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

LETTERS FROM BIsBEE, coNovER, JENKINS, CON-
ARD AND sAw-MILL BOYD-HE GIVES THE SUB
STANCE OF THEIR CONTENTs-EvERY NAN HAS
HIS OWN AXE TO GRIND AND SUSPICIOUS OF THE
oTHER-FINANCIALA LAFFAIRs-LIvING ON FAITH,
SLIM LIvNG-MoRE AUTHORIZATIONS RE-
TURN WITH THE ENEws OF WAR, ETC.
JACKSONVILLE, August 12, 1880.
On approaching the place of rendezvous. the
log where l had left Leib at our last interview,
lspied him waiting patiently my arrival His
appearance was anything but cheerful, but he
hailed me with delight and his first question was,
" have you come armed and equipped according
10 promiseT' "Yes, sir" said l. "Well," said he,
" have counted the minutes, for never was
more IN want OF nouristnae't in my life-my
tongue fairly cleaves 10 my mouth-be lively
with your specific" and he took an awful
dose; he would make good sponge diver for he
can hold his breath longer than a water turkey
He began: / have so much to tell you don't
know where to begin. / have received letters from
Bisbee, Conever, Jenkins Conard, and even old
man Boyd, Saw-Mill' Boyd, of Palatka, all
piling business on my hands-al had some
special work for me to do, or hver to ask, and
all seemed to be in their own special inferred
Old Boyd was the funniest of them ALL Do Won
know Boyd? He is a character and institution
Of himself-he is the man, when County Com
missioner, put the Light house on the Courthouse,
built the jail and some other little jO6 that put the
county in debt about $4,000. No steal in that
oh, no-he amt that kind of a mamie is
very liberal man and contributes largely to the
party and has great influence with our black
brethren, giving them lots OF work and tip top
wages, especially when they are on corporation
work just before election. What do you think
Boyd wantedp He said he had been written to
and urged to bring Tenney of Federal Point
down to Jacksonville to be operated upon to in
duce him to support Conover and through him
win over his neghbor, DIR. Cowgirl, or keep the
pesky crtter still until after the election, and
wanted to get % of the party fund to pay expen-
ses down the river. He thought was cashier
1 sent him word that he was of the track; that
! was dead broke and expected to be so until
COnOver returned with the rhino-and was living
on faith and poor fodder it was. 1 told him
Greeley had paid both Conover's aud my bills and
made US small advances when we were in Jack
sonville, and perhaps Greeley was still in funds
Boyd never ad0Gnccs much-it is not his tcay.-
What do you think Bisbee wanteds He said
rnmors were reaching him daily that HI was TO
pay all along the line of the st. Johns river
that men on whom he had relied to vote the ticket
solid, national and State, would vote for Garfield,
but would cut him and the rest Of the State ticket
and it must be stopped or he was gone up. Such
q condition of things made it very GnpleasGnt
and dsscoura0Sng-that Hammond had assured
them all If they would harmonic and work to-
gether that he and all the rest would do as Gree
ley said in bis letter, eat crow and swallow
the dose, but he began to think Hammond was
began 10 fear il was fixed up job on him Bis-
bee) TO get votes for Garfield at his expense-that
he had too much responsibility resting on his
shoulders, the labor was wearing him down-he
had The Sun d Press to edit both State and Con-
gressiona committees to look after, and Dennis to
watch, old Abbott TO Eight, Cheney to head of, and
20 many tYastOrs in the camp who were secretly
working against him, that he was nearly crazy,
and for Gods sake attend to the river voters and
report / did report. and my report was, IT Is
eaea 70, Mr.. Bisbee, and what are you going TO
90 oD0OS ttt 64ttpeuo WOuS prevent IL ana
what's the use 'bsttiag sions soaK,' they are
fixed In their determination and can't control
the cusses.' That was my report-short and
sweet wasn't itf
.Conover's letter was very lengthy, and very
much 70 the point in business. He was going on
70 New York to get hold Of the money the na.
ltional committee would give for the State. lie
did not mean Bisbee or his partner, Jenkins, to
ges hold Of Il and spend il all on the Second Con-
gressional Disirict that he (Copover) and his
friend, Withespoon, must be taken care of, and
II they could only have three or four out Of forty
lmsssings held In the Fint District, they would
make up that Assef eat made by Bisbee, in mon
e., which they would rather have and with lido
snpgs eood tAsa ~ q RGsbss's CAB could do; that
be Risbee) was played ouL and what Dennis
said u him was too true; he b m incab0s' :
chronic oflce-seeker' and . dead man Of the sea
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