The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-12

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they do not take any oath which de-
prives them of their individual
choice" said the governor. "A short
time ago Senator Bryan appealed to
one Of the county commissioners of
Duval county to oppose the selection
OF E. B. Darnell as attorney for the
board because Mr.. Darnell was a
Guardian of Liberty.
"As for records, I am willing for
mine to be compared with Senator
Bryan's. While a member Of the
legislature, had passed claims bill
that made railroads and express com
Danies pay claims for shortage, over
| charges and losses within sixty days,
saving shippers thousands of dollars.
/ introduced and had passed two bills
| giving aid to rural schools, bill for
the teaching of civil government and
agriculture in the elementary schools,
an express rates bill, which was the
forerunner of the parcel post system.
II had resolutions passed that re-
suited in a lowering of freight rates
on fruits and vegetables. had laws
passed forcing insurance companies to
return unearned premiums, limiting
campaign expenses, fixing a mileage
tax on railroads in lieu of fran
chise or license tax, and made many
improvements nthe pension bill.
CAS- attorney general, won such
suits as the Westcott will case, the
Pullman car tax case, case involving
back taxes on railroads, and | saved
the internal improvement board $751;
900 in attorneys fees in four years by
acting as their secretary"
Governor Trammell referred to the
, activity of industrial organizations in
the first campaign of Senator Bryan,
! and said the senator did not then OBJ
ject to the aid of secret organizations
|, He censured the senator for his stand
on the ship purchase bill, which, he
said, was responsible for the death
; of the measure, and, returning in a
IL moment to the secret organization
{ question, said that the senator hac
: modified his stand on the state reso-
; luton since he had learned the atti.
tude of the public upon it.
He said General Miles had nothing
to do with the Democrats of Florids
and that the Guardians of Liberty die
not pledge themselves to support any
candidate. He said he stood for thu
widest RELIGIOUS freedom possible, an,
: that the state committee had made !;
] misstep in passing its much-discusseC
resolutions.
! The governor declared that he al
ready favored Pensacola, appointing
= member Of the state board of healtl
! from this city, helping to have tn,
state laboratory put here, choosing
:, Pensacolian as naval stores inspector
! and that if elected to the Unitet
States senate he would do all in hi
! power to help the Pensacola "shil
yard"
h SHIP YARD RIDICULED.
Ell In rebuttal Senator Bryan ridiculet
the term "ship yard" for the nav,
yard here, andthe crowd laugher
J. heartily at his remarks. He said h
Ia had supported Stockton because h
Il knew and liked him, declared tina
: Trammell had begun to run for an
- other office as soon as he was elected
"a asserted that he opposed Darnell's ap
: pointment in Jacksonville -becaus
!. Darnen was responsible for the scan
At dial in the board of county commits
N sioners there.
Il He said that il the Knights of &C
lumbus were organized for politics
m purposes that the society had no RICH
At to take part in a Democratic primar!
= and that if as had been charged b
n was trying he had had the state con
- mittee resolution passed to hinde
j. such organizations he would hardl
= have been so foolish to have the resC
IL luton hurt an organization that Coy
Is ernor Trammell said was supportin
n him-that is, Mr.. Bryan.
He paid his respects in closing (
- Senator Bitch, leader of the Guar
. 0ians of Liberty. He said Mr.. Bite
l. had been sadly mislead and that h
= was now political boss Of the tyr
m he did not care to be connected witt
"a The senator referred again to his SCI
4 vices in fathering the postal saving
as bank law, the creation of six vice az
a mirals, the placing of denatured alec
. hol on the free list because Of its US
to country people as a lighting m;
~ terial, to his work for the state 60
a leges, to his efforts at keeping the DO
1T lot clean by election laws, and to h
- long record in the service Of the PEI
"a pie Of the state.
m During his remarks he read fro,
Il copy of the constitution and b,
nv laws of the Guardians of Liberty th,
or no member of the organization cou
support any candidate who had NJ
70 first been approved by the lodge. T
or held that this deprived a man Of Il
- right of individual choise, while Go
,e+ ernor Trammell contended that Il
- order did not make any such effort.
os A slight misunderstanding betwet
the two candidates came at the clio