The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-07
BLISS IS SUCCESSFUL
PROBABLY ELECTED PENSACOLA MAYOR BY SMALL MAJORITY.
Hardest Fought Municipal Campaign In City's History Closes with In-
 dioatiOns that Primary
 Candidates are Winners.

Pensacola, Fla, June 6.-One of the largest votes that has ever been boiled in a city election here was that of to- day, when 2,630 visited the polls and cast a ballot. The vote will not be counted before 10 o'clock or later, since all the city offices were filled at this time.
 As this message is sent, however, the indications are that Chas. H Bliss. the primary candidate Is elected by small majority. The primary tick ct generally seems to have been elected.
 One of the most stirring of city campaigns was terminated with the count of the votes tonight for the city officers The vote at the last was cer- tainly somewhat surprising, for the questions of negro domination, munf- cipal ownership, an unfair and Illegal primary and other matters were in- jected into the campaign and 1t re- aulred much nondering on the part Of the average voter to decide the best way to cast his ballot.
 The workers were out early this morning. Men who had never been around a ballot box excet in the case of national or important state cleo lions were to be seen on the streets and were working for different candi- dates, ton, however great 1t might have ex- tended, or whatever 1t meant brought ont many of the old-time residents who remembered some time ago, pos sibly as long as twenty years, the time a negro mayor held sway here by working of circumstances and by Vlr- tue of being president of the council; and who had working under him seV- eral negro policemen. This line or recollection was related by those who had resided here during those stren- uous and memorable times, and 1t served to change many to the primary ticket who would have voted other wise.
 This campaign has been historical from many standpoints The ladies manifested no little interest, and even the children. taking cue from the stiff fight which has in the main been conducted through the newspapers, have aligned themselves with some side and have not forgotten to mani fest their presence at the meetings which they attended almost invariably
 To boil the thing down to plain statement, the campaign has been conducted mainly through the newspa- pers. The News, the afternoon daily, supported c. l.. Shine. while The Jour nal, the morning paper, was the advo- cate of the primary system and at least two attaches of that paper have taken sides and have made speeches on the stand in support of the candidacy Of c. H. Bliss. Some of the strongest charges have been made against each of the factions, but with the count of the votes tonight. all these differences will probably be wiped out.
 The entire ticket voted today with the exception of the aldermen, was:
 For Mayor-C. H. Bliss, c. l.. shine C 1T. WelIes and Rix NJ. Robinson
 For MarshaI-C. F. Schad and Frank Wilde. -.,--
 For Tax Collector-Neils oerting and John C. Whiting.
 For Fire Chief-J. Geo. White, Jr., James c. Clarke, John Baker and W. R. Biscker.
 For Treasurer-Wiu Daley. Jos 1. Johnson. James Stearns and Mansfield Moreno,
 Money in abundance was offered on all the candidates. but of course the mavoralty men caught the largest share. This morning. however, after inc Bliss money had been posted for some days. and there were no takers, one of the enthusiastic and very con fdent shine workers stepped in and