The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-13
CALLS RANKS UNBROKEN
he GETS 81 VOTES, MAYS A AND
BLOXHAM 3.

Duval County Said to Favor an Al
nanceman Senator Wal Makes
Personal Explsnation-spe1ks Gas
kins Endorses What the senator
Said-Pascos Support OF Call
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, May 1.-Two bal
lots were taken in the caucus tonight. Both
resulted:
Call
Nays. --.....-.-... ----......-. .'.....'..4
BloXhRm. ...-.....-- -.....---.-..---- 1900. d
During the seyenty-third ballot Senator
Kirk read e telegram from Jacksonville TO
Mr.. Mann of fernando TO the effect that
the Duval county alliancemen wanted an
allianceman for senator in preference to
Senator Call The telegram was signed
A. F. Boyce. Secretary Haddock of Duval,
who had just come from home, said Mr..
Boyce had the reputation of being repub-
lican aud that his people were for Call.
Senator Wall arose to personal explana-
ton IN regard to a publication, quoting from
a Tampa paper. to the effect that Wall &
Co. wanted to make Ga'kins a candidate
for senator. Senator Wall said there was
Got q word of truth in the charge, and no
foundation upon which to base even pre-
sumption for such an assertion.
Wall had said was true, and that the senator
had never approached him on any matter
affecting the senatorial issue. The caucus
then adjourned.
AN UNFRUITFUL DAY.
AS regards new business and completed
legislation this has been the most unfruittul
day of the session. One scattering ballot
was taken in joint session. Grover Cleve-
land and David B. Hill each received one
vote.
Hon. A. s. Mann of fernando and Hon.
T. w. Shine or Orange, the two gentlemen
who made the minority report in the
Suwannee county contested election case,
which report was adop ed. were each
tonight at the Florididn office presented
with handsome gold-headed cane from
their Suwannee friends. The canes were
appropriately inscribed. The presentation
speeches we're made by Col. J. S. White,
attorney for the contestees Messrs. Mann
and Shine responded in appropriate terms.
PAsCo's BREAK.
Many of the most astute Florida politi~
clans frankly admit that Senator Pasco has
made very bad break, and that he has
invited fight that will worry him longer
and end more disastrously to his polti-
cal interests than any contest he
and Alliance Candidate Mays are
residents of the same town, Monticello.
Notwithstanding the fact that Senator
Pasco took issue with Senator Call In the
Senate on one of the latter's outrageous land
bills. it has been understood from the open
ing of the senatorial fight here, if not pre-
vious to that time, that Senator Pasco was
throwing all his influence into the contest
in favor of Senator Call.
FORCED TO SHOW HIS HAND.
The contest between Mr. Mays and Sen
ator Call demanded that Pasco should show
his baud. He has done so, and that hand
is raised in opposition TO Mr.. Mays, against
everything connected with Mr.. Mays, and
against everybody who is for him. Citizens
MAYS and Senator Pasco, are here working
for their respective favortes. The excite
ment is at fever heat since the unmasKing
OF the Pasco-Can combine and the an
nounceme 1t of the open rupture forced by
Senator Pasco between himself and Mr..
Mays last Saturday al Monticello.
CAUSES SURPRISE.
Those who think that Senator Call will
not be elected, and that this legislature will
elect a senator, are surprised at Senator
Pascos at ituie in this contest because they
believe that Senator Call will be pitted
against Senator Pasco two years hence, and
fighting for Senator Pasco's seat
in the Senate Many assert that
in this matter Senator Pasco has
assumed the role of a political boss, and
they want bossism forever eliminated from
Florida politics. For this reason they are
more than ever in favor of electing Mr..
Mays. thereby hoping to rebuke bossism,
and make an entirely new cast Of politics in