The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-19
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 49,

the oregon system. The limitations in
| the oregon law. tending to put all can
dldates on an equal basis, are not con-
| tanned in your proposal That law pro
| hlblts candidate from spending in
ms campaign more than fifteen per
| cent. of the first years salary Of the
| othce which he seeks, in addition to
such candidates contribution to the
Joint booklet There is no such limi-
tat1on in your proposition. Your Prop
| oSltlon is, to adopt one good feature of
the Oregon system the joint booklet
ana permit To he grated onto that one
good feature an interminable quantity
. OF extra and expensive campaign liter
ature, the use Of which would he eX-
pTessIy prohibited by, and directly OBJ
noXious to, the Oregon statute.
DIFFERS MATERIALLY.
The Oregon system is really a very
excellent one. but your plan would be
In fragrant violation both of its letter
and its spirit. oregon prohibits the
employment Of political workers and
effectively checks the organization of
great political machines. 1t seems to
provide eThaustivnly for sUppressing
those features Of political campaigns
winch are productive Of corrupt prac-
tioes. Your proposition. however, in
Cludes none Of those salutaTy prOVis
ions, and is totally foreign to the
oregon idea except that II hOrrOws the
joint booklet plan-withOut making
this booklet the only advertising me-
dunn. as Oregon practically does.
GOVERNOR SUBMITS PLAN.
For the foregoing reasons, I respect
fully decline to enter into the plan
proposed by you. and beg to offer to
you and the other candidates for the
gOvernorship the following plan for the
regulation and control Of campaign ex-
penses, under the terms and provisions
of which l believe a much needed re-
form can he accomplished:
LIST. Each candidate shall have the
privilege of setting forth his claims and
platform through the columns Of the
newspapers of the state, but in the eX-
ercise of this privilege ne shall not
have his claim and platform published
more than twice in any of the news
papers in which he may have the same
appear Such publications shall be
made at least thirty days prior to the
first primary. IF there is a county or
counties in the state not having
newspaper. the candidate may In such
county or counties adopt his own
method Of campo ign advertising. That
with the exception Of the plan as out
lined in this section. no candidate shall
have or cause 20 be printed, written,
published OF circulated his platform or
any other campaign literature or let
tiers: provided, that a candidate may
have the privilege of answering charges
or criticism made against him as here
matter provided.
AS TO CHARGES.
2 That all written charges or
criticisms by one candidate against an
other shall be published or circulated
only in connection with and at the time
such candidate shall have published
his claims and platform, as authorized
by parag graph l, above; but no charge
or criticism shall be made and pub
lished unless the same be published at
least forty days prior to the first pri-
mary. That any charge or criticism
made by one candidate against another
shall, by copy thereof, be served upon
the candidate against whom the charge
is directed at least ten days before the
publication thereof: and at the same
time a list of the newspapers in which
the charges are to be published shall
be furnished to the interested candi-
date That the candidate against whom
charges or criticism is made shall have
the privilege of answering the same,
but his answer shall be published and
circulated only in the newspapers in
which the charges or criticisms were
published, and the said answer shall
only be published and circulated at
least thirty days before the day of the
arst primary election. All answers to
charges or criticisms shall be served
on the candidate having made the
charge or criticism, at least eight days
before said answer is to be published.
The candidate 20 whom the answer is
directed may reply thereto only through
che newspapers publishing the answer.