The Pensacola journal., 1912-12-19

state senafor Ichn y stokes. ~
rcquest - Chairman o . Semnes. %
thn council conmitiec appointed %
manage the election 70 secure an sx-
preston - tho people az D. wheihsr
o. not they desired cosnmission form
% government va the leading npsak-
sr a. the nrst meetinw - that oom-
mittee held last niFhi IN the city hall.
vi hen about fortv-nve persons were
present Mr.. Stokes ASKED the chnir-
man n " vas the Intention ~ the
COMMITTEES a. EtVr the people . chance
~ vote ON the question ~ muni~psl
electric lighting plAnL Hc said th@
present Charter gives the city thiH
right. bat he wanted a. know " ne
proposed commission roVernment ohar-
ter vii contain oiause giving the
city this right
ho was anwwered ~ Chairman
~emrnes. whc said that the committee
VIII include thai provision In the pre-
I.osed charter n fhe neople want n.
Mr Stokes then requested that sush
clause hs PLACED in the PROPOSED
raartsr and Mr.. Semnies assured him
thai % Would be dons
Mr SemmsF saked Mr. Stokes 10
0raft = skeleton chnrtsg. bat iho lAl.
tef said that he had aRreed n sndeav.
GO - pass = fharirF cnntaininK th~
Jews ef ths peerle ~ pouaaepia. and
f.ot 4 measure ~ ne ewn naatina
Nr EemmeA. In AnHwnrinN Mr. Niolges.
aaid that he only rpoko Ger himself and
not the eutlre COMMITTEES Mr.. Movcf.
enc of The oomuittee. was Ahsons sur
ing this time.
ALSO PuBLIc uTILiTIGs.
Mr. STOKES said that he is oonvincnd
that municipal eisctrhc nwhflnw
plant is ravinF proposition and that
the People should be ntxen az oppor.
tunity "a as whether they want one
or not He also nasd that ths PRO.
posed charter should provide for the
icEuiaticn % puhiic utilities. wnich
provision Mr semmes ansurad him
would - placed In the charter
Mr.. Stokes explained IN detail what
he considered the danger ~ ths re.
caiL he said that prinartea are nec-
eFsAry Zen Pensacola. but IN a recall
election persons not qualin@d 90 vote
" . primary can vote IN . recall eisc-
tion and oanar the rernoval of any
onioiai The recall he said is q spiori-
ga thinE In Some ciuea. but ne in
Pensacola because conditions demana
primaries ewing % the rnirsd popmlas
ton. He said that the two ranen are
about equally divided in this city ana
that aii qualified voters oan partloi-
pafe IN = recall eiecton not~tthstnnd-
inE the fact that they are prohlhitea
from takinH part In primary slnofiont
OPPOSES a COMMISSION.
let us not ey rom the evils whlrh
we know e. evils which ne know NJ
cf said Mr. STOKES. when Ne sah
that he is opposed to nosnFninsibn form
n government and expressed the hogis
that the proposition you'd hs wofmd
down IN the coming eiection n -
easier o. select three oorrupt men. y.
sid. than "a n % selec' twelve cor.
rupt men. and n would be emsiar 20
approach" three mon 90 caaass them
q serve certain Interests than "a
would be twelve men
who has q better rixht 20 make a
mistake than the people IN the salen-
tion of their onirials~' ankad ~.
stokes. -For Heaven'a sake" Ne naid.
- not ies un eiect a commission ~
three with power % grant franchinnaL-
Mr Stokes sid he could not awra~
Win Chairman Senmes. who aAM thAa
N twelve men wcre elected 20 run fha
Euvernmenf ana given power 20 narna
heads of departmrnts that they would
Eive out Jobs in rsturn Tor political
favors. hr. Stokes sked Why you'd
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