The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-27
Senatorial, Congressional,
and Gubernatorial Fights
SUN.

persuade. than it is To- be governor
where YOU have majority of the
whole. And then again, the contest
~ not apt to be nearly so bitter nor
SO many In 1t.
Judge W. s. Bullock, of Ocala, VINO
is probably best known. except among
those who have not personal ac-
quaintance with him, IS the son OF me
late General Bullock. is mentioned by
those same wise people from down
Tdmpa.way az certain to be candi-
date for this place. Judge Bullock
has made good In his present ONCE,
in which he has become known as
wise, but able and fearless judge. IL
strikes me as little peculiar that
man who holds position as 1mpor-
tant as the enc Judge BulIoc1 holds
should desire to change 1t for one
which / consider Of less Importance,
but there is the attraction Of getting
into larger fields of human endeayor,
mixing with bigger people, aud the
additional attraction which has prov
en- almost irresistible to aspiring p9i
jticians Of getting to figure In nation
al Affairs These may be urging
Judge Bullock to doff the ermine in
the hope, of donning the frock Goa
of the statesman. This fashion has
been set by the Hon William Ran
dolph Hearst, although Congressman
Lamar, who is known as the best
dressed statesman in Washington
still clings to the less painfully dign
fed cutaway.
In the race where the entries al
all SO good the result becomes too VI
certain for any prognOstication, an
the wise political forecaster will wa
until the votes are counted befol
he will name the man who is to SUI
coed Congressman Sparkman.
Kehoe's Candidacy.
The determination of Mr.. Lamar L
continue in his present seat will lea
added interest to the next contest fo
the place of member from the Thirt
District 1t will be a. three-corneret
contest Colonel Jefferson Davis Ste
phens, who disputed with Mr.. Lama
last time the right to represent the
people of the Third District of Florida
in congress, and who was defeated by
Mr.. Lamar, has said that he will not
be able to resist the opportunities of
his friends which have been directed
to the end that he shall make another
try, and who have assured him of bet
ter luck next time. J. Walter Kehoe,
states attorney for the First Judicial
Circuit, will be a candidate. Mr.. Ke-
hoe has made no formal announce
ment, but his friends have announced
for him. A communication address
ed by me to Mr.. Kehoe was answered
in such way that I have not the au-
thority to announce him as a candi-
date, nor have / the authority to say
that he will not be. Mr.. Kehoe says
that next spring will be time enough
for him to declare his intention. This
is too modest of Mr.. Kehoe. If man
has the intention he might as well
declare 1t in the winter as in the
spring, and il he has it as bad as Mr..
Kehoe is quoted by his friends as
having it, he will not be able to con-
ceal 1t, even though he does not pub
liely announce it, The race will, of
course, be between Mr.. Lamar and
Mr.. Kehoe, and each of the two can
count on a long race and hard race,
and close and exciting finish, with
no possibility Of formulating an es-
innate as to who will be the next in
cumbet4t of an office to which the man
selected to occupy it next time has
not even commenced to serve the
term to which he was elected. Mr..
Lamar will not enter the sixtieth con-
gress until the 4th of March next,
but before he enters it ne will know
that the fight will be on, for the seat
in the sixty-first congress, which he
says he wants to fill.