Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-01
|rsANDIDATEs FOR POSITION IN
SENATE AND HOUSE ARE
BUSY
Inc PRESIDENT And SPEAKER
Locks Like Senator Hunt Harris for
President of Senate, and Hon..
Eugene Mathews for
Speaker

Tallahassee, March 31.-Members
I both houses of theaState legisla-
ure are noy arriving rapidly, and
" tomorrow afternoon practically all
lin be at the capital, ready to parti-
pate in the causcuses Monday night,
Il which officers of both houses will
L nominated. thus making the for
bal election of president of the
enate, and speaker of the house of
representatives, On the formal
re- n;zation OF those bodies; a mere
kehnieality, as will also be the case
ill the various attaches of the legis-
Ature.
At the present writing, the leading
hndidates are Senator w. Hunt Har-
Is, of Monroe county, for president,
hd Representative Eugene S.
tathews, of Bradford county, for
beaker of the lower house. By FIVE
[clock tomorrow afternoon, it will
3 positive whether they will be
hosen without opposition, or wheth-
the fight will be carried into the
5onday night caueuses. That SEN
&Or Harris will be elected president
GEMS now practically assured.
/ In the house the prospective candi-
Rtes for the speakership were more
Numerous. Eugene S. Mathews, of
tarke, is clearly in the lead, but
mongst others to be considered or
any rate under consideration are
representative ]. Pope Reese, Of
)scambia, assistant district attorney
y the United States Court for the
(orthern District of Florida.
Judge Sgd. l.. Carter, of Alachua.
brmerly States attorney : for the
18th judicial circuit, Representative
y. A. MacWilliams, OF St Johns. re-
emily brought into the limelight by
lis proposition to utilize half the
Etate convicts in the building Of three
proposed trunk lines Of hard roads
eading from Jacksonville to Pensa-
lola, Tampa and Miami, respectively
IND Representative Geo. G. Mathews,
d Marion, formerly member of the
6ouse, and under the second Cleye-
and administration CONSUL to the
lily OF Para, Brazil Judge Carter
rs been suffering greatly from
rheumatism for the past two or three
pnths, and it is highly probable
at his physical condition will com
= him to withdraw. The situation
Nv seems to spell Mathews Brad.
ia.
contest for each position is moi
ogether probable. 1t would not
surprising for all opposition to the
bding candidates to melt away dur
the morrow, and for everything
be harmonious when the caucuses
<Esemble. 80.
So far there have been suggestion!
fbr president and speaker pro TEN.
md until the more important ques
Cons are settled these Offices occupy
he iop shelf. Nearly all the at
aches OF the senate and house art
ndidates for reelection without op
psition, though T. ]. Appleyard
cretary OF the senate. is opposed
h C. A. Finlay, of Lake City, and
en-. Fred L. Robertson, assistant
1jutant general of the United Con
derate Veterans, is opposes for bill
lcretary by C. o. Andrews, who
session. was engrossing secretary
Fhree members of the Senate have
ID the last year, and another is a
point of death. Levy county
ads in the place of the late Senator
arter. Hon j, r. Willis, one of thu
secretaries of the preceding senate
"a Lafayette and Taylor countie
esterday chose Hon. E. l.. Cottrei
succeed Senator Carter, in boil
ses special elections having beer
ecessary. One eighth of the tota
emoership Of the senate have thu
pen stricken BY the hand of Hines
death. -
TIE legislator now seriously iii i