The enterprise-recorder., April 26, 1912, Image 5

About The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933

Image provided by: University of Florida

                
Third District WMf
Reasons
wnplete Summary of Presidential Situation in Florida
Shows Southerner's Record Makes Him Laical Man
in Minds of Voting Public. While Record1 Prof
Wilson of New Jersey, Puts him out of Penning.
Candidates For Delegates Discussed.
IN-
mil Correspondence to The F.nler
irise Recorder)
IVnsarola, Fla.. April 22. 11)12.
Tuesday is election day. On the
LOth of litis month primaries v. ill
t. held in Florida, afte r probably
de longest and most sensational
tainpnign in the state's histury. Fur
l!ie first time Florida voters will ex
cess at the polls their choice fur
teinocrntic presidential ntnninee.
In Pensacola (and reports reach
hi: lu re from out in the state in
urate that it exists there also)
Lit re is as much, if not mure, in
irrest in the presidential preferen
ce primary than in any of the lo
(.,! tir stale contests. This- is a good
TWO CANDIliATLS.
In Florida there are but two can
didates on the ticket: Oscar Under
wood of Alabama and Wwidrow
Wilson ol New Jersey, the other i wo
t:jiididates, Champ Clark and Jud
nm Harmon, having seen that the
rate would finally narrow down to
Underwood und Wilson, ami having
10 time nor money to throw away,
hiked that their names not appear
in the Florida ballets, thereby
(Voiding both the bitterness and
party expense of a second primary.
In fact. Prof. Woodrow Wilson is
(he only candidate for president
who has money enough to make a
campaign in every state in the Un
ion. Seeing that the advocates of
the Alabama man, the Southerner,
the house leader, the man who has
t'iven his life to the Democratic
party and served the whole people
d the entire country as earnestly as
his district, all without a murmur
seeing that this man was about
to sweep Florida, the managers of
trie Wilsrrn campaign in this suite,
who are also managers of Candi
date John T. G. Crawford for Na
tional Committeeman, cried out in
I mil voices that there has been a
"frame-up" against Wilson. But the
pmple of Florida could not be fool-
thy cheap political methods. No
p-ople in the world are better in
lonnetl than Floridians ami espec
ially tlo West Floridians keep post
ed, and they saw that Harmon,
Clark and Underwood were running
ifjainst each other in many states,
so they knew there could be no
"frame-up," spelled with capital let
ters, like "Big Business," und "The
Interests."
WHY IJUDERWOOD?
But, on the other hand, the peo
I le of Pensacola and other parts of
this state said to themselves that
Underwood seemed.to be the logi
cal man for the nominatioa They
knew that Underwood was the lead
er of the United Democracy and the
man who united it, that he had
been chosen by the Democrats of
the whole country to lead them, that
he had never left hi9 post of duty
for a day to campaign, that practi
cally the only remaining issue be
tween Democracy and Republican
ism is the tariff and that the author
df every tariff-reducing measure
'hat has passed the house ought to
be the strongest man with whom to
fight out that issue with the Repub
licans. The people read every day
where papers throughout New Eng
tend, Ohio, New York State and
four of the strongest publications in
New York City, the World, the Post,
the Times and the Herald, had en
dorsed the candidacy of the Ala-
uanuan. And the people decided
that the North actually wants to
demonstrate to the South that the
instruct for Underwood;
why Atabamian Will Easily Win Out.
war is over, by .jM-tiug one of us to
the presidency of ti,- nation, which
is, and certainly 01,1 In in be, unit
etl, now that the ( i4! War is tifiy
years behind us mid now thai the
Mason ami Dixon line has been
wiped away . commerce and
travel between tl,.-;v,d sections. The
voting public reaped f..r itself that
the South had I ... ., Mrm'.-liing llie
voting strength of the conventions
anil the party ft,.- (..; these
but had had no i ait in the
years.
llOllli-
Dating; thai the oin
-eetioiis might
now nominate a
Southern man.
they certainly
:. the Stuilli
anyhow, but tha
would not tlo ii i,:.
asltetl for it
So a large r.u..'
srs in these p;.y
to "X" Osca- I
the ballot on thi
of the vol
' ave decided
'ritierwotid on
3'Uh. thereby
instructing the Florida delega
tion to cast its f:: ballot for the
Alabama man. v b is recogniz-
ed as the natio;:'t rttitest living;
statesman und ;. jr.ost magnet-
ic leatler
known.
this
lias ever
WHY NOT
As he has r.i.
v. :lson'
o has
much
Prof. Wilson !
y. lost
ground since hi- torsional char
acteristics and short public re
cord have becom ;nown to the
people. As Alfreo Henry Lewis
says: "It is not so remarkable
that he is losing jrojnd as it is
that he ever had ar:y ground to
lose. The votir.g public in Pen
sacola and this county are be-
ginning to believe that he is the
I only man with whom the Demo-
crats can NOT win and that the
Republicans can r.at him with
out leaving tbt.'r offices." It
would take pagt to tell why this
conclusion has ii: arrived at,
but the follov ir.r. facts which
have been cone1. lively proved
anil not denied iv the tiwher,
must, suffice I'm' t.',i.- summary of
the situation: K - '.'-.gratitude to
Geo. Harvey, of fi;.:-i'i''s Week
ly, and to I,os. Sr.'.::n, ol' New
Jersey, whose .'::;.gazme and
money barrel, )-.-; -t-ctixely, had
made him what hj was; his com
plete change of mind on every
issue of the day upon becoming
a candidate for oifice: his com
plete revolution of attitude from
the ;jolitics and expressed beliefs
that had made him the ideal of
Wall Street to the kird of iwliti
cian that caused him to be en
dorsed by the Populists; his still
unforgiven abuses of Organized
Labor, which he first believed
stood for the least and poorest
service for the money; to his po
sition now as a candidate that
every man is a kin? having the
risrht to initiate and pass upon
all laws and to recall all judges
who do not please him by their
sentences and decisions; his most
uncomplimentary remarks about
the South and Southern heroes
after he had become a Northern
man by choice: his failure to
even mention a long list of the
greatest and most noble men this
section has produced, among
whom are Robert Toombs. Benj.
II. Hill, Gen, Joseph Wheeler
and Henry W Grady, while he
gave several pages of the same
"history" to New England "he
roes" and "heroines" whom oth
er greater historians had seen
fit to ignore; his quick defense
of Booker Washington when
TO VOTE FOR
OSCAR UNDERWOOD
FOR PRESIDENT.
Mark an (X) in front of the names
as follows:
For President: Vote for one.
Xt SCA R W. UN DER V( X il
WOODROW WILSON
For Delegate lo National Conven
tioll, Slatt-nl-Large:-Vi,te for ,
SIX.
J. E. Alexander
A. J. Angle
Thus. J. Appleyard
Montcalm Broward
W. J. Bryan
X Frank E. Chase
Dr. E. S. (nil
Thos. A. Darby
Charles E. Davis
Herbert L. Dotld
L. E. Dozier
X Albert W, Gilchrist
X Frank Harris
N. H, Monk Harrison
Lincoln Hulley
John S. Keane
X Edwin D. Lambright
Hayes Lewis
George Matthews
X Ed. Senior
Julian W. Spear
X B. S. Williams'
For Delegates to National Conven
tion. Third Congressional Dis
trict: Vote for two.
J. F. C. Grigts
F. L Mayes
X Frank C. Renshaw
X Milton A. Smith
For Member of National Democrat
ic Executive Committee: Vote
for one.
John T. G. Craw font
X E. S. Matthews
that Alabama negro
was caught
Xew York;
at a lady's door in Xc
his devotion of several pages of
his "history" to a Boston riot
led by mulattoes; his abuse of
Thomas Jefferson ami eulogy of
Hamilton; hischarge that George
Washington did not write his
farewell address and that the
first president was more of a
cheap real estate peddler than a
statesman; and his declaration
that the tariff is not an issue but
a detail.
FRANK .MAYF.S A WILSON DKI.K-CATE-
Rejtorts from the Third Dis
trict, in which Frank L. Mayes
is a candidate for delegate on
the Wilson platform, do not give
much idea of how that race will
terminate, but the consensus of
opinion in Pensacola is that Mr.
Mayes, on acount of his plat
form and general political poli
cies of the past and now, espec
ially in local affairs, will not car
ry his home county, but that Dr
F. G. Renshaw who beat Mayes
for the office eight years ago,
will have a long lead over the
editor of the Pensacola Journal,
which paper has asserted that
Oscar Underwood of Alabama
is the candidate of "Wall Street"
and "Big Business", that he is a
substitute candidate, and that
there has been a frame-up to
beat the man from New Jersey,
Locals and Personals.
I Vote for
A .
B Pater son fi.r T.
I assessor. j
Mrs. Alex NmuiIi left Sunday lor Allan-j
tin I. In.rn .,it,i.4..,i .r,....l
I this week.
Leuke Merslmn, nf Caincsvillc, arrived
ill tin- city Monday nitiht, und lius enier
I'd the .Nciriiiiil fur the next m'VithI weeks.
I Vote for
Assessor.
Boh Paierson for Tax
Mrs (". P. Kclley It-f" t lnndny rnorninn
fur All, una, (in., where she will nil, in
lirntiil nprra t ( I i week
H. F. MuM'ley's drui! Mori' litis recently
Ii' en tri iili-d lv ii Irrsh application ,,l
paint, whirli adds tn it k appciininee.
.iuik'i' .1 r . ('. (irijins. id A piilti. tik i l;i .
Hill! 11 l t.nillft:. If. f,.r ,t,.l. fi- 1...
T,,ir(, ,strirt. was in the rity f,.r a slmr,
while Friday
' Vote for
! Assessor.
Bob Pntei'son for Tnx
1 Mrv.l.M Miti l.ell. el Stiti k . i'in Snn
' il'iy ti ! MimI;i ili'lithtfully in rit.
i ttir uuci-l "f Mr Hiirl.y und li tn
"It in r i ii .
.1. I). Lusl.c n tunu'd tn the i il Mund:i
I ll'Ullt finlli (Juicry, Attli,lllv:i-, till , mnl
. ntl'iT pliii-i'i., where tie siient h few dm
' l('ilMI lit I V .
j Bob Pnterson appreciates your
past support and will appreciate it
again: be will tlo his duty.
Mrs. M H. MrCull mill little s in. Archie.
Returned Siiturday frcim n visit (if n few
: linys tn ex Si niitor mid Mrs. Tli'ini,-nn
;nt ttii ir Inline nem (ireenville
I Mrs K. H. W'hitronili left TiieMlny f,,r
.F'liinl City, where she will be on h ileas
hiiI vit.it In her ,iirenis. Mr. und Mrs. II
i W. Jti init'Miii. fur the next wend duys.
'
Pininitte Mays, .Ir., nf Mnuticelln. whk
ill the rity Siiturduy iimriiiiin. in the in
teresttirhis fiither's mndidnry fur re
nnniilitititin In the Niiti.iniil Hmisc of Kep.
! rehenlative!..
Otir renders will h interested tn knuw
lliut the rH in fu II mi Suturduv, hs rerordetl
j hy Judiie Vhiiii, wenther nhserver, whs
1 4.37 Inches, the mtiM iIihI ,ltid(!e Vimti
j has yet winded in u sinKle day.
If experience counts for any
thing, you should re-elect Bob Pat-
'erson as your tax ussessor. He has
MADE GOOD; vote fr.r him: he
' will appreciate it.
i
i J. 1). McCuIIiiumIi. of Kniite :l, was in the
rity tradlniJ Mnntlny. Mr. M'ulltnmh re
I purls that the health nf his wife, wlinhns
I heen sick jnr Koine lime, is now imnrnv
i ed. whii li will he iileasiiii! news to their
1 many friends
Mrs. Mux Tliarin Wns lin-iets last I n
tiny iifleriiinni at liriduc m ;i mniilicr nf
friends, in lininir nf her sisier. Miss l.liz
iihetll Tliiirin. nf Atlinitii. Q'lite a iiiiiiiIk t
nf ladies were present und the m i inu
passed away delightfully
Mrs. K. k. Hriltnn. nl lirillnn. Miss.,
wishes others to know what Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound has done for Iter
daiinliter. "Some time uiio my dtnitjhter
win, ill and threatened witli pneumonia
We tried different medicines hut she
seemed to he rowiin worse. We then
t!ave her Foley's Honey und Tar Compound
mid it checked the diseuse and eventual
ly cured her completely and we know Fo
ley Honey and Tar Compound saved her
life." For sule hy all dealers.
all of which was ipiickly correct
ed and disapproved, but none of
which was ever considered ser
iously when the charges were
made. Editor .Milton A. Smith
of the Tallahassee True Demo
crat, one of the best semi-weeklies
in the State, is a candidate
with Dr. Frank (5. Renshaw for
delegati on the Underwood plat
form, but they both declare that
they will abide by the instruc
tion of the primary no matter
what their personal preferences
may be: The individual choice
of Smith anil Renshaw was at
first Harmon, but. after that gen
tleman decided that he hail little
chance and no money to waste
in Florida, the candidates for
delegates said that they favored
the Southern man, having been
convinced that he can more easi
ly win both the nomination and
the presidency than any other
mentioned possibility.
(advertisement)
Simplify Tli?
School Cmim.
; ( W I :
...I. .,(.
ill ")iit")
1 i a '"ei'iit issue of yiMf rit lvr
I read wiih much in teres: .war
article entitled. "Leave PiT The
Frills."
In that article yon d'spiiy J-;,t
spirit of usefulness tlitit h:s al
ways characterized younvritinjf.
I wish to tell you that I entire
ly agree with yoti that there rovi
tire taught in the public schools '
many studies that might be for
mated with proiil to the scK'ti's
and to the public who arc taed
to support these institutions, i'-'td
that the children should be j iv
eu only such an educational
course as is going to bo of prac
tical use In them in the neat for
of life which they have chrs-n
or for which they uiv uest lit; "1
1 smut candidate for one .'" ur
cuuiitv utiiies mid in a spetch 1
made a IV w days since I ad wan
ted this very idea or nuvisuiv
w hich you so ably prcsenvd m
the article mentioned: this a.
before yo ir paper bad tv:.ci i d
here. In many ol the schools nf
the north they have added a ms
catioi.al bureau and an industri
id feature which 1 am told bus
resulted in much good.
After a chiltl has acquired I he
rudiments of an education it is'
taken to this bureau or lewd
and it is ascertained for Mitt
vocation in life it is best ruled,
then it is given those studies
that are going to lie of the est
practical use.
Some writer has said that the
man who was best educated was
he who was most useful, and
that the true test of education
lay in the possessor's ability tt.
serve.
With the industrial feature,
our boys nnd girls who choose to
tlo so, are enabled to le.arn, both
in a practical and scientific rue
ner, one of the useful trades tr.d
not. have to leave the home influ
ence which is so necessary tti t.hf
young, arid go oil' to serve ;tr
apprenticeship where the kr v,'
edge gained would not be sr.
thorough.
The higher branch''" of dura
tion are very tveessary, out tney
are only of pruct :: use t tbt-f
who expect to i; .. ' hem.
What dio'i !! ';"( i v ! V
to the 'Ul'l "'!'." v'.'-."'os I" e. ', .i !''
ii boni"-rnak'-r ! a 1 1 -1 s i , u 1 r- .'.''
man whether or not she knows
anything about the nervous
physical organism of the vr&v.
hopper'.' What difference doc.
it. make to the boy who wishc.
to become an agriculturist whet.b
er or not he knows an.Whme
about the dead languages? Of
what practical use would lhe.-f
studies be to them? ''hey would
be of no more substantial bet.ent
than a last year's bird nest would
be to it bullfrog.
1 think that home influence n
the right kind is an impoi-Unt
factor, not only as an aitl to in
chiltl while at school but in it.
whole after life.
All education is founded m
character. Instil into the child
those traits that go to build up a
good character anil you haw iniit
a compact and concrete founda
tion upon which a snbstantiai
structure of education will be
built.
Teach the child first and above
all things the love, feur afi'i
veneration of Almighty God; in
stilintoits miniitraitsof obedience,
perseverance, courtesy, and s
proper consideration for the
views and opinions of others
ami you will rot only make it
happier but yo'i will make it far
easier both fo" the teacher tc
impart knowledge to it and ior
the child to receive !