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The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
THE PARCELS POST, THE PUBLIC,
AND THE RETAIL MERCHANT.

in
and particularly in the United statesanyOne should oppose reduction
Yet we md even here some business men who opposing
which the people have
compelled for the carrying of small parcels by the
Express monopoly and the post office department
There before bin providing for the establishment
Parcels post in connection with the post Office department is true
termed experimental parcels post but it better than nothing and
HaH m n n m1n g the G h onGD tribute to which the public for
whose people not enjoy the benefits of parcels
though cannot ourselves have the cheaper Transportation rates
which other countries enjoy compelled under postal agreement
with 40 foreign give foreign the
benefit Of service which we cannot have at home
post ONCE from Pensacola to New York But address the same parcel
send it THROUGH New York destination
You cannot send an 1pound package at the fourth class rate from
Pensacola to New York at all But address the eag
New York and on to Paris Paris for p cents per pound
the cities ane either ruin seriously njure the merchants businesses
Nothing
post would do help small than ANYTHING the
which
delivery
will benefit the merchant and the farmer alike In England the par
cells post used for the carrying vegetables fresh meats
is probacal but there variety good purposes which
the small @ out business M Is absurd In the n place the zone
Oh proposed the present post Dill ana advocated
prominent parcels supporter gives the short distance the
consequently gives the local merchant the benefit of rate that city
as the people who pafronse him Ihe and the stage coach
Yet there hotels hacks
and thrash the
and in they organized and burned the machines
to
them s for dprnte
world
Transportation today greatest onany
1889 m his
cep of
| helpev
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Americas
National Sport.

Time was when baseball was con-
sidered game for the small boy to
play on the vacant lot and for the
professional player who was a tough
and cared not for the good opinion Of
the public. but that day is past and the
baseball game of today is probably on
a higher plane than any other sport
the world has ever known.
When one team battles against an
other the spectators realize that there
is no fixed race and that actual skill
and what is termed baseball luck"
decides the contest, making each game
different from any other game. 1t is
a contest where brain, Drawn and
nerve count, and it has reached that
stage where the dissipated man has no
chance to keep the pace that athletes
who do not dissipate set for them.
Several days ago we read where
Hughey Jennings, the manager of the
famous Detroit Tigers. forbade his
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

want. If not Harmon, then some other
man of like tendencies.
The Underwood campaign In Florida
is a subterfuge that has deceived no
one. The endorsement Of Underwood
by Florida and the election of an I'm
derwood delegation from Florida will
simply mean that the first ballot in
the convention will be cast for the
Alabamian and then, when he drops
out, the delegation will go to Harmon
just as it is intended by the Allies that
it should go.
If all Of the circumstances in con-
nection with the Frame-up were not
sufficient to demonstrate this, the evil
dence of Eugene Matthews, one of the
Harmon leaders in this state, who re-
Gently made q visit to Washington and
came back an Underwood leader, ought
| to prove conclusive. In his paper, the
Starke Telegraph, Mr.. Matthews says:
Persons who want to see either Har-
mon or Underwood nominated will be
safe in voting for the following candi-
dates for delegates to the national
convention: From state at large, vote
for six, A. w. Gilchrist, B. S. Williams,
Frank E. Chase, Frank Harris. E. s.
Grill, Edwin d. Lambright; from first
congressional district, vote for two, A.
2. Jordan, W. Hunt Harris; from sec
ond congressional district, vote for
two, Robert f. Davis, B. c. Abernathy
from third congressional district, vote
for two. Milton A Smith, r. G. Rem
shaw. There may be other candidates
who favor nominating sound demo-
crat on a tariff reform platform. but
we happen to have observed particu-
| larry that those mentioned are in fa
vor of this program for the party.
So there Won are. A vote for I'm
derwood means n vote for Harmon and
we know Of no better authority on
the subject than Mr.. Matthews him
| self
And the nomination of reactionary,
| as "Savoyard" says. would mean an
| other Judge Parker fiasco.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
FRAME-UP AGAINST
WILSON is COMPLETE
Tampa Times.


The schedule is arranged and the
work entered upon, and the only thing
lacking to the complete success Of the
plan is the concurrence of a sufficiently
large number of hoodwinked voters.
Knowing that Woodrow Wilson was
the natural and preferred choice of a
large majority of the democratic voters
of the coun try, those sane and Conser-
Yative democrats upon whom prOVi-
dence has especially and exclusively
devolved the patriotic duty Of saving
the party from itself at once proceeded
to devise safety appliances. The first
step was to originate as many candi-
dates as would forestall the choice of
several states that seemed to be
friendly to Wilson, Champ Clark, who
Rad manifested a disposition to prefer
the speakership Of the house, was in
doctrinated with the desire to be
candidate for the nomination. Under
wood, of Alabama, was dragged out
and thrust by his friends into the ring.
Harmon, of Ohio, the natural and le-
gitimate contestant with Wilson for
the honor Of the nomination, the man
to whom it should have naturally re-
Vcrted If Wilson fell short. was hypno-
tized into Joining in the conspiracy.
The game is being played so openly
and unblushingly that ii is to be seen
through by every voter. The scheme
is TO uTdW NOJ6S anu. O6IeSdIeS away
from Wilson and leave him without
the necessary o-thirds required to
ro-1inate. The Alabama delegates
have been captured by means Of the
Underwood decoy. Kansas split by the
Clark dcoge. 1t is due to say that it
does not look now as though the plan
viii succeed so fully but that the con-
spirators will have to sit down in Bal
timnre and brazen it out against the
majority OF the convention. which will
want Wilson. If the scheme wins the
result will be easy and simple. The
conspirators probably do not know
that they are playing for a, safe and
sure election of Taft. But they are
They have not been admitted to the
councils of the men who political own
them and run them. The men who
are bowling down Wilson are doing
the work of their lives for the election
of the republican candidate, whether
he be Taft or Teddy. The Times has
never yet admitted the election Of 4
republican candidate for the presi-
dency before the returns come in, and
IL will not do so this time, tempting as
is the role of a successful prophet.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Escambia's Candidates
For the Legislature.

The legislature of any state is an
important body, and it is as important
in Florida as it is in other states.
The legislature is important because
1t makes the laws under which we live.
The laws are important because, upon
those laws depends in large degree the
happiness. the prosperity, and the
welfare of the people who are gov
armed by them.
Escambia county is particularly in
terested in good laws because Escam-
bia county wants development on the
one hand and it wants proper treat
ment on the other by the public service
corporations which do business within
or through it's confines.
Men who go to the legislature should
be men entirely free of connection or
control by public service corporations.
They should be broad men who can
treat all interests fairly and who will
not be dominated by any special in
terest.
We have two such men in the per-
sons Of Jas. McHugh and Henry G.
Clopton. They belong to what is
known as the Progressive wing Of the
democratic party. They have always
been identified with that part of the
democracy that has given us the pri-
mary, the railroad commission, the
laws which we now have for the con-
troll Of public service corporations, and
other progressive measures which have
come in as the old corrupt convention
system went out
Opposed to McHugh and Clopton are
Judge A. c.. Blount, Jr, and John T.
Harper. Judge Blount is the paid en-
ployee Of certain public service cor
porations doing business in Pensacola.
They are the l.. & n. railroad, the PEN
sacola Electric Co.. the Pensacola Gas
Co, etc, etc. John Harper, as dem
onstrated by his record in the last ses-
sion OF the legislature and by his
present political Affiliations, is as sat
isfactory to those interests as Is Judge
Blount. There is no reason why Blount
and Harper should be elected to make
laws which are to control and govern
the interests of the people on the one
hand and the interests Of the public
service corporations on the other
There are many reasons why they
should not be elected.
McHugh and Clopton are not aligned
with any special interest, either politi.
cally or by employment, and they car
and will represent the people of Fs.
Gambia county faithfully and accu.
rately at Tallahassee.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

honest labor and right living and sup
plying example that elevates the moral
and intellectual level of their little
communities-these are the men and
women of real influence ana power.
Success is theirs in the fullest
measure.
The power of the locomotive lies not
in the tremendously putting smoke
stacks or in the shriI scream of the
waste steam Of the safety valve, but in
the unheard, unseen, but silently work
ing steam in the cylinder.
The swift flying piston seems to be
doing wonders, but it is only being
forced back and forth by a force it
knows nothing about, but must obey.
Just so, the men we call great, be-
cause they seem to perform marvels,
are but the expression of the thought
and impulse Of the united mass of un-
known common people.
No great man ever yet sprang up
except from a great people.
1t is not given US all to have success
as gorgeous as the rainbow. But il
need not matter. Success consists in
doing your best at whatever is at hand
or in at least trying your best
Indeed the real success is more in
the trying than in the achievement
We may achieve by chance help OF
others or by forces that are not ours
But our efforts are all our own. It is
the efforts that are a part Of our very
selves.
We may fail, but what Of that
There is no real failure while courage
holds out When the soul fails we are
done for indeed.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

THE FRAUDULENT "NEWS"
REPORTS SHOWN UP


In the Greenville Piedmont of Tues
day, and perhaps in dozens of other
papers that may submit to the fraudu
lent news" supplied by the Washing
ton political bureau operated against
Woodrow Wilson, we find this under
the sub head, Wilson's Managers
Forecast Defeat"
"T'he Wilson campaign managers
are paving the way to Concede the
following states to the opposition,
having announced that the allies are
running strong in these baliwiclls:
ITO Underwood-Geor Alabama,
Florida. North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Mississippi.
ITO Champ Clark the Wilson man
agement assigns Iowa, Wisconsin, Ar
kansas, Kentucky, Kansas, California,
Illinois and One-half Of Oklahoma.
while railing against the sO-called
president trust they are paving the
way for defeat in these states.
d Harmon is said by them to be as
signed to carry New York and New
England and Delaware and Texas
Much of that is just plain, inartistic
Justification. South Carolinians know
that South Carolina is not for Under
wood even if Messrs. Clark and Har-
mon stay out of this field and urge
their supporters to help their final
chances by supporting Underwood
against Wilson in South Carolina. If
1t be possible, North Carolina is more
solid for Wilson than South Carolina,
II New York'S money can win the
New England states for Harmon is
anything more needed to sustain Mr..
Rryans charge?
But the fraud of this report is ex-
posed in manner that makes its per
petra tors appear ridiculous. Wilson s
managers, it says, assign Wisconsin to
Clark AS a matter Of fact the day
the story was published Wilson de-
feated Clark Overwhelmingly in the
Wisconsin misunderstanding him in
almost every district"
How much money is being paid for
circulating these reports, and who is
their author? The State wishes to
know if Senator Bankhead, managing
Underwood's campaign, indorses this
kind of publicity"
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
"Savoyard" Sizes
Up the Situation.

Col. E. w. Newman, the veteran
Washington correspondent whose week
" feature stories written over the
nom de plume of "Savoyard" have for
years illumined the political literature
Of the nation has sized up the present
situation in typical "Savoyard" style.
He writes:
As said, there is faction on the
democratic side of the hedge, where
the condition remains-Wilson against
the field 1t will be a miracle if Taft
is not nominated by the regular con-
vention at Chicago. That will suit
Wall street, and Roosevelt is Wall
streets second choice. Then if Wall
street shall succeed in defeating Wood :
row Wilson for the democratic nomi-
nation at Baltimore we will see the
conditions of 1904 repeated. That is
what Wall street wants and that is
what Wall street will get If the demo-
cratic party is fool enough to agree to
it and weak enough to lay down.
This is exactly what The journal
has heretofore said, except that we
were not able to put the statement into
as expressive and conclusive English
as has the noted Washington writer.
The effort to defeat Woodrow Will
son has no other aim than to secure
the nomination Of Judson Harmon OF
some other reactionary candidate oi
the Judge Parker type. The same In
terests that engineered the Parker
nomination in 1904 are at work now tc
make the nomination of 1912.
Harmon is the man these Interests
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
VOX POPULI.
THE MISSION GLAD TO
HAVE OTHERS PREACH

Editor Pensa cola Journal.
To many people the superbly grand,
the blessedly glorious. fact Of Chris
tianity: He is risen" is ever accom-
panied by the joy-inspiring thought
the most precious intellectual mama
that we may rise too If we shall have
faith and show same by our words.
Glad tidings Of great toy may be
present always if we are both inwaTdly
and outwardly believers. The Mission
daily reads some Of the Bible, all or a
portion Of the Sermon ON the Mount
being the favorite, but the manager
does not preach. She will be glad to
have others do so. No mere church
or sect doctrine will be permitted TO
be taught here. The cornerstone OF
the Mission is charity, but it has for
one of the stones in the building the
chief undisputed cardinal tenets OF all
Christians i.e., God and Christ and re-
pentance. 1t tells the stranded folks
the simple story of the lowly and meek
Redeemer. Many of them assure the
manager that the teaching Of their
youth has been recalled, and they eN-
press their thanks and gratitude and
intention to become industrious citi-
zens and Christians. Some Of them
send from afar off greetings, and write
letters, and this all is very encour-
aging. The Mission reioices on this
happy day that IL has been enabled,
thanks to the cheerful help of many of
the good people of the city, to do
charity every day. and Il sincerely
hopes that it may be In condition TO
continue until at least next Easter Day
to endeavor wisely to do its chosen
work: to give temporary assistance to
the financially unfortunate. 10 try 20
get them work. to impress on them
the prime Importance Of being worthy
citizens. and 10 be. what's much more,
added TO this, not tongue, but heart
Christians.
THE MISSION.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Nothing Succeeds
Where the Soul Fails.

The most successful men are not the
ones noisily demanding public atten-
tion.
the world are not the bright butterflies
of the stage, whose press agents in
cessantly 1aunt their pictures and their
little nothings before the public.
No, no.
The unlauded men and women who
are quietly attending to their own little
tasks, every day contributing some
thing substantial TO industry and pros
perity, rearing children in habits OF
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Louisville & Nashville Rail-
road Company
DeFuniak Springs. Fla,

DeFuniak Springs Fla,
March 18th, 1912.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
ofNthe L. s., No. 100 Broadway.
New York City,
Gentlemen:
am much gratihed 10 note from
statement submitted to me by Messrs.
Knowles Brothers, General Agents,
tEat I am now entitled TO another paid
NJ policy I'm the Equitable. on which /
have paid all necessary premiums.
This IS the second policy which have
I'm the Equitable with Knowles Broth
ers. which has become paid up during
the past two years. and in each case
I have been very much pleased with
the options offered me, and the hand
some dividend which / am withdraw
ing in cash.
You can publish this letter, II de-
sired
Yours very respectfully.
MILES A WARREN.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1912.

For President-Vote for one:
WOODROW WILSON
For Delegates State at Large-Vote for
six:
J. e. ALEXANDER
A. J. ANGLE
MONTCALM BROWARD
JOHN S. KEANE
HAYES LEWIS
GEO. C. MATTHEW'S
For Delegates Bird Congressional Dis
trict-Vote for two:
]. F. c. GRIGGS
FRANK L. MAYES
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

Pensacola has a candidate for presi-
Dental elector who ought to get the
vote of every Progressive Democrat in
Florida. He is William Chipley Jones,
one of the original Woodrow Wilson
men and a thorough advocate of pro-
gressiye policies. Chipley Jones of
Pensacola and Charlie Jones of Jack
sonville Will make a good pair out of
the total six, to draw to.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Young But Competent.

Young But Competent.
Hon. Emmett Wilson, the young
Pensacolian who is a candidate for
Congress, spent several days in the
city this week, and after several
weeks of necessary attention to his
professional duties is now starting out
for most aggressive canvass of the
district, beginning at Madison and
sweeping the entire fourteen counties
as he goes westward. Mr. Wilson is
the youngest man in the race, being
only 29, but this should not work to
his detriment, for some Of the ablest
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

Angus Mcmillan, former circuit clerk
OF Escam bfa county ard today one of
FensacoIa's most popular and pro-
gressive business men. is a. candidate
Tor presidential electoT whom The
journal endorses both generally and
specifically. If McMillan's past record
as political runner is any indication
he will certainly be elected in this
case
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

Nine out of every ten cultured
women are bow-legged or knock
kneed,' says Mrs. Lila Viles Wyman,
Of Boston. The trouble about the
thing is that we must take Lilla's
statement of what it is worth, but oc-
caEionally fellow likes to pretend he's
from Missouri
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Reaaarweed SEED rhra,her.

BsaFWetu OtEu HFaHNtTs
s. V. Hough is planning to put IN a
machine for threshing beggarweed
seed. 1t will fill a long-felt want on the
part Of the farmers who have already
gotten wise 10 the importance OF the
begRarweed to the farm. This will
he the third machine Of it's kind 70 he
installed in the United States and is
indeed a testimony to the progressive
ness Of Mr.. Hough and the spirit Of
keeping abreast with the times. .-Gret-
ma Enterprise.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

Not that the dairyman is any more
scrupulous than the strawberry grow
er, but we notice that the latter puts
the larger berries on top and the but
termilk bottle has the water on top
and the milk in the bottom.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
NevS and Vieys By State Press

once get into the saddle with whit
and spurs. Every officer is your se-
want. lie treats you with the sane
consideration after as before the elc-
tion. Your requests are granted. Yur
advice is sought Legislation is in yur
interest, not the corporations Yur
will is supreme. Legislative tricks "a
no longer effective Your bills 40
longer die In committee rooms, for le
initiative says action must be tain.
and If not action is taken, the re,ll
enables you to retire your servantln
disgrace. As a result you get the las
you want. You get economy in puto
expenditures. The lobbyist has lost IN
power and is out of a job.
Do you want the Initiative, Refert-
dunn and Recall? II you do, ask ydr
legislators, both state and nationalo
give them to you. Demand that thy
give them to you, and back your 4
mand with your ballot. Until you 4
ercise the right Of citizenship you o
not deserve TO be free. See?-Vern
News.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Remarkable Young Man.

That human dynamo, Claude L'Eng1e
flashed into Live Oak one day this
week in the prosecution OF his cam
paign for the nomination for congress-
man at large, and while he didn't do
any Dragging, there was r. clear note
of confidence in his election in what he
said in our hearing. Claude is a re-
markable young man in that he has
real ability and force and decision ot
character in combination-an unusual
type in these automatic days. And
given these qualities, along with i'm.
mense ambition and phenomenal ener-
gy, all right on the Job in politics, ag-
gressive journalism and ardent office
seeking, and we have a personality OF
the virile and elastic kind which gem
orally wins out sooner or later. 10
Claude gets to congress he Is sure to
do things, perhaps sensational things
for he loves the limelight-and ha
will be honest with his conscience and
his constituents all the way through.
whether he makes a spoon or spoils a
horn.-Live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

Suppose we could settle our labor
troubles in the baseball world and the
batters would go to work and quit
striking!
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

woodrow Wilson can carry New
York, and all must admit that the New
York vote is something for a candidate
to have in his vest pocket.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07
Beain Work Now.

Begin Work Now.
The candidates for governor shou
begin now to formulate some defnh
plans to help the legislature abolish
reduce the whole mass Of technicalitit
that stand in the way OF the punish
ment Of the worst criminal. The ol
thing is so old that il is moss bacl
and full Of holes. Governor Gilchris
tried to reform the system but tho
legal gentlemen Of both houses were
conservative. The delays OF law en-
courages crime, fills the minds OF law
students with wrong ideals OF the func-
tion Of an attorney. Meanwhile Judge
Lynch continues 20 visit swift, unlaw
gressors.--Arcadia News.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

We regret to learn that our friend
Cone Johnson is i'll, as the Houston
Post informs us. If Cone could get a
few glasses of our thick and invigorat-
ing bUttermilk he'd recuperate enough
to win his election IN walk.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

The relatives of the women who left
her horse a hundred thousand dollars
the other day will be sure to say slle
was short on horse sense.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

payers smoking cigarettes, not only on
the feld but during the playing sea-
son When they need TO be at their best
physically. Cigarette smoking affects
Ine staying qualities of a player and
the manager has made it a rule that
MS men must either quit smoking or
play elsewhere, and it is not likely
that another manager would take such
players.
college men are playing baseball in
the Dig leagues, and the game is looked
upon as an honorable profession, af
rordlng amusement to millions of men,
women and children during a season.
Ihe theater and all kinds of amuse-
ment have been left far behind simply
because baseball is clean, wholesome
ana grows better as each season comes.
a
The Pensacola journal., 1912-04-07

The lecturer who said the other
day that but few men are good these
days should be informed that the aver
age lecture is not improving them,
either.