The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-04
Press Comment

4 Press Comment
The Governor Was Pseved.
Evidences are multiplying that the
governor is not being received, over the
state. with that enthusiasm he has
been expecting. The Herald has allud-
I ed to the statement, coming from va
rious parts OF the state where the gov
ernor has appeared in his campaign.
that he is not attracting crowds and
that there is no enthusiasm displayed
| for his candidacy anywhere.
Within the past two or three days,
| the governor has had appointments to
speak in Clearwater and st. Peters
burg. At Clearwater, the report runs,
only q handful assembled to hear the
governor deliver his usual TRADE
against everybody and everything.
At st. Petersburg the governor was
extremely peeved to discover that no
arrangements had been made for his
reception or for public meeting. The
mayor refused to permit him to speak
in the public park on the ground that
all political speaking had been barred
from the recreation grounds OF the peo-
pie. That aroused the. governors pep
perry temper and he departed from the
city shaking it's dust from his feet and
announcing that he was the governor
OF the state and that he would return
and speak in that park if he had to
bring with him an escort Of four COM
lpanies OF the National Guard.
Now. isn't that just like the man who
has occupied the governors chair of
this state for the past three years, and
more? He has always assumed that in
being governor he had rights superior
to the laws and that regulations of
any kind must be set aside for his con-
venience and pleasure.
But the governor will not go back to
st. Petersburg with a troop of militia,
back of him. In first place the militia
National Guard. will not go, and in the
next place, the governor realizes. as
well as does any other man. that it is
entirely useless for him to return to
that city In the hope Of securing votes,
for he will not get them from that in
telligent community. Herald.
What Was II All About After AH7
The bitter fight is over. The bat
tie has been won-or lost, as you may
feel about it. The enemy has been
met and routed, horse, foot and dra-
goons. This night the victors will pa
rade the streets with b1are of trumpets,
rattle of drums and blaze of lights. At
least we suppose they will. There will
be no rattle Of machine guns as the
victors proceed with the extermina-
ton of the vanquished. as might hap
pen in Mexico or Russia. The Ameri-
can people are not built that way. We
can work ourselves up into a perfect
tempest of wrath over the sins of our
opponents, and tomorrow all will be
forgiven.
Who shall say it is not better than
the Mexican method?
Not in many a long year has Tam
pa staged such a fight as that just
ended. Let us hope it may be many
year before we see another. Such
fights are not conducive to the get-to-
gether, cooperative spirit which builds
up a great city.
Now, in the quiet Of your home or
office, tomorrow, after the votes have
all been counted and the final decision
rendered. sit down and think it over
candidly, and ask yourself. What was
1t all about?" Was it worth all the
hullabaloo and excitement? Was it
worth the bands and the music and
the parades? Here were two men rum
ming for the same office, an office
which was merely a stopgap before a
coming change Of government. It
would seem that even a bad" man
could do but little damage in the brief
time he might hold the reins of govern
ment. But these two men were both
confessed to be good men, even by their
opponents. Why then, all the noise
and racket, the zeal and earnestness
Of the fight? Lay it to the sporting
instinct of America which loves a fight,
and can even accept a beating with
good grace, provided the fight was a
worthy one. And there can be no
criticism Of the mayoralty fight on the
score of a lack Of zeal and earnest
ness. It was a fight to finish. There
was no quarter asked or given.
But tomorrow morning the sun will
rise as usual and the business of the
city will go on without interruption.
The charges Of the candidates will be
forgotten and Tampa will go about it's
business as usual.-Tampa Times.
To Fight Tick Dipping Also.
News that the range cattle men Of
the state are determined to fight any
looking to a fence law which
will compel them to keep their cattle
OFF the cultivated lands OF the state,
Or from the property of those who OBJ
ject to it's being used without pay as
/ range was to be expected in view of
the fact that for many terms OF the
past legislature every attempt to 1egis-
late in this direction has been killed
BY them.
But the state is hardly prepared to
read the statement from a member of |
the Range Cattlemen's Association, as
published in the Jacksonville Metropo-
is of the 18th instant. that they are
also going to fight dipping to eradi-
,ate the cattle tick. This action on /