The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-26

slow and tiresome, and months and
even years elapse before any result
could be obtained. The recall idea is
simple. It gets quick action. It gives
power into the hands De the people
where ii r;ghtTuJly betorgs. Under the
old plan, the people bad no recourse,
Under recall, the people may de4rarsts
che resignation OF any officer ara il
he VIII not resign, they have 1t in
their Power TO sat him aside and put
e.acther IN his place. To recall an Of
fioer is rot easy. as we oil know. But
whenever any considerably mass Of
the people resolve in their hearts that
it shall be done there is way to
bring 81 aseout, es we are going to
prove on Sept. II.
It IS our oriEfon that there should
be a change for the best interest of
the city.
What higher and better grounds
could we have given!
There Is rotting personal in our de-
nand. We are here tonight to decide
upon two ulasn who, we h4pe VII Bet
ter advances the best interests Of our
city. The men whom we siaI put for
ward here tonight need not 50 gods.
They need not be parasons % wisdom
They need not be the most IDEAL men
in the community. The office If COM
missioner has its limitations, both in
salary, and In desirability. We can
not expect a ten thousand dollar ex-
ecutive to sacrifice himself in our ser
vice. But we must look for man
who IL reasonably intelligent, a man
who has a reasonably good standing
in the community, man who has a
reasonable amount of business ability
but above all, a man who Is clean, g.
man who Is firm in his convictions of
right and wrong, q man who fs not
easily svayed by the last person with
whom he talks. AS I said before we
have a plain business proposition.
hope you will exercise good Judg
ment. 1 believe that the men nomi-
mated here will be clean and will win
September II.
RULES ADOPTED.
Walker Anderson introduced res
olItion setting forth rules governing
the nomination. It was adopted and
was in part as follows:
That the meeting shall then be
called TO order for the nomination Of
candidates.
That nominating speeches shall be
limited to a period Of ten minutes
duration.
That all other speeches, replies, sec
onds, and statements of candidates be
limited to a period of five minutes dur
alton.
That such other nominees and their
sponsors shall be governed as to the
length Of duration Of nominating
speeches, seconds and statements by
the same rule as applied to nominees
of the nominating committee. Moth
ing in this resolution shall be con-
strued as limiting the number Of nom
inees to come before this meeting.
That nominations for the long term
come first in order and that the pro-
cedure be as follows for both sets Of
candidates. In case no candidate re-
ceives a majority of all votes cast on
the first ballot, the name having the
least number of votes shall be dropped
from the list and another ballot taken.
This to continue until one candidate
shall receive a majority, in which case
he shall be declared the candidate of
the recall movement. In case of a tie
another ballot shall be taken and the
balloting shall continue at intervals
until the tie is broken.
That these resolutions be the sole
rules for the government Of this meet
ing.
PROMOTING HARMONY.
In order to promote harmony and
prevent any harsh criticism to be in
dulged in by speakers, Cliff Fulghum
introduced the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolved. That 1t is the sense of this
meeting that no speaker, in nominal
ing a candidate, or in the discussion
that may ensue after such nomination,
shall speak in a derogatory manner
of any other person who has been
placed in nomination or whose name