The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-09
BINGHAM WON'T READ
BLISS ON WATER"
BUT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
JOURNAL FINDS THAT Mr.. eINc-
HAM HASN'T "RUN AWAY" AS
REPORTED BY Mr.. BLISS, AND
GETS AN INTERVIEW.

Why, how do you do, Mr. Bingham,
/ understand Mr.. Bliss states that you
have been discharging firearms inside
the city limits, and consequently had
70 run away?'" This remark, by a
Journal representative 10 F. F. Bing-
ham yesterday, brought about the Iol-
lowing interview:
No. Mr.. Bliss Just exaggerated a
little" said Mr.. Bingham. "A thing
Ike that viii happen once in a while
With man that writes so much He
mistOok a gentle hint to 'heave to-
Tor broaoside. and / believe prefer
red a charge against me of assault
with deadly intent.
From what I hear, the thing that
Mr.. Bliss objects to is that |. a non
professional, should attack him, a pro-
fessiOnal newspaper writer, and as ne
puts it on newspaper subject
That's plain foolishness. He has been
badgering The water company for
some time. and the water company,
probably in accordance with legal ad-
vice, hasn't paid any attention to him.
think l could hold him Gown if I
tried, and there are others that / know
could One party told me the other
day that if Ben Pitt would pay him
$40 or SIS per letter he would write
letters with Mr.. Bliss and guarantee
10 shut him up in two months. Sor-
~ ] cannot give his name but it might
knock him out Of a job il the water
company later on decided to try some
thing in that line"
Mr.. Bliss intimates that you stand
To Nc tor -, 4,
way" said the reporter.
Not Connected With Company.
That's like some OF his other guess
es- / am not connected with the water
company in any way, shape or form.
Several years ago 1 was in the militia
with Walter Pitt, and a couple of
years ago l met Mr.. Ben Pitt at a
yacht-club FISH fry across the bay.
Never talked to him before or since
| can't imagine what Mr.. Bliss has got
against Mr.. Pitt, because making a
fortune in twenty ood years ought not
10 excite very much envy, jealousy or
hatred.
And on this municipal ownership |
question, why there is as much to be |
said for and against the proposition /
as there was to be said for and against /
free silver There are as many books |
published against municipal owner
ship as for municipal ownership. II
wouldn't take the word of either set
OF books as conclusive, as one set is
paid for by municipal ownership theo-
risis. or Cranks. and the other by cor
Dorations whose business is threaten
ed. That is what lawyers call 'ex-l
parte' evidence, and l don't think such
evidence cuts much figure with the
court Then besides, Mr.. Bliss picks
out cities several lines the size of
Pensacola in making his comparisons.
Rather Inconsistent. I
Il underst and Mr.. Bliss now cuts
the price from a nickel for twenty-five
barrels down to half a cent for that
quantity. That's a pretty steep cut,
when his own hot air COM
pany wants TO charge. as / understand
It, Is cents for twenty-five barrels.
Rather inconsistent, and if he doesn't
mind he will be diseouraging his acco-
GATES in the enterprise"
Then, Mr.. Bingham. you have been
reading Bliss on water?'"
Did l say l hEi? If 1 did, please
cut it out.
Don't give me away on that point,
but you can print as much or as little
as you please of the balance
And say. if you see Mr.. Bliss, tell
him not to get chesty over what the
good fellows around Reilly's tell him.
They tell me the same things and
say sic i'm u
Also. if he wants to find out how
much water is pumped a day tell him
% go around and ask Walter Pitt If !
be asks right 1 believe Walter will
ell him. ! know Walter would tell ;
ne, but haven't time or curiosity to I
ask. Ia. ia, l am always busy on ,