Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-09-30

ne IOllOWlnk elltOflal from ne
Tampa Tribune escaped our attention
until il was copied in The Pensacola
News, but II is SO breezy and original
in It's manner of handling the candi-
dates that We feel 1t will interest our
readers:
The Senatorial race for 1919 may
be said 10 be already on. Four ayow.
ed candidates are In the field. not
including the present incumbent. who
may be safely counted as a candidate
for reelection. This list is:
u. p. Taliaferro. OF jacksonville.
Nv. a. Blount, of Pensacola.
-. J. Reeves, OF Pensacola.
Claude LEngle, of Tallahassee.
~. p. Broward, OF jacksonville.
Every candidate In the list is from
lac northern section OF the State.
Not one is from the peninsular sec.
ton. Jacksonville has two candidates
Cand the present junior SENATOR,
Pensacola has two and Tallahassee
one. South Florida's vote will decide
the result. The balance OF power is
In this section. The strongest man
in South Florida will be the winner.
"Of the five, Taliaferro and Brow.
ard are the strong candidates. at the
present outlook. Blount would be a
close contestant but for the fact that
he has opposition In his own strong
hold. Reeves will not get the vote
that BlOunt will but practically every
vote he gets will be vote taken from
BlOunt. He, will make much greater
iDrO1ds upon Blount than l. Engle will
upon Broward. L'Engle will get a
scattering vote in every part OF the
State. Blount will get heavy vote
In West Florida and a respectable
vote in other sections. Reeves
strength will be limited To West Flor.
ida. Broward will carry the vestige
OF his former alliances, which. how.
ever. will be a formidable array OF
Browardites, sort OF Old Guard.
faithful to Napoleon. II is a force 90
be reckOned with In Florida. Some
lOf Il will go TO L'Engle, but the
L'Engle automobile will not be- of
great carrying capacity. II is liable
to break down at any stage Of the
road and spill its occupants into the
mud. where they will be- picked up
by the less SNOWY but surer vehicles
Of other competitors. The L'Engle
automobile will disseminate fuss and
OdOr and will make the campaign
more lively. even IL more nauseous.
but. IL IL crosses the finish line at
all, II will be after the prize has been
awarded. the winner congratulated
and the crowd gone home
What of Taliaferro? lie has said
nothing and, SO far as is apparent
done nothing as yet In relation 20
the contest. He has not even suggest.
I'd the POSSIBILITY Of his candidacy
doubtless not dceIning this necessary
But he's running now--that may be
counted ON. lie realizes the diffl.
cultles of the contest. the new con.
slderaticns and exactions incident "a
the new material which has offered
itself before the people. Every man
who will oppose him. except Broward
is an unknown quantity, so far as a
Statewide contest Is concerned. Not
one OF them has been n candidate be
fore the people of the whole State
. BlOunt. the astute, serious .mindc!
sober-mannered lawyer. hitherto wed
ded to his profession. in politics only
as an indulgence or TO assist hi,
friends: Reeves. a Judge and a State
Senator. little known outside Of his
immediate neighbdrhood: L'Engls
Journalistic free lance. well advertis
ed. his real strength with the people
before whom he has speCtacularly dis
ported for several years never yet
tested-it is a puzzling combination
one to bafile the shrewdest OF prog
nOsticatOrs. Against this field, three
unknown. one known but subject e
change. Senator Taliaferro must enter
and fight.
There is little doubt that, in South
Florida, the present Senator is the
strongest OF the candidates. While
a citizen of Jacksonville, his interests
primarily linked with that section OF
1.-The State. he has interests with Us