The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-05-04
cHAS. II. BLISS
ON THE ISSUES
REcITEs A FEW THINGS THAT
MAKE INTERESTING READ.
ING FOR THE PUBLIC.


the city campaign. The opposition
well knows that there is not ghost
OF a chance for them TO be successfully
unless it be possible TO stampede thel
people in some manner.
Mayor Welles has truthfully said
that the campaign four years ago was
carried on the popular wave started
by the bond issue for public improve
ments. Two years ago he TOLD his
friends that the people could not, be-
fooled again with the same thing but
the campaign would have to be carried
with hurrah and rush. So during
the last three weeks Of the last cam
paign Mayor Welles claims to have
spent $4,000 for music alone This
year the program has not been made
public but from what keeps persistent
ly coming TO the surface IL appears
that great preparations are being
made for mud singing bee" and
that success is hoped for by attacks
being maze on character.
1t is fondly hoped that by raising
personal matters and making attacks
on character that the real issues OF
the campaign may be lost sight of,
and then by an avalanche of abuse
and misrepresentation and vilification
that some votes may be turned; and
then with the influence of money the
floaters and purchasable quantity.
white and black, may possibly keep
the present ring in power.
Personalities Not Issues.
The length of my mustache or the
absence of Mr.. Shines whiskers has
nothing to do with the campaign. yet
it has been very glibly talked about
presume Mr. Shine could grow whis-
kers as long as Kansas populist, II
he chose, but what has that TO do with
the city campaign issue? We hear OF
cabbages, eucumberS, onions, garlic
and all such things but what bearing
DO they have on the questions before
the public? Pensacola should not
give its undivided attention to grow
ing whiskers or peddling vegetables;
she had better dig a few bitches ana
cut the grass and weeds out of the
public streets.
The fact that my Hon" opponent
has proven himself such a giant in
intellect, such a marvel of business
laoumen, such an astounding and bril-
liant success in the farfamed city OF
Tallahassee. that he had to retire
from business and come to Pensacola,
has nothing whatever to do with the
lease. That he went Ninto business
here twice for himself. and built up
such an extensive and lucrative prac-
tice that he was forced TO retire and
accept the office of city clerk to avoid
the great pressure that was undermine
ing his health, as the News would
have the public believe, has nothing
whatever to do with the campaign
We hear continued rumblings anc
direful forebodings regarding rec
oTds-" Some people have been expect
ing an eruption, like unto Mount Pc
lee, for the past three weeks. The
mountain is in labor. But what ha;
that to 90 with the issues before the
} people of Pensacola?
A few years ago / wrote a pamphle
on strikes, giving ten reasons why
thought strikes should be abolished
The first man to congratulate me Oh
the pamphlet was Mr. Welles. H;
was fulsome in his praise and declar
ed it to be THE BEST BOOK ne
HAD EVER READ" To-day under
: % hG SOY mat AC CdlluOl uu
Gerstand how any laboring man cal
vote for Bliss. It is repeatedly init
!. mated mat this book is to be use,
against me. But what has that book
my opinion, or Mayor Welles's opin
lon on pamphlets. to do with a new
water works and sewers and perma
4, nent streets for the city of Penss
cola?
The question of a primary is a SCI
tied one and has nothing more to d
with the issues of the campaign tha
: the color of candidates hair.
Nothing Against Mr.. Shine.
!, | have nothing TO say against Nj
Shine. If it proves to be true that h
= eclipses Mr.. Blount in fine legal abb
= ity and his business talent exceed
that Of Messrs Brent, Knowles an
! other prominent business men, | sha
: glaG1y congratulate him and wish hir
: success, but | do not wish to be pre-
mature and go off half-cocked" in tn
matter
The Real Issue.
Heretofore there has been little
our city campaigns but factional fight.
| laid my plans TO force some real liv
issues into the present campaign an
feel that / have succeeded admir-,
bly,. | not only forced the issue i
the face of opposition, who called m
n a theorist. socialist, dreamer. said
was impractical, etc.. ETC.. but | force
these selfsame opponents to get on I
II my platform and swallow it, mea
II feathers and all
III have repeatedly shown that I'll
very first thing Pensacola needs is
new water works-one that will civ
ample fire protection and cheap watt
/ to the people. Then we want SAINT
II ton so that people who pass along II
streets in certain localities will n
need to hold their noses We wal
drainage and bitches that are not dl
; wrong end to. We want sewers al
an adjustment of the cesspocls tn
are being dug all over the city whit
1 Will contaminate our soil and lay
liable to a ruinous epidemic az al
time Then after We have laid wat
pipes and sewer pipes in our stree
we want some real sure-enough pa
i ing, not little mud scattered alol
on top of the sand
Now, how are the people of Pc
II sac0la going to get the much need