The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-05-28

Office Second Floor Espenlaub Building, Oak Street. Arcade
Every preacher in the state should be asked t.
preach temperance sermon between now and June 10
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Be not deceived God is not Knocked, whatsoeve
a man soweth that shall he also reap" Elect {
temperance governor.
While the Browne vote for governor small We
believe that it was principally cast by temperance
people and will mostly go to Mr. Stockton in thu
{: second primary.
the whiskey men are organizing for candidate
isn't that sufficient reason why all good temperance
people should'band together to accomplish his defeat
Vote for Stockton.
The advertisements of Mr.. Fletcher as the leading
candidate for U. S. Senator and Mr. Lamar as the
winning candidate for the same Office both failed to
materalize in the first primary.
Practically all of the whiskey candidates for the
next legislature have been defeated III the face OF
this fact it would be great pity to allow the whiskey
men to elect the next governor and spoil all this good
work.
Some of the predictions made by the Tampa
Tribune and certain other state papers about the
strength of certain candidates in the first primary
makes very interesting as we'll as ridiculous reading
at the present time
We believe that if the temperance forces will get
out and work hard to elect temperance governor
as the whiskey men will to elect General Gilchrst
there will be no doubt of John N G.. Stockton being
our next governor.
The w. c. T. IT, minister's Anti-Saloon League
and all temperance people should do what they could
to elect the known temperance candidates for U. S.
Senator and governor 1t is not alone the electing
the right man at this time but the bearing it will
have in future campaigns
go
The meagre vote given to Mr.. Browne and Mr..
Beard was surprise to nearly everybody. General
Gilchrist and Governor Broward had bigger lead
than it was generally believed they would have We
never really seriously considered Mr.. Lamar as in the
&c S Senatorial race for more than five or ten
fainutes at any one time but nearly all of his sup
posters thought he had an excellent chance to win
The Metropolis, of Jacksonville, paper which
mas given the political news as 1t saw 1t but has not
taken sides this year. predicts that seventy five per
cent of the Lamar vote Of Jacksonville will go for
Broward and the Tampa Times also reports large
numbers OF the Lamar supporters joining the Broward
column. Mr.. Beard has come out for Mr. Fletcher
but what percentage of his vote he will be able to
turn that way remains to be seen.
We don't want our friends and neighbors to think
that opposition to General Gilchrst is a.peisona
matter. THE CHAMPION force would be as proud to
see old DeSoto furnish governor as any citizen in
the county if thought he would properly represent
this well the other counties Of the state and we
would not object to the General if we thought him
the necessary for this responsible position but
we would consider it disgrace to this as prohibition
county to furnish the next governor and he man
who il not openly working with the whiskey forces is
not opposed to them and in whose support they are
very active
Better coucede II Back Again
The Herofd last week conceded Escambia county
to Stockton, but Immediately afterwards it was told
by Stockton Broward supporter just from Pensacola
that Escamba would give Gichrist majority. In
view Of the fact that all the newspapers Of that
county, ncluding Frank Mayes and his Pensacola