The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-11
CITY ELECTION WAS
HOT IN PENSACOLA
Bliss Made Mayor by Sub8tan-
tiaI Majority
TOWN HAS REAL BOY HERO
Leon Harris Rescues a Small Chap
From Water at Risk of His Own
Life-other Pensa-
cola News.
TOWN HAS REAL BOY HERO

Pensacola June O.-(Special.)-June 6,
1905. will long be remembered by the
people of Pensacola, for ON that day was
fought the hardest battle of ballots the
city has ever known, the largest vote
polled, the most singing rebuke admins
tered to Independents and boilers. and
/ the primary question settled for years to
come
For the past two or three weeks the
anti-primary faction had been using every
effort to blacken the character of Charles
II. Bliss, the primary nominee. The
speakers of the ants. realizing the des-
perate strait into which they had drifted.
grew furious, lost their temper and in
dulged in mud-slnging such as was never
before seen. The Bliss forces pursued
the even tenor of their way, held two or
three mass meetings. where were gather
ed from four to five thousand of the
best citizens their mothers, sisters. wives
and sweethearts to listen to such speakers
as United States Senator S. R. Mallory
State Senator W. a. Blount. ex-Mayor
c. Moreno Jones, and others too numer-
Gus to mention.
Tuesday, the 9Th, dawned fair and from
the moment of opening till the closing
of the polls at shutdown the interest never
tagged The better element, resolved to
avoid the carelessness and Indifference
that lost them the election by five votes
two years ago, never relaxed their efforts
to secure a full vote. The result was
landslide for democracy
Mr.. Bliss had a majority of 1928 votes
ElVqrW pan ut ae
elected and he went into office with a
board in full accord with him, and a mar
shall having the largest majority ever
given any candidate. The independent
candidate for city tax collector, Neils
Mex Oerting, has held office continuous
" for sixteen years. He was very popu-
lar, but he presumed on his popularity,
and overestmated his strength and de-
clined to enter the primary. The result
is retirement from municipal politics.
When the result of the election became
known Tuesday night the younger ele-
ment took possession and began to jubi-
late. More than two hundred young men
(who, because they cheered for Bliss at
a Shine meeting had been denounced by
George II. Morgan as BLISS HoodlumsD
secured the services of the Barrancas
military band hastily prepared a number
of telling transparencies and went on a
serenading iolfication. After routing out
peseged the journal office. where his
Honor, Mayor Bliss, Editor Mayes and j.
II. Leath were forced at the peril of the
broom, to make short speeches. just
here it is not amiss to say word for
the Daily Journal and it's editor, Frank
L. Mayes. The Journal has been clean,
cool, dispassonate and conservative. Pen
sacola is certainly fortunate and to be
congratulated in having Mr.. Mayes and
the Journal ever in the van for good
government, white supremacy and sound
morals.
Lockout 1till Unsettled.
The lockout by the contractors, began
on May /, remains unsettled. The con-
tractors are determined not to grant the
demand for an eight-hour day, while the
carpenters are as firm that they must
have IT. Public sentiment is largely with
the men, and very few of the jobs under
way prior to the lockout are being fin
ished. on the other hand members Of
union IA, are taking new contracts over
the heads of the contractors and all
union carpenters are at work.
The negroes still keep up the boycott
on the street cars, to the great relief of
the whites The law for the separation
of the races goes into effect July /, and
ii is devoutly to be hoped that the boy
colt will be kept up until then.
| Pensacola Is proud in the possession OF
/ a boy nero III the peiSoi VI SNch iA'ei -
who, few days since saved a little boy
from drowning Harris and a friend
we're out in cat boat sailing on the
| bay when boat containing four little
| fellows was nearly eapsized by sudden
| saual. All four of the little fellows
sprang to windward when one of them
! lost his balance and went overheard. The
two boys endeayored to steer WITHIN reaeh
of the little fellow, but owing to the
| roughness of the water We're unable 10
come within reach Young Harris, see
| ing the little fellow would soon drown,
quickly threw off his shoes and coat,
! pluneed in and swan to the rescue, lie
succeeded in getting hold of him and
sustained him until his friends in the boat
managed to get near enough to throw MN
| a line, when both We're gotten aboard.
In the meantime Frank Se1arie, seeing
| the danger Of the three in the other
boat, rowed out and brought them. me
presence of mind and bravery of young
| Harris would do credit to much older
| head