The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-09
Spoke to the Voters of Pen
sacola at Seville Square
Last Night.
Said the Primary System
Has Its Objections But
He Would Not Decrease
It's PoWer-Touched on
Prohibition and Those
Composing the Ministers
Alliance.

In the interest of his candidacy for
governor. General Albert Gilchrist
last night addressed the voters OF
Pensacola at Seville Square. His ad
dress covered a little more than an
hour. during which time he touched
upon the various issues Of the present
campaign. including prohibition. cOrpO-
rations. the Ministers Alliance and
its organizer, his qualifications TO
hold the office. and the manner in
which his opponent, John n c.
Stockton, and his supporters have
conducted the campaign He did not
fail to touch upon the primary cues
ton, saying that it had its objections,
but that if he is elected governor its
power will not be decreased during
his administration. He is opposed to
state prohibition, and said that IS out
of every 100 men comprising his aud
fence took a drink.
Received With Applause.
General GilchriSt was introduced by
Chairman Radcliffe of the county eX-
ecutive committee, and when he APP
peared, was received with applause.
His first remarks We're directed
towards his fitness for the office. in
Guiding his education, travel, and his
boyhOod days. stating that he had
been fairly successful in his own bus
mess, though not a president OF a
bank as is his opponent, and that no
reason exists why HF SnUufu moe
make satisfactory governor of Flor
ida. He said that he had led his OPP
ponent by over 5000 votes in the
first primary. beating him two TO one
in his own county, and is therefore
the leading candidate.
About Prohibition.
General Gilchrist then took up the
subject of prohibition. saying that he
would express the same sentiments in
Pensacola as he had done elsewhere,
notwithstanding the fact that sc of
the 46 counties in Florida are dry
He had been told that it would be
folly for one not on the prohibition
wagon to enter a campaign. but he
had done so, having the courage of
his convictions. He said he had al
ways voted dry ticket, and that the
question of prohibition should not
have been brought into the cam
paign, as the governor has no power
owing to the fact that the constitution
of the state c0mpelS the question to
be submitted to the voters direct. He
! then touched up his opponent, who
he said, had climbed aboard the pro-
hi5ition band wagon, and had now
(. hitshed the ministers to ii 10 pull
| him around
Those Present Drink
The general after naming the pro-
| hibitionists 'prOhibiSees," who thank
God that they can take a drink when
the other fellow cannot, proceeded to
say that IS per cent of the voters
present to hear his address took a
drink occasionally. or whenever they
| desired. He said of every one hun
dred present. fully seventy-five drink,
and he was willing to donate 500 TO
any charitable institution if such was
not the case.
He said he had refused to climb on
| the prohibition band wagon the same
, as he had refused to climb on the
/ free silver and W. ]. Bryan band
wagons a number of years ago. He
added that this statement might lose
! him some votes.
The Corporations.
! The speaker then touched upon
corporations. stating that other can
didates go about waving the red flag
! and cOndemnins every form of corpo-
ration. This, he said. did not result
in any good to Florida, as corpora
tons had their rights, and that there
must be an understanding between
/ capital and labor, but it will never be
| done, he said, so long as there is a
premium on dema gOgueism.
| Regarding the Everglades and their
drainage, he stated that S400 900 had
been paid out on this project, which
belonged to the school fund, and the
only way to now continue the drain
age is TO sell the lands as they are
drained He favored advertising the
lands for sale, as proposed in the bill
| vetoed by Governor BrowaTd.
Had Beaten Stockton.
The speaker then said he had beat
en- Stockton by over 5000 votes, and
that in Stockton's own precinct and
county he had received two votes to
StocktoHs one.
Replying TO the statement in The
Journal that he, the speaker. had run
behind the ticket in his own county.
he explained the reason as being that
there was very holly contested
race for sheriff. and that there had