Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-04-17
,,1lflALIsT PICNIC SATURDAY
a,dates Galore and Eloquence
Flowed Freely

.,e picnic SATURDAY az Nhlle
81 ~ r * was well attended not only
ug y socialists but by Democrats
~ g'Jts City, Fort Pierce, Jensen
p'I ,.ny other points in the county
u 4 I invitation lad been extended to
.oaotr candidates to be present
lH Y ,I.ess the voters and number
Ilssn availed themselves OF The OPP
prtunity ,,a nm 20 the
~ 5onr a social mingling OF the
O's .,o,, was iudnlged in and the candl-
~, ,,, Who we're present were natural
a' Ne mlngllng, Az twelve o'clock
S1o.r vas announced aud the crowd
s rn,o and did full justice TO the many
~ tlhqs to eat provided by the
NJ ladies' Of White City and other
points
lh,r sumptuons dinner interest
,.,.s,d Ia the coming speeches, a
,,A,,o had been announced on the
,..,t trus, problem, Rev e. I. r.
Mn acted as chairman and introduc-
\ me- subject, The question being
Resolved, that inc nation shall own
M rusts and the trusts shall not own
marathon Mr., Fripp 10 mis- intro
saeon gave the history of trusts aud
Nplslued their relation to the work
N nsp and gave the solotion from
Ne Socialist standpoint, During his
Ary minutes talk Mr.. Fripp settled
much mooted question by stating
est The members of the socialist local
void DOT take part in the Democratic
rniry but would stick TO their prin-
cpa and cast q BALLOT il November
lr he uominees Of their national
tc1gsslicn.
BIZ, Hardesty Of Sebastian, was in
reduced 70 talk on the negative side
y he question, Mr. G'srlesty first
se K Of bis candidacy tor s9perinten-
@r y plbllc Instruction and theni
aGked the question He stated thar
b eged cot whether the Socialists,
Democrats, Republicans, Populists or
Ihallot broke down the power Of the
trusts. The object was to do so and he
Predicted that il was coming soon, He
ada glowing tribute to the manhood |
dihe American citizen and stated that
'le blood Of the past centuries which
d'Fedh the veins of present Americans
you'd Use up and demand political
freedom as they had In the past.
Key. George scammeli was next in
p0'ucsd to present the affirmative.
M'scanmell champicned the cause
sae working man and cited incidents
ga supreme court decisions to show
lliI 'ne aborer could not get a square
g = % the Supreme court of the
'prn States, which he claimed was
.'p@ bodily by the trusts. He spoke
o'pFly minutes and deeply interest
@hk hearers.
nsS ssipp next introduced Senator {
'a hudson, who is a candidate for 8
''tsS'iou icon this district. The
.s''Vp Of the Senators name caused I
I .'.'a'iaole applause not only of the !
=. Gaping kind but lusty lungs q
y " Dame eehoing through the !
~ Senator Hudson mentioned
many points in his record as the
n yss representative and satisfied
4. .s',ers that he had not misused
!, Su'ueaee placed in him and ask
" @gportot the voters on his re-. !
once and told what he would :
returned to the Senate. a
S0nn W. Watson of Miami. :
4, aASo a candidate for State SEN !
I, - ~ next introduced. This .was
u. Nsor'S FIRST appearance on the 9
','. IVY ? .lls section and he made a Z
4, !. Impression on his hearers =
snon were strangers to him. :
4 Y stated that he had been in y
l,,,,, Of Representatives for y
! NJ ' "a and named many things
Il, ''ea Tor during his term in /,
y Y Z. beloved w. r. Hards. oan5,. y
liDt \, aSspresentative. School SUI Al
lgs fly !, ". J. Nesktt, County St
al ~ ~ see' FL, Hemmings can in
4 q MS. Souuty Judge, Tax Collector le
ls,sp. ~ ana Tax Assessor +. &. p'
II ~. Zach, but all the candi-
s1eN, IVY sole TO put forth tbier la
n 'r's "a 4 rood man. -