Evening star., 1896-10-06
FOR SOUND MONEY.
Phe Movement Said to BE Spreading
In Florida.
COrrespcpdt of The Evening Stsr.

Corresponds nee of The Evening Stsr.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. October 8, 1896.
The state sound money convention Tues
day night ratified the following presiden-
tial electors: DR.. j. L. Gaskins of Brad
ford county. former president Of the state
senate: ex-senator Gen. Joe" B. Wall
OF Hillsborough, Capt. ]. L. Ingiis. the
well known cotton seed Oil manufacturer of
Madison county and Col. A e. Maxwell of
Escambia county. Each of these gentle
men carries great political influence with
them. Not man took part in the con-
vention who is rot simon pure democrat
and prominent in his neighborhood.
The congressional convention for the sec
ond district also met last night and noni-
mated ID. G. Amber, already stated in
The Star il would DO, to make the race on
the honest democratic ticket against
Capt. Bob Davis of Putnam county. who
is running on the popocratic ticket. Mr..
Amber has speEt nearly fifty years of the
fifty-five he has lived in Florida: is Flor
ida's leading banker and was instrumental
III securing to Jacksonville an appropria-
ton of a quarter of million dollars to
bring about the improving of the st. Johns
river so that now ocean ships of great
draught can make jacksonville their port.
Many Tickets Out.
In every county there are "straight-out'
| Bryanites). regulars" populists and re-
| Over in a western county there are five
! tickets out. all from democratic ranks, a
| populist and an embryo republican ticket,
| with sound money backings, ready to
| pounCe upon and enlist the bolters from
| The Sewall part Of the popocra;ic ticket in
the sound money cause.
| Over in Chipley's baiiwick, all the ter
| ritory west of The Chattahcochee river.
| every democrat OF note is raiiying sound
| money democrats This was the teaching
| of Chipley before the Chicago convention
! sounded the free silver cry. Being AN
aspirant for Senator Calls place he coat
| ed himself with he white metal, bat as
| democrats are beginning 10 think fer them
| selves they cast their eyes toward John f.,
| !iartr!dge of Dual county, democrat and
| sound on the money question.
/ Mr.. Calls Still Hunt.
Senator Call is doing still hunt in every
precinct of the state, kissing babies having
| the crackers" good wife sew On a button
| the pulls one Off at every house he stops,
| and in telling his friends That those fei-
| lows want my seat in the senate so as 10
| rob you o your lands" That's always a
| point gained with the cattle raising cracker
| and SIR. Call has no fewer than 10 pleGg, :
| votes in the legislative house cut OF The
| aggregate of 100 votes, and he viii probe bly,
| succeed himself.
| Judge Eainey wants Calls seat. so doe:
| toi. efinderSon. so do Chipley and Coop
l
| few others. All buI Dougherty are known
| corporation men,. and If Cali does not
| succeed himself John q. HartriGge vii!
| succeed him, fer the iight in the legis-
! iature will be miniature state caln,.ziGn IA
| wransle. There might be three, pernap ps
| four. white repuriicans elected 10 the leg
| is!ature, and positively twenty sound
| money der .ocraIs. who are getting in undo.
| the silver gUise, and these will control till
| he session expires and Gov. Bloxham
| might appoint himself 10 the Senate. foI
| ii would give him TWO years and a chance
| 70 educate The legislature in the belief
| that it had at last found The right man 10
| I'll Calls shoes.
| What One Popuiist Says.
How win the popu!is,s vote in The s;ato
| election i'll case they chance TO .leci
| part of their ;icket?' Was asked a promi-
| nent popu list speaker.
60 with any ticket to beat those fellows
who have fattened on tEe 'Ocochocbee land
steal and /, bea. god i,ug Bloxhanl."
| The white republicans won't Join yo",
bu; will join the sound money ranks to get
| the Legislature. and
| Well, il We il going that way wei
join them, anything TO beat Bloxham an
| SheatS.
| County Commissioners and Voting
| Precincts.
In the colonies established by Congress
| man Linton of Michigan, between Lake
Worth and New river. are Joo Michigandof
of republican and silver sentiments, whose
| nearest voting precinct is Lake Worth
eighteen miles away. They asked the DaGt
county CT mmissoners for voting precincts
The board, by representative, Informed
them that they could have the precinct:
If they pledged their votes to the demo
cratic party for three years. The re-
suit will be solid republican vote fol
Mckinley and Hobart. Everywhere 'sus
1 hoy. heey NUT nn NJ
disqualified lists on trivial excuses. anf
while prevented from voting in the stat
| election they will be qualified for the ma
! tional election. This charge is made 10,
| independent democrats in every county, es
| pecialy where there are pGpuliStS who be
lieve in free voting as well as free silver.
Republicans md Sound Money Demo.
Gratis.
Messrs. Gunby, J. Il. StiilTnan and +. +
| Axteil, REPUBLICAN leaders, have gone I,
consult with the national republican com
mittee regarding the fusion with the soun,
money democrats. by which n. B. Mac
farianc Samuel Petty, p. r. NcMurra.
and Henry w Bishop. republican electors
| are to be rearranged, with the repubi!
| can congressional candidates, for The SCUM
| money fusion The republicans caEnCt hep
TO elect electors or congressman alone
| but with sound money dt mocrats comhin
: | ing both are assured.
So strong Is the sound money Sentimen
, | growing that five heretofore silver news
papers have pulled down the Bryan elec
! toral ticket from their columns. Tn
, | Ga;ns avillc Democrat. Titusvile Advocatt
The String of Gleen Cove Springs, st. Au
| gustlne News and Tampa Journal are Nir
,, tualy In the Mckinley 3nd Hobart rank
: | by following Palmer anc Buckner.
Governor and Other Omcers to 81
: Elected Today.
S A governor and other state officers are t
he chosen today in Florida for a teri
!, of four years. Legislators will be electe'
, | for a term Of two years, and half of tn
senate for two years. and in each count,
county officers for two years.
8 TIE candidates for governor are w.
$ Biixham of Tallahassee, democrat; +. 4
4 Gunby of Tampa, republican, and w. Y
] Weeks of Washington county. populist