The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-29

Young Hus hes, the auburn haired Boan erges
Of Alachua, whn illuminated 50 obstreperously
against Democi ~cy in the Republican Conven-
ton, .aid he Was OF Irish parentage, Yankee
horn and Florit a raised, and had been 70 SIN
Francisco As ne seems sort Of suck ling Dea-
mis- Kearncv, perhaps he went there 10 take les
sons fir ,m the orator Of the sand lots, who, We
have heard is keeping peanut stand.
--Olentimcs during its session the convention
WAS a randemorium numbers of members beirg
on their lee. and striving 70 Outvell each other
and howl each other down. The old table leg
which he able bodied chairman welded as
gavel yainly bat, cred his table to enforce order
Langu,g e supplementary was accepted as
matter of course, and language inelegant WIS
the signal for applause One member protested
that if they went on in that way they would
" stink themselves to death before November"
Another me nber enforced the point he desired
to make by saying skunk neither barks nor
bites, bat if you corner him he stinks." Alto
geher, it WIS quite representative Republican
assemblage- decidedly independent of &C
ccptcd motions of decency and propriety.
Til. most entertaining episode of the Con
vention was the speech of Captain l.. G. Dennis.
the Iii tie giant OF Alachua." He WAS one Of
the bitrrest opponents of the endorsement OF the
Independents, which he termed the surrender Of
the Republican party, and avowed would assure
the success of the Democrats" the wicked de-.
mocracy who have fanked us in every way--this
Indepen lent movement is trick, and if you
adopt ii yon destroy the Republican party, etc"
Despite his Otesque action and dr0llery of Ian
guage, tie protest of The little man was rather
pathetic at tines. After much jeering uprOar
while he faced the crowd from the platform he
silled them to attention by saying" 1t gives me
great pleasure To look fIe Republican party of
Florida Inv the face, but feel that it is the last
time sh, II See thai party" Stating that he was
delivering speech which ne had contemplated
for six weeks past he proceeded to denounce the
action that would surrender the Republican
party OF twenty thousand voters, thoroughly dis
ciplincd NJ Il organized to little handful of In
dependent Office seekers, who gave nothing in
return For one he would never consent to sur
render The party 10 the Independents-onl about
twenty-tiv of them =" who say if We don't take
them they will go back to the Democrats-the
Democrats won't have them" To endorse the
Independents would destroy the HepuDltcan
parry and his judgment and sympahie were
ull in favor of maintaining its organization He
married to the Republican party fifteen
years ago and he did not want to be divorced
1t had cost him than the maintenance OF
his family, and he would be twenty thousand
dollars better off if he had joined the democrats
six years ago Now Bisbee-Horache Bisbee
says The National Republican party wants it
DONE aud 80 The nisgers all want to go to the
independents What do the National Republi
can leaders cane tor the Republicans Of Florida
VIII" have moi helped them since 1876 and lid
not give vote for Garfield? They only knew
OF the existence of the negroes when occasion
ally they smr led them which made the col
orci brethren furious 1t was seriously taken
into consideration at the Chicago Republican
Convention To cut off their representation. He
had yet to one prominent Republican come
on the platform and recommend the Pope ticket
\ voice said, will !" And Dennis retored
" You are not a prominent Repubican!'l He
concluded with, Il say damn the man who is
intriguing to sell out the party to the Independ-
enls. Y"n can give away The Republican party,
hut YOU can't give me awayr