The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-28

Concluding tour of about thirty
days, which carried them into every
county of the state candidates for
United States senator, comptroller and |
railroad commissioner spoke to a !
large audience at San Carlos court |
last night. Featuring the meeting
was the speech of Senator Nathan P. |
Bryan, who delivered, what many de- |
clared, to be the best address heard |
in Pensacola in many years. The
senator was the last speaker for the
night, and he touched principally
upon his record in the senate. told
what he had done in his modest and
unassuming way and what he expect
ed to accomplish if the voters of Flor
ida returned him to this high Office.
He was loudly applauded when he
said his was a record of service
against that of promises.
Philip D. Beall, in the absence of
r. Pope Reese, introduced the speak
ers. E. P. Thagard and A. J.:AngIe,
the latter once a resident of Escambia
county, were heard in their request
for support for comptroller. Then
followed Royal G. Dunn, B. J. Ford
and A. S. Wells for railroad commits
sioner.
Governor Trammell then took the
stand and said that in all his term as
governor of Florida he had conscien-
tiously attempted to serve all sections
of the state alike. He stated that
one Of the papers here would have
the people believe that there was
only one man whom they could. vote
for consistently, only one who is in
unison with the people. He admitted
that he was opposed to the building
Of a laboratory at Pensacola, but that
if the building of laboratories at other
points was justified, and that Pensa-
cola needed one, then he was justi-
fed in building one. He then again
took up his record of .impartiality and
stated that he had appointed many
Pensacolians to public office, and
spoke at length on his proffered as
| sistance in Pensaeola's hour of trou-
BILE with her banking institutions.
81 30 not like to mention another
candidates name when he is not here
to answer" said Governor Trammel,
''but Mr.. Wall has SO persistently re
fused to follow the state itinerary
and has in his own campaign charged
me with certain things, that I feel
that I am justified when I attempt to
refute certain charges" He then
took up his record as q, public spir-
tied citizen and attempted to dis
prove the assertions of Mr.. Wall.
Here he spoke Of the kilograms Of
the New York newspapers on the sink
ing of the Lusitania, and stated that
he would not answer for fear that
he would embarrass the administra-
ton. On the recent arrest of several
Sisters Of Charity in st. Augustine
for alleged violation of the school
law, he said that he had only carried
out the law, and that he thinks it is
a good law He explained that a
complaint had been fled with him and
he had done with this as with any
other
| Ex-Governor Albert w. Gilchrist
then spoke and dwelt at length on
his record in public office, both civil
and military, and said that although
he started out private in the Span
American war, he subsequently
became brigadier-general, and didn't
kill a Spaniard, but that he got even
for no Spaniard killed him.
/ He then touched on the reclamation
Of Florida lands and the attempts Of
Governor Broward to carry on the
work, and stated that he himself had
done much toward the great work.
In speaking on the question Of prohi-
bition he said that he believed that
a senator was first of all a repre-
sentative of the people, and should
vote the way they wanted him to vote,
Therefore, he said that if Florida
voted prohibition he would vote pro-
hibition, and if Florida voted wet he
would vote wet also. at is wrong,
he said, "for a senator to misrepre-
sent state"
The next point that he took up was
the action of the executive commit
tee in adopting sections and OF
the Sturkie resolutions last January
and their subsequent repeal. He
stated that he was at Punta Gords
at the time, and his attention was
called to the meeting by newspaper
but that he was the first to oppost