The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-03
BRYAN URGES
THE SUPPORT
OF NOMINEES
Makes Stirring Appeal for
Loyalty to Democratic
Party.
AMOS LEWIS ALSO
MAKES ADDRESS
Senator Bryan Saws Cats is
Not a Democrat, But
an Anarchist.

d~~eAS interrupted ny APP
plause, Senator Nathan P. Bryan and
Representative Amos Lewis at Nal
Iory Court last night, made q stirring
plea for party loyalty, in sup
porting the nominees of the demo-
cratic ticket at a time when the in
tegrity of the party was threatened
as never before.
Senator Bryan followed Mr.. Lewis,
and made one of the characteristic
speeches that have built his fame as
political orator and thiaker. His
style is earnest, personal and essen
tally constructive, discussing the sub
Ject from many angles, he finally
twists the different threads into an
unbreakable cable Of logic.
A Sacred Duty.
Senator Bryan, whose speech was
of thirty-five minutes duration, de-
clared that if it was not the duty of
democrats to support the nominees,
then there was no use having a pri-
mary at all
when candidates enter into the
democratic primary" he said, "they
do SO because, if successful. they feel
that they are entitled TO the support
of all democrats. The voters who
take part in the primary ARE on their
part bound In good faith t. abide By
the results. It is true that they take
an oath that they are cemocratis,
and perhaps in the primary last June
those who registered anew took
no oath that they intended in good
faith to support the nominee, but /
am not here to make any technical
appeal to you. 1t ought to go with
out saying that democrats win sup
port the democratic ticket which they
have named"
Knott Is the Nominee.
Knott is the nominee, he said. The
only objection that could be urged
against him was that he had asked
for a recount recount for which
especial provision had been made in
ths primary law, which was just
law, and this provision wss but one
of the many safeguards Co insure the
working Of the peoples viii.
Recount Necessary.
! 1t would be an unsafe thing for
democrats to say that there should
be no recount, remembering how
recount had given Drew tile election
in 1876, when republican court, cor
recting an error, took the election
away from the republican candidate
and gave it to the democratic If
republican court could be honest
enough to take the election away
from the republicans and give It to
the democrats, was there any demo-
crat, asked Mr.. Bryan in ringing
tones, who would hint thai demo-
cratic court was not equally honest as
regards its own party?
"Catts Is An Anarchist"
There was Wild applause when Mr..
Bryan, referring TO Cats, said, 1T
will be a fortunate thing for Florida
when the election is over and tramps
of that kind seek other ckmes.y
"Catts is not a democrat, he is an
anarchist" declared Mr. Bryan later,
and the audience responded again.
No Justice In Claim.
Referring to Cats claim that the
state democratic committed endorsed
Knott for -he nomination before the
supreme court gave its decision, Mr..
Bryan showed the absurdity Of the
argument in very few words. The
supreme court issued the psremptory
| writ on September q, he said, which
resulted in Knots nomination from
the votes recanvassed up to that date.
The meeting Of the State democratic
/ Committee was called for i5stober Z,
the last day it could legally have been
held.
"The committee endorsed Mr..
] Knott, but upon the suggestion Of
| Mr.. Grady, of Franklin county, il
was the understanding that Mr. Knott
remained the nominee. Now there
might be some point about that if
| Mr.. Cats had won, and ldr. Knott
was bolter contending against him,
and using the endorsement Of the
| State Committee So we arrive at
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