The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-04

tors, the peers of any the world has yet .
produced When I hear the sons of /
these men-the great hope of the new +
sOuth-denOuncing. with scorn and con- /
tempt, the perennial farce in which the /
democratic party does the voting for
the whole state, and laughing with de
rision and mockery at the grim satire on
Jeffersonian democracy, afforded by one
state government, my hopes increase. /
Then the state which gives health to the
weary. Over-worked invalid of less IA
vored chimes will burst asunder the fet-
tiers of fraud that bind her to that stand
ing menace to the peace Of our country
-.'the solid southland. to the sweet
music of The Union Forever, progress
and prosperity. cast her electoral vote for
the .Piumed Knight Of Maine and the
soldier, statesman, hero and patriot,
John a. Logan. IF Illinois.
when Ill., 5ri"#- had finished his re-
raa..,e. tho ra..a.i.a r.as .uu,aG.
On motion, t.ie convention then pro-
naef=H Il elect delegates 10 TIE Eernan-
dina congressional convention, and while
the ballots were being prepared. William
LaRoaha was elected assistant secretary.
The following names receiving a ma
iority Of the votes cast, We're declared
elected as delegates: DR.. Cowgirl, J. L.
Purcell. D. Y. Hill William II. Vincent,
and c. ". Lyle.
On motion. the delegates were author
lied to appoint their own alternates, but
later in the proceedings presented the
names Of the alternates, and had the
convention to endorse their choice They
were: c. L. GOwen. J. T. Tenney. J. J.
SAWYER, D. J. Daniels and D. w. Kirby.
Next in order was the election of dele
gates to the republican state convention
which meets in Tallahassee, on the oath
instant.
While the ballots were being prepared
Dr. Cowgirl earnestly recommended that
Hon. r. J. Broad be placed on the dele
cation to the state convention. because
he. almost along, seemed opposedsto the
proposition to merge the republican
in the Independent organization.
This ballot resulted in the selection of
Thos. Kinds, Alfred Davis R. j. Broad,
DR.. J. C. Donnelly and d. A. Boyd; THEN
alternates are: A. n. Doyal, 0. G. Au-
gier, w. H. Mann, j. III. Purcell and
David Watts.
At this point Chairman Purcell called
D. y. Hill to the chair and took the floor
He stated that, as he had received the
lowest vote Of any delegate to the Fer
nandina convention, under the peculiar
circumstances he most emphaticalIy re
fused to serve. and he wished the con
vention to consider his place on the del
egation vacant. His reasons for this
course were, in substance that the col
ored people in the convention and in tn,
republican party We're Overwhelmingly
in the majority. but notwithstanding
this fact the whites had managed to ge
seven of the ten delegates appointed b,
the convention; he did not doubt tn
fairness of the means used to obtain thi
result, but the result was the same. ant
without violating his principles AM
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