The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-04

The issue Of this second primary is one of prohi
bition, or whiskey. There is no lodging it, Vot
for Stockton for Governor and save somebody's boy
if not your own
The Seven Day Adventists are all temperate
people and prohibitionists, They are aiding in tn
state fight now on against the whiskey forces a
marshaled under General Gilchrst, by sending oil
many thousand temperance magazines and leaflets
1t was Mr.. Zapf of the Anheuser Brewing Co.
who said in reference to having wet or day election
in Duval county, which he opposed, altho claiming
wet would win, oh. yes We could get the men all
right But the women, they sing and the children
they cry, and we cant do anything
Miss Minnie i. Neal, State President of the W. c.
\. L. is sending out to all Of the Unions in Florida
strong letter urging the white ribboncrs to use
every influence in behalf of the candidacy of John n.
c. Stockton, for governor who is the prohibition
candidate against the candidacy of Albert w.
Glchrist, candidate of the corporations and the
whiskey interests.
John N. c. Stockton is daily gaining votes from
the ranks of the doughty General. There are many
good men, who, if GlchriSt running indepen-
dent of the corporations and whiskey interests would
willingly support him. But he is now the corpor-
alton and whskey candidate. He invited their votes
and influence and is receiving it. This is SO open
secret that those who want good government and
temperance throughout the state can no longer sup.
port him.
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are dry. Will we by electing Gchris governor put
those people who have voted dry under the domino
ton of the whiskey element, to whom if elected he
will owe his seat? Remember he said, IF was
voting in Tampa would vote wet and if voting in
Eustis | would vote dry Is such a man likely to
enforce our temperance rights in dry counties if he
thinks that the majority should rule ard that majority
made him governor? Voter stop and reason out this
thing
Editor Jordan, of Punta Gorda, the unofficial
mouthpiece of Genl Albert w. Gilchrst is still
harping on that Cooper case string as all argument
that Gichris should be elected Governor. We do
not know what Editor Jordan's private instructions
may be- but reliably informed that candidate
Gilchrist has assured people who do not believe
Cooper guilty, that in he is elected Governor he
will not take it upon himself to decide Coopers fate
but will follow the example of his ustrious prede-
cessors, Jennings and Broward
The Orlando Reporter Star, formerly advocating
General Gichrist as candidate for governor, comes
out in its issue of May 20 in ringing editorials adyo
eating Stockton. This change the editor explains bv
saying that Gilchrst has allowed himself to be led
from the straight and narrow path and despite his
pledges and promises to be Of the people and with
the people, we behold him leading the hosts Of
corporation control of the combined railroad power.
the whiskey ring and the corruption gang that for
years has stood against the people and pure politics
III the State of Florida
IT seems strange when candidates private life
must be opened for every ones inspection that no
cpposing candidate may say publicly what lte the
facts close inspection reveal nor is it permitted in
newspaper ethics to publish anything derogatory to
man private life. How then are the people TO in
form themselves as to- which is the better cleaner
man OF opposing candidates. At least we may say
and know that the facts can be proven that in the
of Jno. NJ c. Stockton the most rigid in
JURY will ind no skeletons hdnen in dark closets
lie IS clean man and has always been known as
'ure truthful, temperate and addicted TO no bad !
iablts man whom the people can safely trust Il