The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-23
PRESENT OUTLOOK
NEXT CAMPAIGN
for the

| While, it is true that the date for
! holding the next democratic primary
| in thiS state is nearly a year off, YET
1t Is also true that the opening of this
! Campaign is only a few months dis
! tant, and a review of the situation as
| IT exists at this time may prove
| somewhat interesting.
The newspapers have been indulg-
! ing in the pastime of making COVER
nOrs for some months, and sugges-
/ tons and ''feelers" have been coming
| from them in rapid fire order. At the
| present writing, however, only two
have announced positively that they
will enter the primaries as candi-
dates for this position. General Gil
christ of DeSotO, and Mr.. Burr, of
| Dade, leave no doubt in the minds OF
the voters that they will answer Dun
can Fletcher'S roll call when he asks
| for the admission fee, and the friends
of L. A jennings are just as conf
dent that he will be in the race. II
is possible there Will be other entries,
| but there are many who now believe
that tie race will be fought out be-
tween Burr, Gilchrist and Jennings.
For U. S. Senate.
! For the United States senate there
are two announced candidates Uni
ted States Senator Stephen r. Mallory
and State Senator John S. Beard,
| both of Pensacola. Mallory's an
nOuncement was made last winter in
the Leesburg Commercial, and Boards s
| announcement was given out at Talla-
| hassee during the closing days Of
| the legislature. There seems TO be
a general feeling that Congressman
| Sparkman will enter this fight, and
| it is said that Frank Adams is active
| ly at the task of feeling the pulse Of
! his friends on the proposition Of his
! entering the race. II both OF these
men enter the race, some say that
! VIII Bryan, of Jacksonville. or even
| Governor BTOWard, may also enter
Indications, however, point TO only
three being in the fight, either Adams,
Beard and Mallory or Sparkman,
| Beard and Mallory.
For Congress
For Sparkman'S seat in the lower
branch of the national legislature, in
the event he is not a candidate, there
will be a wild scramble. If he runs
| for reelection the chances are that
he will nave but little opposition. In
! the second district, there is some
talk OF opposition to Frank Clark, but
as yet it has not centered on any
one man In the third district, the
| fight promises TO equal the one Of
| 1902, when Lamar defeated Myers
and Beard came near causing a
| second primary. Congressman Lamar
| is, of course, a candidate for re-eleC-
tion, and J. Walter KehOe, of Pensa-
cola, and jefferson D. Stephens, Of
! Mariana, have both announced that
they will enter the race. There was
some talk of Representative GrigSs
Of Franklin, running for congressman
! from this district, but he has made no
definite statement of his candidacy.
State Cabinet.
This brings us down to the cabinet
| officers. OF the six men in the cabi-
net, all of whom it is to be presumed
| will be candidates for reelection.
three had opposition in the primaries
of three years ago. 1t is hardly to
be expected that all six of these men
will have opposition, yet who the for
tunate ones will be in this respect
can not be foretold at this time.
OF the three officers who had no
opposition in 1904, one at least will
have a fight on his hands this time.
The friends of J. NJ. Barco state posi-
lively that he will be a candidate
dSdduOJ SIOOHl- dliu Iilb
name of w. B. Sadler, assistant state
auditor, has also been mentioned in
this connection. Comptroller Groom
was appointed by Governor Jennings
in 1901, and defeated J j. Mccall, OF
Jasper, for the position in 1902.
Benjamin T.. .McLih. of Lake cOun-
ty, was elected by the Jacksonville
convention of 1900 over Lucius b.
Wombell, ol Jackson county, for com
missioner of agriculture He escaped
opposition in 1904 but il is thought
he will have a fight on his hands in
the coming primary. The name OF
Representative Kilgore, of Sumter
county, is being mentioned in this
connection.
No Opposition So Far.
The only member of the present
cabinet who has not had to face Op-
position at any time is the state
treasurer. Mr. Knott was appointed
by Governor Jennings in 1902 and
went through the primaries of that
year and those of 1904 without q
fight. Two years ago it was said that
state senator CanOya would oppose
him, but there has been no definite
announcement to this effect at any
time this year.
The present secretary of State-H.
Clay CrawfOrd-WhO on account OF
his connection with the state depart
ment for nearly twenty years, is re-
gaTded as the dean of the cabinet. was
appointed to this position in 1902 On
the death of his father. He was op
posed for reelection in 1902 by Sen
atOr BrOOme, and again in 1904 by
Senator BToOme and Senator Kirk,
but in each fight he came out the
victor No one has announced or
even put out 'feelers.' against him
at yet, and it is possible that he may
go through the coming primaries
without opposition.
Three years ago AttOTney-Genera
Ellis defeated Editor Alfred Abrams
for this position, and thus far no
one has announced in opposition TO
him. This is also true of the state
superintendent of public Instruction
William NJ. Holloway-whO three
years ago, in one OF the bitterest
fights ever witnessed in this state
defeated William n. Sheats for re-
election