The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-12
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on plans for the campaign. The mem
| bers OF tho wonlan's committee are
Mrs. o. 2. McReyno1ds, Mrs. c. z.
Streeter, Mrs. S. A. Moreno, Mrs. J..
r. Wright and Mrs. Alice Shear
Following a number of speeches,
and some informal discussion 1t was
stated that a sum Of at least three
thousand dollars would be needed to
put the campaign over. and match the
! forces which are already working on
the side Of the city commissioners,
and the executive committee was au-
thorlzed to appoint a special commit
tee to solicit subscriptions to a cam
paiEn fund. AT the meeting, in few
minutes, several hundred dollars were
subscribed to be used for printing, ad-
gerttsing, etc.
THE court room was crowded with
friends of aldermanic government,
land here and there in the crowd were
seen members of the opposing fac
ton.
In opening the meeting Mr.. Sullivan
made a short resume OF the movement
which had resulted in the calling of
the election, and gave his views Of the
that he believed that commission gov
eminent was in the nature OF an au-
tocracy and that alder1nanic was the
real democratic form OF government
Mr. Sullivan was followed by DR. f.
c.. Renshaw, who said that he had no
personal feeling against the city COM
missioners, and hoped that PERSONAL
ties would not enter into the discus
sion OF the evening. He based his wish
for return to an aidermanic form of
government entirely upon his belief in
the principles of democracy. declaring
that in an association of eight or
twelve men, there was less liability to
centering Of authority in one man, and
that there was greater opportunity for
the display of those cardinal princi-
pies on which this government was
founded.
J. O. Walker brought a laugh and
great applause, when in the course of
a fifteen minute talk, he told a story
of . young boy with whom he had once
associated at school, who was reading
the chapter in the Bible in which |
Shadrac, Meshac and Abednego con- |
stantIy appear. He said that again /
and again these names REQUIRED and |
each time the young student was /
helped to pronounce them. But at last, I
losing his patience, and stumbling /
upon these names again he looked up /
in a hopeless way. declaring: Here |
are these three ID names again,"
Mr.. Walker declared that the people /
Of Pensacola are getting tired of the I
recurring initials: SPH:
HIPS. PFIS-and wanted q change
almost any kind Of change they felt
would be better than the present state
Of affairs. he said.
Mr.. Walker was followed by Mrs. o.
:. McReyno1ds, who declared that she
lad once been In favor Of commission
orm of government, but that as time
lad gone on and she had seen the in
,ffectual way IN which the city COM
nissioners had COPIED with the prob
ems OF the municipality. she realized
hat. some change must be made. and
hat that change could not come too
quickly, if Pensacola was TO go for
ward and take its place with other d
onward looking cities OF the nation.
J. n. Andrews was called upon. and
declared that he had already had his
ay IN a signed communication TO The Il
ournal, but that he would add few
words, calling attention to the fact t
hat again and again. since the COM {
nissioners had been elected they had
nt,rely ignored the win OF the peo-
lie, ana that as free men he felt that t
ne citizens should rise up and demand I
change and break UP the clique i
which had ruled for the past eight c
ears IN Pensacola. G
". L. Mover. president OF the Or
animation which is responsible for (
he present movement. was called {