The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-02
5Iount for Governor.

/ Jacksonville, and others 100 HuhterOds
10 mention" will be candidates foi
governor 10 succeed Governor Brow
ard AS Mr.. Broward has only three
years ana seven months TO serve ane
Is not eligible to reelection, It would
behoove the candidates" to get
move on them. The state papers are
all open for announcements-and Il
Is probable that some which refused
last year to carry Mr.. Browards mat
tier at regular advertising rates. have
cut their eye teeth since then and will
give al candidates a fair show.-De
Land News
We have no objections to any of the
above named gentlemen, but would
like to suggest the selection Of Hon
! W. A. Blount Of Pensacola to occupy
| the governors mansion the first fCuI
years succeeding Governor Broward
term Mr.. Blount is one of the ablest
and best qualified men the voters OF
Florida could select to fill that impor
/ tant place-the head of the state gov
ernment-Bristol Bee.
FensacoIa's Population.
Bully for Pensacola, The city di
rectory which has just been published
gives the population as 29,550.-Chip'
ley Banner.
Startling If True.
The Pensacola News says that "the
last Legislature of Florida passed one
or more laws which it is really more to
any mans credit to break than to
obey" This is startling if true, and
the esteemed News should not lose a
moment in spotting these unworthy
statutes for he benefit of he public
Live Oak Democrat.
AS most people know who take any
interest at all in such matters, the
Hon. c. B. Parkhill, formerly judge
OF the First Judicial Circuit, is now
on the bench of the State Supreme
Court, having recently snapped
places" as it were, with Judge Francis
B. Carter. Judge Parkhill, who has
for many years been an honored resi-
dent of Pensacola, was originally from
Monticello, in 'the State of Jefferson. /"
and it was during the last ten days of
the recent session of the legislature
that somebody. in speaking of his
sudden change of base, asked the Hon.
W. NJ. Girardeau, member of the lower
house from Jefferson county, if he
knew Justice Parkhill?" The gentle
man from Jefferson was silent for a
moment, and then. with a slow smile,
replied: 81 raised him" And he might
have added: "And l shall always call
him Charley Paflhill."
Talking of Mr. Justice Parkhill, he
was sitting on the veranda of the
Leon Hotel in Tallahassee late one
pleasant afternoon, just after his we'll
merited elevation to the supreme
bench when some one in the crowd
who was looking over at the old Haw-
kins house,anext to the picturesque
red brick government building, sud.
denly spoke up and said: Say, that
fine OLD place would make an ideal gov
ernor's mansion, wouldn't it? It is
centrally located, has plenty of room,
ana certainly looks the part to per-
lection" That was Judge Parkhill's
cue, and before any of the others could
put In word, he began: 1T is fine
old mansion, gentlemen, but wonder
how many of you know that it should
properly be called not the Hawkins,
but the Parkhill, house? My paternalI
grandfather built the house, l believe
at any rate, he lived there for years
before the war. He was the cashier
of the old Union Bank, and that grand
old building in the rear of the house,
with the classic facade, was originally
the bank building, in the good old DAYS
when people thought nothing Of driY-
ing thirty miles and back again to
do business in Tallahassee. All this
~. g. 81
ly brought back to my mind yesterday,
when for the first time / sat on the
supreme bench of the state. One of
the counsel who was arguing a case
before the court quoted from the first
Florida Reports a decision in support
Of his point Of view. And strange to
say. that decision was in the case of
'PaTkhill VS.. the Union Bank 1t may
have signif1ed nothing, but 1 thought it
a curious coincidence, to say the least
And so, indeed. did all who sat there
IL the cool of that pleasant Tallahas-
see evening and heard the judges
story.-Jacksonville Times Union.
Mayor Bliss and The journal.
Mayor Bliss, Of Pensacola, doesn't
seem to measure up to the standard.
And The Journal reads him the riot
act" in manner that means abe
good" or more will follow.-Lake City
Index.
Paid Up and Quit. 49,
A Pensacola knight of the paste. |
boards was recently sentenced to pay
a fine of $1,000. The fine was paid
Apalachicola Times.
Right Up to Date. 4
A Pensacola official has been bound
over for embezzling a few thousand. |
And yet some say that the Escambia |
capital is not up-to-date.-Palatkal
Times-Herald.
A Live Wire.
PenacOla's new mayor is evidently |
a live wire. The Journal. which is al |
ways conservative, advises him to $50
slow" but, from present indications, /
we are somehow inclined to believe
he won't go at all.-Jaeksonville
Times Union.
enforcement of the Laws.