The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-15
PROVING POINT

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In spite of the fact that Jacksonville Pensacola
Tampa and Miami are opposed to a four-unit fair.
and have SO expressed themselves and nosithstand-
ing nat the of Florida has said that
the centennial commission is vested with no legal
right to designate more than one city as a site for
the centennial celebration the commission at the
meeting in Jacksonville on Saturday refused to re-
scnd the former resolution providing for four shows
adjourning until December 9th, in order that they
might examine into the worth of several legal opin-
IONS relative to the rights to hold four fairs
The gentlemen who make up the centennial COM
mission would have been good subjects for Dickens
tale. the Court of Ghancery proceedings which re-
eeived SO wide publicity through the writings of the
great novelist having nothing on the commissioners
who seem to feel that time is no object either to
themselves or to those who truly interested in
the Florida Purchase Centennial and that little run
over to Jacksonville every and then is good-for
the railroads.
II the men who make up the centennial commits
sion have not yet had opportunity to look into the
legal aspects of the case they never will have. if
they have not yet found out that the people Florida
do not want four-unit fair, it is high time they
acquainted themselves with that fact
Jacksonville has openly stated that she does not
want the centennial So far The Journal can learn
there is no city in the state excepting Pensacola
which does want the centennial celebration unless
Palatka may De taking herself seriously
in spite of the former actions of the commissioners
1t would be so beyond all standards of fairness
should Paatka be named that The Journal feels safe
in counting that city out of the running The COM
mission then either lacks the backbone to designate
Pensacola or any city, or else is DESTROYS of kill
ing the centennial movement entirely by foisting
four fairs the state which would be un1yelcome to
any one of the cities named.
At the meeting just preceding that of saturday
the Pensacola delegation was amazed when Commits
sioner Logan threw his vote to the four unit plan
instead OF voting for his own city; at the meeting
Just closed after assurance to members of the PEN
sacoia committee that he was Pensacola booster
Mr.. Burgueries voted for the four-rnit plan -
Jones and McWilams have stood together against
the four-unit fair from the beginning. and seem to
be the only members of the commission who really
know what they want.
The commissioners entirely to have lost sight
of the fact that they were not appointed to make
legal point, TO force four fairs on four cities in
the state which do not want these fairs Even
should the be carried to the supreme court and
the resolution be upheld the commission would have
accomplished nothing. and at loss of time and
money. would only have proven point in which no
one is interested except themselves
II Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville do not want to
be one OF four-init fair what right has any COM
MISSION to force such fair upon them, merely in
order to block centennial movement in Pensacola
Much time has been wasted already by the COM
mission and it hoped that before the meeting on
December 21th they will carefully have considered
every point viii have had expert legal opinion and
that some definite decision win have been made in
order that the meetings of the commissioners NAV
not be, carried over into the New Year
Certainly by this time the commission must have
fully acquainted itself with every aspect Of the case
and will be in position to decide-uness some MEM
Der or members should again resign without having
fulfilled the duties OF offce--wlch are the desgua
ton Of some city site for centennial celebra-
ton Of national scope. in commemoraton OF the Flor
ida Purchase by the United States from Spain