The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-17

report fully on my arrival home, when hope %
have mooney, and you won't be forgptten. You
and are In the same bost. yOw kaSs, ana whAs
would we have done II Greeley had not footed
our bills and made advances when in jackson
vile? / hardly expected this Of Greeley, bat
crow eating seems to make people wondrous
kind All Bisbee cares for is one Hordtb BsSoes,
Jr, and he will sacrifice electoral and State tick
ct to secure his own elecuon. Wsach out fbf his
ss0opping Of. He viii even try that game, II hs
can make it work. Keep your eye open and re-
port, and you can rest assured you wont be for
gotten, as promised. Old Cowgirl is q thorn IN
my side; he is hard nut to crack; he has
sDircked me all over with n0sesasss In that
bribery and blue scrip business People will
say, where there is 80 much smoke there is .
little fire. and may believe it. learn that Che
ney will start new paper here to vent his spite
fear him more than any one else. for he knows
all about the purchase and sale business and
the blue scrip and if he gets his mad up, may
blurt il out. What fear is when Sawyer gets
home he may say something in The S4a and
Press that may well canse Cheney 10 ssssl Che.
ney is not the immaculate he would have people
think. He is of the bitterest Of the bitter, and
has said more nasty things against the Demo
Gratis than any man in the party, and he had bet
ter walk pretty straight, for people who live in
glass houses should not throw stones he may
wake up and find a good-sized brick coming
straight at him. Things 0,c mined / have
traitors all around me. l tell you truly,
hardly know who to trust or confde in
saue yourssf 1 trust you, Leib, impaatb.
and depend on your keeping q strict watch
during my absence. That Bloxham seems
to be popular customer he has winning ways
and makes friends wherever he goes; GOOD
speaker, and the people believe all he says, and
he wins over supporters in every place. can't
speak my game Is manipulating, underground
toork and such like, and won't leave . stone un-
turned in my line. Keep q watch On BIsbee's
trading operations, for he will resort 10 II n he
can make vote for himself and take enc from
me-
"Now, Jenkins says but little, but it ia fun
Of meaning. and think Conover Is nearly right
in mis- suspicious, for jenkins tells me to do just
as Bisbee wants me to do. and to consider Bis.
bees order the same as his, Jenkins, AZ Bisbee
is running the machine in his own way.
"Cenard's letter surprised me little for he
says the ring have conc luded to run him for the
Senate in Putnam and that he has concluded to
be the martyr-that Gardner wanted it badly
but the ring considered him very stupid. They
had taken his measure when the little caucus
was held here before the great ratification meet
ing. No oeight poor timber for tAs Senate; that
Hammond had endorsed him, (Conard,) and be
was accepted by the ring, and hoped /, Qeibl
would also accept and give him the aid Of bis
influence, which would pull him through asn0m-
ination at least; that Boyd, Teesdale and all the
leaders in the county endorsed him and hoped /
(Leib), would. / wrote him back that would
consider the matter, and all depended on what
that had been living On faith and was getting
poor on it and, to be candid, had but Essae feSA
in him or any other Republican carrying Put
nam county, and that putting up was the only
thing to do il besides, / heard he had q mixed
crowd at his Forth Of July caucus dinner-sOme
Democrats, one at least, and that looked bad,
and people were talking about It and that put
ting up might save him if he only pat hsgk
enough
Wasn't that good send back on Conard!
he won't know what to make of il. He is a
neophite and must be broke in the harness, and
putting up occasionally will make him kind as q
kitten. How l would like to see old Boyd Saw
Mill Boyd candidate for some State Office and
had the breaking of him in to put up. 1t would
nearly break his heart, but think could sub
due him it would he worse than drawing teeth.
1t Is not IN has scay very liberal, though, when
town work is on hand-tip-tOp wages when the
town pays"
have not stopped in the writing out Of this
Leib Iquidated. He adopted novel plan he
had my pocket pistol In his hand during the
whole interview, eIeuated Frequently and brOught
his interview to a close when the medicine cAesf
was empty, saying too dry for further talk
be on hand next week when Simon will be back
and then will have lot more for You. Don't
forget your Antidote'"
Things are getting lively here. A meeting Of
the sore-heads was held Tuesday night The
pacifcator from Washington, Mr.. Hughes, put in
an appearance and tried to "pour oil on the
troubled waters and by an oratorical effort that
almost brought tears to the eyes Of thewicked
audience but failed 10 ooneincs. How he begged
for his friend Conover, but Abbott was on hand
and took serious exceptions, and some harsh
words ensued-no use wasting breath over Con-
over he was a cooked goose why taTyeihl
Sawyer p is the anxious enquiry on our streets
daily. His friends begin 10 fear that Oonbser
has outgeneraled him and got hold Of the iaese.
The holding and disbursing the lucre is,uow he
contest between Conover, Sawyer and Bisbee,
and there will be quarrel over it ere long
The Mcdonald exposure hope won't include
brother Hix among the thieves"
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