Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
K6hO6 Was Nominated
In th0 Third District
Deadlock Was Broken and Mays Defeated
Before Committee for Congress.

The district congressional committee
reconvened at 300 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon at Tallahassee to 20 further
into the contest between Mays and Ke.
hoe for the Democratic nomination.
Roll call showed all the members pre-
sent except Mr.. Poore Of Santa Rosa
county He was neither present in
person nor did he send a proxie This
circumstance broke the deadlock, leav-
ing seven Kehoe partisans and six for
Mays, The conclusion was forgone to
the spectators who had followed the
proceedings that Kehoe would receive
the nomination, aud they were not mis-
taken,
Judge Carter on behalf Of MIR. Mays,
offered several aflidayirs showing that a
number Of votes which had been de-
termined by the committee as Illegal
were cast for Kehoe, the contestant.
Judge Reeves, for Mr.. Kehoe, argued
against the admissiblity Of the affida-
Wits on the grounds that the case had
been closed at the previous sitting Of
the committee aud ii was too late to in
troduce evidence, and also that he
would have no opportunity TO cross-ex-
anime such witnesses, and that such
evidence was exparte
The committee cut the argument
short by voting to go into executive
session, remaining out about an hour,
The findings were reported by reesolu-
tion and set forth substantially that the
eogmpitsse nullisled she vote Of the
Ipflcips eeagssted ID T,eou couhty
so6 ap.yl. lis ssss 6t6e W
Madison eoanss, taking uiss tF5ni
Mays and four from Kehoe, thus
throwing the nomination TO Keboe.
The vote stood as follows;
For declaring Behoe the nominee
Clark Fu!ford, who held the proxy of
Miller, the Holmes county member;
D'Alemberte, Pledgei, Ward, Wells,
and Shiler-
Against declaring K9hoe the nom
inee Afford, Ashley, Baily, Bolton,
Bates and Henderson--6.
When the decision was announced
Mr. Mays, who was seated in the audi
ence arose and with considerable heat
said that he had sat patiently through
the contest, but all the time feeling
that he would be counted out Of The
nomination, which had been given
him b. the voters Of the district
He took occasion to serve notice on
the committee that he would appeal to
the people for reversal OF the decis-
ion of the majority finding
Mr.. Mays was spontaneously applau~
ded and there was for moment a pau
demouium Of disorder, the Mays sup
porters asserting that the finding was
unfair and undemocratic Mr., Mays
quoted them by saying he would have
nothing more to say and asked his
friends TO receive the decision without
further demonstration. The SIX MINOR
lty members asked permissSoh u file a
minority finding and ,he SESSION adj
journed Till after supper
A move totally unexpected rs the
Kehoe men was made at the night COS
sion of the committee when soon after
the members had assembled the sheriff
entered and served the chairman aud a
number of the committeeman with an
alternative writ OF mandamus issued
from the circuit court, enjoining the
committee 70 canvass the returns as
they we're sworn to by the county ex-
ecubiye committees or show cause why
such canvass was not made. This
takes the contest into the courts and
removes the question from the province
of the committee.