The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-05
GEORGIAN CHARGED WITH FRAUDN EXECUTIONWARC CONTRACT
LOOKS LIKE EFFORT TO SAVE
POLITICAL SCALPS IN COMING
PRIMARY OF SOME CANDIDATES
Chipley Jones Eulogizes George
Emmanuel and Tells Some
More of Bond Election.
(sx w. cHIPLEY JoNEsl

(Sy w. CHlPLEY JoNES)
1t was q manly instinct which
prompted George Emmanuel to write
Ithe' communication appearing in both
of the city papers on Sunday morning
over his name. And it was still a
manlier act upon his part to have pub
lished it to the world!
Indeed, how many of us are there
who have the moral courage to pub
liciy acknowledge an error when we
have made one?
! But to those who know George En-
manuel the courage required of him
to be are the. facts connected with the
Injecting held on Saturday night, May
27th, in the name of the Joint Good
Roads commission of Escambia coun-
| ty, is in no sense surprise.
! George Emmanuel is a man. In
deed, every fibre of his body is vi
brant with the stuff which it takes to
make a man; otherwise the life bat
tie which he has fought and won to
raise himself from obscurity to an en-
viable recognition as one Of his home
city's most far seeing, most depend
able, most unselfish, most public
| spirited citizens, would never have
been won! ~.
He was imposed upon by man
whose design it was to use an or
ganization which he knew full we'll
was defunct for the purpose of boil
stering the waning political fortunes
of quartette Of the board Of county
commissioners Of Escambia county,
who have proven by their acts that
they are unworthy OF the peoples fur
ther preferment as public officials.
And he, George Emmanuel, has dem
onstrated his manhood and sterling
courage by exposing in the public
prints the designs Of the chairman Of
the defunct Joint Good Roads Com
mission of Escambia county.
I had thought that insofar as I was
concerned, the controversy with ref
ference to the broken faith Of the coun-
Ity commissioners in the execution OF
the county's highway construction
programme, had ended with the com
munication which appeared under my
name in the columns of The Journal
of Sunday But it appears that the
defunct roads commission courts a
continuance of the controversy, not
withstanding George Emmanuel's ex.I
posure of its meeting Of May q, cou-
pied with his repudiation of its meth
ods.s So it is my purpose to crafty
the remnant of the personnel Of the
commission with few additional facts
which have no t heretofore been in
iected into the controversy. But be-
fore proceeding to these facts, I might
remark by way of parenthesis, that it
is my understanding that the commits
8u eE4 #G
principally Of its erstwhile chairman
and secretary. And yet, on the eighth
page of The News OF Sunday, set in
IL point type under the caption
Business Men of Prominence Back
Board County Commissioners" appears
again the resolutions adopted by the !
defunct joint roads commission at its
meeting of May 27. Appended to this |
second publication of these resolutions !
are the names of T. L. Cant, chair |
man; Fred W. Marsh, secretary; Paul |
P. Stewart, John Massey and Geo. J. |
Emmanuel Charlie Turner's name |
was absent; and of course George |
Emmanueps should have been, because |
he publicly repudiates the commission /
in another column Of The News Of the /
same date And my understanding is, /
though they have not publicly said so !
and my information does not come from !
the gentlemen themselves, that sMessrs. I
Stewart and Massey also recognize the 4
mistake of the meeting of May q, and !
to all intents and purposes occupy the I
same position in the matter as George 4
Emmanuel does
Therefore, if my information in the (
premises is correct, the republication I
of the resolutions of the meeting OF /
May q is but a frantic effort being .
exerted by the chairman and secretary
of the defunct joint roads commission
to save the political scalps Of the /
commissioners who are re-
sponsIble for contracting for road
construction without federal or state 4
aid, when it was the understanding of 1
the people that their bond money
would be matched with federal or state
aid on all highway construction under
taken with the proceeds of their bonds
But human nature is human nature. I,
and can scarcely blame the chair I
man and secretary Of the defunct com
nor can anyone else blame Il
them in the face OF the facts which ac-
tuate them.
The chairman is a bond trustee. Il
elected by the present board OF coun-
ty commissioners His duties as such