The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-05-19
MUST RACE AGAIN.
Contest for Senator and Governor in
Florida Primary Not Conclusive,
According to Returns.

turns are still incomplete from the
Florida primary. Several precincts are
yet to be heard frcln in other coun-ies
and no returns at all are in from
Taylor, Walton and Washington.
Forty-two counties of the forty-hve
in The state give Tlliaferro tCr senate
2o,6t6; Stockton 1926; Jennings s.
223: Call 9ts.
Senator TaAafcrros friends now
agree that he VII. enter a Sc :ond
primary against Stockton, VINO says
he will fight to the END.
Thirly-nine COUNTIES heard from in
the gubernalorial race give Davis H.
692; Broward 1871; Brown s,l21 And
Mays 1920.
The second congressional district
gives Clark 5,9O2; Bars 4,944; Dough
erty 2,ll7; Watson 1862; Alexanuer
1,676.
Senator James B. TaliaferTo, who
is serving his first term in the senate,
stood for a second term upon his
record. and the performance of ce--
tain work started but uncompleted,
this record and the work concerning
principally the river and harbor :m-
provement. ..- -,
Mr.. Taliaferro's leading competitor
was John N. c. Stockton. Mr.. Stock
ton made vigorous campaign as an
antitrust candidate and. friend Of
the comon people on the question Of
trusts and corporations, and charging
Mr.. Taliaferro with being the cacdi-
date of the corporations.
Stockton had the endorsement Of
Senator Mallory, Forida's senior SEN
ator. -.--. -
Governor Jennings also polled a
small vote for the senate, while ex-
Senator Call, who also ran, polled
in the neighborhood Of one thousand
votes. He represented Florida for
eighteen years in the senate, and is
now in the neightorhood of seventy
years Of age. The ex-senator, how.
ever, made an active canvass Of the
state, and the vo:e he received was
complimentary.
Robert W. Davis, who is at present
Representative of the second congress
sional district in tie lower house, will
be opposed in the second primary by
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. 1t was
we'll foreseen that this would be the
result in the event the governcrship
nomination was contested in a sec
ond primary, yet the surprise of the
first primary is that Broward rec civ
ed the vote accorded him. This is
probably due more than anything else
to the systematic work that Broward
has been doing. It is said that he
has been preparing for the race fully
four years, while Mr.. Davis has been
taking things calmly at Washington as
representative. Mr.. Davis did not open
his campaign until few weeks age
The surprise in the race for congress
in the second district was the large
vote polled by Frank Clark. 1t is said
that this was as much matter OF
surprise to Clark as any one else. 1t
Was foregone conclusion in this case
that Bars and Clark would go into
the second primary for the place, but
it was not supposed that Clark would
lead Bars in the first. There were
five candidates in the race to begin
with.
Some months ago the Hearst league
of state clubs met IN Jacksonville and
put delegation IN the field pledged
20 vote for Hearst first, last and all
the time. Other delegates announced
from time to time, and these Will 90
uninstructed to the national conven.
tion. The delegation is evenly divi1ed.
It should be stated, however, thai
this is the first general primary ever
held in Florida, and the primary sys'
tenn is recognized as good. The sys'
tenn in Florida needs only to be revis'
ed to be satisfactory. Under the Flor
ida system two primaries are held
as stated before, necessitating two
campaigns where any candidate falls
of majority vote over all competitors
combined in the first round.
uARiINDANT EVIDENCE"