The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-05-04

CRAwroRDvLLg April q, 1880.

future of his young friends, oon9pos aaentis !;
he is facetiousy opulent In his antics and imag-
nations On going over to his Office recently,
was greatly surprised to find him in q very pc
culiar attitude retrospecting He was ngged in
sacerdotal robes as if to represent divine, and
was actually standing on his head, gszing east
ward. AS walked in, he, with detected and
melancholy expression, asked if Cadgale was
not the first wife Of Mahomet, adding that he
thought very seriously of meanderine to Mecca
as other pilgrims do on a visit TO i1e tomb of
Mahomet 1t needed but a moments survey to
reach conclusion as to the cause d this para
lytic stroke of his faculties. The magic puzzle,
13, Is, IA, was scattered round obviously. l
am happy to chronicle now that he Judge is
rapidly improving and bids fair, D. y, to be soon
restored.
notice from a communication sgned More
Anon" to the Patriot, that we hav, one Repub-
lican (white) in this county. The fellow that
writes under the foregoing soubrluet is only
2ctuated by personal motives, and no more of
a Republican than even yourself-e1dorses Grant
and Settle! The time Granted br casting his
ballot, we might rest contented if it was left TO
More Anon" to settle the momenous question
he'd Settle " it by flinging for sny Democrat
that might, may or will be nominated at ou- ma
tional convention.
The Republicans of this county met il con-
venton today to elect delegates 10 theirdistrict
and State conventions. As is their woned Gus
tom, much grumbling and dissatisfaction were
evinced. They had "pull, long pull, strong
mil fhoru ~ ~ ot
ere they expedited business. Wouh that l
were phonographer to give you Uerdatim, ct IT.
crGtim all their ludicrous proceedings. About
II A. M. Hon. s. B. Conover, John Wallace G.
w. Witherspoon, Chas- F. Avery and Major
Weeks, made their debut, hailing from Leon )
whereupon the meeting was called to order, and
after you hear de motion open for discussion,
ready for de question" was over, (Which was
well worth IS cents provided you are victimized
by the blues) came The speechifying. The first
waltzed out was Amos Hargrett, of this county,
who is exercised tow ards Hon. s. B. c.. land well
has he rightly for having Leon county man
to supercede Bradford instead of one from Wa
kulla in the custom house at St. Marks. His first
essay was to comment on their divisions which
are very obvious in Wakulla. Then he spoke Of
the convicts at Major Wyse's camp alleging
that the colored men received cruel treatment,
while the white convicts were made overseers,
&C. Then this honorable sage wound up by
telling his friends that the Democratic Congress
tried to put them back into bondage; but, thank
God," he further added, we, the Republicans,
have the majority now, and things will change"
Then came Mason Thomas, who said: Fellow
citizens Our situation minds me of de bear and
de two men dat went into de woods huntin' ;
dey found cave and one OBJ dem went down in
de cave to prospect and de odder he stayed out
to mine de mouf In de meantime, long kun
bear, and had got herself half down de mouf oh
de cave fore de one on de outside seed him, but
he did do and koched de bear by de tail. De
one inside holler out, who dat darken be hole ?
'Oh Brudder, says de outside one, if dis tail
broke you'll see who darken de hole And de
same way wild de Republican party, de only ting
we got now left am de tail and If we let dat tail
go we'll see who darken de hole"
Then followed John Wallace, who, as well as
Witherspoon, was very pacific, much to my as
tonishment, as expected blood and thunder"
He proceeded by offering resolution which at
first met with opposition by Hargrett and 9th
ers However it passed as follows:
Resolved, That U. s. Grant 10 the choice of the
Republicans of Wakulla for President and that
Thos. E. Settle is the choice for Vice President
and that the delegates of this convention are in
structed not to vote for any than those whom
they believe TO be Grant men.
His object, he said, in passing said resolution
was TO keep Grant from being defeated at the
Stale Convention that the monied men Of the
State were trying to steal the nomination from
Grant, and that Cheney and Dennis Eagan were
the men that they endorsed Blaine because they
held positions under Eherman-referred the con-
vention to the record of Grant as Federal Gen
eral, and admonished those that were not in favor
of his nomination as ungrateful; that General
Grant had set them free, and had since put down
the kuklux: told them of the supreme law regu
lating bal loting, &C., and that now there would
be no more ballet-box stuflng.
After another load Of grape shot at the Blaine
men, such as they could not be trusted and thai
W. w. Hicks would try and carry of In his
fiery chariot for Blaine the Republican vote o.
Florida, but he'd miss II, he gave way for With
erspoon, who told the Convention that he wa,
the poor mans friend and that he represented
the interests OF all poor men. white and black
that al rich men, Republicans or Democrats
were the enemies to the interest Of poor mer
and in his county the poor white men voted To-
him and would thank God to send them hun
dred Wltherspoons; recommended that col.
ored man be nominated for Congress and finally
closed bis chapter by setting forth the merits o
Hon. g. B. Conovcr-0f his manifold col0ret
Federal appointments; AMI Of the falsehood d
the Democratic party Though exceedingly mild
and amer little bringer toward Eagau, Hich
and Others, he TOO retired. Then Chas =. Aver,
50 'iis 10 hint," but alasl cate, the bird .
| fAte, o'ershadowed him; he undertook 70 dis
| buse the minds sf the Convention relative q
Dennis EAganis inHdeIisy 70 the party. q emit
ted telling you thai Eagan was accused B.
Witbuspocn for osce votiag kra Democsat.
Hence Axerys delspce, but 4 wss wIiled TIM
IA vs. not long q beat ne air-hs yas intes
| ,rppted b. Nvallaoe and Witbcnpoons who deal
| him such hssyy blows that he took his ssaa
| much mogtlAed and chagrined-- -nOt hoWeyes
] nniil ,he Id gixsp WaIlsee : ths y" J" and y