The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-17

that the minority was denied all rights
that the majority was in duty and honor
bound to accord to them in such a polit-
ical body.
I'd. The committee on credentials,
without regard to law, order or prece-
dent, ruled with despotic power that no
contestant delegation should be seated in
| or Just their claims appear. The pre-
cincts of Gainesville, Pleasant Plains
and Long Pond, represented respectively
by NJ. M. Lewey, Esq, Hon. VIM. Trap
and MIR. Simkins, showed conclusively
! by an abundance of sworn testimony,
contestees presenting no testimony In
rebuttal, that they were entitled to seats
in the convention, notwithstanding the
honorable and manly appeals to the COM
mittee IN behalf of contestant delega-
tions by Messrs. G. II. Thompson, I'D.
Taylor. Rev. James Jenkins and Stephen
Williams, the majority of the committee
was SO tempered upon by the deceit and
Vaccinations of ID. 4. Martini contestee,
and who was permitted to be present du-
ring the deliberations of the committee,
this committee persstently and arbitra-
rily refused to allow contestant delega-
tidns, representing fully eight hundred
Republican votes, even half vote in the
convention.
MIR. Ambrose, did allow and permit ID.
G. Martin, secretary of the convention,
to act as president and perform the du-
ties OF his office (secretary) at one and the
same time, contrary to all custom and
usage in similar bodies. We charge that
Ambrose did permit Martin to cease the
roll call on balloting for candidates, and
allow him (Alartin) to make speeches du
ring the call of the roll thereby perpetra-
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mitted in a political body.
4th. The will of the ajority as shown
in that convention was disgraceful,
shameful and alarming, SO much so that
il forced Gen. j. L. Walls, from n sense
of honor, to decline the nomination al
ready rendered him, End the convention
In great confusion and disorder, ad
journed without completing the nominal
tions for which it had been called.
9th. On the day after the convention
a few members of the So called executive
committee, met and pretended to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignar ion of
Gen. Walls, and did SO by reinstating
Walls, with no assurance of Walls ever
accepting, ahd il he does, what author
ity have Martin, Clinton, Jake jackson
and few others to meet and fix up a
ticket for intelligent and honorable Re
publicans to support!
In view OF these unprecedented politi-
cal outrages perpetrated upon the Re
pubicans of the county, and the refusal
of this convention to indorse Hon. j. G.
Greeley, the Republican standard bearer
of this district, we, the undersigned,
appeal to the Republicans of the county
to meet in Gainesville at an early day
for the purpose of harmonizing the party
in order that victory may be achieved on
the I'd day of November next.
w. \. Walters, j. w. Hall. William
Collins, Nose Ware, Harvey Story, ST.,
NJ. Nj. Lewey, j. l.. Roberts, William
Nelson. j. Il. Feltner. George Glass,
William Trap, Geo. j. Arrow, a. {.
Crooms, Rams Baskins. Charles Cole
man, Amos Mulberry, Frank Anderson,
Joseph Ingram, Robert lsaacs, Joseph
Mcclellan, Romeo Brisbane, Jacob
Jones, Randolph Williams, Jackson