
nlittse appointed to inquire into
whether Or not three or four mem
bers had really gotten their certifi-
Gates OF election without paying the
dollar due to the secretary Of state, or
something like that. Surely this was
trifiing thing Who was the man
that found his feet and talked down
this voluntary slap at the dignity Of
three sovereign members of this great
kody all about one dollar? Gornto.
And you may imagine that he en-
deared himself to those three mem
bers and later on, Gornto, you may
you that II is not accidental that the
lawyers as attorneys for the people
or the money perwer rule the govern
ment Of the world today constituted
as they now are. saw an expression
in q magazine story recently. The
writer spoke OF a character as being
sane as q lawyer. Now lawyers have
to be sane. Hhey they have 9 flip
they get locked up very quick because
It is so evident. A doctor can 20 on
performing unnecessary operations for
quite a while before they make him
play checkers with his nose in a nut
terry. Now sanity-it is Gornto. He
was the common denomination OF the
house. He helped to kin my mullet
bill, and no matter how many squares
or argument moved against that cit
adel, 1t remained impregnable to my
attack If he had reached the maturity
in Jacksonville or Jackson county he
would have been governor OF Florida
and United States senator before now,
cheer him with three cheers tell
and you had better watch him.
you he is a cross between Judge Hicks
and Charlie McClay and Rivers Blu
ford and Andrew jackson and Sanchc
Panza- Gornto feels the pulse OF the
PEOPLE without trying to. II ever
get arrested in his county I will en-
ploy him. and I viii come clear.
said that he had kept his heart He
has. He is q good family man and
You remember Blackstone says that a
| mans wife and children are the host
a ges he gives to society for his good
| behavior. Gornto is under good bond
and is pulling the Anglo Saxon's bur-
| den with free will and with eagerness
There is nothing fussy. silly of senti-
mental about Gornto. He has the
| goods. His name is John. He was
| born in Florida. He has been prac-
ticing law since 1888. He has beer
Tax Collector OF his county, an office
which requires a good bond and 6
| good man to get in one OF the old
counties. AS you might expect, he 1:
Mason and q X. Of P. He has beer
editor Of a paper and welded the In
fluence of the press. Ills name viii
get him the foreign vote, although he
is English and Scotch to the core Of
| Irish. He was enrolling secretary Of
| the senate in 1897. All he needs IL {
| little confederation and encourage.
ment, and hereby appeal to the peo-
| pie OF his county to furnish that tt
him. Every time any of them NEE
i him he or she ought to say-"Lool
| here, John. why don't you run 70,
| Congress or some high off1ce7 Su
vance county needs you IN Washing
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