The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
The GOvernorship.


For Governor there are four candi-
dates, Hon. Robert w. Davis of Pa
latka, the present representative from
the Second Congressional district;
Dannett H. Mays of Monticello, who
has been state senator from Jefferson
county for a number of years; C. M
Brown of Ocala, Marion county, an
old Confederate veteran, and Napoleon
B. Broward, former sheriff of Duval
county.
Congressman Davis. in accompany
ing Senator Taliaferro in his canvas,
has been enthusiastically received. His
record in Congress has been such that
If he had consented to again become
candidate, he would have had no
opposition.
Capt. Broward has opposed Con-
gresham Davis strenuously and
claims that Davis is a corporationist,
and if elected would, as a member of
the trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund of Florida, give to the
railroads vast areas of state lands and
turn over several hundred thou
sand dollars in the state treas
ury, received from the sale of
lands which the railroads claim had
been awarded to them years ago.
BrOward's Campaign.
Capt. Broward was part owner, and
was captain, of the famous filibuster-
ing steamer Three Friends during the
Cuban revolution, which preceded the
Spanish American War. He has is
sued a book containing his biography,
in advocacy of his candidacy. The
book contains full page illustrations of
his steamer and a history of several
trips to Cuba, and the part
Broward took in the expeditions. 1t is d
curious piece of campaign literature.
Dannett H. Mays of Monticello, has
done good work for the Democracy Of
Florida, but his candidacy has not
developed much strength and there APP
pears very little show of either he or
Brown being in the second primary,
if a second primary is necessary for
the governorship.
C. M. Brown was formerly a MEM
Der of the Legislature from Marion
county He has strong aspirations to
become Governor, but his candidacy is
come Governor, but his candidacy is
not taken seriously in many parts of
the state. He has a number of per-
sonal friends, but even his advisers
do not admit there is any show of his
winning.
Bob" Davis is recognized as the
choice of the people, and it is conf
dentally predicted that he will have
a handsome majority for Governor.
The Congressional Situation.
In the First Congressional district,
which embraces the peninsular portion
of the West Coast. Hon. Steven M.
Sparkman the present congressman,
has as an opponent Hon. Robert Nc
Nance, of Tampa, who has served
several terms in the State Legislature
and who has a strong support
This is the first time for ten years
that Mr.. Sparkman has been opposed
for reelection and he does not take
kindly to the opposition. He is a
member of the River and Harbor Com
mittee of the House, and has been, for
several years. AS a member of the
committee he has secured several hand
some appropriations for deepening the
channel to Port Tampa. He is attor-
ley for the Atlantic Coast Line, and
was formerly attorney for the Plant
System, when the Port Tampa docks
were built. and while Port Tampa has
secured deep water the city of Tampa
has been neglected. Nc Nance has
taken advantage of this appearant de-
votion to corporate interests at the ex-
pense of the city of Tampa to attack
him numerically.
The fight is bitter one and while
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in Tampa and vicinity it is not believ-
ed that he can carry the district.
Sparkman's friends predict that he will
win out and as there are no other
candidates the controversary will be
settled in the first primary.
The East Coast District.
In the Second district, which takes
in Fernandina, Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine, Miami, and the entire East Coast,
the race is between Hon. Frank Clark,
who was formerly United States at
torney for the Southern district of
Florida, and has been member of the
state Legislature several times; John
II. Bars, city attorney of the city
of Jacksonville and a pronounced anti
corporationist; Charles Dougherty for
mer congressman for this district;
lawyer and former private secretary
OF Senator Call, and ]. p Watson.
This contest has been the warmest
of all yet waged. Bars and Clark
have been extremely personal, and the
former has been quite abusive. The
others have not thrown mud nor in
dulged In personal abuse. The contest
is claimed by many to be between
Bars and Clark, but the friends of
Dougherty claim that he will be In the
second primary and that the fight will
then be between Bars and Dougherty.
During the past few weeks Dougherty
has gained considerably in strength.
1t is not believed that Alexander and
Watson will develop enough strength
outside of their own counties to put
them in the list of possibilities.
In the Third district. which takes