The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-26
FROM TALLAHASSEE.

TALLAHASSEE, July 24.-The republi-
can state convention met at noon in
Gallie's hall, nine-tenths of the delegates
being negroes.
General w. NJ. Ledwith was elected
chairman. His nomination created a
great deal of discussion and uproar.
Osgood, of Madison, said Ledwith was
a Southern loyalist, and he was for him.
He, himself, was an original indepen
dent. He stirred up the brethren tre-
mendously, and closed in blaze of glo-
ry, amid cries of SO call the role, " "vote,
"vote and twenty fellows upon ''pints"
of order
Ledwith said he did not want to be
bone of contention. Lee wanted to
speak again. Chubb had question of
high personal privilege. Pandemonium
broke losse for a time. Cheney kept his
temper but could not keep order. Chubb
wanted to get to work, and told a story
about skunk that stole onions, and said
if they kept on this way they would
stink themselves to death before No
vember." More uproar, and motion to
call the roll was carried, ten to one:
The chair called on Mr.. Cobb, of Es-
Gambia, for speech. He made rat
thing campaign effort, in which he glori-
fled the local option law, and pronounced
Blaine one of the purest and most honest
men in the Union. He talked until his
false teeth fell out, and then subsidized.
Vociferous calls brought out the Little
Giant of Alachua. He said it gave him
great pleasure to look the republican
party in the face now, for he never ex-
pected to have the opportunity again.
Tremendous applause. He attacked
the independent movement, and declared
that he would not consent that 90, 900 re-
publican voters should surrender to a
little handful of men called independents
Ia voice, "Den you :ain't wild u.s. y
Uproar in the audience, in the midst of
which the committee on credentials came
in, and Dennis was chOked off
Kinds, of Putnam, reporeed the plat
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can platform, asks congress to grant pub
lie lands for purposes of education con-
demns the democratic party for opposing
the public printing bill, and the lax ad-
ministration of criminal laws, whereby
murderers have been permitted to go un-
punished wants reform schools opposes
the disfranchisement of citizens, excerpt
by course of record bids for the Cuban
vote. and endorses local option. 1t was
adopted.
G.. A. Boardman, of Putnam, and w.
r, Long, of Jefferson, were elected pres
idential electors.
ENDORSING POPE AND GREELEY.
Kinds, of Putnam, made speech, in
which he tore Florida from the Solid
South, and closed by offering a resolu-
ton to endorse +. w. Pope for governor
and j. c. Greeley for lieutenant gov
ernor, over which the convention went
wild
Dennis, of Alachua, essayed to make
another speech, but had hardly opened
his mouth before hOwls, cat calls and
Kisses filled the air. The chair rushed
to the front of the platform and flour
ished the table leg he used for gavel
like drum major at a militia muster.
Free speech was flung to the winds for
half an hour but the Little Giant rose
in his might, outhowled the mob and
made his speech, in which he denounced
the resolution and swore that the con-
vention could make fool of itself, but it
couldn't make a fool of him; and he
entered his solemn protest in a most un-
solemn manner.
Hughes, of Alaehua, General Walls,
j. E. Lee and others supported Kinds
resolution in speeches, and then the reso-
luton was adopted.