The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-03
FLORIDA Editors on
Senator CaIiaferrc.


rhe race for Governor the chances
ire all in Bob Davis's favor. The
,hances are always in the best mans
avor.-Iallahasseean.
There can be no doubt that Stock
on's determination to remain in the
ace for United States Senator will
ujure Bruwari's chances for nomi-
iatiOm aS Governor. But j. n G.. is
lot such friend of the "Three
Friends" as to mind little thing
ike that. .-rallahasseean
The good people of Lafayette who
supported jennings for the senate
because they consider him our best
governor of recent years (and there
; gOodlv mumher of them) ought
. now stand faithfully by their tried
md true plpIic servant, James +.
taIiafrrru.-Mayo Free Press.
The good ship Three Friends" is
litlie the worse for its collision
.ith the mighty craft Public SentI-
irnt,' which occurred May 10, but
has been hauled upon the ways
Or repairs, and proposes to attempt
mother trip to the harbor of Public
Oiice. Meanw hile the harbOr has
,een mined and the submarine fire.
works will be touched off June I.
rnen look out for the fragments.-
Tampa Tribune.
Ii Mr. stockton has entered the
,ecUnd primary for the purpose of
i,Ditr against Senator TaliaferrO does
it not seem that all along the fight
With Mr.. Stockton has been upon
PERSONAL grounds? The big majority
nat will be given Senator Taliaferro
stockton from politics for all time
to come. The people will render the
verdict at the polls.-Lakeland Sun.
Mr.. Stockton isn't satisfied. He
will be June Z. His determination
to enter a second race, although
overwhelmingly repudiated by the
democrats of Florida in the first pri-
mary, can only be ascribed to a petty
spirit OF spite and jealousy-a pur-
pose TO prolong contest that is of no
good to the state and its interests,
and, probably, to cause additional
expense and trouble to the establish
ed choice of the people. He surely
can have no hope of victory--if he
does, his malady is indeed a serious
one.-Tampa Tribune.
The Palmetto News, which attack
ed Senator Taliaferro viciously un-
der the former management before
the first primary, now comes out in
favor of the senator, and says the
will of the people should prevail
that they have Enthusiastically de-
monstrated their desire that he
should have another term, and that
democratic precedent entities him to
it. The Times predicted that the
News would adopt sane and demo-
cratic policy under the editorial di-
rection of John Bell, and the predic-
tion is thus verified.-Tampa Times.
Senator Taliaferro is forced to en-
ter second primary by an opponent
who received only about one-fourth
the vote polled in the first primary,
rs against nearly one-half the entire
vote received by the senator. Mr..
Stockton's best friends advised him
to magnanimously bow to the will of
the people and not run in the second
primary, but he refuses to listen to
them, though he should know there
is no doubt of the result. Several of
the leading papers, which supported
Governor Jennings for the senate,
are now supporting Senator Talia-
ferro, and the Live Oak Democrat,
which ardently supported Mr.. Stock
ton in the first contest, is now out
spoken for Taliaferro.-Gainesville
Sun.
1t would seem verse than folly for
Stockton to enter the second primary
against such an overwhelming senti-
ment as the people voiced against
him on May 10; but he has said that
he will go into the race in order to
make the friends of Mr.. TaliaferrO
spend their money. This declaration
reveals the spirit of the man, and he
will be more severely rebuked on
June I for having in moment of
rashness exposed this spirit of spite
full revengefulness. Senator Talia-
ferro carried 81 out of 40 counties in
Florida in the May primary. He
had majorities over the combined
vote of Call, Jennings and Stockton
in Bradford, Dade, DeSoto, Duval,
Escambia, Franklin, HillsborO, Jack
son, Manatee, Nassau. Orange, Osce-
ola, Putnam, Santa Rosa, VOlusia,
Walton and Washington. He had
pluralities over his next highest COM
petitOr in Alachua,. Baker, Calhoun,
: Hamilton, Holmes, Lake, Madison,
= Marion, Monroe, Polk, st. Johns,
, Sumter, Suwanee and Wakulla.
In the June primary it is
highly probable that he will
+ carry every county in the state
= as the people in the few counties
+ which failed to give HIM plurality
before realize that he is the choice of
: so large majority that they should
n fall into line and not throw away
d their votes on the forlorn hope so
e lfruitlessly held out to them by Mr..
v Stockton, who never knows when to
# to accept the verdict Of the people