The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-26

THE WAY THE SECOND
PRIMARY FIGURES.
Punta Gorda Herald.
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Now that Messrs Blount and Bryan
have entered their second contest for
the senatorial nomination, it may be
interesting to recall. as bearing upcs
the possible outcome Of the approac CHI
ing primary. the results OF the pri-
maries Of last spring and summer, IN
which Gov. Broward defeated Senator
Taliaferro. 49,. r -.
Not having the figures at hand. we
cannot give them exactly. but only ap-
proximate1y. It Will be remembered
that in the May primary, Gov. Brow
ards lead over Senator Taliaferro was
less than 200 votes. An analysis Of the
vote made just after the June primary
showed that in that primary some $500
new votes were cast and that practi-
cally all of them went to Gov. Broward
The L'Engle vote of 5000 was nearly
equally divided between Messrs. Brow
ard and Taliaferro. The latter lost in
the second primary about 500 of the
votes which he had received in the
first.
From these figures we may deduce
the conclusion that Mr.. Bryan. who
represents the principles and policies
advocated by Mr.. Stockton, will get on
the 31st half the vote cast for Mr.
Stockton on the 10th. But even II he
should get two-thirds of it and Mr..
Blount the other third, result that Il
quite probable, it will be necessary
only for Mr.. Blount to hold his own in
order TO win. This, on the sgsumptlon
that no new votes will be cast In the
second primary. in which case It will
be necessary for Mr.. Bryan, in order u
win, 10 get nearly 5000 Of Mr.. gtocke
tons 900 votes
We are quite confident that no al u
the Stockton votes will go 70 Mr.. gry
an; indeed. it Ia likely that more than
a third of them viii be cast for If
Blount There are many Of the sup
porters Of Mr. Stockton who feel thar
he has been unjustly treated in the ef-
fort, now unsuccessful. TO get him aside
little service for his faction, and their
vote for Mr.. Blount.
There is also reason for believing
that several thousand new votes will
come into the primary on the 3lst AND
that Mr.. BIount will receive majority
Of them. Just as was the case last June
when Gov. Broward got practically al
of the $500 new votes cast
Another thing: Gov. Browards smaI
lead over Senator Taliaferro in the
Nav primary gave him prestige witf
all those who wish to be ''on the win
ming side,'' and all of them voted fol
him. Mr.. Blount's lead of 1000 ovel
Mr. Bryan is pretty sure to have Z
similar effect and catch the votes o
the same element.
Thus, looked at from every point o
view, it appears that Mr.. Blount's ulti
mate triumph is sure. His chief dan
ger lies in the possible over confdenc'
of himself and friends, but he has al
ready cautioned, his friends agains
this very thing, and he is out cam
paigning with the vigor and effective
ness that characterized his previous
campaign. It Is claimed by those VIII
should know that everywhere he ha
made a speech, he has gained votes
and if this continues for two week
longe as it surely will, his victory vii
be decisive.
| The overwhelming majority whtcl
he received on the 10th IN West Flor
ida. a splendid endorsement by hi
home people who have known him 81
his life, is a sufficient guaranty tina
he is a man who can be implicitly
| |rrste5 IN any oOsition