The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-20
Plum MAKERS
ON EDITORIAL
MORE ADDITIONS ARE MADE TO
THOSE CITED IN SUCH PREsEN.
TATIoN ON QUESTION WHAT Is
A REAcTIoNARY.

| Perhaps the most mastery editorial
| ever written by journalist was that
which appeared last Sunday in The
Pensacola Journal by Frank L. Mayes.
To him certainly deserves much COM
mendation and credit. To obtain his
! data he left no stone unturned. He
almost rivaled Teddy Roosevelt on one
| of his African expeditions, but, how
ever. the only accomplishments of the
editor was an axe and shovel. With
these he delved and dug until the hon
| est sweat rolled down his brow. And
when he had finished, If there was a
! single scapegoat reactionary in the
Bible, Ancient history or elsewhere that
| escaped his skeptical eyes, he might
we'll thank his stars.
The king of the Plum Makers In
| discussing the matter with his chan
cellor Heinrich Won Spass, remarked
| that Frank L. Mayes had gone to al
together too much trouble to explain
a reactionary. 1t seemed to him that
as we'll as he knows Pensacola folks
that he could go into his back yard
! and knock down dozen with single
blow.
The article should have been CON.
cluded by saying, if you want to see
reactionary in real life, why just
come to Pensacola. They grow here
like barnacles and you can find them
by the gardenful.
The Plum Makers think few more
ILLUSTRATIONS are neeQS0 TO MAKE IT
clear to the reading public what
reactionary and progressive is, so the
following are given: The Pensacola
State bank is a progressive. the Arneri-
can National bank a reaCtionary, the
Chamber of Commerce a progressive as
their spectacular achievements will
show and the Pensacola Commercial
Association a reactionary. Oliver j.
Semmes is reactionary and the three
commissioners are progressives. John
p. Stokes is a reactiOnary and Ike
Whiting a progressive. The Fish Fer
tilizer Factory is a progressive, and the
HerVey hotel a TeactiOnary. The Car
niVal Association a progressive and the
Plum Makers are reactionaries.
Here is an instance to prove to you
that the Plum Makers are reaction
aries The president Of the order has
appointed a delegation who are to go
to the three commissioners and petit
ton them as follows: There are some
good rea sons for exempting the prop
erty owners on South Palafox street
from paying taxes. It must be because
you are asleep that you have not seen
this We want you to at once refund
all taxes ever paid by the owners Of
property in the business district on
Palafox street who have progressive
(?) side walks sheds in front of their
buildings. The variation Of those
sheds, ranging from ten to forty five
feet degrees relieves the town from
monotony which it would have If uni
form sheds were erected. All great
authorities will stand behind you if
you do this-even the Good Govern
ment League. The immortal letter of
Lord Chesterfield speaking of the same
subject says: Never erect structure
it may be fatiguing." AS they now
stand, you are following absolutely
Chesterfield's mandate. The sidewalk
sheds have the Tuscsn n, Ionian. Corin-
THAN and all other orders of archi-
lecture and therefore kill the monot-
ony. And that's what makes Pensa-
cola so interest1ng-a dilapidated shed
here running at right angles with the
building, another next to it at As de-
greeS, and another there that cannot
be destroyed because it sheltered Gen
eral Jackson before the war. All this
is why Pensacola is called the beauti-
full city. The business district of the
town reflects the prosperity, and be
cause these beautiful relics of archi-
lecture are creating this prosperous
atmosphere we demand that the prop
erty owners not only be exempted from
paying taxes, but in addition, that they
be given for their faithful service the
property the Memphis rail
road should give up
You can draw your own conclusions
from this speech if the Plum Makers
are really reactionaries or not. The
cause for so many reactionaries In
town is that they have lost their nerve
their initiative you know. They
once had such a thing a Initiative
here. but the people put that into
the commission charter.
A colored lady that would fairly tilt
the scales at 375, has inquired through
the Plum Makers mail box in the Brent
lobby. for information about her loving
Rastus. The king is sorry, but he
doesn't deal in that line OF politics at
this trial.
HEINRICH Won SPASS,
Chancellor.
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