The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-05-06

the fight over the majority report. whiSH sihs
kept up for two hours, until motion pt67Bibkf
to recommit the report to commit,ct Ut dAe
from each county. 1t was manifest by ttiatSdsr e
that the faction led by Walls, of Alackuax hhd
Kinds, of Putnam, had won over na5sfEs;d,f
the delegates away from the Ledwith yatst*Aft
ring and this they proceeded to take attvahitAgeIp
without further delay. A motion wnSt np n
adopted to elect the delegates from the. snHy1of
the Convention, one at time upon the taN ipf
the roll. Dennis Eagan was the first ssit1nly
one, at this time, thus regularly elected. tE:fhe
followers OF General Ledwih, realizing 21al flse
Jig was up" mounted the platform ysiirlx
and crowding each other like so many ilss II
the swill tub, until somebody among ti:egn 1hs
Chairman, declared Ledwith, Cole AMI s$evxst
elected by reclamation. This ammo :Iltc:.slhni
was followed by great confusion and nSi b tx
element, many delegates shouting ont, s"WGfl
hold another Convention" we won't stAra ANY
such fraud" etc. etc, until whatever thea; Jiad
been OF a Convention was now little lss$ taau q
mob. A motion was recognized ffpIr, kauie
source by the terroriZed and dcmorali1si IaAsif
man, TO adjourn till nine O'clock and textart,d
carried. ~
During the recess matters were speedily az
ranged, and the 4" bears tail broke" :1E la,e'
claimed there was no election except il lths3 ase
of Mr. Eagan, and demanded that the CdnveIi-
ton proceed to elect the remaining tllrc: fdele-
gates regularly as previously Ordered by ,the
Convention Joseph f. Lee was neAt elqatel
and then j. ID, Cole, of Jefferson. The ;ol;r.a of
Mr. Cole in refusing to c"untcnance anything
savOrng Of fraud or frreguarity was so wdlffa;,-
preciated that when the roll was called ecdss.ael
egate in the Convention responded in ftfnr uf
Cole. This was certainly most gratifying had
complimentary TO Mr.. Cole and his iricncS and
an honor well merited for his well known trSess-
rlty OF purpose.
Stewart, last but not least, was pittel u4al.st
his bosom friend and co partner, eicnetal ka.l-
with. This was the lick that broke the 1iSns
jaw, for both had sworn to love: and oiltEash
and to defend and perish together but wlus the
last moment came, Stewart didn't perish Vskth
cent He received about two votes: to Ledwish,s
one, and his election finally made uh;tn5 {
nous; and thus was General Ledwith sacrifs3.s
buried in the grave dug for another MOI Fbaa
they Loved Caesar less, but they loved ttfsca
more. 81:
The Convention afterward DIVIDED into: ISIS
trict Conventions, and elected j. n. Coontbs .snd
a. G. Lghtbourne from the First ard J &; fasne
and ii. w. Chandler of the Second District,
-Four whites and four blacks in all, four Fcdasal
office holders two who want office and twoix nd
want good time i
There were many curious things connde,ed
with this gathering that would br intcit5sibea
reading, but which | omit on account of tie
length of my letter The defeat oil LtdW Obi
meant something, and coupled with HE Tad, Sf
his alliance with Stewart postmaster III T&isrA
hassee, the admission of the post-ollicc delegL-
ton headed by John Eagan, postmaster ut Pea.
sacola; the late visit of the Postmaslcr-( ienera
and the presence at Augustine of Igte sptSiaE
agents (inspectors) OF the Post office Department; !.
and as the Times Union of the I'd inst siys tks!
notorious fact that General Ledwilh has htd
the use Of Il considerable amount Of monty
which he spent freely. He bought seventy tica !
cts from jacksonville to ST. Augustine and return .
In one batch and distributed them where: th,N /
would do the most good )" and the close c,,isIn43
mon noticeable between these post Office aGetS 4
and candidate Ledwith was very suggestive ii B
dark horse " from Indiana. General Istesi..
am has but just left the Stale and lett - fair iuS
preston behind; but ii il be true, many siiS
pect, that Florida was 10 start SpusicfA
boom in the Convention for Gresham. sh.a
the utter annihaion OF Ledwith Was more si.3 |
niticant than it at first appeared
1he independent increment was seen here, puff
ing and granting in the person of eX- -IDrc Luss3
Stea1nS. But the mOvenleHt" WAS anxious al - |
lacked motive power. 1t is said the LeoYitil
Stewart combination embraced the nlilveI
ment also, and that as far back ITS the Gnine=, |
Vile thoroughbred Convention it was decided sI, |
" bust the State Committee and elect IL new oae
In this Convention in the interest of the nove~ !
ment Following out the arrangement " i,ers |
the business was about concluded, John " il:aee' !
(Independent) yelled out a motion 10 tear the Gli
committee to pieces giving as his reasons tleye.
Tor, " that the present committee not }u
sympathy with the Independent movement
After listening long enough to ascertain what
dat niger tryin' TO do cries of put him ONT
shut up niger" came from all parts OF the ll'
and motion to adjourn stIte die was put and c%t
RED. Before adjournment, however, IL teasporh-
ful or two of sop was dished oui to the bereayef
Stearns and his halt dozen Independent wldaRs
(Stripling, McKinnon It Ml in the shape tt
the following "powerful" L'depenel7t r-s4ait
ton: ]
Resolced 10y the Convention) That W" head
lily sympathZe with all classes of citizens in IDS i
State who are opposed TO the present Bourlnns i
and trust that by mutual ca-1u- Il
Grafton its speedy overthrow may be atco.rt- i
plished" ! I
Amt that squelcher. +
have endeayored to give you the principal II
points of interest connected with this show, ansl
to do so without prejudice or improper rcflcclioD
upon any one. Had the time and space muct
more could be written of an interesting nature:
but the facts are before you briefly as | can
tell them. L forgot To state that mild rcsOini [
ions were adopted endor-ing Arhurs services !
md that the delegation goes uninstructed. B. /