The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-30

o1,I With the court room filed and the
ts llalIs crowded with enthusiasts sun
porters, Emmett Wilson. candi5o+a -.
SsonsIess from the Third district a6-
SLIeSseQ the voters Of his home coun+,y
Idst nlsht at the Escambia courtyy
court mouse. Scott NJ Loftfn nresjSe5
oEer the meeting and in introducing
IL w, Wllson said the people OF this
county ought to find OUT what +b.si-.
real interests are and vote accord;,,sI1-
PENSACOLA Is the third largest civ a.
the state, he said, and in view of IL
new prosperity which is here and the
IHSl easing Importance Of Pensacola oa
poI ! Fehsacola ought to have a
IepIesentAtlVe in the national CON
- 09o' "eAeTson and Walton counties
ne SAID, would probably vote for +bei,
personal interests and their homo w.,
anu an things being equal Escarn his
TTouHty shouId poll q solid vote for
Emmett Wilson. Ioi
Emmett Wilson, Mr.. Loftin ss,5
needed no introduction in PensscoIs'
r,';tS ugtduse he is thoroughly Identified
co.,i., " ~! lnIS secton, and that he is able
competent and full Of energy. that 10
ney. dI1or-
Mr.. Wilson was given an ova+to,
Wnen ne was introduced and ba us6e,j
INTO his subject after a few nraII,,J-
nary remarks expressing his pleasure
~ Hnlsh his campaign in his home
CITY. he said he hoped his vvor5s
would fall in fertile soil booauee Sa
mad been identified with sc8 n7bis
county Tor many years and told NJ NE
Two brothers being born here ana ,.e
lhls belng the girlhood home ~ ME
Lotner, and that he had spent MANY
- ms early DAYS here as well as in
other parts Of West Florida The car,-
10 aV~vv y L.
expensive and trying on his nerves hui
- Salo II Escambia county stood bv
ann ne felt that the first half az m.
batt!e will be won and that he v-o51I5
pe the nigh man when the votes arr
SHOULD STATE POSITIONS
Mr.. Wilson said that in the hegir-
hlng or the campaign he decided ~ 5+
o5IL!Li -57I-L!.Lcilo-aCes LioaC Ces Tor congress should issue
L!s..-t,ls p.o--o.lLls ana state their positions on
questions which affect r-r eora ,,S
the public which he had ~ the
outset L' -I"
There are three classes Of oesca-
holders. the speaker said ~ e--aS,-
party One are known as prog-asstr,.s
aLoLnSr known as the conservatives ,,-
IeacTlonaries, and still anorbar NV
hoId office merely for the seIar, ~.
Lof the honor which II gives TO tbap,
LOOK the candidates over" said Nj
Wl-son, and see which kind vc1J u,av+
TO represent you in the federal con
gress." - CON
The primary system brings thu c.,-
LLu5leS SeS oeIore the voters that they NAV
know how thew stand. the sneaker .oJ5
and gave an illustra tion Of tbe oId cC,,'
Vention days when man vUara ,oy,t
mated bv 3 handful n peor1e ana tba
masses not having anv mart in ~.
nominating 'i'H
Mr.. Wilson said he was one ~ +ba
progressive kind and eyplaipe6 +bs+ ,
progressive congressr7a1 r,,IS+
man not entirely one-si5e5 +ha+ -
must be able 70 cope with the Ar,ar
gencies which arise A proprassiy,o
congressman will not be satisfied 70
get few dollars in appropriations bur
must be ready at al times TO chan,
plon the causes which will benefit tho
men or today and posterity
In reference to his platform, which
mas been published several months. al
Jhough Mr.. Flournoy said he had NOT
published one, Mr.. Wilson said ba
could not discuss II in detail but n
contained more things 10 Interest tba
people than Flournoy ever thought-of.'
Mr. Elournoy, he says is a splendid
gentleman but he belongs to that order
OF politicians or statesmen who believe
in the sacred memory Of the govern,
ment and that the government Of or,r
fathers cannot be improved upon.
Progressive Democracy does not
seek to tear down the old government
but instead would aid IT, He saws
businesses conducted on the lines that
businesses were conducted q hundred
years ago would not DO for today and
that the government needs to keen IN
with the progress. that progressive De-
nocracy is a process Of restoration ard
not revolution.
NO VOTE cATCHERs.
One night last week Mr.. Wilson said
Colonel Flournov charged him with
having vote catchers" IN his platform
This Mr.. Wilson says is not true ana
he rave an instance IN Tallahassee in
1903 when he saw several men there
fighting for measures which were in
tended to benefit the people generally
and pitted against them were the paid