The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-13
FLORIDA FULL
OF POLITICS
SENAToRSHIP FIRST CHOICE.
THE RACE BETWEEN TALIAFERRO
AND JENNINGS.

stockton and Call Making Things
Lively But Their Following Not
Equal to That of the other Candi-
dates-AI1 of the Candidates Have
Established Political News Blu
reaus and Are Flooding the State
with Campaign Literature-FOur
Candidates for Governor; Davis,
Mays, Broward and BrOwn-Re-
pubIicans Will Have a Full state
Ticket.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 1.-THE
primary election of the white
the nomination of candidates to fill all
offices from United States senator
down to constables, will be held
May 10. Where no candidate
receives a majority of all votes
cast the two leading in the
vote must run over again in a sec
ond and decisive primary to be held
June T.
The Democratic candidates for Unit
ed States senator are Senator James P.
Taliaferro, the present incumbent; Gov.
William S. Jennings, Hon. John N. c.
Stockton and former United States
Senator Wilkinson Call, who has been
a candidate for office ever since he
was defeated in 1897.
All of the candidates have establish
ed political news bureaus with a corps
of literary writers, typewriters and
mailing clerks and are flooding the
state with printed matter and personal
letters.
The candidates are also meeting the
people throughout the state, at barbe-
cues and political rallies, and are en-
gaging in joint debates, fortified by
open letters and pungent replies, wide
ly published, the matter being sup
piled in plate form to the state papers.
Two years ago, for the first time in
Florida, the primary election plan of
selecting a United States senator was
inaugurated, but the candidate at that
time, Senator S. R. Mallory. had prac-
tically no opposition, and no interest
was taken in the contest. This is real
ly the first practical test of the plan.
The Congressional Field.
In the First Congressional district of
Florida the contest is between Stephen
NJ. Sparkman, who at present repre-
sents the district, and Robert McName,
lawyer and labor leader of Tampa.
In the Second Congressional district
there are a number of candidates
drawn in the fight by the fact that
Congressman Robert w. Davis. being
a candidate for Governor, is out of the
race. The aspirants are Frank Clark
of Lake City, ]. M. Bars of Jackson
vile, Charles Dougherty, formerly rep
resentative in Congress from this dis
trict; James Alexander of DeLand and
w. P. Watson of Orlando.
In the Third Congressional district,
the present congressman, William B.
Lamar, has as yet no opposition. This
is a new district, and while Congress
man Lamar is a new man in Washing
ton, he has made brilliant record,
and stands a splendid chance of being
returned by unanimous vote in his
district
The GwbernatOFia1 Race.
For Governor the candidates are Rob-
ert w. Davis, present congressman
from the Second district; Dennette r.
Mays of Monticello; Napoleon p.
Broward, ex-sheriff of Duval county,
and Charles M. Brown of Ocala.
For a number of years Florida has
been practically solidly Democratic,
with the party divided into two strong
contesting factions, known as corpo-
ration and anti-corporation by some
and as corporation and radical by
others.
Four years ago, however William S.
Jennings was elected Governor and
went into Office with an ambition to
step into the United States Senate.
He has had more important appoint
ments to make on account Of death