The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-20


JAcKsoNvILLR, JULr IL, 1850.
M3itor Flprs1iaa-Whlie Democratic hopes Of
4 successful tsFminasion of the campaign were
never more chserfal snd bouyant. he Republi-
cans are corrsspondlnsly depressed In fact the
Intelligent ones among them unhesiiatingly con-
cede the election Of the Democratic Slate ticket
and only here and there one ventures TO claim
the electoral vote for Garfield They give up,
enc and ALL that Hancock's nomination was :" Q
fortunate hit.r and - 70 the selection Of Blox-
ham TO lead the State ticket they agree that no
convention ever showed greater Weldon Than The
one that assembled ut Gainesville ON the 10th Of
June. One Of them said TO your correspondent
yesterday, " regard Bloxham a. Q Progressive
Democrat He b liberal in bis political views
" and great believer in Florida's future. shall
:" no, regret his election, and there are many who
"are OF my way Of thinking We all know the
meaning Of Conover's candidacy. Sel6shness
" b AZ the bottom oft. He has been in office SO
long that he cannot live without some position
(which pays him handsome salary He ex-
"pects to be defeated, but II Garfield Is elected
"he will put In claim for recognition and re-
ward on the ground Of having made sacrifices
in desperate effort to save Florida 10 the Re-
"publicans. This IL the secret of his under
"handed work TO secure the nomination origi-
"naly and Of his persistence in running when
"he knows, or ought TO know, that The race is
hopeless. 1t is with him the last chance, for
she is sharp enough 10 understand that if he
retires he will sink into obscurity and be lost
"sight of in the future as has been the case with
" 80 many others of his cslibre and character
Thinking Republicans, who care more for good
"local government than they do in being ins,ru-
"ments In gratifying the personal schemes Of
" such men, will not vote for him, and you may
"say 30 for me-"
Views like these are heard at every street cor
ner. The ratification resolutions adopted here
the other day and the hosting of Conover's name
by the Sun and Pres do not amount TO row of
pins. The pledge to support Conover was hol-
low and bound only the few who voted Tor it,
while the running up of the State ticket by the
San and Press was mere business transac-
ton )" and thereby hangs tale. 1 noticed that
you published Mr.. Abbott's manly letter. but you
did not print the letter of Judge Knight which
called Mr.. Abbott out, though knight was not
fishing for bite in that direction. The Judge
was part of plan to make that slippery old eel
show his hand. The arrangement was to force
him to take position either in support of OF in
open hostility 10 Conover If the old man re-
NAMED mum, the Patriot of your city was to
dcnounce him as an enemy and go into his tor
tuous record and show that he has been every
thing by turns and nothing long, Sawyer got
alarmed and agreed to "ratify" and to run up
the State ticket, provided he was paid for it at
the rate Of 500 per week during the campaign,
and this amount was promised. So you see in
this way your esteemed contemporary" has
escaped being read out of the party "a traitor"
while at the same time securing the promise of
aid to keep the Sun and Press from going under.
could give you more of the acts behind the
scenes" but will postpone the rehearsal for the
present
Bisbee, who is very much down 10 the mouth,
has gone up the river with Conover and Led
with. Their visit is designed to mollify the dis
affected "sore-heads," as Conover calls them,
but it will avail little The scre-heads" are
to be found in every nook and corner of the First
District, and nine out ten of them won't molty
worth a cent. 1t is whispered that DR.. Cowgirl,
who when Comptroller had occasion to look into
Conovers record as Treasurer under Reed in
connection with the celebrated blue scrip"
fraud, is preparing paper for publication which
aoiU not be extensively circulated by the Republi
cans Campaign document " and perhaps
the perambulating candidates will give the Doc
tor call and importune him TO let up for the
present at least AS the Comptroller is good ma
tured he may listen to reason for the sake of the
party" but if Conover's election depends on Cow
gill's vote he will not Qetit. That is understood
and the visiting statesmen " will gladly com
promise on the loss of his vote in consideration
of his holding his tongue.
Ledwith is still on the anxious bench, and
it need not surprise you to see his withdrawal
announced at any moment The General has a
holy horror of defeat and rather than en-
counter what he sees is inevitable he will fly
the track. Mark the prediction.
Hamilton Jay, the Postmaster Conover i'm
ported for this city, does the greater part of the
political writing for the Patriot Jay was sent
on a mission last week TO the sore-heads" in
Hamilton county, with results not very salts
factory.
On the whole the Republican cause is desper-
atc anu your correspondent IL happy. blOX-
hams election is as reasonably certain as any
thing human can be- We shall have under him
another four years of honest government, with
further reforms in every department; but the
certainty Of this should not cause the Demo
Gratis 10 relax their efforts to make assurance
doubly sure. An organization that embraces in
its ramifcations every school disirc, and pre-
cinct should be made The people are ripe for
it, for have never known the time when there
was such unanimity and confidence Let our
county committees take advantage of this enthu-
siasm and in November we will all feel that we
have right to share in the general joy, since
each did his part to bring about the glorious
result. Vox PoPUM.
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