The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-02
KNOTT MAKES
4 CONVINCING
IMPRESSION
Logical Expression of Quali.i
1cations Are Well
Received.
BEST GOVERNOR"
HIS AMBITION.
John S. Beard, F. NJ. Hud@
son, D. S. ellis, w. L.
Zachary Talk.
BEST GOVERNOR"
HIS AMBITIONS

Several candidates for both state.
and county offices addressed a crowd
of several hundred people last night;
in Mallory court.
The main feature Of the occasion.
was the address of w. v. Knott. can
didate for governor. Mr.. Knott is
not an orator, but is logical speak,
er and impresses people with his sin
cerity. He was cheered repeatedly.
Mr.. Knott, after expressing
pleasure in seeing himself surrounds
ed by so many friends in Pensacola,
launched into one of the most logical
and clearly expressed speeches ever
heard in Pensacola. He said in part:
Experience and Qualifications.
Sketching his early apprenticeship
to the service of the people, he told
how he had been employed to do some
auditing by Governor Mitchell in a
southern county Of Florida: his work
found such favor with the then comp
troller that when the latter became
| governor, he had Mr. Knott do sini-
lar work along the same lines, which
resulted in a saving Of 100000 Of the
public funds. Later Mr.. Knott was
appointed treasurer, to which post he
was twice returned BIZ election. On
the death Of the Hon. w. @. Groom,
/ the governor offered him the position
Of comptroller land although the cons
pensation was at that time consider
! able less than I was receiving as
treasurer, I believe, the comptroller
office offered a larger field Of USE
fulness to the people of Florida, ac-
+ cepted the position and was subse-
quently elected to succeed myself
without opposition.
CAS- treasurer and comptroller, I
i have been a member of all the ex-
ecutive boards, and the business
/ of the state is very largely handled
/ through these boards, and have had
an opportunity and have made my
self thoroughly familiar with every
detail of the great business of the
state.
A Practical Man.
81 am a practical man and not a
dreamer or a theorist and the thing
I shall attempt to do as governor are
all practical and believe win be to
the best interest Of the whole people
of Florida.
Public Schools.
Il am a sincere friend of the pub
lie school system. believe the first
and highest obligation of the state
is to her children. We have a good
system of public schools in this state
and it is being improved every year.
It will compare favorably with that
Of most of the states, but | want
i to see It improved and aid in that
improvement until it can be said that
H Florida has the best schools in the
h United States Particularly do I want
to see the rural schools bettered
Agriculture and Stock Raising.
FLORIDA, with her immense acreage
of lands as fine for farming and
grazing as the best lands Of any
state, is destined to be great in agri-
culture and in the value of the herds
that will roam her hills and plains.
l will, as governor, favor the extend
ing of state aid and management to
these two great industries. hope
to aid and assist in the eradication
of every plant and animal pest that
preys upon the profits and growth Of
these industries. AS governor, these
matters shall have my best atten-
ton"
Good Roads, Etc.
Mr.. Knott then touched upon the
subject of good roads and the necess-
ity for good roads to the growth and
upbuilding of the state. He said he
wanted to see the whole state
crossed and recrossed and gridironed
with good roads as fast as the work
could be done without too greatly bur-
dening the people with taxation
He also gave his views on the con-
Wet lease system and predicted that
it would not be long before public
sentiment and labor conditions would
bring an end to the leasing system
CONTINUED on Last Pake.l