The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-05
.FLORIDA'S SECOND
PRIMARY TICKET
EIGHT LEADING CANDIDATES.
PRIMARY WILL BE HELD NEXT
TUESDAY.

Secretary of state and Several
County Oaacers-The Race Re
tween TaIiaferro and stockton for
Senator, Davis and Broward for
Governor; Clark and Barrs for
Congressman, and Crawford and
BrOOme for Secretary of state.
Jacksonville, June 4-Tuesday, June
T. will be the end of the present SEN
atorial state and congressional cam
paign in Florida. On that day the Sec
ond Democratic primary will be held
for the nomination of candidates for
offices for which no one received a ma
jority vote in the first primary, held
May 10.
The candidates whose names will ap-
pear on the ticket in the second pri-
mary for United States Senator, Con-
gresham and state Offices are as fol-
lows:
For United States Senator, James P,
Taliaferro, the present Junior Senator
from Florida, and John N. c. Stock
ton, of Jacksonville.
For Congress from the Second Con-
gressional District of Florida-Frank
Clarke. of Lake City, former United
States attorney for the Southern Dis
trict of Florida, and ]. NJ. Barr of
Jacksonville, present city attorney of
Jacksonville, who is known as the
father of the primary election system
in Florida"
For Governor-Robert w. Davis, Con-
gresham from the Second Florida Dis
trict, and Napolean B. Broward, of
Jacksonville, former sheriff of Duval
county.
For Secretary of State-H. Clay
Crawford, of Tallahassee, the present
incumbent, and James E. Broome, of
Quincy, State Senator for twelve years
from Gadsden county.
In many of the counties of the state
various candidates for county Offices
will have to enter the second primary.
How They stood I'm First Primary.
In the first primary Senator ITALIA
ferro received 22,222 votes, while
Stockton's vote was 1911. Senator
Taliaferro came within 4S2 votes of
having a majority of the total vote
cast. His nomna ton in the second
primary is generally conceded.
For Governor, in the first primary
| there were four candidates. Broward
received 13,247 votes; Davis received
1920 votes, giving Broward a plural
ity in the state of 227 votes. c. NJ.
Brown, the old Confederate veteran,
| captured nearly all of the veterans
votes, his total being 9,S12. while D. H.
Mays, the farmer candidate, received
1852 votes in the first primary.
Brown and Mays have both come
| out openly for Davis With the infiu-
ence of Brown and Mays thrown to
Davis, it looks as though Davis is a
| sure winner.
For, Secretary of State, H. Clay
| first primary, while BroOme's vote was
only 1924 There is every indication
| that Crawford will be the nominee
in the second primary
The contest for Congress in the
Second district between Frank Clark
and j. NJ. Bars is a warm one. In
the first primary, Clark received 1894
votes, while Bars received 5,152. Clark
carried nine of the fifteen counties of
the district. 1t is conceded that the
result will be close, but conservative
politicians predict Clark's nomination
Eight Names on the Ticket.
In the first primary the ballot was
twentynine inches in length and con-
tanned the names of las candidates in
Duval county, and nearly as many in
each of the other counties. In the sec
ond primary it will not be more than
eight inches long, and will contain the
names of only eight candidates for SEN
ator, congressman and state offices and
not over ten or twelve names for coun-
ty offices. 1t will take very little time
TO vote it, and it is believed that the
result can be announced by midnight
of election day. In the first primary
the count was not finished in some Of
the princincts until forty-eight hours
after the polls closed.