The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-01
Meaning of Term
Administration Candidate

Administration Candidate y
In discussing the different candi
dates, or possible candidates, for the
gubernatorial succession, much has
been said about the administration
support of this or that man, meaning
as the administration, Governor Brow.
ard and his official family at Tallahas-
see.
1t was stated some months ago
when the name of a certain West
Florida man was mentioned for the
governorship, that he would be the ad-
ministration candidate, and recently
the friends of the encouragement
have been claiming that he would be
supported by the administration
The term administrator" has also
been used in connection with the can
didacies of the gentlemen aspiring to
the speakership of the house, and the
presidency of the senate of the next
Florida legislature, and several of
these candidates have been spoken of
administration" and "anti-administra-
ton" candidates.
The term administration candidate
is supposed 10 convey the impression
that the governor and his official
family are supporting the particular
candidate or candidates who are
credited with being administration
candidates." but we believe that the
impression created by this term is
misleading
The legislature of Florida is almost
solidly democratic, and there can
never arise any issue upon which
the legislature would be divided as a
party. There are many questions that
are likely to arise in that body upon
which there will be a diversity of
opinion among the legislators, and in
these cases each man votes accord
ing to his own way of thinking.
II is possible that issues will arise
in the legislature upon which the gov
ernor and his cabinet will be found
united in their opinions, and we pre-
sumo that it is in such cases the term
administration" and "anti-administra-
ton" has its application. 1t is not
possible that single member of the
Florida legislature will go to ITALIA
hassee determined to oppose every
thing in the nature of legislation that
the governor and his cabinet favor,
or vote for every measure that the
governor and his cabinet oppose.
It is true that the governor in his
inaugural address outlines to a GER
tain extent the policy he intends to
follow while in Office but no governor
has ever followed these lines through.
out his administration without deviat-
ing more or less, either in embracing
new ideas or departing somewhat
from the ones originally laid out.
The administration" as stated be-
fore, is supposed to consist of the
governor and his cabinet In this
cabinet there are six officers, the Sec
rotary of state, comptroller, treasurer,
encouragement, commissioner of ag,
riculture. and superintendent of pub
lie instruction, but when the term "ad-
ministration" is used one generally
thinks of all the officers of the state
government at Tallahassee.
Even if il were fact that every
member of the governors official fam
lily, or all the state officers at ITALIA
ha6see, were to agree upon all mat
tiers of legislation, it is not supposed
that all the legislators would go to
Tallahassee determined to either sup
port or oppose all of those measures.
The chances are that they would split
up on the different measures, support
ing some and opposing others. But
the governor and the cabinet are not
Of legislation.
At every session of the legislature
the governor generally has some mat
tiers that he is specially interested in
and he looks after these without the
aid, and many times, the advice, of his
cabinet. The comptroller generally
keeps an eye on the appropriation
bills and matters pertaining to his de-
partment, the encouragement TO the
bills in general creating new laws.
the superintendent of public instruc.
ton to the matters pertaining TO the
schools, and the other officers at the
capitol in like manner wherever the
legislation proposed affects their du-
ties or the work of their department.
If there has ever been a time when
an administration measure went
through the legislature that was
backed and lobbied by the entire cab
met it is not within our recollection.
AS a matter of fact the cabinet has
very little 10 do with the work OF the
legislature except in the matter of Civ