The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01

convocation of the faithful was held in this city
last week to consider, we are told. the expedency
ofsendng delegates to attend the convention call
| ed by the State Republican Executive Committee
to he held at st. Augustine at an early day. The
meeting was attended by all the great lights OF
the so-caled L" Independent Party" consisting OF
Messrs 8, of Madison, w. Of Leon, B., of Su-
wannee, NJ, Of Washington, NJ. Of Marion, g.
of Brevard.
The meeting was held in the open air, not be
cause of the immense crowd, but probably be-
cause the enthusiasm of the participants was so
" red hot " that d" no pent-up Utica of an ordi-
nary room would hold ital The place of meet
| ing was on the back verandah of City Hotel, and
was kept profound secret from all but our Ar
gus-eyed reporter, who always equal to any emer-
gency, secured a favorable position among the
everhanging vines and took copious notes of the
proceedings which are condensed, for want OF
space, into the following brief abstract
Mr.. B." Gentlemen"
Mr.. W.-"IIold on youngster, this Amt your fu-
neral. propose to run this thing myself. Gen
tlemen will come to"
Mr.. s." Well, now. | call that cool. Per
haps you all didn't know that"
Mr.. NJ, of Washington, -Gentemen Gentle
men Don't let us wrangle about details. | call
the meeting to order, and propose that Mr.. w.
take the chair
Mr. W" Don't want it,"
Mr. NJ, of Marion,-"I II gentlemen will per-
nit me" cries Of " Hear -" Hear!l Gentle
men, lie; us not waste precious time. | call for
the precious question"
Mr. NJ, Of Washington" Right yon are
Mr.. w. will take the chair
Mr. W. with graceful air of reluctance took
the chair amid dismal growls of dissatisfac ton
from several gentlemen. He called the meeting
to order and announced that the meeting hal
been called to appoint delegates Here he was
interrupted by cries of No." No" We
only came to consider whether uI not we would
do so" Silence being restored, the chairmln nc.
cepted the amendment with Il sardonic smile,
and declared the meeting open for business.
A suggestion was made that secretary should
be appointed, but as such thing had never been
heard of at an Independent meeting it being
a cardinal principle of the order never to trust
anything to he put on paper for fear of exposure,
the proposition was promptly voted down.
1t was then proposed. to test the sense OF The
meeting that steps he taken oprovidc for the send
ing of delegates to attend the Republican Con-
venton at st. Augustine. But objected one
"suppOsc the convention Will not admit 0ur dele
gates?" The reply was: {" They are bound to.
1t is case of grounding. The Republicans
are expecting us, and we must go" One 'mem-
Der" thought that the q" party" had assumed
~. .l..lo L al.
Gainesville Convention that it could afford
to wait for some distinct overture from the
Republicans looking toward coalition; which
was promptly disposed Of by the remark of
another member to the effect that the tail
could not be expected to wag the dog. This
was manilesty unanswerabe. and the dis
cussion took another direction, apparently
on the assumption that the question I'm
der debate had been disposed of in the
affirmative The manner OF appointing dele
gates being next considered, gave rise to serious
and difficult questions; as the " party" was so
scattered, as il were, difflsed in other words
it spread out thin over such a large territory,
that it was difficult to arrive at any satisfactory
basis upon which to adjust the representation,
and it was finally determined that the party
should attend the convention in body Ar
rangements were made for notifying McKinnon
of this determination, he and two others being
the only members OF the party not present, and
this portion of the business was considered as
disposed Of
Someone then started the question of funds
for defraying travelling expenses, etc. but there
was no response He remarked that he was like
the sea-sick passenger who was approached by
an old traveller while paying his respects to Nep-
tune over the rail of the vessel with the sympa-
thetic remark you're sick ar'n't you." to
which he responded "Oogh ali Oogh Thun-
der and guns man do you think I'm doing this
Just far tun!' Continuing, the speaker said that
he had had some fun out of his connection with
the party but in pecuniary sense it decidedly
hnd net pull, and he wanted to know when the
marks were cheereI heartily by one or two of
the others who sympathized with him, but a
lofty silence was maintained on the subject
der discussion by the sachcms Of the tribe, and
the member subsidized
There being no further business to transact
the meeting adjourned TO convene again in the
suburbs of st. Augustine" on the day of the Re
publican convention, it being understood that
the main body of the party should remain in
ambush, with advance guard of scouts de
tailed to reconno1re the convention general
attack thereon 10 he made in force at given
signal, if deemed expedent by the sachems, who
are to attend the convention in the disguise of
spectators and watch the current of events.