The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-12


logues with different ones in the au-
THE COURT HOUSE FILLED.
The Santa Rosa court house was
filed to Overlooking with men and
women of Santa Rosa county who
braved the inclement weather to hear
the political aspirants talk. Hub Al
len. presiding officer, extended to the
candidates a cordial welcome and In
introducing them to the audience
made short but appropriate and pointed
remarks.
Park NJ. TrarnmeIl, attorney general
of the state, who is a candidate for
gubernatorial honors, was accorded
the distinction of being the first speak
er. He felt, however, that he had
rather bring up the close, he said, but
waded into tho subject with few pre-
ltnlinary remarks.
With that eese OF manner which is
Characteristic of the attorney general,
he expressed pleasure at being once
more with the people of Stnta Rosa
county, thanking them most heartily
for their expression of confidence in
him four years ago at the ballot box.
That confidence which they had placed
In him. he said, had not been betrayed.
He told OF his official life from his
first election to the office of mayor OF
Lakeland to the attorney generals Of
fee Experience thus gained In the
various official capacities in which he
served fitted him for the duties of the
governors office, he said, and to that
Office he wished to be elected
He referred briefly to the import
ant duties of governor and the various
boards he would be affiliated with,
pointing out the fact that as attorney
general he now serves on most of the
important ones. To speak OF himself
,, AZ YNV~afV aaI1
but under the primary system of
going before the people 1t was neces-
gary for a candidate to do so. This
embarrassment, he thought, was great
~ lessened by the cordial greeting Of
the voters In all parts Of the state.
DISCUSSED HIS PLATFORM.
Mr.. Trammell said he had issued
platform embracing many things which
the limited time prevented his discus
sion, but the most important issue he
considered was that plan relative to
the limiting of campaign expenses.
This he discussed at length and told
why he did not favor accepting the
plan proposed by Mr.. Milton to issue a
pamphlet Jointly by all of the candi-
dates This he said did not eliminate
the expenses but only enabled the rich
man to get the advantage because he
could exhaust the funds Of the man of
moderate circumstances and then flood
the state with other literature.
He said he made propositions to the
candidates to limit the expense Of the
campaign, but none of them were ac-
copied He did not know that the
other candidates wanted to spend too
much money, but they had failed to
agree with him There are two ways
20 regulate campaign expenses, he
said, one for the candidates to agree
10 do X and the other to have laws
enacted which win regulate the Elk
pense.
"The dollar must not be placed over
the man. said Mr.. Trammeu. There
must be laws passed which will put
the man OF moderate circumstances ON
the same footing with the wealthy can
didate,"
He then read from his printed plat
form some OF the things he favored
The platform. he said, had been criti-
cized by Mr.. Milton but he was glad
he could favor so much which the peo-
pie wanted. The Everglades should
have demonstration farms established
there, he said, and he was given loud
applause when he said he favored laws
TO prevent public service corporations
paving dividends on watered stocks
He told of the necessity OF repeating
the railroad land statute which gives
to railroads certain sections of lands
for building railroads pointing out
Florida was asking for the lands
Abolishing the convict lease system
Mr.. Tranmel said he favored. but did
not favor putting them on the roads
Instead. he thought Judgment ought TO
be used TO prevent the taxes being
raised but he believed in building a
network Of good roads throughout the
state
with reference to Mr.. Millions pro-
posed Everglades farm Mr.. Trammell
said he did not believe in such a man.
moth experiment. and gave figures
which he said proved that Mr.. Milton
had failed to figure on s1.4000O0, which
he said would cause taxes to be higher
than If the conviots We're all put to
work upon the roads.
HIS closing remarks were tribute
to ~the dearest people on earth" whom
he said would vote for the candidat "a
they thought best qualified for the po-
sition. Several TINS during his talk
Mr.. Trammen was interrupted by ap-
plause
MILLIONS ADDRESS.
While Mr. Milton was being intro