The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1904-10-07
DEM(N Ratio.

tcTcsts ui the Democratic
party require the NithdTaWal Of VIII
liam NJ. Holloway from the candidaC,
for the ofii,e of state Superintendent
Oi Publi, Instruction, and that he -
hereby requested 10 Withdraw ana de.
cline 10 run tor such Office
HuLLowAY'S REPLY.
Gainesville, Oct. I. lsg D 4.
Fletcher, Chairman of State ENcCu-
ti,r Committee, jacksonville Fla
TIE Drmocrati, party ia primary
Gle, ',On nominated mr, not the ENe,U-
tisc committee.
W. NJ HOLLOWAY.
Gaines, lie. o,t /, l.O4 - I.
Fletcher, chairman State ESe,uti, e
Committee, jacksonville, Fla. TIE
lkmO'Tati, voters OF Florida In pTi-
mary election, nominated ms foT the
Office oi state super .ntcHd,nt oi I'ul d.
10, Instruction aud the D,mo,Tat =
Executive committee, whom the par
I, had invested Nith the p"wcr. ,an-
,as-,d the returns ana dr, Jared me
the nominee, and cannot therefore.
Is IthdTaw " NJ Holloway.
tn, D,.m" ,ati, State Committee
mct ,u It,k-Iu iilc saturday morn.
tn". lno a., TC-olutiun n the head ui
tn, art,,i, va unAnimuu-l, adopted.
Al, factions rrpTc-, ntcd ON ia, ,un-
mitt,v uniting "a their cndra,OT To
rid the party ct 40, unfortunate
u ,minl leu ~ man accused Of a
moral crime aud Nho-e candida,
threatened To lose the party onr of
the pTin' pal uni,c- ia the -iatc
The reply Of Mr. Hulnaay 3, ru-t
- hat the ,ommittr, ,Np',trd The,
thuught he E"uli continue tu lruoIc
the committee and Euuld r,iu-, tu
OlIcy the 80 pJ,.-rd and unln,nious
wish of the committee
The committee had b,furc Il Tor
confederation yOluminou. ryuuTt
from a member ui the subcommittee
appointed Ia inye-t gate the matter
This report did net give opinions bat
simply dfiidaVit- from leading citizens
oi Gaiucsyille, and -hOVcd con, lusi,cly
that Mr.. Holloway vas guilty of hay-
ing bcen the beneficiary of the inter
pOlatIun oi the Word- la ne letter
Nr,ttcn by Mr Sh,ats
Both factions spoke CA the matter
aud the resolution offered by J. ".
lidrr- was adopted muu-ly.
Ia -peakins to his resolution Mr..
Rsrr, was eloquent AMI passion.
ate; be- stated that be- hated tu ,iV ~.
tat that be b, .irycd that Sir Hollu.
va, sa- net 10 person tu h. uH tue
Dvm1,rsti, ticket. ~, had siNsy-
held Mr.. H"lIoNsN IN uirh esteem. hut
be 80, noe convinced that BE- Na>
guilty. a. charged
AitrI "a, adupt,"u o. the resolution
the committee Instructed the hair
nan % telegraph Nj. iiolloWaN Nhat
they had done aud then AL ioururd
until > o. IA.
When the Committe, met AZ 3 =. IA.
the rep.S from Hpllova, va read
After considerable di-,u,-iJn. the fol
loWing rcSolutiun va adopted
Whereas, tn, Florida Democrati,
state committee have. bN unanimous
action, in tue interest ct the DcmU-
cratic party of FLORIDA. requested
William ~. lloIloWa, tO WithdTaW
AMI decline the nomination Ia the
ufii,, OF state superintendent of Pub
%, Instruction, and -aid request has
tscn refused. ami,
Whereas. Ia the opiuiun of this
committee, n0 Democrat b., under the
existing condition., ,n duty tound Ia
vote for said Holloway, aud the In.
tcr,-t of tue Democratic party AMI
OF the people oi Florida make IL
necessary that the maine of -oIBr
person other than said HollOWay shall
appear on the OfiCial ballot 90 ~ vot-
cd by Democratic electors at the
election NoyembeTs, lsol: nov. there
fore, h. u
Resolved bY the Florida Dcmacratic
state committee that Dr. and
be Is hereby requested To b. the can.
date Of the Dcmeraiic party foT the
Ofiice of state Superintendent of Pub
H. Instruction at the election tn ~
held November :. lsss and all Demo
cratic ELECTORS are hereby requested
by tbs committee 20 vote foE said
- as the DcmocTatis candidate
for said once at aid election.
J. Emmett Wolfe Of Pensacola was
nominated 5y the committee as the
candidate of thc Democratic party
for state Sapr Tinte ndent.