The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-30
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jorlty of my felloWmen; therefore my
position in the world IS in no sense a
lonesome one.
And I might suggest that If all Of
the men in Escambia county who are
/ mot men Of wealth, appear in solid
phalanx, at the polls on June s, and
cast their ballots in the cause of a
clean sweep Of the four commissioners
who are responsible for the conditions
which I have been writing about, there
| is no possible doubt, about the result
Think about this, you men of small
means; it is you who are being hurt
worse by the waste which is going on
in the county!
And it is you who can least stand
the hurt
Writing about misfortunes and
wounds however, is oppressive, so let's
to a more cheerful subject; for in
stance, the meeting on Saturday night
of the joint commission on road inn
provement in Escambia county, when
that defunct organization, at the be-
hest of its chairman, Mr.. T. L. Cant,
gathered in solemn assembly some
where and adopted a cut and dried set
of resolutions, with the object in view
of saving the political faces of the four
commissioners who are proposing to
waste $4,000, of available federal aid
funds on IL miles of highway con-
struction.
It has been so long since this organ
ization has funetioned in any way-fts
last meeting, proceeding Saturday
nights meeting, was held on same date
during the month OF August last--the
public has really forgotten the full
roster of its personnel, so here it is
T. L. Cant, chairman; Fred w. Marsh,
secretary; C. H. Turner, John Massey,
Paul P. Stewart and Geo. j. Emmanuel
plus the county commissioners. viz,
Messrs Gilmore, Gates, Candy, Sober
lind and wentworth; and the county
highway engineer Winston E. Wheat.
Notwithstanding he is a member of
the commission by virtue of his off
cial position, Commissioner Wentworth
was not invited to attend Saturday
nights meeting; but Commissioners
Gilmore, Gates, Candy and Soderlind
and the county engineer We're invited
and they all attended the meeting, and
my information is, participated in its
deliberations.
Ny informant Of the proceedings Of
the meeting, however. failed to state
aQODEGu
at the meeting, was introduced by
Commissioner Soderlind and second
ed by one of his colleagues on the
board of county commissioners; but it
Is a very significant fact that in the
published record of the proceedings Of
the meeting, neither the names of the
commissioners, nor that OF the county
engineer, We're appended.
The a1ifflp 1irdb ubo told ma = Fa0I1f
the proceedings Of the meeting also
told me that in it's initial stages the
chairman of the commission, who is
also Incidentally one of the county
highway improvement bond trustees,
and created as such by the present
board Of county commissioners, seem
ed to be about the only one present
who had any concrete knowledge of
the object OF the call for the meeting;
also that George Emmanuel left the
meeting before it's conclusion and was
followed to the San Carlos hotel by a
member Of the commission, who in
formed him that the resolution pub
hshed in Sundays papers had been
apopted and that the chairman of the
commission was looking for him TO
sign them. He was subsequently
located by the chairman and reluct-
antly affixed his signature to the
resolutions, and because OF a con-
seriousness that he had done wrong in
signing the resolutions he was unable
to close his eyes in sleep throughout
Saturday night.
It has. been charged, and the charge
has been hashed and released scores
OF times since I initiated this cam
paign OF publicity regarding wifat is
going on in the commissioners room
at the court house, thatsit is all politi-
cal flap-doodle" and news paper SEN
sationalism.
In this connection. it is not out OF
place to suggest that at its last weekly
meeting, the Kiwanis club, which IS
almost universally regarded as an or
ranization of hardheaded, conserva-
tive business men who are not given to
political flap doodle. and least Of all,
condoners of newspaper sensationaHsm
passed very strong set of resolutions,
in which the county commissioners
are charged with responsibility for
practically everything that l have
charged them with.
Nor is it out of place either to men
ton here that Fred ~ Marsh is
president of the Kiwanis club, and that
T. L. Cant and County Engineer
Wheat are also members.