Fort Pierce news., 1908-05-08
CANDIDATES AT SEBASTIAN
81 Picnic and Political Rally
Last Saturday.

atiOt .,sbearts that Saturday accord
ID tq ,ba forecast of weather during
iignl A., Of the week, wonld be a bat
gates u day, all fell away ard vanished
claa I'M rising sun which dispelled al
vol .ds Of would be rain before it,
cufe vry cary people begun to gather
Us ssi bv the time our boys got theil
0net 1.t,,iuq we'll under way the trair
work u IN sight, then puffed away leav'
n sal .,cb a bevy of candidates and in
illco .,oO and Interested people as ii
'e'ts mt been our luck to entertain for
ooo time. Flags were flying and
'ne m we're municipalities. There
Vos :, 4 buzz in the air. Even the la
ID y aught the infection and made
'insl rps GOOD points on the side. All we
I'D ,ked was the band and why didn't
ld's me body bring that abopg?
ilA Promptly at one o'clock dinner was
y Ced every one was invited to par
Ee and blessing was invoked by
'us r. VT, Laine.
be Immediately after dinner speaking
lc sru. Rev. w. 7. Laine had charge
h' Me- speakers stand and introduced
.h speaker with his usual wit and in
q customary grand style.
y Zen candidates took their places on
the stand while four more were
led from the audience to present
4 nIr views, some others begged so
n to be excused that they were
sed over.
Ihe first speaker to be introduced |
y Hon. John w. Watson, who spoke
isHy Of his past record and very in
Rstngly of what he hoped to do.
sas followed by Hon. Fred M. Hud-
~ Fhom Sebastian people take great
dde In claiming him as partially their
p He spoke most appreciatively of
pany courtesies shown him and
% hmily IN years gone by. He min.
sled with the bouquets which he threw
the leet Of Sebastian people, an ac.
punt Of some things which had been
scomplished by him during his term {
office.
l
Mr. Nesbitt, with many interruptions }
10y the freight train) told the people 4
few things he wanted them to know. !
Mr. Hardesty, candidate for the same
'fHce Is. 7. ~ showed thorough {
knowledge of all school matters and \
laimed the 10Th of May as the lucky
ay for him, it being his wedding amin h
ersary. i. !
Mr. Tedder spoke briefly on the SUBJ Y
'c' he had in hand and ended by say h
g vote for me if you think am the q
ght man for the Office" which is the ~
sst kind Of politics. =,
Judge Fee and Mr.. Hemmtngs did h,
'emselves proud, while w. r. Har- h,
lck. 10 20
q = T.
" r. Dutton and Frank NJ. Tyler W,
~ wen 70 their subjects and proved of
:. :. sney we're both very capable men. sU
ne crowd called so loudly for P. ah
Oegel and Dan Sloan that they were az
'geo TO respond with a few we'll
ned remarks.
Z, Y. Poppell proved his ability not +
- TAX assessor but as pvblic ,
sSsr as well and spoke to appre- l.
ave listeners for few minutes.
~ was also a call for Eli Walker,
nls ! reply to the request to speak
Voys Pm no speaker, but I'm a II
''al born tax ASSESSOR"
L Penny, who is also a candidate @
'Vunty commissioner from this dis cou
aooressed the people for short the
1uu expressed his views on the for
road machinery. the
sre we're many other candidates rep
wy and people of note from all to /
on the river, At the close of did
Y 'peaklpg at the proposal of Mr.. con
- 'nree hearty cheers were given ing
] ] people Of Sebastian, and with tert
,av.ug ! OF the 5 o'clock train clos @
s0l the pleasantest days our little rec,
= mas known for number OF and
on I
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