The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-20
THE FLORIDA
SENATORIAL FIGHT.

SENATORIAL FIGHT. .
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Claude or Napoleon?
Ex-Governor Broward has announced
his candidacy for the United States
senate. This announcement has come
so late that many of his friends had
come to believe that he would not be
| in the race and L'Engle has doubtless
gained strength by Broward's mac
tiVity. To our way of thinking it is
doubtful whether it be Broward or
L'Engle that has the pleasure OF max
ing the final contest with Taliaferro.
I-Wauchula Advocate.
BroWard VS.. TaIiaferro.
| EX-Gov. Broward's announcement as
| a candidate in the coming primary for
the United States senatorship makes
| it reasonably certain that the real bat
| tie for the nomination will be between
himself and Senaor Taiiaferro, with
the chances in favor of the ex-govern-
or in the event Of hot speaking cam
paign. If Broward gets into the sec
ond primary the prize will be more
than half won.-Palatka News.
Non-CommittaI Yet.
We received through the mail on
Tuesday last a letter from ex-Gov. n.
B. Broward transmitting his announce
ment as candidate for United States
senator in the approaching Democratic
, primaries. This changes the situation
materially. Broward is one of the
strongest men in the state, grand
campaigner and proverbially success
| full man in politics. He has been con-
nected favorably with some of the
most important events in the state
which makes him a strong candidate.
He has many devoted friends who re-
joice that he enters the race. The
Southern Argus will accord him the
| courtesy of its columns, as We do the
| others. We are not inclined at this
time to champion the candidacy Of any
man, preferring to give all an equal
showing without expressing our per-
sonal preference. Later If we deem it
best we will do so.-Brooksville Argus.
Good Advice.
Senatorial situation: Three have
platformed, two announced; two who
platformed have withdrawn. Do not
neglect your tomato crop on account
of politics.-Brooksville Argus.
About Claude.
Claude L'Engle is getting real
naughty. You know about election
time Senator Taliaferro becomes a
great man and all his mighty deeds
In behalf OF the people are written on
the back Of a postal card and mailed
to the voters. Now Claude is from
Missouri, politically speaking, and he
| ha 70 re oh n,ho
has done before he believes a word OF
it. He has heard about the great
sums the Standard Oil senator has Sc
cured for Florida and he investigates
: the matter. The result was that he
/ found little old one-eyed senator up
in South Carolina answering to the
name of Ben Tillman had secured mil
| lions more for harbor improvements
| and rivers than TaI1aferro, though
Florida has many times the miles of
sea coast and rivers Of South Carolina.
Naughty Claudy, you shouldn't have
| told it.-Perry Herald.
| Picturesque Candidate.
! The irrepr essible Claude burst upon
us few days since with his auto.
His canvass seems to agree with him
as he Is stouter than when he was
here last and he has lost none of his
confidence in the successful issue OF
his race. Always picturesque and
witty, he is, aside from his campaign,
one Of the most interesting men in the
state. Those who take his race lightly
now, will soon see that he is power
to be reckoned with. He has the con-
| tidence of the plain peoples. S. s.,
in Barlow Record.
Favors TaIiaferro.
Senator Taliaferro is man Of
strength, his ability Is recognized by
his fellow senators and when he wants
a measure passed that is favorable to
Florida it is not turned down without
consideration and seldom without ia
| favorable action. His work in the
senate has proven this to be true
VIII the people of Florida set aside a
man Of experience, influence and
strength in the senate for a man Who
would have all these things to acquire
and quite probably never be able to
acquire them at all? We do not be-
lieve they will.-Leesburg Commercial
| Claude In the Running.
The Jacksonville Metropolis evident
| ly doesn't consider Claude LEngie as
factor in the senatorial fight. A car
toon in that paper of last Friday had
candidates Taliaferro and Broward
running a neck and neck horse race
| for the senatorial goal (Taliaferro
slightly in the lead) and Judge Reeves
endorsed in the rear, and L'Engle not
even pictured. Perhaps the Metropo-
| lis has the situation correctly sized up,
but we want to venture an opinion
that at the final post it will be found
that L'Engle is in the running, at least
Madison Enterprise-Recorder.
Unfortunate West FIoridfans.
The West Florida senatorial candi-
dates seem to be unfortunate. Judge
Blount, who entered the political race
with a grand flourish of trumpets and
pronounced indications of staying
qualities, at least, found after a few
weeks that he couldn't remain until