The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-08

New York which told of how he came
back on a big boat 500 feet long and
standing in the bow, one foot upon a
hippopotamus, the other upon a
rhinoceros, a giraffe in each arm and
a python in his breaches pocket"
ANALYZED THE PLATFORMS.
The speaker then turned to an
analysis of the platforms of the Re
publican and Progressive parties and
showed that in their rival pIanks they
are about the same length, breadth
and thickness. Picking the matter of
the trusts as the chief point of issue
and the one upon which they should
essentially disagree if they were radi-
cally different-he showed that both
stand for the regulation of them in
stead of for putting them out of bust
ness.
Roosevelt, of course" he continued,
believes in the recall of judicial de-
cisions-and he is the only intelligent
man in the country who does"
That was but one of the many
choice bits of pointed sarcasm which
marked the speech of Senator Bryan
and there were times when one who
has heard Woodrow Wilson speak
were inspired to Renaissance. Not
that the oratorical style of the two
men has anything in common, but
that their manners of rather casually
keeping a Gatling-gun sounding like
a sweet-toned photograph have a like
quality of appeal
After making it plain that Woodrow
Wilson, if a schoolmaster, is neverthe-
less a man who has been theoretically
and practically a thorough political
economist for more than fifteen years,
Senator Bryan stated he believed that:
CAS- Providence was surely instru-
mental in the naming of George Wash
ington to establish this nation, Of
Thomas Jefferson to give it principle,
and of Andrew Jackson to maintain it,
so has Providence named this cour-
ageous son of old Virginia's soil to
further uphold it at this critical time"
There was long continued applause
at this point and the clock did a
ticking Marathon unheard before his
audience would let him proceed.
PROTECTING THE INTERESTS.
Resuming, he took up the tariff,
which, he stated, has levied long and
heavily for the protection of indus
tries. Created for the purpose Of Sc
curing revenue for the upbuilding OF
a war-ravished nation, he told how
the possibilities for power it offered
were too great to resist when proper
time for its adjustment had come
and how it has since lent itself for
years to the big politicians who have
consistently enacted legislation for big
business.
After a few mi-humorous cracks
at the recently developed picture Of
RooseveIt's conscienceless acceptance
of hundreds of thousands of dollars for
campaign purposes from Morgan,
Archbold, Hartman, Gould, Frick,
Munsey, Finn, Perkins and Company,
promoters of legislation for the com
mon people, Senator Bryan launched
into the latest proof of Wilson's stead
fastness of purpose demonstrated at
the recent primaries in New jersey
when he again successfully opposed
Jim Smiths candidacy for the United
States senate, even at the risk of
losing New Jersey to himself.
do you blame Wilson" he asked.
"for going against Smith or any other
who would murder his tariff bill and
force him to face, as Grover Cleveland
did. perfidy within his own party?''
The passage of 10000 pension bills
by the last congress was dwelt upon
at some length.
In the last congress Republicans
and some Democrats passed more
than ten thousand pension bills and