The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30

whites and blacks, we have laws pre-
venting whites and blacks riding on /
the same railroad cars and street cars.
These laws don't conform to the laws /
OF the Northern States. Suppose we /
should send a man to Washington who /
tried to enforce prohibition on the /
great State Of New York, where there /
are nine millions OF people, and they |
have been for generations advocating /
home rule and State rights and now i
you are coming and denying to US the /
right to govern ourselves.
The West has a race question the |
Wilson has been President of the /
has refused to permit the United |
States Government to interfere with /
them on the Chinese and Japanese |
question, and now that the West ana I
South have joined hands and the North |
has accepted this great principle, /
surely we Southerners are not going !
the American Government. the funda-
mental principle of the Democratic |
PARTY, the political religion OF
knows am opposed to its use. It
has injured me more than any man
know of. The question is the admin
istration of government. Surely If
your State can handle such crimes as
murder and stealing it can handle the
crime o. selling whisksy against the
law. This platform of mine is prac-
teal It gives to the people the right
70 govern themselves, tt retains that
to them the machinery of the National
law of the State law and Of the local
law. Bear in mind, my friends the
question at issue Is whether or not
you have lost faith in yourselves You
haven't lost faith, you people of Flor
Ida Descendants of men, men who
went through the Civil War and suf-
fered defeat, who went through the
carpet bag day and negro rule, who
have been through Yellow Fever cpl
denies, who have suffered all the dis
asters to which people can be sub
ject, and in the face of it all have
prospered and grown in wealth. Sure
serves and surely you can govern
yourselves. This platform Of mine /
vent you to seriously think about it.
All of my opponents have come out
| for National prohibition, except Cen
| eral Gilchrist, and the Lord only
knows what he has come out for.
clared for IL and 1 contend they have
sold their birthright for a mess of por-
ride. OF course, this platform Of
mine say is a good one and bear in
mind when you send me to the Senate
| of the United States II will be several
! days before they turn the government
best can to put this platform into
| operation. My friends, am here to-
4 night advocating home rule, the fun
| damenta1 principle of the American
| government. the fundamental princi-
| pie of the Democratic party. the poll
ticaI religion Of the South; home
good oifizenship the fan ddRt9 al
/ principle of society, the fundamental
! principle of prosperity. Now my
j friends, in conclusion I want to say
that sixteen years ago we discontinued
/ our party conventions in this State,
! leaving no practical measure by which
thought and my theory is that ali
/, classes of industry, of laboring men,
Of merchants, bankers. farmers, doc
/ tors and lawyers should be organized,
and we should have organizations
1 such as Boards of Trades or Chambers
| of Commerce, and public men OF the
! future should work through these in
| dustrial and civic organizations in
| stead of through political machines
| and professional politicians. am ad-
vocating bringing our political and
public life in closer touch with our in
| dustrial life / am advocating put
ting ouES public men on the same
ness integrity, that we have in our
business and our professional life. My
friends, we are standing on the shore
Of great era with its great
great changes in the political and
commercial relations of the world.
For generations civilization marched
towards the westward, reaching the
shores Of the Atlantic it swept on
across the Aleghenies, across the
stretches in the desert Of the - Vest Ne
until it reaches the shores OF the great
Pacific. For a moment 1t halted, be-
I cause beyond that mighty ocean It
could not further go, but It halted
only for a moment and then swept on
to the South, and today the march OF
events is to the South because to the
South lie the great countries of the
world that are undeyeloped, and Flor
ida, like a finger of prophecy points
} through the blue waters Of the South
Seas to the southern countries and
| Florfda's ports will be the gateway
) and Florida the highway of the COM
merce of the western world. With
this vision OF the future I present to
, you my candidacy. I ask you to catch
the vision and rise above petty, per-
: sonal and factional parties and take
: pour into your laps. l base my can
; didacy on the record of business sue
cess. on the record OF knowledge OF
| the needs of the people. on the record
of service rendered. My friends
) have served as my people have always
served. They served under the Stars
] and Stripes. and heard the crack Of
the Seminole Indians rifle, and his
4 wild war-whoop ring through the
{ drive him back to the cypress swamps
, of the Everglades. They served again
9 under the Stars and Bars, and march ed
z ! away and fought for the Nation thai
l fell Yea, and they served agar
8 through the night OF carpet bag and
3 negro rule, and thank God they lived
2 to see the night pass away and the
bright sum Of peace and happiness
shine again over the State OF Florida
! so have done, and so VIII I ever