The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-30
HON. A. NJ. WILLIAMSON SPEAKS
OF THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
Tuesday Night April g. at the Foot of Laura Street
In Jacksonville, Mr.. Williamson
Spoke as Follows:

I came 10 this State in 1882;-just
thirty wears aRo;-and settled in that
section that Is now Citrus County.
Ten years later I was elected to the
State Senate from that the Ninth
District, comprised of the three coun-
ties of fernando, Citrus and Pasco.
While a member of that body, |
was the author of several measures
of Statewide Importance; among
them being The Railroad Commission
Bill, The Valid Policy Insurance Bill
and "The Coon and Winchester Bill"
Ny votes and speeches plainly show
that / was then on the side OF the
toiling masses of the people Of my
State, right where l have remained
ever since.
There is no surer way to determine
what men will do in the future than
by what they have done in the past.
came to this city in the fall of
1895, after the freeze of that year had
devastated my orange grove and
truck farming interests and have been
engaged in the publication of THE
FLORIDIAN practically ever since.
There may be some of you here
tonight, who saw me shot down In
front of the Post Office door of this
same little city just twelve years ago,
and if you did, you have a pretty
correct idea as to whether or not I
am afraid to respond to duty's call.
My published declaration of prin-
ciples shows you that I will continue
to fight the battles of my people. I
stand pledged for:
AN INHERITANCE TAX, THE m
COME TAX, THE PARCELS POST
and the DISSOLUTION OF EX-
PRESS COMPANIES.
too we'll knew when wrote this
platform that it meant to incur the
displeasure of these interests" and
that they would be sure to knife me,
out l have the qualification of know
ing that I am right; and no matter
whether my position is foreboding Of
election or defeat, shall continue the
fight along these lines.
Some of my friends differ with me
on this question of a PARCELS
POST. They talk about mail Order
iouses" in the larger cities But is
it not a fact that these same houses
exist right now? And is it not also
4 fact that in most instances, they
]eliver their packages free of charge?
How then can a Parcels Post injure
our Country Merchant, as has been so
often claimed?
We already have a Parcels Post
With Foreign Countries.
| saw the other day, two packages
Of Celery Seed weighing Twenty
pounds, that were shipped from
GRANGE, by Parcels Post to Sanford,
md the Postage was only Ten Cents
4 pound.
But with us, when we want to ship
.hese packages, we are limited to
My FOUR POUNDS, and the pos
age from Jacksonville to Baldwin,
distance of Eighteen miles, we have
pay Sixteen Cents q pound.
Ebert Hubbard declared that there
yere Four Strong Arguments against
ne Parcels Post;-The Wells-Fargo
,xpress Company, The Adams Ex-
ress Company, The United Express
ompany and The Southern Express
ompany. And of course these in
.erests are going to fight me or any
IRE else who may have the courage
f mis- convictions and may dare take
lp arms against them. 1t IS only
atural that they should want only
leir own heneAmen in such positions;
ut l Go think they credit ne with
lore ability that 1 have ever claim
! for myself. For as a matter of
t l, if elected, would only be ONE
the Three Hundred and Ninety
ght members Of the House of Rep
sentatives in Washington.
2ut let me tell you, my friends,
re is something Ydically wrong
n the laws of our country, as Wei
With their administration, when
are enabled to attain the fabu-
';us wealth they now so easily and
rapidly accumulate.
A few weeks ago, l happened to
meet Congressman from the Pitts
burg district in Pennsylvania, and he
told me that in his own Ward in Pitts
urg, there were living SEVENTY
THREE MILLIONAIRES
Now, am not alone in my opin-
ions concerning these Express Com
panies. A bill has already been in
PRODUCED in both Houses of Congress
providing for the taking over Of these
companies by the United States gov
eminent. 1t is not right that these
companies with a total capital stock