The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-26
Print Shops Working Over
time on Copy of
Candidates.
ANOTHER BOOK
BY GOV. BROWARD
! One Hundred Thousand
Copies Will Be Cir
culated.
FLETCHER GAINING RAPIDLY IN
HIS RACE FOR UNITED STATES
SENATE AND Is REGARDED AS
LEADING cANDlDATE-oRGA
lied LABOR FOR LAMAR.
BY J. n. Reese.

Tallahassee, Fla, April 25.-The
game of politics may be no more en-
gazing in Florida than 1t is in other
states. but certainly it is not less so.
There Is scarcely a printing press
In the state which has not been run
] ming over time during the past few
weeks, turning out campaign litera-
Jure for state and county Office-seek-
ers. Ii is reported that all the shops
In Jacksonville are SO flied with or
ders that it Is difficult to have even
pressing work accomplished and at
the state capital the lights burn
through the still watches of the night
In the initiatory effort of getting the
claims OF the cand dates before the
pec.te. The postoffice5 are flooded
: with it, so much so that the post
master at Tallahassee has had to call
! halt until his oyPsworked force
could reduce the 5ulging mail sacks
that are pils5zin on him.
The vcfuE1s'o of it, and the attending
cost, can seaneely be appreciated by
the uninitiated. For example. Gov
ernor Broward, cand date fer the SEN
ate. is having a hundred thousand
gsamphlets mailed out from Tallahas-
see This booklet contains a review
of his record in office and photographs
of the isr.blic basdins-s that have been
erected tlsarias his s-is,sls.s4ssst-orl- ,vtefr-
yiews. CT the Everglades drainage
work, showing sections of the canals
and the dredges at work. In his
campaign for Governor Candidate
Prow2rd used A baCk. reciting his
rather adve-turCUs = areer as fisher
man, tug boat captain and filibusterer
This book was widely read and quot
ci. and is believed to have been a
strong factor IN his election. 1t was
reported that he would write another
book for his present campaign, but
this race was thrust upon him so I'M
expectedly that he has been forced to
delegate his writing to others, and
the ramph'et he is now sending out
is OF much more modest prOpOrt 'onS
than the first work of this character
with which he bCmbarded the voters
of the state. The governor IS a dill
gent campaigner, and since he enter.
ed the rare four weeks ago he has
made only flying trips to Tallahassee.
The office Of the governor presents
a rather deserted appearance. When
the executive is away the place is be-
reft CT visitors. and the rCut me work
of tho office is being directed by the
executive secretary with the assist
ance of two stenographers. The gov
ernor has the reputation of being able
than any man in public life I'm Flor
ida, -ao9 il cannot he charged to him
tbFt he has not used al the time at
Z his disposal in making this canvass.
The fat Is. or rather il is geneI ally
estimated 70 be r fact, that if the
governor fails OF the nomination this
time that his political career viii
have suffered a stunning if not fatal
blow. He is too shrewd not TO realize
the fun force of this opinion, and he
is letting no opportunity pass to make
the goal this trip
Fletcher is Gaining.
The work which the governor is
doing is of that subtle. quiet charac-
ter that the effe7t of il will not be
fuzzy felt or realized until the vote
is counted. EiS strength is one OF
the political surprises of the decade
in this state. but certain forces are
operating against him now that cause
the result TO assume that problem
atical aspect which makes success
extremely uncertain for him.
OF all the candidates in the field
il may be asserted with a degree of
surety that F. Ell her is gaining fast
er than any. Ii is entirely probable
that Fletcher began with a weaker
following than Broward or Lamar
When ne began his campaign, and
he got into the field earlier than
any of the others. he made no claims
He has felt his way through three
months OF active work and thorough
advertising, and now he doesn't hest
tate TO say that he believes earnestly
that he will lead the vote in twenty
five counties. that in fifteen he viii
share equally with the others. and
for the remaining six he makes nc
prophecy. Fletcher takes well with
a crowd. There is no bombast OF spe
ciousness about him and wherever he
foes he makes friends. Il is known
that Candidate Broward regards
Fletcher with more fear than he does
Lamar and r would not be SURPRISING
# Fletcher and BrOward fought il ont
In the second primary II would be
surprising however to the friends o.
the governor If the first primary
should result in putting him third OF
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