The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-21
THE FIGHT IS
-, GROWING WARM
Has a 3-Cornered
Guoernatorial Contest
That is Lively.
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SPECIAL to The Journal.
New Orleans, August 2O.-The
three-cornered fight for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor OF
Louisiana between Lieutenant-GoF-
ernor Jared Y Sanders, Col. Theo-
dore S. wilkinson and General Leon
Jastremski, is waxing warm.
Jastrenaski.
General Jastremski was one of the
first nthe field with a pronuncla-
mento for two-cent railroad fares, and
then he dropped out of sight and re-
Gently SUFFERED a severe illness, from
which he Is now recovering. The other
two, however, since breaking into the
Iimelight, have been doing some tall
campaigning. and they have stirred
things up politically all over the state
The Louisiana primary law has many
of the features OF the Mississippi law,
and this is really the first state cam
paign in which it will be given a full
test The gubernatOrial office has
been practically stripped of its patron
age, and it has become necessary for
the candidates to get right down to
the masses of the people and convince
them of their fitness for the offices
to which they aspire, which is some
thing of a novelty in Louisiana poll
tics.
Wilkinson.
Colonel Wilkinson served several
terms in congress, representing the
First district. and then his planting
interests suffered to such an extent
that he had to devote all his attention
TO them to save himself from bank
ruptcy. He just did manage to escape
the brink, and then prosperity dawned
for him. He now owns about fifteen
miles OF the richest sugar land on the
Mississippi river, his holdings extend
ing from Governor Warmoth'S Mag
Rolia plantation to short distance be-
low the city limits, on the right bank
of the river He feels now that his
finances are in such shape that he
can devote his time to public service.
In the late spring a serious creVasse
occurred on Oak Grove plantation,
which threatened to inundate all the
plantations on the right bank of the
river. In fact, the back water did
come up to Algiers, a suburb of New
Orleans. The levee board tried TO
clese it, and then concluded that 1t
would be better to wait until low wa
ter. Mr.. Wilkinson and the other
planters wanted it closed, so he made
a. proposition to the levee board that
if they would put up $4,000 for la
bor and materials and give him abb
SolJrte control he would close the
| break. AS it was generally believed
that it would cost $4,000 or $50, eco
| to close the break, the deal was made
Mr.. Wilkinson not only closed the
break in the face of the high water,
but he built his cribbing successfully
On the land side of the break, the
| first time this had ever been accom-
| plished while the river was stiff high.
One night he accidentally walked off
| quarter boat into the river and
| was carried eighty feet under water,
being picked up almost unconscious
| as he emerged at the stern of the boat,
but next day he was personally direct
ing his forces as usual.
Sanders.
Lieutenant Governor Sanders is a
young man. being only thirty-six
years old, but he has been active in
public life since 1892, when first elect
ed to the legislature, and in 1900 he
was made speaker of the house. He
became lieutenant governor in 1904,
| and received several thousand more
| votes than the governor in the cleo
| ton. He is a man of great force of
Shdt IoWyOl ny pIOlCSSlOA anu
has considerable warm personal
| friends all over the state, and, like
all positive characters, also has a
number of very bitter enemies
The fight is really between these
two, and the manner in which they
have thrown down the gage of battle
to each other in the early stages
shows that by January, when the pri-
mary will be held, there VIII be many
interesting developments. Each has
attacked the others public record
most vigorously in the joint debates
that have been held, and the COM
ments they have INDUCED in were not
calculated to promote that feeling of
party harmony which Democrats con-
have. The people all over the stats
testing in a primary are supposed
are greatly interested in the contest,
and have invited them to speak at
barbecues in such number that it has
been impossible for the candidates to
accept the invitations
There are twenty-five candidates for
the nine other state offices and be-
sides every parish officer will have
a fight for his job.
Don't GrumbIe.
when your joints ache and you suf-