The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
READY FOR PRIMARY
PENSACOLA WILL CHOOSE NOMI-
 NEES OF DEMOCRACY.
Race Has Been Remarkably Clean One
 and Grating On Candidates Has
 Been Practically ObIiterated I'm Contest.

Pensacola, Fla, May 14.-(Special.)- The primary election, which occurs to- morrow in this county, has caused much interest. and it is today an all-absorb- ing topic upon the streets of Pensacola.
 The fact that state as well as coun- ty candidates are to be voted for at this election makes the ticket quite a lengthy one, and as usual, many will be unable to mark the full ticket. The primary of tomorrow is for the purpose of selecting candidates for the second primary, which occurs June 12. when nominees of the party win he made.
 The campaign so far, has been an ex- ceptionally clean one, free of mud slinging and bitterness which frequent ly occur in campaigns in this county and city. Another notable change, and one which is appreciated by the public is that it has been free of grating. Heretofore to enter a campaign for | even a small office in the county it | would cost a candidate several hum | dred dollars while to become an aspi- | rant for an office with a good salary attached meant the expenditure of sev- l eral thousand dollars. In fact the ! first years salary of the successful candidate was necessary to pay ex- penseS.
 The city witnessed the most grating and there was but little if any done in the county. Clubs will be formed in various precincts. and in order to se- cure the endorsement of this club it was necessary to make deal with the leaders. Thanks to the fight which was commenced early in the campaign by citizens and one of the newspa- perS. those who were inclined to fleece candidates weer afraid to come out in the open, or even organize, one of their clubs.
 T at the primary today, the most import ant being that of Congressman, for which there are two candidates, Con gressman w. B. Lamar and Jefferson D. Stephens MT. Lamar will receive a large majority in this county. For Justices of the Supreme Court, Judge c. B. Parkhill, who formerly resided here, will receive a solid vote, while indications point to J. B. Whitfield re- ceiving a larger vote than the other candidate, Thomas A. Clarke. There are four candidates for Railroad Com missioner, Thomas J. Appleyard. F. B. Bailey R. Hudson Burr. and N. A. Blith. The two latter seem to be running somewhat together and are the favor ties here. For State Senator, there is only one candidate, Hon. John S. Beard, his opponent, Hon. J. Campbell Avery, Jr, having withdrawn from the con- test. For RepreSentaIlNe III lHe LeSlS- lature there are no less than six can didates. NJ o. Baggett. Charles M. Cos ton, NJ Jacoby, J. E. Long, George T. Morgan and J. J. Sullivan.
 Great interest is centered in this contest and a second primary will be necessary The vote will be close with probabilities that Morgan, Coston and Jacoby receiving the largest, The three candidates for county treasurer, a h ma L inc irrhf rI Hxti11 h. very close race between Messrs. Welsh and Williams. Much interest is also being taken in the race between J. s. Roberts and N. Mex. Oerting for county tax collector. The other offices to be voted for today are three mem bers Board of Public Instruction, for which there are four candidates: super visor of registration; four members of Board of County Commissioners, for which there are eleven candidates; jus tice of the peace, second district, for which there are four candidates and justice of the peace for the seventh district, for which there are two candi- dates.