Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-07
MARTIN INCREASES
LEAD IN FLORIDA s
GOvERNORSH|P RACE

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June s.
Returns received today from scat
tered precincts served to increase
John w. Martins lead for nomlna-
| ton as Florida's next governor by
the voters in Tuesdays Democratic
primary The former Jacksonville
mayor was credited with 44,301 out
of a total of 12O,S52 thta had been
| tabulated this afternoon. His lead
over former Governor Sidney j..
! Cats was increased to S,794, show
ing a gain from morning figures
Of 740.
Mr.. Cats, whose total this after
| noon was 1907, was leading Frank
| r. Jennings, of Jacksonville, by
| ,46S, the latter's total being 34,039.
! These figures, however, did not in
! clude any additional returns from
| the admitted Cats strongholdS IN
the northern and western counties
! that have not been heard from, or
from which the returns are lncom-
| plete.
Worth w. Trammell, Of Miami,
registered a net gain of 1856, largely
! from Dade, his home county, which
! gave him\a total of 6,005 for the
state and 3,4S8 from Dade county,
! with one precinct still TO be heafd
! from. Charles H. Spencer's total
was 1910.
Few additional figures were re
| ceived today on tie presidential
preference vote for William G. Nc
Adoo and Oscar w. Underwood.
Those that were reported indicated
a continued gain by the Californian
Incomplete retur-s from eleven OF
! the So counties in the state, com
| piled here late last night, give Will
| liam Jennings Bryan, candidate for
J delegate at large to the Democratic
I national convention, 1852 votes,
with indications that the Commoner
probably will poll one of the largest
| vdtes cast in the Florida statewide
/ primary held Tuesday
Judge r. A. Greene, of Starke, was
| running far ahead of his opponent.
| Representative Frank Clark. candi-
date for the nomination to succeed
himself in congress, reports from
| about half Of the counties in the
| Second congressional district indi-
| Gated, and Herbert j. Drane, of the
| first district, was polling a large
majority over his opponent James
| w. McCants, of Tampa, as candi-
date to succeed himself in the house
| of representatives.
The second choice vote cast in
Tuesdays statewide Democratic
primary will be necessary to nomi-
nate f'lorida's next governor, 1t
seemed here today. All counties but
six had been heard from, although
returns from most of them were in
complete. and in some cases meaSer.
1t is not considered likely, however,
that figures yet to be tabulated
would give either of the two leading
me1 the necessary majority for
nomination on first chaice votes,
nor did it appear probable that
Frank En- Jennings would gain
enough to lift him from third place
into a commanding lead.
Votes already tabulated totalled
1899, of which John w. Martin
had received 42,898; Jennings, 49,
451 and Sidney J. Cats, 34,840;
Worth w. Trammell, $500 and
Charles II. Spencer, 1,011.
Four of the counties yet to be
heard from, Calhoun, Lafayette and
Washington, and five covered by
scattering figures, Baker, Dixie,
Franklin and Taylor, are located in
the northern and western part Of
the state, where former Governor
Cats has shown his greatest
strength.
thon, 2,253; Riley, 1,758; Carter, q
OF; Foster $3.50; Garcia. 1925