The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-13

jacksonville an the 18th inst, was a
v.rs quirt and orderly affair. IN ap-
parent restraint WAS pu. ON the proceed
mrs and any one can see that IT was
agreed On before hand To have no un-
,rtuly conduct on the part of the col
art,l brethren. Walls Was particularly
nice. He made motion To proceed at
once it'll IN informal ballot for can
lilat,., and dispense with the long and
tedious nominating speeches usually IN
,lulsed i'm On such Occasions. MIR. Tree
l,y is a nice man and lie would not prob
ably accept nomination from NOISY
convention.
Little bs'nni, was greatly missed. lie
could always be depended on fOl row,
particularly if Bishee WAS a candidate.
i,ut dennis i, dead and Blsbee is tired Of
politics. and, as IA consequence, such
profound statesmen as Pat McMurray
hail absolute control of the convention.
Any unr can SEE that the old fire in the
patty has ,ilcd out Even the colored
nr.n are getting tired of going through
the motions of making a barren nomIna-
and corrupt but his friends could create
an enthusiasm that ,ireeley cannot be-
] gin Ia inspire. II Greeley Ii elected his
/ friends will have to lo it for him. lilo il
not capable Of making Il canvass and
viii have to depend "n republican or.
} atnr- To- do that for him.
The entire proceedings, while they
pt,>rnt no objectionable features, rs
! far as the business Of the convention
/ Mas concerned. show a want Of faith in
success or u feeling that the Republican
| parry has strength enough to overcome
ilr, lhughcrtys mn jorIty. Mr.. t'reeley
rs a highly respectable gentleman, hut
there IL nothing about him or his char.
art.r that can make n header. Iislee
was strong and aggressive pOliti.
can. The hest that can be said
for Grrtlry is that he is not offensive.
| IT, has not, even ON the matter Of ten.
prranc", been known to take anything
like n decided stand on any question.
liz is an unloubted republican, ambi-
tiuu., bnt wholly deficient in the quail
lies of Il man needed in congress.
llls friends do not expect that he will
succeed if there are no divisions in the
d'mnrratlc party. They are banking
somewhat On that, but they ought to
know without much proel Get Of any
advantage to them. Democrats can
| Iu,rr,l before III" nomination, and to
.une extent afterwards, but they under.
ianl veil their duty and obligations as
party men, and always vote the straight
democratic ticket.
Republicans pretend that this district
has received a large accession Of colorc,l
voters from the other counties Of the
state in the past two years, which will
aid considerably 10 their voting force
this fall, but We apprehond that they
over estimate their strength in this 70
sl,ret But whatever they may have
gained IN this direction will t1 fully met
hy the ncrrasc in the white democratic
vote.
They aLo assume that Mr.. Dougherty
did not win two years ago, but that Mr.
lii,lo was defeated by disscnsions IN
his own patty Here again, in our judg
ment, another grave error IN made ~
their part With all the efforts Of Wallc
and Dennis in Alachua county, less thar
700 voters were induced to support tl,,
independent ticket. The real opposition
to l,lehee during that canvass will IN
r>eltcd against Greeley. Walls had II,
strength only as lu was enabled to com
manl material aid" in his opposition
Ia Hlslcc. l,isboc was a strong man
and the very means that were used I,
defeat him can aud probably will be- ose,
with much greater effect against Mr.
Grcelcy.
We regard t,rcrley ~ a respectable
but not "A strong candidate, and AS th,
canvas. progr s,rs II will be plainly dc
vcloprd that thu republicans have made
4 feeble choice. Hut this should No
deter democrats from watching an,
working earnestly tor their candidate.
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