The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-16

instead Of being g detriment the fact
that Underwood Is q souInerner Is OF
assistance. and that the north realized
the war is over.
IF the Democrats win" he said, 1T
must be done upon the success Of IN
derwood, and upon the platform Mr..
Underwood has written-tarih reduc
ton. If that be true who can COM
mand the army of Democrats better
than the man who has made these is
sues and conditions?" The senator
said that his prediction is that the
Republican party would get the worst
spanking in the November elections in
its career, and that Jnderwood's
chances for success at the Democratic
convention are better than any OF the
other candidates. He declared he
would go to the convention with $50
votes from the following states: Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Florida. Georgia,
North and South Carolina, Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee. He said the
nomination viii be a matter Of COM
promise and second choice, and
want to say that Underwood is the
second choice of the friends of all the
other candidates. They VIII confer and
determine who is the best candidate
and the one who will cause the least
friction, and they VIII center upon
Underwood
New York state. he said, would go
for Underwood after casting a few
votes for Mayor Gaynor.
He declared Underwood to be a man
without blenish and VIII never have
TO apologize for a single act Of his.
Reiterating that he was not crfttciz-
ing Governor Wilson, the senator said
that Underwood does not have to get
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the Democratic ticket. He then related
al, anecdote and said that Governor
Wilson's Democracy might be all right
II person understands 1t, but that he,
the speaker. did not understand it.
Regarding the charge that Harmon,
Underwood and Clark had entered a
conspiracy in Florida against Wilson,
the speaker said that the friends of
Harmon and Clark had looked into the
situation in this state and found the
fight between Wilson and Underwood,
and that if they entered they could not
hope to get the nomination in the
first primary and would have to enter
a second and spend tnefr time and
money with the chances of not getting
a majority of them, so they declined
to allow their names to be used.
The speaker closed with a high
tribute to the worth Of Underwood
and thanked the audience for listen
ing to his address in advocacy of his
candidacy.
Met at Train by Committee.
Senator Bankhead was met at the
train yesterday morning by commit
tee composed of the following: T. A.
Jennings, c. L. Shine, r. F. Mitchell,
G. r. GreenawaIt, business manager Of
the Pensacola News; Don B. Gordon.
Robert Varnon, w. P. Rice, Jerry J.
Sullivan, Jr, John G. Oliver and Dan
w. Jones.
Soon after his arrival at the San
Carlos hotel Senator Bankhead was
visited by B. S. Williams and DR.. F.
G.. Renshaw, candidates for delegate
to the Democratic convention.
Mr.. Underwood's campaign manager
spent the afternoon in the lobby of the
hotel and was called upon by some of
the Underwood supporters
Just before Senator Bankhead left
the hotel to go to the opera house
last night, a committee of Underwood
supporters, headed by T. A Jennings
and w. H. Knowles, went to the hotel
with brass band and some music was
furnished in front Of the hotel
After the band had played two or
three selections, Senator Bankhead got