The Florida star., 1900-08-24
RAULERS()N THE NOMINEE.
Work Of the County Convention Held
at Cocoa.
NOMINATED UNDER TWGTHIRD RULE.
Full Proceedings OF the Convention Held
Tuesday and Wednesday.

The county convention for nominating
a candidate for the state Legislature and
for the nomination of county officers OF
Brevard county was held in Cocoa Tues
day and Wednesday, August Dist and
22nd, pursuant TO the call of the county
executive committee, made on the l4th
of April last. In absence of the chairman
of the executive committee, Mr.. L. '.
Moore, who was away from the state, the
convention was called to order at p. N.
Tuesday by Mr. X B. Rauerson, of Fort
| Pierce, secretary of the committee, and
the official call as published in THE STAR
was read by Mr. John Henry. Next
/ followed the reading of list of the dele
gates as made up by the executive COM
mittee To serve in the temporary Organi-
zation of the convention, aggregating in
all 46 votes. There were no contests or
! irregularities, and this list was afterward
accepted by the committee on credentials
and made part of their report, and APP
pears below in the further proceedings OF
this convention.
Nominations for temporary chairman
then being in order, VI. ;. Jones, Jr., of
the Titusville delegation, placed the name
of Dr. w. l.. Hughlett before the con-
vention for temporary chairman. This
nomination was seconded 10y Mr.. q. >.
Hardee, of Rockledge, and Dr.. Hughett
was promptly elected as the presiding
officer, Messrs. Hardee and Jones being
appointed a committee 10 escort the
doctor to the important charge Of the
convention.
, DIR. Hughlett addressed the convention
ex tempore, and in substance his remarks
were about as follows:
Ny Countrymen and Fellow Citizens
. thank you from the bottom of my heart
for this expression of your confidence
and esteem.
Especially opportune Is your action
since have lately had to submit to criti-
csm that was unfair, To methods that
were undemocratic and To censure that
do not deserve. IL gratifies me that you
have once more rallied tO my support,
endorsed my course, and given me this
vindicatiOn.
The untIammeiled and unterriiied De
mocracy If Breyard has again been heard
. in 40 uncertain sound. 1t l. useless fol
: me to say to YOU that have been careles,
or Indifferent in the matter of my defeat
in aspiring To be 4 candidate for the sen
I ate. l have felt 1t keenly, bat gentlemen
, We are Democrats.
agreed 10 stand aS the peoples choice
and Was certainly the choice of the people
a of my own county; the people are defeat
\ ed a. much 50 a. am |, but | accept tht
a verdict.
Let us not look backward but forward
= We must stand true To our principles. an,
true to the grand old party that stand
, for the rights oi the plain people a. againS
= AN aggressive AMI oycrbcariug guld-plate,
= plntocracv. Shall dollar hc greater thaI
a man? Gud forbid.
III tell You, fellow citizens, that thi
greed of gold, coupled with the method
of the modern politician, threaten th,
!, very liberty for which onr fathers hlcd
and menace uS today with a form of Slav
cry more CALLING than the chains whIc!
: bound the galley slave. or held in h"md
; agr the bcni.hIrd African. Let us arl>
: in the might of our manhood and >rei
that which l. best for uur great republic
and that winch promises the gr"aIc-
,, .uud for tine greatest number lrt "a
II kindlc anew the lire of patriotism. M.
u country. whether right or wrong, m
Y country" \ public uiiirc II pgni
p trust, and should only be- an incident ID
II - man = service L. hI~ country.
= ~ for me- whether ! shall always -ul
e fer defeat. nr whether iu ~I '-,qIru, YEA
IA may come up yl,tor.op~ | shall coLtu
st ur 10 labor lur tine good ami the upou.lu
n ing oi our favored section.
J. ~ Your chairman. | viii strive 10 cor
.r duet the convention in = fair aud Iupul
tal manner some Of YOU. candidate
must suffer defeat, two horses cannot U
Id in the same race ami buth win; some
3 Won Will have to return tu Your h"m,
with heart arhrs ami disappointment, bJ
let me urge you To bear up like men; Cd
man : a man for all of that, and Iou
e, forward To another and brighter day.
The Democratic party i on trial tn
wear. We must have harmony in our rank
let us follow, with iirm AMI steady trea
'H the battle call OF our matchless leade
u ,i,, .,r.at AY,arir1u citizen and Datrip