The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-04-11
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County Division.
LOUIS HOWELL REPLIES TO
S. ]. GAMER.

wish TO say that have stated
publicly at many places that am
not making a campaign for the
puspose of settling the location of
the county seat for the proposed
new county. ] have stated, and /
state again, that, if elected Repre-
sentative of Washington County,
/ shall do what | can for County
Division upon the lines as laid
down by me. If ] am successful
in my efforts to have the county
divided, / shall also make provis
ion for calling All election immedi
ately for the purpose of locating
the county seat. The line Of separ
alton by which l propose to divide
the county has been clearly mark
ed out in every newspaper in the
county, so that no man can claim
that he is being beguiled or mis-
lead; one of these papers is pub
lished in Mr.. Gamers home town.
AS to the method of bringing
about the question of county di
vision, can Mr.. Gamer accuse me
of forcing the question, when the
Chairman of the Democratic Exec
utiYe Committee of Washington
County, in making his call for
meeting of that committee, stated
in that call that county division
would be discussed, which, after
much debate, the committee de-
cided to leave to the different
candidates for Representative to
outline in their platform, setting
forth their position upon the sub
ject.
was present at that meeting aud
heard it discussed. Senator Buell.
Cook urged the advisability of
putting the question Oh the ticket
in the simple form of "FOr County
Division" and against County
Division" without any intimation
beforehand as to the line of divis-
ion. But upon final ballot, the
Senator's position was defeated by
a good majority. l stated before
that committee that l did not
oppose putting the question on the
ticket, but that / was in favor Of
County Division, ] did object to
the form of it as advocated by Mr..
Cook, for no man could know if
he favored county division before
Knowing the line Oh whichdivIsion
should be, made. Could you, Mr..
Gamer.
My plan shows where j propose
to divide, how | propose to divide,
and when l propose to divide the
county. / will further state that.
as far as am able, if elected Rep
resentatiVe of Washington County
and we have county division at all,
it shall be upon the lines set forth
in my platform; and believe Mr..
Gamer knows me we'll enough to
know that / am neither a CRATER
nor compromises. He also ought
to know that the only way in.
which the county can be divided
is by legislative enactment, wheth-
er the people have expressed them
selves one time or a dozen times.
Regarding the benefits to be
gained by county division, / may
have said, and / do think, that the
whole Bay country will be bene.
fitted by the proposed division;
and ! do not think that the old
county will be injured.
Following Mr.. Gamers thought
to its Logical conclusion, we would
have only one county in the state.
1t would be cheaper. According to
his argument a few could 60 TO
Tallahassee as cheaply as many
could go to the various county
seats of the State. A few could 60
to Washington, ID. c., as cheaply
as many could 60 to each capitol
of the several States. But one step
further and we arrive at the beau
tiful doctrine of the Divine Rights
of Kings; only a few are tit to gov.
ern themselves or others, while the
many ought to have a ruler, so
give them a king to watch over
them. This may suit few of st.
Andrew, but | am glad to know
that the general sentiment of our.
people is more democratic.
The only class of people who
will be badly injured win be the
county officers, as most of them
are paid on a commission basis.
Mr.. Gamer wakes eloquent for
the fellow in the other end of the
county. He says the people in the
other end of the county would lose