The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-08
REESE TALKS PLAINLY
TO ESCAMBIA VOTERS
To the Voters:


want to talk little business with you be-
ee and get some results that are
The this county today ovcrdrawn
about 0o00o is out of this fund the ccst OF all criminal
do prisoners pay should what
pad out Of this fund know what criminal prOseeu
IONS cost n this county This is by taxing the people
@ by adding to the all nes and money received
from the states conyets is apparent tat all money
raised by taxing people, from fines imposed and collected
Of bonds etc. and all paid By fined who
men hnea falls far shor Of paying the cost Of running the
The solicitor is prosecuting attorney Of the court
he NO one can be prosecuted for crime less than murder unless
ne So Persons prosecuted for less than when
information against person tried in the court Of record
county solicitor receives his $500 for each day Of the
Of misdemeanor and gets every person
crime or count that he puts in the aforma
@ % t TINS amounts to each not known exactly but
am 7 sure .ha Is in the neighborhOOd of 100000
e attorney gets salary Of 100000 per year. and
pay 44; expenses in going TO three counties outside this
year and ms travelling outside Of his place
Why should the county solicitor receive three times che pay Cd
a ana twice the pay of the United States attorney?
pay and run up as high wants to?
am against paying the county solicitor he
should receive fair salary that all fees shuId he cnt ont
When cut out the fees the county solicitor believe
you thereby cut out many of the n-osans - sss
for running skin where ten cents is agred They
will be handled by the city recorders eIso many prose
ons of white who dragged court on
prosecutions which should left police court
1t firm belief that if all unnecessary prosecutions are Ont
out of the record the and fund Of the county
i fhatth
Will be true the big crooks vigorously as the
little have been.
It is VIGOROUSLY upon the of this city that Gam
bling houses have been wide Intoxicating or
sold all night Sundays that has been committed
openly and persistently
If will elect your county viii stop sur
ming OF public gambling houses and the notorious e
sale of liquors. 9S
The solicitor key situation He has the
before himself know about these
things; he administer them the file nor
nations and have issued of the
law The volators of the law know this believe that
the county solicitor viii this power they take
chance If they do they easily stopped not
county judges court The county solicitor prosec
tons in the court of
If elect promise power the public
good and for the public morals of the community.
There is another thing that interests you public off
clal office when it believed he
the public funds the matter should officially investigated
The county solicitor should not sit seine
vate individual to start the prosecution he
poyed and paid to do And this of the d
vigorously # you will elect me your county solicitor
propose to enforce the law without or favor And
propose to enforce all laws against neglect the hi
crooks while vigorously prosecuting petty expect to
press prosecutions and violate the criminal mpunitv
Think this carefully appeal To Won
Just exactly what need and just
this is just exactly what I will do if you elect me-
want to thank in advance for / Won =
feel that will appreciate your influence am glad v
have read this article whether me- beoans
believe the time ripe for arOusng the people condition
prevailing midst r. p REESE
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