The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-13
MANY VOTERS
HEAR I'ENGLE
MAKE SPEECH
SHALL THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
RuLE?" is THE BONE OF CON-
TENTloN-REFERs TO HIS OWN
RECORD AND THAT OF J. ED,
o'BRTEN.

Claude L'Engle, candidate for con-
gressman at large, opened the political
campaign in Pensacola yesterday as
far as the, state campaign is concern
ed and created a favorable impression
upon the audience OF two hundred or
more at the court house. Judge Wolfe
introduced him, and Mr. l. Engle held
his audience in rapt attention for
forty-five minutes He has improved
in his capacity for speech making
since his last appearance in Pensacola
and he accounts for it by having every
thing favorable for his election this
time when he knew he was sure of de-
feat before.
Mr.. LEngle lost no time in stating
his mission, saying that he was a can
didate for congressman at large and
that if elected he believed he would
make an official in thorough keeping
with the office.
In asking for votes, Mr.. L Engle
said that candidate must prove to
the people two things, one what he
has done and what he will do il elect
ed. He referred to his service In
Florida as editor of a fearless and un-
trammeled newspaper-or several. for
he said funds ran out twice and he had
to recuperate his bank account before
he could begin again. Breaking up the
Peter o. knight railroad lobby at TAI
lahassee, he said. was one of the things
he had done for Florida as well as
draft the present primary state law
and was largely instrumental in get
ting il passed in the legislature.
Every movement for the moral up
lift and political betterment OF the
state said Mr.. L 'Engle. Il have back
ed with my newspaper, both when the
legislature was in and out of session.
This your Representatives from Es-
Gambia county can testify to.
Just how many candidates are in the
race against him. Mr.. LEng1e said ne
could not say. Some of them, he said,
the people don't know about and he
did not propose to advertise them.
However. he said that he realized that
his strongest opponent was capt.
o,Brien. who says he lives IN Pensa-
cola.'' Capt. o.Brien, he said, could
not point to his record SIS one which
had been spent for the people OF 1oI
ANYTHING. to benetd them. He pointed
out that Capt. O'Brfen voted against
the three-eent railroad rate bill and
against the primary bill. and read
from the senate journals to prove
where he voted on these questions.
The only service Capt 0'Brien had
done for FToridians. the speaker said,
was for the Bar Pilots, for whom he
was a paid lobbyist. The pilots are
good. honorable. brave and deserving
men. '.but there are but sixty-nine Of
them he said.
throughout his talk Mr.. L,Engle used
amusing anecdotes to illustrate his
pointg and his talk was amusing as
well as interesting and instructive. OF
his support he said that ne had taken
stock Of his relatives and found that
majority of them were for him and
he thought that was going some in
politics.
One Special lssus.
Shall the special interests rule IS
the one issue, he said. The question
of LEGISLATION for the benefit Of the
classes against the ma s<ss has been
the downfall Of every fallen and shat
tered government, he said. To Illus
trate the unfairness of the special
privilege legislation he told a story OF
the young man who was given magic
ring. which when rubbed. brought q
genfi 10 do his bidding. After rubbing
the ring and requesting the genh TO
bring him money, food and other
things he heard his neighhorS COM
plain that they had missed the same
articles Calling the genii he inquired
If he had provided him with the things
by taking them from other people. The
genii informed him that when per-
son gets something for nothing that