The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-08
; AMENDMENTS
ARE ADOPTED,
One IN DOUBT
Reapportionment Meas
ure Has 416 Lead
in Partial Re-
turns.
(Bv Associated Press)

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. T.
Florida's democratic congress
sional delegation was returned
in today's election.
With the returns in today's
election drifting in slowly, the
fate of the reapportionment
amendment remained in douot
tonight, an ANALYSIS Of the mea-
ger results leaning slightly in
favor of it's ratification.
| There was apparently no doubt of the
| passage of other three amendments, pro-
! Viding for an additional judge in circuits
of 10000 population or more, for monthly
| payment of county officers salaries and
| that providing that special school districts
! may assess a tsxzup 70 ten mills rather
than three as heretofore.
Ratification of the reapportionment
amendment was leading by the small
margin of 416 votes from the unofficial
and incomplete tabulations of 4S of the
states 62 counties. These returns reflect
! ed only 224 precints CT the states total
of 1862. AS the count stood on the face
of these figures. 5,041 votes were favor
able to reapportionment and 4.625 against.
L ne ueIHDCTdLlC nominees lot iOur OF
the five state officers involved in today's
election were unopposed The uneXpired
term Of state school superintendent was
sought by w. S. Cawthorn and +. r.
Riley. Neither is a democratic nominee
| as the vacancy in the office developed
after the primary.
| Ratification of Primary
Despite the fact that the republicans
entered the field in larger numbers than
ever before in an off-year election in this
state. the days vote for state and nation
| al offices proved as usual to be nothing
! more than ratification of the democratic
primary of last June.
Park Trammel, junior senator, was re-
elected over his independent republican
opponent, w. c. Lawson, of Orlando.
In the first congressional district, Rep
resentative II. J. Drane succeeded over
his republican opponent, w. NJ. Gober,
While the incumbent, w. J. Sears, had
similar success in his fourth district con-
test with Howard Mckay. republican can
didate. Representatives Frank Clark. of
the second, and II. j. Smithwick. of the
third districts, were unopposed.
Chief Justice Jefferson \. Browne and
Justice r. F. Taylor we're reelected TO
the supreme court without opios.tio |
Likewise r. Hudson Burr and a. d.
Campbell were returned to the railroad /
commission.
Peculiar Contest.
A peculiar contest from a party stand
point centered about the contest for the
unexpired term CT the late DR.. W. y. |
Sheats, as state school superintendent. !
Mr.. Cawthorn was named by Governor /
Hardee to fill the office until it could be |
filled by the voters today. Shortly after |
taking office, Mr.. Cawthorn announced |
his candidacy in today's election for the |
full unexpired term. r. r. Riley, Of Jasper,
also entered for the office.
The democratic state executive COM |
n1ittee gave Mr.. Cawthorn's candidacy !
its endorsement, after discussing whether
the Committee should not name a party !
candidate. Some members Of the commit
tee doubted its authority to 20 this
far and the endorsement was the mid :
die ground Mr.. Riley's candidacy was ,
Handicapped at the outset by the refusal
of some county commissioners to place
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