The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-06-30

Organizing 10y The election of r. r..
Cant as chairman and Penn uar,a.
AS secretary. citizens i'm mass meettue
at the court house last night voted
practically unanimously .n favor OF e.
recall hlectiuu This followed severed
talks hE pc ,rsuus present Mr.. Cant G
accepting the ChuIrmanahip stated n.
was d surprise t0 him 10 be called
upon 10 preside and explained hIs uo-
sEtl0u. Itr said Iu this sNpIIuaII.u.
that he Knew nothing OF tho Good
Government league and understood the
meeting as being one Of citizens. tual
he favored 20 recall election FOR thu
reason that there is now $4,000 pei
cent dIss8fisfIrtiD In the pItv TtI.
sonoily. hc said. he might vote ~
retain some commissioners and to dis.
miss others. TIE court house Waa
well filled during the meeting.
Prof. Armstrong called the mectlua
TO order and i'm doing $50 said that ID
year ago the Good Government lcaga.
was organized for the purpose of foa.
tertng a recall upon the ground OF cor.
ruptou, but the people said. "GtEu
them a chance" They have now been
given chance and tho cesUlt5 afa
plain, said the speaker.
We asked for this meeting" sHId
Prof. Armstrong, that the whole cit.
izenship C,ulu come and consult an.
decide if they desired to lnaueurafe 10
calling the meeting to order and now
we retire as a league and turn IL over
TO you"
T. J., Cant was then placed I'm nom
iuatiOn and elected chairman. He ac-
ceptcd and then Bruwnlee Wolfe, J. O.
Walker. 7. ~. Andrews and w. G.. Jones
were pIa ecd in nomination IN order FOR
secretary, an declining Penn Harvey
was then elected secretary.
I'd. Forcheimcr asked for informa-
tion regarding the character n the
meeting and was told that il .rns an
assemblage Of citizens and not OF TIE
Good Government league.
j. y. Andrews moved 10 vote on fhc
matter Of a recall. but J. .. Walker
said that he favored "A little airing or
the matter before submitting a qucs-
tIon TO vote
GEORGE w. OWEN.
Chairman Cant called upon George
". owen to give his views and Mr..
owen responded by saying that pos
siblY he was disqualified because 0f
being one Of the defeated candidate,
therefore might be Classcd sore head
However he said that personally he
had no grievance against any Of the
commissioners. but no has ii gricvanrr
against them collectively over the
manner In which they had handled the
public Tock and belt line railroad
proposition. and accused the commits
minority in this matter instead Of that
of the majority. He said the money
lost in the state bank could well haV"
been used for this purpose. Much ap-
plause followed the statement.
Dr Phillips was called upon q"
speak, out declined saying he had
come to the meeting 10 hear the
speeches and not to make one.
James Cope here made motion 10
adjourn, but J. o. Walker said he had
something TO say before any adjourn
ment was taken, md that a motion to
adjourn at this time was out OF order
and ungeutlemanlv and that he hoped
the gentleman making II would not in
terrupt him during his address.
ADDRESS OF Mr.. WALKER.
Mr. Walker read his address which
was. IN part, as follows:
"A few years ago Pensacola ng Ill.
body polite took upon itself 20 have
better streets, better sidewalks, mod
eru sewers. IL acquired the city water
works system. To accomplish all this'
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