The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-11
A AC0NGLOMERATEM MASS
OF HUNGRY PATRIOTS
Composed of Three Parts
Niger to One Part
White,


White,
Make Heroic Fight for Republican
Principles at State Convention of
Party on Wednesday.
For Governor-George Washington
Allen of Key West.
For U. S. Senator-William R.
O'Neil of Orlando.
For Congressman, Fourth Dis
trict-D. T. Gerow of Jacksonville.
For Presidential Electors-Morgan
E. Jones of Miami, Clinton E. Spencer
of Dade City, John Stoker of Quincy,
Fred c. Cubberly of Gainesville, B. c.
Foxworthy of Fort Myers and P. C.
Stickney of Jacksonville.
Delegates to National Convention
Henry S. Chubb, Joseph E. Lee, M
B. McFarlan and z. 7. Bielby. Alter
mates, Eugene Oberdorfer, Rev. John
R. Scott, J. A. Collier and W. M.
Flicker. These are the delegates-at-
large, one each will also go from the
four congressional districts, as fol-
lows: First district, G. W. Bean, Tam
pa; Second District, L. C. Lynch,
Gainesville; Third District, W. H.
Northrup, Pensacola, and Fourth Dis
trict, W. R. O'Neal, Orlando.
The above is the result of the Re-
publican State Convention at the
Howell Theater in this city on We'd
nesday.
But it wasn't all; there were some
resolutions passed which stab at the
very vitals of the present democratic
administration, located both in Wash
ington, District of Columbia, and Tai
lahassee, Florida. They left a gap.
ing, bleeding wound, but one that doc
tors of democracy tell us is not ne
cessarily fatal.
The convention was inclined to
nominate Geo. E. Gay of this city
for governor, but Mr.. Gay said them
nay; he is too busy.
The balance of the State ticket is
to be made by the State Executive
Committee, and it is more than likely
that Mr.. Gay will be named for one
of the leading places, eithe. secre-
tary of state, or state treasurer.
These do not carry with them all the
honor that attaches to a nomination
for governor, and neither is there so
much demand for lubricants.
Chairman Chubb of the State Ey-
ecutive Committee called the meeting
to order, and in doing so made what
might be termed the ex-officio proc
lamation of the day. Mr.. Chubb is
a thriller; he is politician of high
order and upon whom the mantle of
some political prophet has fallen =
name not given. He is the boss of his
party in Florida, and he rules with
dignity and firmness. What he says
goes.
Jos. E. Lee (colored) of Jackson
vile was made temporary chairman,
and John Stoker and H. M. Bradley,
a mother nigger made secretaries. Lee
read the call to arms.
You must hand it to Joe Lee-he is
a crack-a-j jack chairman. While the
committee on credentials was out
speeches were made by Judge" Go
ber of Ocala, W. R. O'Neal, and a
few others. Possibly the best speech
of the day-at least the one to which
most interest attached-was made BY
negro named Blodgett from Jack
sonville. He advised his Afro-Ameri-
can fellow citizens to pocket any po
litical aspirations they may entertai
and turn them over, pockets and all,
to their posterity. He was a warm
number.
"Judge" Gober, who halls from
Ocala, and boasts long line of dem
ocratic ancestors who are too dead to
blush for their offspring, made hit
He was only recently converted to re
publicanism, but the work of regen-
Grafton was evidently thorough. II"
told of how he had been brought into
the light; how that "once he was
blind, now he could see," and all men
looked alike to him. He had oblit-
Grated the color line which had for
merly confined this uniform resem-
blance to niggers. The Judge"
didn't say what he had up his sleeves,
but it is evidently some good federal
office which has been promised him
after this period of "Watchful Wait
ing" is passed and republicans are
again invited 10 SlI dI tHe tdDle. Md
rion county democrats have been de-
nying "Judge" Gober a place at the
table; he has fain filled his belly with
husk lunches; these, however, appear
to have agreed with him. He had
look of physical culture, well-groom-
ed. But he had soul-longing thai
could never be satisfied short of Off
cial pie. He hopes for hand-out
Most of the white men who attend
ed the convention from distant parts
of the state had been postmasters and
sich like things under the pre-Wilson
regime. They would return to Off
cial life, to which long service has
given them a special fitness, so t
speak Earning living in the sweat
of ones brow is not to their likeing.
If you should ask them why they
are so patriotic in their devotion to
their country and the flag, they would
tell you that it was because of their
devotion to protection and the party
of Lincoln. Also the uplift of the
negro.
Negro delegates were greatly in the
majority. They were most all f.
wore canes and long-tailed coats and
smoked seegars. They had every
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