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412. Few if any cases occurred after the last 

 date, and by December 15 refugees began to 

 return to the city. Several well-known men 

 had fallen victims to the disease, and the loss 

 to the business and material growth of the city 

 was severe. 



Outside of Jacksonville cases of the fever 

 were reported, about September 7, at Mc- 

 Clenny, about thirty miles west of the city, 

 where a number of deaths occurred. Ten days 

 later, cases were found at Gainesville, and soon 

 afterward the presence of the fever was ac- 

 knowledged at Fernandina, from which place 

 the infection had been brought to Gainesville. 

 There seem to have been cases at Fernandina 

 several weeks before this time. Late in the 

 month, Sanderson was added to the list of in- 

 fected places. In the latter part of October 

 it was reported that the fever had existed at 

 Enterprise for several months, and that 16 

 cases and 2 deaths had occurred. 



At all these places the epidemic raged until 

 the last of November, when hard frosts stayed 

 its progress, although some cases occurred 

 after that date, especially at Jacksonville. Up 

 to December 1 there had been at Fernandina 

 about 1,200 cases and 38 deaths ; at McClenny, 

 over 200 cases and 22 deaths ; at Sanderson, 

 about 35 cases and 2 deaths ; at Gainesville, 

 nearly 100 cases and about 12 deaths ; at Pal- 

 metto, about 45 cases ; at Enterprise, about 30 

 cases and 4 deaths. Quarantine restrictions 

 were removed at Fernandina on December 1. 



Political. The election of 1888 was the first 

 under the new Constitution. Aside from the 

 presidential contest, there was t* be chosen a 

 full set of State officers, including threejudges 

 of the Supreme Court, that body being chosen 

 for the first time by popular election. The 

 Democratic State Convention met at St. Au- 

 gustine, on May 29, and was in session four 

 days. There were four candidates for the 

 gubernatorial nomination : Gen. Robert Bul- 

 lock, Francis P. Fleming. Robert W. Davis, 

 and J. G. Speer. After about twenty ballots 

 the last two-named withdrew, but a choice was 

 not reached until the fortieth ballot, when 

 Fleming was declared the nominee. The ticket 

 was completed as follows: For Secretary of 

 State, John L. Crawford : for Comptroller, 

 William D. Barnes; for Trensurer. Frank J. 

 Pons; for Attorney- General. William B. La- 

 mar ; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Albert J. Russell ; for Commissioner of Immi- 

 gration, Lucius B. Wombwell ; for Justices of 

 the Supreme Court, A. E. Maxwell, George P. 

 Raney, and H. L. Mitchell. The following are 

 among the resolutions adopted : 



That we advocate a liberal policy on the part of 

 the General Government in the matter of public im- 

 provements, and hold that the South ha.-? a riirht to 

 demand this until her waterways and harbors are ad- 

 justed to the needs of commerce to the same extent as 

 other sections of the country. 



That it is the duty of the State to educate its chil- 

 dren, and that we favor the maintenance of the 

 present liberal provisions for our system of public 

 schools. 



That the remarkable and steady growth of our pop- 

 ulation, and the enormous flow of capital seeking 

 permanent investment in our State, is a noteworthy 

 indication of the prosperity of the State, and that we 

 invite worthy and industrious people from all quar- 

 ters to come and settle among us, with the confident 

 assurance of a friendly welcome, and an equal oppor- 

 tunity ; and we heartily approve the recent establish- 

 ment" of a State Immigration Association, and pledge 

 it our cordial sympathy and earnest support in its 

 efforts to people our State with honest citizens, no 

 matter whence they come. 



That the nominee of this convention for Governor, 

 by the acceptance of the nomination, stands pledged 

 to regard the recommendation of the different coun- 

 ties of this State as expressed by the Democrats of 

 the several counties through their party organization 

 for that most vital and important of all positions, their 

 county commissioners. 



President Cleveland's efforts in behalf of tariff 

 reform and civil service reform were approved, 

 and delegates to the St. Louis convention, who 

 were chosen at the same time, were instructed 

 to vote for his renomination. 



The Republican convention was held at 

 Ocala, on July 31. The following ticket was 

 nominated : For Governor, V. J. Shipman ; 

 Secretary of State, Henry W. Chandler; Attor- 

 ney-General, John Eagan : Comptroller, C. "W. 

 Lewis : State Treasurer, Walter Bishop ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, J. K. Rai- 

 ney ; Commissioner of Agriculture, John P. 

 Apthorp ; Supreme Court Judges, E. M. Ran- 

 dall. J. H. Goss, Charles Swayne. 



The platform adopted contains the following 

 resolutions upon State questions : 



That -we heartily favor a protective duty on oranges, 

 lemons, pineapples, vegetables, tobacco, wool, lum- 

 ber, cotton, sugar, rice, and other products of our 

 State, that shall enable our farmers to compete against 

 the underpaid and degraded labor of Egypt, Italy, 

 Spain, Bermuda, and other foreign countries. 



That the laws for the assessment and collection of 

 revenue are unequal hi application, and utterly un- 

 fitted to meet the wants of a growing nnd prosperous 

 State. We favor a thorough revision of the whole 

 system, so that the burdens of taxation shall be light- 

 ened, equalized, and brought into harmony with our 

 advancing civilization. 



That we favor the repeal of our present road law, 

 compelling as it does the poor settler to labor six davs 

 every spring and fall on the public roads, while the- 

 non-resident, though he may own his millions of 

 acres, is exempt ; and we demand the enactment of a 

 law providing for the maintenance of the road out of 

 the funds raised by general taxation. 



That we favor the public-school system, which is 

 the offspring of the Republican partv, and express 

 our belief that it can be best nourished and perfected 

 by its natural parent. 



'That the Republican party cordially sympathizes 

 with all wise and well-directed efforts for the pro- 

 motion of temperance and morality, and we indorse 

 the principles of local option, now embodied in the 

 Constitution of the State. 



That, true to the spirit of retrogression, which 

 characterizes the Democratic party, it has discontinued 

 the Bureau of Immigration, which, under a Repub- 

 lican administration, had turned into our State a tide 

 of immigration that brought millions of wealth within 

 our border, and changed forests into fruitful fields. 



That the Farmers' 'Alliance, Farmers' Union. State 

 Horticultural Society, Sub-Tropical Exposition, and 

 labor organizations have our full and hearty sympa- 

 thv and support. 



That we denounce the present Democratic Railroad 



