The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-03

until his name was withdrawn and
then we would have supported a can
didate against whom Florida had not
instructed. AS we see it Florida in
structed against Wilson as well as
for Underwood and with the with
drawal of Underwood we would have
supported a candidate who was not
considered by the voters of this state.
But there are others-some as hon
est as the Times Union-who take a
precisely opposite view. They say
that since Underwood and Wilson
were the only candidates considered
in the primary the Florida delegates
should have supported Wilson as
they gave up hope of Underwood's
nomination. However this may be,
we think the people of this state have
no reason to complain Of the acts of
any Of their delegates to the Balti-
more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Times
Union.
Common Sense VS.. DamphooIery.
We do not know the name of the
idiot who edits the Havana Herald,
but someone ought to take him out
and tell him the difference between a
damphool and an instructed delegate.
He launches into a senseless TRADE
against Frank Mayes and Cooper
Griggs because they deserted" I'm
derwood on the thirty-se seventh ballot.
The democratic convention would
have been in session yet and dead
locked If many of the delegates had
not done exactly like Mayes and
Griggs instructions as long
as there was a chance for their candi-
date and then used common sense and
their best judgment in centering on
another. 1t looked rather small in the
Pensacola News to reproduce such
junk from such a self evidently pre-
JUDGED and idiotic source.-Marianna
Leader.
Wilson Strongest Man.
In the rush of getting to press last
week the notice written about Judge
Griggs' return home from the Balti-
more convention was omitted from
these columns. The omission is a
source Of regret to US. Judge Griggs
and Mr.. Mayes of Pensacola, were the
two Wilson men elected by the Flort-
da primary, and the nomination Of Mr..
Wilson by the Baltimore convention
is a feather in their cap" so to
to speak. All honor and praise should
be accorded to these distinguished
adopted sons of Florida who were
shrewd enough to size up the trend
of public sentiment throughout the
for what they conceived to be the
right In our opinion Wilson is by far
the strongest man for the office in the
party, and We believe that in >TNovem-
Der he will be elected by a tremen-
dous majority. IF such should prove
the case. the democrats of Florida es-
pecially will owe to Messrs. Griggs
and Mayes a debt they can never re-
Times.
Knew What He Was Doing.
More and more competent quilts or
the solid south are coming to realize
that Woodrow Wilson will get more
votes than Oscar Underwood, a fine
type Of cottonbelt democrat, or Champ
Clark, one of the cleanest and
straightest men ever born below the
line Of Mason and Dixon, could have
landed. Frank L. Mayes of the Pen
sacola Journal. an Underwood dele
gate from Florida, knew all the time,
deep down in his heart, that the Jer-
sey governor was the strong, elect
able candidate; and after he'd hung
to the Birmingham congressman for
SO awful ballots at Baltimore, he
switched to Wilson, and ultimately the
Florida delegation all went to the
nominee of the convention. Now Col
,, onel Mayes is very high with the folks
at home. They knew he knew all the
time what he was doing. They are
glad he did so much missionary work
among Dixie editors, at first almost
all Underwood and Clark men, for
woodrow Wilson, ''the man that can
be elected" And they are talking
very seriously, very seriously, those
former Underwood and Clark but now
Wilson men in the Peninsula state, of
sending the Pensacola editor colonel
to the senate of the United States a
year from now.-Norwich Conn, }
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