The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-04
Politics, People, Persiflage
Comment on Subjects in Which You
May or May Not Be Interested. About
People You Know and Ought to know
Rr RRYAN MACK
By BRYAN MACK

Yesterday a friend of mine stopped me
on Palafox street and remarked what
do You mean by starting a political col
umn: don't you know that the real people
are not interested in politics| Before
he could be answered he began to ask
all manner of questions about what was
going to be done in the next legislature'
whether John Stokes or someone else
would be president of the senate, ana
whether I thought Judge Parkhill couio
be elected governor. and wasn't it fact
that the road department was in fuVa
shape.
Considering that he was not interest
ed in politics, one would naturally con-
clude that he had faculty of asking
rather pointed questions.
AS a matter of fact, the people, both
men and women, are interested In poll
tics. They are taking a very much
more active interest than ever before.
and it is well that 1t Is so. This inter
est means that office holders in the fu-
ture are going to more nearly represent
the will of the people than has been the
case in the past.
Permit me to introduce Frank Il. Jen-
nings, of Jacksonville. 1 like him. II
spect him, for he is a man of very high
character.
This Frank Jennings is not related to
the family Of T. ALBERT Jennings. who
was such a tower of political strength
in Florida a decade ago, nor to the for
mer governor, w. S. Jennings. He has,
so far as I know, no relatives in Florida
except his immediate family. Mrs. Jen-
nings, his wife, is a most charming wo-
man and for years has taken very ac-
tive interest in club activities.
Possibly you have heard Of what is on
Frank Jennings's mind, but in case you
have not, I will quote from a letter got
from him: 1.-The political campaign is
coming on in about year and II my
plans do not miscarry, you Will have the
opportunity of either supporting or OPP
posing me. Until the issues are fully de-
termined, I can well understand that
the average thinking man cannot def
initely say who he would support but
do know that whatever you do in the
premises, will be done in a fair and open
manner, and without hitting below the
belt. When I get an opportunity to talk
with you, I expect to convince you that
[ am going to be the winner"
Isn't IT strange how they all expect 10
WI? He expects to be called Gov. Jen"
nings,
What do you think, anyhow of a wife
who tells everything she knows-and
thinks7 1t seems to me that, generally
speaking, such an individual would be
vastly unpopular, but such is not the
case, by any means.
There is some fellows wife, though
the poor fellow surely must be a sort Of
rrntA SNNrv
for The Journal for some period Of time.
She has been writing a story called
Revelations of q Wife and take 1t
from me, there are hundreds, yea thou
sands of wonderland mon too-who de-
sire to be revealed unto by the said
wife.
A few days before the present manage
ment took charge of The Journal 1t
seems that this writer went on a sum-
mer vacation, got the dengue fever or
did something else that incapacitated
her for writing--it may be that her hus-
band beat her up, who knows-and her
articles stopped coming.
Then business began to pick up. My
phone rang day and night; letters came
in too numerous to mention, and tele-
grams implored me to let them have
some more Revelations of Wife.
They seemed to take 1t as a personal
matter, that this tattle-tale wife had
met with foul play, and that = surely,
In some way must be responsible
Now I have always, as matter of
t Judgment, If not inclination, found 1t
better to not write to other peoples
wives, but this time l had to make an
exception. l wrote her, telegraphed
her, implored her to get back on the
job; to ease the minds of The Journal
readers to the extent that 1 might have
some peace.
So the Revelations of a Wife" will be
back in The Journal in a day or two,
and then maybe l can write some poll
ties.