The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-02
Candidate ]. { Brown
Outlines Ills Ideas
As to legislation,
Lakeland. Ella. March 9 1919

- tue sOtcTS anu SItIZeuS Oh FOL
County:
The initiative having been takel
by my friends who thought | wa
qualified for the position of Repre-
sentative in the State Legislature,
wish first of all, to express my SINGER
est gratitude for their kindly expires
sion and for their faith in my fitness
which they made manifest in the an
EOuncement of my candidacy whic.
appeared in the last weeks edition
of the Lakeland News. Feeling tha
| should be better known to the citi
zens and voters of this county has
prompted me to take this means OF
conveying to them the position | &C.
cupy and the principles advocate
en- matters of public interest and
Importance. 1t behooves the peopl,
OF this county to choose wisely, with
much care and caution in the exer-
else OF their suffrage. After mature
deliberation choice Of the candi-
dates based on the fitness, character,
ability, and attitude toward public
questions and measures that affect
the whole people. In the final test
OF candidates, political platforms
amount to very little unless the aspi-
rant is a man of character force and
determination.
1t is my determined purpose in this
article as well as in the campaign
to follow, to deal in entire candor
with the public, and am very frank
to state that the ambition to repre-
sent the good people of the great
county of Polk in the hall of legis-
lation is IA laudable ambition. and
very much desire the position aspire
to Should be honorcd and en-
trusted with the responsibility OF
representing this the county of my
adoption and State of my birth in
the Legislature, will endeavor to
the best of my ability to protect and
promote the many diversified indus
tries within its confines and lend
such aid and encouragement that
Will tend to the future progress.
and upbuilding of the
county and State.
! am heartily in favor of good
roads and hope that all parties in DO
sition to help mould public opinion
Will use their best endeavors towards
crystallizing sentiment favorable to
Federal aid in improving our public
highways. In this CONNECTION 1 am
In favor of the abolition Of the CON.
VlCT LEASE SYSTEM and the con.
v!cts of the counties used for the
and building Of county
roads as we'll as state highways.
favor better educational facilities
all over the State and an extension
o. school terms in the rural districts
and the establishing Of a limited
number of night schools for that
class of young men and women who
otherwise can not take advantage of
our day schools.
am IN favor of the reclamation
81 the Everglades and that the state
lands in this territory be classified
by competent commission appoint- !;
I'd by the Legislature. and that a por-
ron OF these lands be placed on the
market in small tracts for the eneour.
lgement of homeseekers. and tn.
'evenue derived therefrom be con.
'erted to the school fund.
am in favor of the strensthen-
tg and enforcement of the game and
sh law of the state during the clos.
d season.
! am in favor of an adequate child
abor law.
| am in favor of a labor commits.
ion or arbitration board if it is
lade an elective Office. But wou,d
unalterably opposed to the crea-
ion of this Office if it was created
an appointive power.
A much-mooted question is the fee
'stem of county officers. | am in,
'vor of putting these officers upon
substantial salary where the in.
rest of the public will not suffer
'ereby. In some particulars I am
'nvinced that the fee system is anil
lcentive to greater endeavor upon
'e part of the incumbent. l.
l will favor and advocate a state