The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-08-17
TIE AGONY OVER.
EXCITEMENT INTENSE BULLOCK
WINS A BIG VICTORY.
Bitch, Brown and Irvine Irvine With
draws and Bitch Gets the SEN
atorial Plum by Aocla-

ouCu iulCltSO anu dttciuducc HIS
never before been known i'm similar
gathering nor has q finer or more rep-
resentative body of men ever assem-
bled in this city.
Promptly ut noon Judge w. S. Bull
lock, chairman of the executive COM
! mittee called it to order in the Opera
House and read the call explaining
that through his fault the appoint
ment was made on the basis of the
vote of 1892.
Secretary G. w. White also made a
statement that he had called on ID. G..
Hull, the Sumter county clerk for the
vote of 1899, but received the vote of
1892 and was not made aware of the
fact until that morning.
The question of temporary chair
man came up, Mr.. Allan Rogers nam
ing Mr.. Chris KiIgore, of Wildwood,
who declined, when w. L. Tompkins,
of Dunnellon, proposed the Lame of
Hon. Geo. w. Wilson, who was elec-
ted by acclamation and was conduc-
ted to the chair by Messrs. Long and
Tompkins.
For temporary secretary +. p. Thag-
ard and G. w. White were proposed
but some one objected that they were
not delegates and were therefore ineII-
gible, when VIM. Fox secured the po-
sition and Donald McIyer was made
his assistant which he gracefully de-
clined as he had more important bus
mess on the floor.
Members of the press were invited
to the platform.
Mr.. Long moved that committee
of five be appointed on credentials;
substitute was offered making it one
from each precinct, and still another
by Prof. Stroller, making it six, two
for each faction. Mr.. Longs motion
finally prevailed.
The chairman named Judge S. f.
Marshall, w. l.. Tompkins and L. L.
Meggs, of Marion and Major Wright
and ID. III. Baker, of Sumter to consti-
tute the committee. The convention
then adjourned until two o'clock,
when the majority and minority re-
ports were read. The former recon-
mended representation on the basis of
the vote of 1892 and the latter the
vote of 1890. Mr.. Meggs and Tomp-
kins signed the minority report.
Mr.. Geo. w. Lyons moved the mi
nority report be laid on the table and
it provoked considerable discussion.
The roll call showed II votes for ta-
bling and 45 against. Ocala's deIega-
ton voting with the minority.
On these reports Sumter refused to
vote, as that county's delegates came
to look on and let Marion, as per
agreement between the two counties,
name her man and control in all mat
ters relating thereto.
Then came much discussion, what
was Sumter's representation under the
vote of 1890? No one seemed to
know, but General Bullock, who was
delegate from Lake Weir, made a
rousiDg speech in which he was for
obliterating all county lines and took
occasion to define the purity, sound
ness and strength of his democracy.
He was getting in his work in good
shape when Turner, of Fairview
called him to order by saying he was
not talking to the question before the
house to which General Bullock re-
piled that he was getting up to it and
continued his remarks.
A short recess was taken to enable
Sumter to determine what her repre-
sentation should be, and the conven-
ton adjourned to the court he use, as
Mrs. Parker's musical congress had to
prepare the opera house for the nights
musical program.
The court house was literally
jammed by anxious listeners and
Sumter said she would retain her 26
votes as they had no exact data for
the vote of 1890.
1t was then time to make a perma-
nent organization and it was moved
that the temporary officers be made
permanent when Capt. Eph Carney,
who held an Ocala proxy, proposed
Gen. Bullock, but Capt. G. was
knocked out on the ground that prox-
les had not yet been recognized; but
Major ]. M. Thompson, of Gambler
did what Carney was barred from do
ing. The vote when taken was 20 for
temporary organization and 3S for
Bullock, to which Sumter added her
26 votes, which announcement was
received with tremendous applause.
Messrs. Long, Stroller and Lancaster
escorted Bullock to the chair, and Mr..
Long turned to the audience and said
Gen. Bullock needed no Introduction
in Florida.
The general was visibly affected By
his triumph and vindication and re-
marked that language failed him in
expressing his deep sense of apprecia-
tion for the mark OF favor. But ii
did not fail him long as the recollec-
ton of the treatment he had received
in that house month previous, when
his fellow democrats had slighted, ig-
nored and attempted to read him out
Of the grand old party, caused his eye
to flash, his lip to curl and he ex-
claimed that his democracy glowed
and burned in his heart as bright and
vigorous and pure as il did when hs
cast bis first democratic vote In Ocals
As years ago. Aud what was hi.
offendingg Only that with others ht
had met ii Jacksonville ii January
last and formulated an address IN the
Interests Of The people and the demo-
4 cratic pnffv. warning them aNains'