The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-06-07

has a right to demand this until her waterways
and harbpr- are adjusted 10 The uc"dS Of com
m,rce - the me extent rs oihtr sect of The
country
Fourth That the - mpc-alic p .riv oi Fiou
ia does hereby express its unqaiitrt appr'h'-
ton ni ihc administration al Prcsi lent Clcvc-
land anil their earnest desire inr his rcanmint-
ton and re- election Tl,a' IN President Cl"vc-
land the Democracy ot FITilI rrcnIniZ Il
grand type of American mlnho H. nasmuch MS
he is mindful OF otfi IL, responsibility cautious
but fearless in official action, An Sic ,dtast TO
duty in tin. lace of opportunity 10 do wrong.
Fifth That President Cleveland in his pubic
life rXrmplItirS simplicity without ptr>im my
dignity without osenttinn, seit-re>prct with 'ut
exclu>lvenrss, which atiributes should IN ,rk the
character ot one who is thf emb ',li'n"nt nt the
sovereign IN j sly "t more than sixty millions of
people
Sixth-rhlt we ap ,rave the intl .xihlr stern
ness with which President Cleveland has
dcavored Ia cnfnrc.. the law relative 10 the much
nceled reform ttion OF The civil service policy OF
the government.
Sevrnth-We urge upon our Represent a'ives
and Senators at Washington To use every effort
I" bring 10 a successful issue the Democratic
measures for tariff reform which now pend
nG before Congress.
Eghh--We heartily and unqua'ifi"dly endorse
the last annual message OF President Cleveland
as emhodving our views upon the tariff reform
necessities ot the country.
Ninth-RewlCed, That the delegates elected by
this convention to ST Louis he instructed Ia cast
their votes for The denomination o! Grover
Cleveland.
Tenth--We point with pride to the continu,-
tion of that era of progress and prosperity in
our State inauguratcl by the advent to power of
the Democratic party in 1876
Eleventh That it is the duty of The State to
educate lis children, and that we favor the main
lenancc OF the present liberal provision for our
system of public schools.
Twcltth--We reierate with emphasis that
timc-honOred maxim of the Democratic party
equal rights to all, exclusive privileges to none.
Thirteenth That the remarkable and steady
growth OF our population, and the enormous
flow OF capital seeking permanent investment in
our State is noteworthy indication of the
prosperity OF the Stale, and that We invite wor-
thy and indus rions people from All quarters to
come and settle among us with the confident MS
surance oi Il friendly welcome, and an equal op
poriunliy; and we heartily approve the r. cent
establishment of y State immigration As@ocia-
,nn and pledge il our cordial sym aihy and
earnest support in lis efforts To people our Stale
with honest citizens, no matter IRON whence
they come
Four reenth-I Iae~Icei That tue nominee of
this convention for Governor, by the accept tncc
OF the nomination, stands pledged to regard the
recommendation of the diff rent counties ol this
State as cXprcs~ ed nv The ID mocr IT'S OF the sew
cral counties through their party organization
for that most vital and important of all posi-
tionS their commissioners.
The following is the vote for Supreme
Court Judges: Raney 329, Maxwell 262I,
Mitchell, 304, King 2l2a. The chair de-
clared Judges Raney, Maxwell and Mitch
ell nominated
On motion OF Mr. Kirk the nominations
were made unanimous amid cheers.
Mr.. }. b. Dell, OF Alachua, moved that
Il committee of three be appointed to pro-
cure cane for the Honorable J. Ii. Me
kInne, as testimonial OF the able and
impartial manner in which he had pre-
sided over this convention. This was
unanimously adopted, aud the chair APP
pointed Messrs. TRAY, of Duval Blya, of
Columbia; and Dell, of Alachua; as the
committee.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The committee which had previously
been appointed for that purpose made the
following recommendations for the State
Executive Committee: w. ID. Chipley,
J. \. Henderson, p. Houston, J. 5. Leon
ard, +. j. TRAY, K. +. Taylor, NJ. II. Ma
bry, w. +. Anderson and A. +. Willard
The report was promptly adopted, and
the gentlemen appointed.
'Dr. Dewitt offered the following:
Re~lred, That the thanks of this convention
due to MIR. B. Genovar for the tree use of
TINS excellent oper,-house, SO generously ten
dercd by him 10 us. We commend his public
spirit, and appreciate his liberaliy.
This was unanimously adopted
On motion the thanks of the conven-
ton were also rendered to the people of
St. Augustine for their generous and
kindly hospitality and cordality to all
the members of the convention during
their stay in the Ancient City.
Mr. O'Connel offered the following:
Resotced, That the State Executive Committee
be, and they are hereby empowered to reappor
lion the representation of the several counties of
the Stale in Stale conventions upon such b,sis
rs they may deem advisable and that the State
Committee be, and they hereby requested to
give this matter their attention before y call
shall be issued tor another Stite Convention.
Mr.. Sparkman objected, and said that
he wanted more delegates to the State
Conventions than we now had. The reso-
luton was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Baltzell, of Nassau,
a committee of three was appointed to
notify all candidates of their nomination.
The chair appointed Messrs. Baltzcll,
Whitner, of Orange; and Parkhill, of
Jefferson.
SKETCHES OF THE NOMINEES.
Judge A. f. Maxwell has bean Con-
gressman, Senator, member of the LIE Iis-
lature, and has served twice on both the
Circuit and Supreme Court benches. He
is now Chief Justice, and is honored as
gentleman Of spotless character and fine
legal attainments. He is an ornament to
the bench of Florida
Judge Raney is young man, but has
been legislator, served as Attorney
General for eight years, and for four
years has been Supreme Judge. His
curacy.
Judge Mitchell has been the honored
Judge of the Tampa Circuit for several
years, and is urist Of eminent ability
and attainments.
DIR. John l.. Crawford, the nominee for
Secretary Of State, is a native of Georgia,
but for thirty years has been prominent
in Florida politics. For many years he
was a member of the Legislature from
Wakulla county and since 1881 has been
Secretary of State. The manner of his
selection is high compliment to him.
Major A. J. Russell, the candidate on
the ticket for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, is known to all Floridians.
For siv vaars naSt ha hos 1iS.ho ry.1