, 1880-08-06

WoMW tE hhHl lHNt IL "HS HaSHHl1HEC1lcHt Dl
the campaign. For his part. II this roursc
was 10 be pursued, l,e would lave nothing
moro to say. No nciion was taken upon the
proposition or suggcat!on to exclude re-
portery, and
rnE ltoS. uEonnE II. t.onty1,
OF Massachusetts. read proposition 10 sstp-
ply the South with n.cnns To conduct h yiG-
orous campaign there. ThiA proposition lctt
to prolonged nntl animated discussion.
which took wide range. blr. Hicks, Of
Florlda, said this canpalgn and itS result
was matter Of life or death with the
Republicans Of Flortln, and they felt
deeply its importance. Nevertheless,
he believed With Md 'and encourage
lncnt from tho party In tho North,
with existing conditions III FIoriln, the State
could he carried for Garfield md Arthur In
November. Tho Republicans of Florida had
assurances, tho nature ami source Of which
1,o did nut care to state NOW, because, like
Ills frlond Gen. Logan, ho wasafrad of the
reporters, but they lad assurances which
they deemed trustworthy, and which were
sufficiently reliable for their purpose, that
there could and should bo fair count n1ltl
no favor In Fioritla this fall.
SENATOR coSOvEIs,
Of Florida. next addressed tthe conference,
md said that tic party ln Florida was never
80 determined, never 70 Earnest, never 50
we'll supported by tho ra,tk anl file of the
party, as they were now. Tho State Com
lnittec iintl gone to work now, md In real
earnest, to carry tho State for tho Rc-
publican candidates whether tho party In the
North sent them nil or ltot.. 1trlatlc no
difference rs to their spirit and resolution
whether they received n dollar or friend OF
not. As his associate, Sfr. Hicks, l,atl said,
llo did not think 1t would bo prudent To state
here the 1latlirc of the ASSURANCES they had
received as to the getting Of fafr count.
tLaushter.] Not tint there wns anything
wrong about It, but It would mt be
prudent to state it publicly; but hc
could say TINT tho Florida Republicans
were satisfied with the guarantees .tisat had
been given them rs to II fair count being lad
In tho coming election. [Applu1tse-I All the
evidence To the contrary notwithstanding.
Florida Ind been n'cyer since tho War, and SILL
wns, Republican State. Tho First District,
ltt which lie lived, was overwhelmingly 1le-
publican, md thero wns no Democrat who
1.ca,l candidate lad been OF could be defeated
IN that district was bY outrageous ftaud.
..- JOHN CESSNA,
~ na,,,,.,.,,.,.,;o ,,art ~ 80, tho ,ar .,,,1
OF icnhsyva''la, next Rot on ho uoort anti
spoke briefly. nnd i1npressiycly> III snid:
hcar talk hero among s.,nu OF tho gentlemen
who tnyo n,okpr Ut nbatlduuIt1K something. mn
n0t Inclined to abandon ntIy p9rt " this colir-
try, iApplnltoI mn not in favor ot 0bautl.m-
mn atiy nart of * any fnorc lima lyns in fivnr
Of n6nudoninU mysoff and 1oiar out Of the uI,ion
twenty ycnts nFn or of DcrruIltinr nnY nart
Of IL, to- abandon. "a nnd no out
Of tho Union, TApplAusc,i Thorp :arp two
National Isslics nav 6cford the rcnp]c in this
olccton. and fbo first il thu selection Of rccsi-
dcntiaf 'Eirntors md tic war a sijen,ocrntfo
I1H,sse nf Hcprcscntativcs ns1y determine 10
icnubsan statcs n,hy 10 ] pit out i at,d % kcpt m out mt
by n Ucj1lUcratio TIouec: aid wp <coltAIniy cAu-
not c1pect nny mir treatment whom tho e,,urt-
itr of fYntrs ct,tr,c, i'm. sct il s1,ch n thmr Ia
nnnther triannat altogether II fnnpnnsc1.
md althauEh tho !: f,eeeent 1. ho,,so " Il
nnfnncrntin and wouLf untIo,htcivf rivn
d -dcclsIotr thAt wur.. thn ,nrxt U5tisg
s,,t MI hH n.mnrrnf,r md W, ,,sht "a hn nt,}0
t. tattn,s. IN Kcnmhnnn iao,,scf INV nnh wtcrss
III ntsIm.rnis Xii chcat M. s1sG tn nnt 'tnm Hs
nItf5at1t EfnfSs hsni: tf MSsrn1 nv shnis IL,
EnW sfhia mnttcr a a roynution il, = cert;it.
1nr,., vxst ~, ncrnrr~ta trii :rnat II nnn.ri,
nitr ~ snu tho i,ccessity nro enmbncd. ana Il Wo
can't ret n fnr cicctipn in nnT other
way 7 would fny,,r 1ol,1T tn tho extnnt
nj hny,nn n comnittco annntt,tcd in ft,e nrxt
t:nnerrss IN tie sn;1ient nf cicciinns in fbn