The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-09
Blount's Protest Laid on the
Table by a Vote of
% to Is.
m THIS He ALLEGED IRREGU-
LARlTiEs AND FRAUD AND
ASKED THAT THE PROTEST BE
PRESENTED TO THE LEciSLA.i
TURE WITH eRYAN's cERTIFI-
CATE or NoMlNATIoN-DoEs
NOT SAY He WILL CONTEST.
staff correspondenee.


Jacksonville. Fla, Feb. 8.-The state
executive committee today declared N.
p. Bryan nominated by q majority Of
go. The total vote of Blount was 49,
3S1, and Bryan 1891. Blount pre-
sented a written protest against the
manner In which the election had been
held. alleging Irregularities and fraud.
and asked that this protest be pre-
scented by the committee to the 1egis-
lature when Bryan's certificate Of
nomination is also presented. On roll
call the protest vas laid on the table
by q vote of twenty three to sixteen.
After declaring Bryan the nominee,
M was escorted into the room and de-
] 1ivered short address thanking his
/ friends, declaring that he had been
hOnorably elected and asserting that
Blount'se charges had no foundation
and fact.
BLouNTs PROTEST.
1Gf. Blounts's protest in full is as
70. tho Honorable State Democratic
Executive Committee Of Florida:
In the recent primary held for the
election Of 4 person to be chosen by
the le9isIatufe a. United States SEN
ator for E1cs14a for the term beginning
March 1. 1911 the face Of the returns
before y6n apparently show that Mr..
N. p. Bryah M been selected by the
white voters az the state Of Florida as
such person. Belfeving. as l do, that
~ shAs not been aA;selected by the de-
S3SootAto Judgment q majority of
tDIo V6eefs, beg tosput before the
~ y - the state Of F91&4da through
laRlsevt political f61t1s
EI10 t6y IT, causes tor mSyellef:
i N. 1xne NJ stEuno tions
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+ ~ m an,
No. go svsis "a gutSl4 8td
nx6ifdls toiiduct6d IL aos rlndSt thesIu
sasxia. and void. and vet the sfeturnt
ffofn such precincts are included ia
the county returns. showing the ap-'
parent majority. for Mr.. Bryan as COM
piled by you.
2-There are strong indications that
evidence exists that In various pre-
cincts. the elections IN which were un
der the control OF partisan supporters
Of Mr.. Bryan, that votes were cast for
me which were net included In the
county returns compiled by you.
3-That shortly prior to the said
primary Mr.. Bryan published In
newspaper in the city Of Jacksonville
and distributed by circulars through
out the state in large numbers a letter
written by me in December, 1909,
withdrawing from a senatorial pri-
mary then pending, such publication in
such newspaper and by such circulars
being In such form and being intended
20 be in such form as to produce the
belief in the minds of the voters that
I had withdrawn from the senatorial
contest to be voted on In the primary
Of January 31st, 1911. and there are
strong indications that evidence exists
that a large number OF persons who
intended to vote for me and who
would have voted for me, refrained
from going to the polls and voting for
me. because Of the belief that had
withdrawn from the race, and that
elections In precincts where I would
have received large majority of the
votes were not held because OF such
belief.
THAT at various times during said
primary Mr.. Bryan published and
caused to be published in newspapers
Of wide circulation and by circulars
distributed throughout the state state
ments which were false, asserting or
implying that while in the senate of
the state Of Florida I had betrayed
the interests OF the people for the
benefit Of corporations which I repre-
scented and asserting and implying that
I had at various times done acts or
been responsible for facts or sustained
relations to the voters of the state, ar
Of parts thereof. such statements
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