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

boy orations, borrowed from Grady
and Boy Taylor.
s'In the case of the primary law,
parts of which I am said to have bor-
rowed, will state simply that took
certain sections of the law from other
states where they had been passed
upon and held constitutional, and in
every instance gave the proper credit.
! This is a recognized practice, and has
no connection with plagiarism. So
far as the Goods Roads bill Is con-
cerned, parts of it are more than one
| hundred years old, and come to US
from France. claim no originality
in framing the bill, and much of the
measure was put together by Sena-
tor Bourne after long study Of the
question. He modelled it after other
such measures"
Touching the question Of the reso-
buttons of the state committee, Sena-
tor Bryan said: 1.-THE state commit
tee had right to pass its resolutions
prescribing the qualifications for
voters in the Democratic primaries,
and it had the same right to rescind
these resolutions. Their first action
was a step in the right direction, and
, could not have injured any right
thinking Democrat.
at is only through misrepresenta-
ton by such men as Governor Tram
nell that the intent of the committee
has been twisted and perverted until
it appeared dangerous. He made it
appear as if such organizations as
the Woodmen of the World, Odd Fell
lows and other fraternal bodies were
affected, which was not true. am
not Catholic. / am not so narrow
as to let religion influence me in my
appointments, and have always tried
to choose the best men regardless of
his church affiliations.
~ say now that l am proud Of my
: Jacksonville appointment of postmas-
ter. | chose a worthy Democrat, des-
pite efforts to bluff me because he
l was a Catholic. I couldn't be bluffed
: then, and can't be now. / will not
Join any body in this country to pun
ish any man because of his religious
beliefs.
J MILES HEADS ORGANIZATION.
q "The constitution of the Guardians
. of Liberty allows negroes to be mem
$ bers of that organization. It is con.
q trolled by a council of three men II
: New York, and General Nelson A
Miles, who put jeff Davis in irons, il
d the head Of it. Many good men have
n been deceived into joining the society
: but they viii not stay, for it is bar
f influence and is backed by the old
a fashioned carpetbapgers who havt
s never sought anything but pelf ant
II political power
v eve have bigger things than AM
j. of this ahead Of us. We have a grea
state to develop, and to make sure it
} development we must make it a stat
i where church and state are kept alb
~ solutely separate, in accordance witt
re the fundamental principles of tn
Is American government"
Y. TRAMMELL SPEAKS.
e Governor Tramnell began his ad
p dress with an expression of gratitud
e to the people of Escambia county an
= Florida for their votes when he wa
running for attorney general and 70
= governor. He said the people wer
z more interested in grave public ques
= tons than in the knocking of one can
O. didate by another, and argued tina
70 Senator Bryan's criticism of hir
~ showed that Bryan's case was a wea
y one.
y He said the charges Of Plagiarisr
= came about through the fact the
a. quotation marks had been left off SEQ
tons of his speeches, and that he ha
7 perhaps unconsciously followed tn
thought and language of the gres
y orators whom he had studied so thol
y oughly. He made several sarcasti
~ references to Senator Bryan's proves
- as an orator, saying he could pu
= Grady to shame.
e Senator Bryan is not plagiarist
10 said the governor, "but he is copy
~ cat. He borrowed the ideas in HI
u Good Roads bill. In the per-oratio
= of his Jacksonville speech, made q
II the eve of the meeting of the stat
- executive committee, whom he eviden
ly sought to influence, he used phrase
=. that were borrowed and not credite
Of so I say again he may not plagiariz
~ but he is a copy-cat.
ri Senator Bryan tells you that yc
nd should give him a second term b.
- cause this is the custom. He though
81 differently wnen he supported Stoke
I'M against Senator Taliafero. He d
IA not think that Senator Taliafel
should have a second term. If Il
l,s second term proposition holds, WI
"a not elect a United States senator (,
he twelve years instead of six?
rs. "Sone of Senator Bryan's intima
no friends came to me when Senat
,as Fletcher was a candidate for re-ele
fl ton and wanted me to run again
ter Senator Fletcher. There was no sc
ond term talk then. Why have thinj
nee undergone such a change?
he Senator Bryan is inconsistent