The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-14
MUCH POLITICS IN FLORIDA.
A SENATOR AND AN EXTRA CON-
GRESHAM TO DE ELECTED.

Pensacola Already Has Three Cnn-
didates for the New Place in Com
Kress, with W. b. Lamar Appar-
emily the FavOrite-EN-SenntO
Cali May Oppose Mr.. Mallory for
Re-eIection-The Old ChiDIey Fcud
still WrankIes in Florida Politics.
Tallahassee, Fla, Dec. 13.-Whatever
it may be elsewhere, 1902 is likely to
be anything but an off year in politics
in Florida, a state which by the way,
has been described as having more
politics to the square inch than any
other in the Union.
Sometime next summer-certainly not
until after the adjournment of Congress
"a Democratic primary will decide
sapen Senator Mallory,s- successor, and
fix upon congressman from the new,
or Third, district. This primary was
decided upon, after considerable futile
opposition, in the last state conven-
ton; and even those who iudorse the
plank are considerably less certain of
it's success than of its propriety as a
Most of those who take any interest
in Florida politics are aware of the fact
that this congressional fight in the
Third is to be a triangular one, and
that the candidates are-in the classic
phraseology of former reading clerk
of the House of Representatives here
as follows:
wv. B. Lamar Of this city and c. B.
Parkhill and John S. Beard, both citi-
zens of Pensacola, by adoption. Mr..
Lamar has been Attorney General for
the last twelve years; and Mr.. Park
hill is solicitor of the Criminal Court
of Escambia county. Mr.. Beard is a
Tallahasseean by birth and Bryan
man of the most pronounced type by
| choice. He is a man of striking per-
sonal appearance, a lawyer OF ABILITY
and a speaker of force and fluency.
He has, however, few of the attributes
| of the practical politician, and may
safely be dropped from a contest in
which his function will probably be to
| divide Parkhills vote.
Capt. Parkhill stands in a peculiar
position--some of his best friends
might even intimate that he stands
| in his own light, and that he would
show good Judgment by withdrawing
in Gen. Lamar's favor. Affiliated
! identified-with the old Chipley faction
in Pensacola, Capt. Parkhill held aloof
from that last municipal contest In
that city. in which his faction went
down in defeat before the battalions
of c. Moreno Jones, the present Mayor,
| and the head and front of the most
unpopular administration the town mas
seen for many a long year.
But il Mayor Jones and his reform
administration have made few friends,
what shall be said of Capt. Parkhili,
| whose attitude at a critical moment
| surprised his political associates and
won him few, If any, supporters In
the opposition camp?
There are to-day in Pensacola close
political observers who do not hesitate
to say that some of the men who are
ostensibly supporting Parkhlil, are
much less interested in his success than
in the defeat of the Hon. ,. n. MAI
lory-the accidental senator upon
whom John Stockton in 1897 pitched as
the one man who could down Col.
| Chipley in that memorable senatorial
contest with the bitterest humiliation
possible to the latter Chipley is dead
| Mallory, Stockton ct. al, are alive.
And, If anyone imagines that the an
imosities and prejudices engendered In
that senatorial fight are not also alive
he is badly out of his reckoning: no
two candidates ever stood closer, than
Lamar and Mallory The latter S
strength will be extended to the con-
gressional aspirant, and the former will
fully repay the favor. But Senator
Mallory is not a strong man politically
He has no personal following-no mag
netism He will succeed-this time
if no stronger man than Wilkinson
Call be pitted against him-but beyond
that there is no political future foI
him. The fat has gone, and the strong
men who hold a strong hand in the
game of Florida politics, have nc
use for him IN their business. Ever
in his own county---n his own home
city-the knife Is ready for the mar
who helped to down in the moment
Of his triumph the idol of his faction -
William Dudley Chipley; and there car
be no doubt that the aspirations of two
congressional candidates from Pensa'
cola will tend to cloud his prospects ere
his senatorial sun again arises.
All this, however, is another story
and is touched upon here only to give
an insight into some of the secre
springs of action that are to-day an
imating some of the leading person
ages in this thrilling little politica
dIama--a drama whose first act is still
In progress. and whose final climax
II is generally believed. will see the
congressional prize in the Third dis
trict carried off by that astute politi
, clan and faithful public servant-Wil
, liam B. Lamar.
II. n. FoUCHE A CANDIDATE.