The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-13

self. Mallory and some other man, he
and Mallory would draw their vote
from the same crowd.
There is no denying the fact that
Lamar wants to go to the senate. but
he is fully aware that the opportunity
will not present itself in the next
campaign and he hastens to assure
his constituents that he will be a
candidate again for his present posi-
ton He believes that he can do bet
ter work for his constituents in the
lower branch of congress just now,
and in this he is unquestionably right.
He is well known in Washington and
has a higher stand in congress, not.
withstanding the fact he has only
been there four years, than any man
Florida has ever sent to Washington
in that branch of the public service.
In the next congressional race in
this district Jefferson DAVIS Stephens
of Mariana, is sure to be candidate.
Mr.. Stephens ran in the last primary
against Lamar and received a very
f1attering vote, but this vote, when
analized, simply amounted to the op-
position to Lamar and could have
been received by almost any man who
entered the contest against the pres
ent congressman.
Kehoe's Chances.
1t has been whispered around over
the district that Walter Kehoe, the
popular state attorney for the first jul
dicial circuit, would be a candidate to
succeed Lamar, and there seems to be
some foundation in this rumor. If
Mr.. kehoe enters the fight he will
make it interesting, as he is a born
fighter" and has had quite an amount
of experience in many fierce political
contests.
There has been some speculation
as to what effect the candidacy of
Stephens would have with Kehoe's
chances of success, and some have
argued that it would again be case
of a house divided, but this can hard
ly be said to be true. The biggest
vote Stephens would poll would come
from Jackson county and the friends
of Kehoe think that he could carry
the county over both Lamar and
Stephens with a good majority. The
state attorney is very popular in his
judicial district, but just what he
would do after he crosses the Chat
tahoochee river 1t is hard to tell, ex-
cept in Jefferson county, where La
mar will sweep all competitors out
of his way with only handful Of
votes for them.
Mr. Kehoe has not decided definitely
whether he will enter the race, but
the chances are that he Will As
stated before he is born fighter"
and knows how to manage a cam
paign, but if he gets into this fight he
will have need of the services of all
his lieutenants, and all of their wits,
and influence, and prestige. for he
will go up against the hardest PROPOSE
ton he ever tackled, or will likely
ever tackle in Observation-Disclosures
ever tackle again in his political ca
reer. To tear down Lamar's record,
in or out of congress, and to break
into his popularity in this district
would be a hard task for politicians
with even more experience and skill
than Mr.. Kehoe
Comptroller.
There has been some talk Of an OPP
ponent to Comptroller Groom and it
is possible he may have opposition in
the next primary. In the first primary
after Groom went into Office ne was
by Israel j. Mccall of JAS
per, who was then clerk of the circuit
court of Hamilton county. hut the
people decided to allow the comptrol-
Ter to finish out the term of the late
VIM. Reynolds. Two years later there
was some talk of W. r. DormOn, OF
Live Oak, entering this contest, and
he authorized the announcement at
one time, but later came down, and
Groom went in without opposition. A
few weeks ago 1t was rumored that
Acknowledgement Foster would be a
candidate for this position next time,
and now comes the Fort Myers Breeze
and suggests the name of w. B. Sad
Ter, the assistant state auditor. 1t is
too early in the game yet to tell any
thing definite about the opposition
these state officials will have. but 1t
Is hardly probable that Sadler could
take the prize from Groom. Foster is
rendering the state good service as
the head of the militia and this will
operate against him IL he tries for a
change.