Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-04
Pensacola Journal on Jennings.

I SacOla journal THIS morning publish
ed an extended interview with tn
Hon. T. Albert Jennings, of this city
in which he discusses freely ant
frankly the question of his probabl'
candidacy for governor. He does no
| say positively that he will be a can
didate, but his statements will leave
little doubt as to this question in tht
minds of the average Floridian.
The Pensacola Journal in a dou
BILE column editorial leader discuss
ing the interview and the probable
candidacy of Mr.. Jennings, says:
In another column of the Journal
this morning will be found an inter
esting interview with one of Pensa,
cola's distinguished citizens. Fol-
some months there have been rumOrs
to the effect that Hon. T. Albert
Jennings, of this city would be a
candidate for governor in the primar-
les next spring, and many attempts
have been made to secure some def
mite expressions from him on the sub
ject, but not until yesterday has he
made any public statement of his in
tentions in the matter.
Mr.. ennings does not say posi-
lively that he will be a candidate for
governor. and yet he says enough
for his friends to thoroughly under
stand his position. He intimates
that he will be a candidate if condi-
tons present themselves in a favor
able light at the proper time, and
this statement from him will no doubt
be the signal for. his friends in all
sections of the state to rally to his
support, and to those who know how
legion are the friends Of Albert Jen-
nings the statement will have a deep
and a significant meaning.
Mr. Jennings is right when he says
that he has no desire to precipitate
the campaign by an official announce
ment at this time. He has been urg-
ed to make known his intentions in
regard to making the race, by news
papers in different sections of the
state for many months, but up to the
present time has refused to be inter-
or to give expressions to any
sentiment that would cause any unus- |
lal or premature discussion of the
next gubetnatorial campaign. He
has within the past few weeks, how
ever; been jstronglyt urged by his
friends to make some statement of |
his intentions D. in order that they
might do nothing that would embar-
Ass them in case of the subsequent /
announcement of his candidacy, and
his is perhaps the reason which
prompted him to submit to the inter-
new found in The Journal today.
That Mr.. Jennings will prove a
formidable candidate should he de-
tde to enter the fight, there is little
Ioubt. He is native Floridian, was
'orn and reared in Hamilton county
las lived on the east coast and the
vest coast of the peninsula, and is
low citizen of west Florida. He
las never been partisan in politics
nj yet his stand in past political
ampaigns has always been open and
Dove board As expressed by him
the interview, he has never vet
rled TO dodge an issue-something
hat few politicians can claim. While
lterested financially in private cor ,
oratlons yet he has steadfastlv t
his position that corpora s
on influence in politics is bad, and {
every campaign in this state where 1
ne issue has been upon this point c
e has taken his stand on the neo- '
les side. s
MT. Jennings makes a distinction I
etween public service corporations. L
special privileges, and mere L
rlvate corporations, and the point is t
ell brought out by him. Florida ! h
a big state and wants and needs a
lie money of the foreign capitalists f
corporations to exploit its vast do g
aln' to open up new industrise, and h
populate its cities and towns and c
ch country districts, but he realizes S
lily mat unless some assurance is p
ven 20 these men that their proper o
and their investments will be pro- II
cted against unjust legislation and S
lfalr taxes, it can not be secured. h
e would have these foreign capital a
Is feel that their investments in h