The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-07
Special to The journal.

Jacksonville, April 6.-S. F. Cannon,
formerly of Mariana, where his father
now lives, but now rising young bust
ness man of Jacksonville, has been
making a careful survey of the presi
Dental situation in Florida and he is
convinced that Woodrow Wilson will
sweep the state on April 80.
Mr.. Cannon bases his observations
ON two grounds-first, the majority is
for Wilson anyway, and, second, many
who were not at first favorably inclined
toward him, have become disgusted
with the nigh handed methods under
which the allied opposition is seeking
to force the voters of Florida into the
support of Oscar Underwood. Trickery
and deceit may work under the old
convention system, but Mr.. Cannon
does not believe the men who vote in
the primary are going TO be bartered
and delivered as the Wall street in
terests are now trying to do in Florida.
To a Journal representative MIR.
Cannon said:
BANkHEAD'S VISIT.
ION February 9th Senator Bank
head, of Alabama, the visible head of
the Underwood movement, visited
Jacksonville and arranged with the
friends of Mr.. Harmon in this state
to cease their active support of his
candidacy and go over to the support
Of Underwood, the agreement being
that the Florida delegation if secured
for Underwood could be used for Har-
mon. While it would be impossible
to carry the state for Harmon, Under
wood might have chance by appeal
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feggp asa secfei. Us secre9 adVisof ar
s,silspaasn manipplater, Pleasant Hol1
sard 13 an evidence there came TO
Rplt's office a few days later for corr
sultaton and direction, Eugene Mat
thews, now a candidate for national
committeeman, Frank Chase, chairman
of the Underwood State Executive
Committee and a candidate for dele
gate -at-large, B. S. Williams, candi-
date for delegate, and others of greater
or lesser note. A week or two follow
ing there appeared in a majority of
the weekly press of the state four
page supplement as paid advertise
ment devoted to Underwoods candi-
dacy.
"The Harmon organs, except the
Tampa Tribune, which was not i'm
mediately reconciled, at once put the
soft pedal on Harmon and opened the
key boards on Mr.. Underwood, and
the elimination is that the names of
Messrs. Harmon and Clark, although
regularly presented to the Chairman
of the State Executive Committee for
entry. at their personal request do not
appear on the ballot, but only that of
Underwood in opposition to Wilson.
WHAT WALL STREET SAYS.
TN March, the Wall Street Journal
said: Tt is not improbable that within
the next ten days or two weeks an
understanding will have been made so
that the friends Of Mr.. Underwood.
of Speaker Clark, and of Governor
Harmon, respectively, will make no
campaign except in territory which
naturally belongs to the candidate
which it will support
EUGENE MATTHEWS FLoPs.
"a few days ago, the Bradford
County Telegraph, formerly q Harmon
prising to Mr.. Harmon's friends in
Florida If they do not find his name
on the ballots to be used at the com
ing primary. Under those circum-
stances this paper will find it easy to
give it's support toe Albanian
This was written by Eugene s. Mat
thews, now a candidate for national
committeeman from this state, in re-
porting a recent visit to Washington
"On March rs an Associated Press
Dispatch said: The contest in the
Democratic Presidential preference
primary in Florida will be confined to
Woodrow Wilson and Oscar Under
wood. Statements have been issued
from the Clark and Harmon head
quarters that the names Of these two
candidates viii not be on the Florida
ballot
THE INNOCENT TIMEs-UNIoN.
"On March so. the Jacksonville
Times Union said: We know moth
ing Of any combination, but IL would
not be improper for the three Demo
Gratis to combine against the Populist.
Thus is the combination heralded
from Wall Street. sanctioned by Tu-
gene Matthews. verified in fact. and
justified by the Florida Times Union.
In the south it is Underwood against
Wilson; in the east, Harmon against
Wilson, and in the west, Clark against
Wilson; but everywhere it Is Wall
Street against Wilson.
TIE SCHEME.
's'The scheme. so far as Messrs Har
mon. Clark and Underwood are con
cerned. is on its face a Dolitfcal
strategy gotten W with the intent to
weaken Governor Wilson before the
convention. who they realize is now
far in their lead BY parcelling out
the country in this fashion. the south
to a southerner. the east TO a con
servative. and the west to a near
progressive, they hope TO secure dele
gates enough between them to secure
the nomination for the one among
themselves who shows the strongest
hand. The scheme. so far as the
Special Interests are concerned is
aided and ahetted by them as a final
opportunity to defeat the one man they