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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-30

There is some danger, says the Balti-
more Gazette, that in the ventilation Of
the Credit Mobilier and other charges af-
fecting General Garfeld's personal integ-
rity, the fact may be lost sight of that
the Republican candidate for President
was one of the chief actors in the electoral
infamy of 1876. That crime was far more
fragrant than the taking of brides, for it
struck directly at the liberties of the peo-
pie. Through the efforts of Garfield and
the other visiting statesmen commits
stoned by the Republican managers the
Returning Board Of Louisiana was in
duced to deliver the votes of that State
to Hayes. II was as desperate and vii
famous piece of political burglary as was
ever committed, and Mr.. Garfield is as
much responsible for it as is any other in
dlvidual. Together with Secretary Sher-
man, he concocted the notorious Eliza
Pinkston episode aud subsequently fig
nred as the chief apologist of Madison
Wells. Throughout the deliberations }"
of the returning board he was close
friend and confidential ally of Wells and
Anderson, and probably knows nearly as
much about the mysterious workings of
that infamous tribunal as do those worth
les themselves. In short, he was one of
the most active workers in the dirty work
"put through" at New Orleans with the
approval of the Republican managers.
Subsequently, although he opposed it as
unconstitutional, he consented to become
a member of the electoral commission,
and, as might have been expected from
his course in New Orleans, did all in his
power to secure the seating of Mr.. Hayes.
General Garfield is, therefore, conspicu-
Gus representative of the great fraud
which can be effectually rebuked by his
overwhelming rejection at the polls.
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coentzy ~ IL asseasAbls ~ 4 the
CO. Gousp This. = shs ~
void indsea b ) wondeSfal co1sum1na-
|tica Dsccsasic - 1ancy - ben
o. incalcalnble bene6t - Florida; i be-
restored confidence, redaced crime. Stop
Ped all manner 81 stealing from the public
treasury, introduced economy, lowered
taxes, strengthened the public credit.
brought in immigration, and in many
ways pnshed forward the material inter
ests Of the State. Nov, If Conover's UNI
firing Republiczn principles could just
change all this, II he could redeem the
Stat" from 90 prosperous condition
and place it back to what it was when ne,
as Treasurer, manipulated the Blue
Scrip" and his companions held high car
nival, it would no doubt please the au-
thor Of the sapient resolution quoted. If
the honest and faithful Democratic off,
Gals could all be- turned out and the hum
CRY crew which follow at Conover's heels
be let in 10 manage the material interests
of this great State, it would be redemption
with vengeance, but the intelligent vo-
ters of the State will not allow this they
will remand Conover and his untiring
Republican principles to the shades of
private life in November next.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, July "a. 1880.
The election of Garfield means the confirm.
ance in power of party who for the last twenty
years las had almost unlimited control of the
Executive, and which by the use of Unlimited
power has become arrogant, selfish and corrupt
The principles which called the party into exist.
ence, like the great men who proclaimed them
have passed away, and to-day the party stapds
as one without principle, and its old and gal
liant leaders. Greedy, Sumner, Lincoln and a host
of Others, men and statesmen all. have passed
away, and have been succeeded nv hungry
horde Of Adventures who hold The party together
by the cohesive power of public plumber. and
who have retained their leaderships BY tanning
and keeping alive the mouldering fires Of sec
tiOnal hate. 1t has been Their winning card
heretofore, and though worn tain and transpa.
rent now is still the slogan OF the clan The
success Of The Republican party means the con-
tinuance of a system of wastefulness, subsidies,
favoriIsIh and corruption heretofore unknown
in the annals of any country. 1t means the
placing IN the Presidential chair a man who
would be living disgrace to the nation; one
who as chairman of the Committee on Appropri-
ations permitted more frauds and steals to be
passed through the committee than at any former
period of our history. One who being convicted
of perjury and bribetaking himself, cannot be
expected to add lustre 10 the name and fame
of the illustrious men who have heretofore safely
guided the Ship of State. His election means
the keeping alive Of sectional strife, consolida-
ton of power, wiping out State lines centraliza-
ton. In fact, the wiping out Of our cherished
principles as Republican people
While On the contrary, the election of Hancock
means the perpetuity of our cherished institu-
tons the burial of all sectional strife and hatred,
the introduction into the Presidential chair of
man pure and without a stain; one who has
been tried and not found wanting, and who,
although bred TO arms, and one of the brightest
among oug galaxy of military heroes, still be-
lieves that in time of peace the military should
ever he suhordinated to the civil authority.
1t means a return TO power of the party of the
Union-noi of a section, but of the whole coun-
try. II means protection to the States of all the
rights guaranteed them by the Constitution. 1t
means thorough cleaning out of the Augean
stables and exposing to view the corruption that
has eaten into the very vitals of lbe nation. 1t
means a return to the pure principles upon which
our government is founded, no more corruption
in high places, but pure, honest, economical
ment of the people by the people All Of which
can only be accomplished by the election of Han
cock and English in November
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The following resolution !

The following resolution was adopted
at meeting of the Garfield and Arthur
club in Jacksonville on Monday evening
last:
Resored, That we have found in Hon. 8. B.
Conover and General w. n. Ledwith untiring
Republican prin ciples, and we believe that they
will redeem the State from Democratic ascen-
dancy, and redeem the country from the detest-
able cry OF the solid South.
"Untiring Republican principles :" is
not bad way of putting it. There is a
class of so-called Republicans in Florida
whose principles begin and end in the
pursuit and possession of Office, and natu-
rally enough they are "untiring" in the
advocacy of their principles" 1t is
often said that the colored voters only
idea of government is that it is a machine
invented for his special benefit and the
Republican party the chosen instrument
tally to "run it )" but we submit that
it is hardly fair to restrict this idea to
what the Hillsborough Republicans call
"the inexperienced masses" 1t would
not be difficult to show that there are
white Republicans whose views of the OBJ
jects and purposes of government are not
whit more elevated than those ascribed
to the blacks. Certain it is that the Re
publican candidate for Governor has been
untiring" in the pursuit of the loaves
and fishes and it will scarcely be denied
that his conspicuosity in Florida to-day
is due more to that fact than to his advo-
cacy of any other principle" in the Re-
publican creed. Just run an eye over the
intervening space from 1868 TO the pres
ent and put finger on period when he
was not either IN Office or untiringly I"
seeking one: First, member of the Con-
stitutional Convention of 1893; then
State Treasurer under Reed for four and
half years; elected to the Legislature
from Leon in 1872; chosen to the U. s.
Senate for six years in 1873; candidate
for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor in 1870, while still Senator, and
afterwards accepting nomination from
. faction and remaining in the Geld until
-- (Bro. Sawyer may gil mp the
blank J candidate for Congress from the
First District in 1873, his seat in the Sem
ate expiring March 1, 1879; candidate
for Auditorship in the Treasury At Wash
ington; then applicant for foreign mis-
sion; and then applicant for dsykhiag 90
that it was an Office and paid and getting
sinecure under Secretary sherman !;
finally, by working on the sympashies
Of the inexperienced masses, J" receiving .
domination for Governor.
With such record may i not Be truly
said that be i 4 r political aspirator with
tuntirina solicitndssE' !
E Bus he belief 4 expressed d &c tsso-I
lniion qhosed thas through ths 4 nnsirs
~ RspnbIieas pzineip ~ Hon.
Einon q ssRill eIseae e 800 an|
% - m l
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General Duncan I. walker. Secretary a. -.
Congressional Democratic COMMITTEES. .rr,v.s
here this morning from New York, and il re.a.
for basineM. He says every Democrat be -.
met i confident. Ten days sgo General WAN.
had no hope Of Maine, To-day he has a ,r..,
deal Of hope. Reports. he says. are all cncOu,.
aging.
One Of the early documents sent out. win h.
brief and plain pamphlet, giving , history ~
our public debt, its creation during the civil Va,
and its reduction since Credit and blame Mn,
be impartially given 10 the, two parties. tn.
ridiculous assumption of Radical papers, that N.
reduction since 1855, has been the result of su,.
ror financial skill on the part Of any Republic.n
Congrcss or Administration, or Of an honest and
economical conduct Of the public business, viii
receive full attention.
No one here doubts that the removal of Collie.
tor Merritt, Of The New York Custom Honse :.
10 contemplation. he to be replaced by politi
clan OK o different class
The suggestion Of change il attributed BY som,
to New York politicians, and by Others to Gen.
eral Garfield. No one would BE surprised TO hea,
from administration papers any day that Merit,
ssked 10 be relieved months ago.
If ]: was ex-senator Doolittle and Justice
Swayne who gave the clear and exhaustive state
ment Of the nature Of Garhelds connection with
the DeGolyer contract lately published, think
most Of your readers will agree that Doolit,le
ought 10 be on the bench il he is not The opip
ion" was both elegant, forcible and just, and
whatever the origin, will havea great effect upon
many who wish 10 believe well of Garfield
HTT
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The county convention of the Conservative
Democratic party Of jackson county viii meet at
Mariana, On the 18th day Of August to nomi-
naie candidates for the State Legislature
The Gadsden. county convention win meet at
Quincy on the 3lat Of July.
The county convention Of Marion county will
be held - ocala on the 18th Of August
The county convention Of Madison county will
be held At Madison on the 9TH Of August.
The county convention Of Sumter county will
be held Al Leesburg on the 14ih Of August
The county convention Of Manatee county will
be held II Pine Level on the Sd of August.
The county convention Of fernando county
VIII Be held Al Tampa, On the 18th Of August.
The county convention Of Orange county win
be bed Il Orlando on the 10Th day Of August
The county convention Of 6uwannes county
Win be held ~ Live Oak on the I'd Of September.
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he ma uns1upeesias III III. H.ymssd, %
Treasurer of - EeHz9 II lhat zInze WoNl4 m0t
have Tiled ~ 6a9 hfmaGaf IL NAgxnnl1 elVem %
him II 1859 - his sAlary . Treasures.
3 The report from which this b M ex-s
tract goes into this blue scrip master
1t length and raises suspicion, 70 ny
the least, against Treasurer Conover y
connection with II. Itshows that he re.
ceived tls,556 of il IS Treasurer, while
the records under his nose showed that
some of it ut least had been paid long
before. It viii not do to attempt to con-
meet the committee appointed TO examine
Conover's accounts with the fraudulent
reissue Of that old scrip That committee
was not appointed nor did it examine the
Treasurer's accounts until after tie nsis-
chief had been done-in other words, the
"blue scrip" was out and over $4,000
Of it had been received by the Treasurer
before the committee so0s appointed We
will state another fact: While the COM
mittee was engaged in examining the
Treasures accounts, one of the members
thereof detected among the warrants re-
ported paid some of these identical old
"blue warrants and reported the fact to
Comptroller Gamble, who instituted an
investigation and thus stopped the further
receipt of the warrants into the Treasury
as well as their further sale to the unsus-
pecting by the thieves who stole them,
for they were undoubtedly stolen from
che Treasurer's Office. This timely action
probably saved the State from being swim
died out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Comptroller CowgilPs report of 1876
will be found interesting reading at this
time 1t was printed as All appendix to
the Journals of 1877, and pages Is, II.
Is, 10, 20, 81, 33, 81, IS aud SO relate ex-
clusively to this "blue scrip" matter,
which " Putnam has 30 completely con-
fused and obscured. The name of w. Fl.
Gleason figures in connection Herewith
somewhat conspicuously. 1t was to him
that Comptroller Gamble first traced the
circulation of the scrip, and he accounted
for its possession by saying that he spur
chased it in New York.
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WASHINGTON. July 81. 1880.


had the pleasure of an interview here yester-
day with Virginia politician of Dte and infiu-
ence. He comes from portion of the State
where the Readjuster influence has never been
very great, and may be more confdant than
equally intelligent gentlemen from other sec
tons, but seemed 10 know what he was talking
about He says If outsiders-Northern men,
hands OF, there is no doubt the conservative peo-
pie Of Virginia viii peacefully arrange their diff
culties and give Hancock and English large
majority. The advice as TO non-interference by
outside parties is good, any way should be fol-
lowed.
A morning dispatch says a meeting of about
a hundred prominent Republicans will be held
in New York very soon-Garfield and Arthur
to be present bat the National and State Com
mittees 10 be excluded.
In fact the meeting is TO be one Of capitalists,
not politicians. There can be but one reason
for this. The leaders will not lead With here
and there second rate exception, they do not
like the ticket. They cannot be got together for
consultation. They will not agree upon plan
Of campaign. What fight they make, NEST Of
them, viii be such e to protect their own Inn
mediate Interests, and keep their standing - Re
publicans. These remarks do not apply 70 the
members az the cabinet, ell Of whom win en-
ter Into sAe campaign earnessly, and with the
the exception cf Mr. Eyarts and Mr.. Ramsay,
win make nunerous speeches.
Ths aane number d yopf paper which con-
talna ths letier will prqeble give The letters of
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-30
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SEMI-WREKLY FLORIDIAN FOR FIFTY
CENTS.

The FLoRIDIAN will be sent TO subscribers,
from the 1si of August TO the 1st of November,
for Fifty Cent?. August September and October
viii embrace the most active period of the pres
ent campaign, and persons who wish TO keep
accurately informed of the progress of the Demo
cratic cause should avail themselves of this op
yoriuniiy 10 secure frst-class newspaper for q
mere fr1fie
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Regular Correspondenee)
PARIS, FRANCE, Jhly ~, 1sS

PARIS, FRANCE, Jhly ~, 1890
The preparations that are being made for the
fitting celebration of the national Jete on July
18th are progressing rapidly, and the festival
promises to be one of unusual briFliancy, not 10
say splendor. Besides the distribhton of new
cOlors to the army at Longchampss there are to
be great variety of entertainments nearer in
town, and if the weather only proves favorable,
the scene will be simply magnificent. The ALL
thorities are already doing much towards rem
dering the fete a success, but private bounty is
also coming to the front Nor ate the poor to
be forgotten. Money is to be gived with lib
eral hand, so that nothing will lie lacking to
make their enjoyment of the day complete. 1t
is impossible to give your readers more than
general idea of next weeks programme, incud-
ing the eventful day; details may be filled in
Afterwards as occasion permits. On Monday
there is to be grand dinner of l0O covers, fol-
lowed by reception al the war Office. On Tues
day, dinner and reception at the Elgsee; Thurs
day, gala reception at the Opera Friday. din
ner and reception at the Presidency of the
Chambers of Deputies. Ministers and the gen
erals and senior colsnels in Paris are invited
W tuCoC uiAuCto- Ou w CuuCou0yp LuC AT1uf eH~
distribution of the new colors and the review at
Longchamps will combine business with the
pleasure Of the day. Thirty five thousand in
viiatiOn cards have been printed the tribune oil
the President being reserved for the Corps Dip
lomatique and the State officials. The work
now going on at Longchamps is advancing rap
idly, and when il is concluded The temporary
tribune will extend over a surface e 200 yards
The Chambers are to be asked for 3 new credit
of 10000 francs for these expenses The
Place de IA ConoOrde, always gay, Is to be one
blaze of light on Wednesday evening, and the
illuminations will be carried up Che Champs
Elysees to the Arc de 7riomphs, presenting
really fairy-like effect. Colored lamps and les
toons are to be hung in the Tuileties garden't
as well as in those of the Luxembourg. In the
Place de Ia BlstiRe, reproduction in granite
paving stones of the principal outlines oil The
famous fortress has already been erected. ana
will, indeed, be one of the most appropriate
features of the day.. The Place dG 1rOne is also
to be brilliantly illuminated and adorned with
masts and bunting fireworks are to be let Oh IN
this square. There Is some talk of Illuminating
the Pare Moaoeasz, and Of constructing an are
de triophe in the Place de Opera, the latter Tor
the tr;fIng ann of 6OOOO francs. .Triumphal
ARCHES are LAO IN hr erec,ed along the Boulegdrs
nes,de. these. there are 70 he lamentations of
streets. public buildings and private residence
halls inaocr and oufdoor concerts. torchlight
processions. and nautical Jsts on the Seine. Ing
Parisians and their visitors wiz cerifiniy hnu
hard to do full Justice to This spisndid pro,
gnmme. but everything b not yet scssieo' anu
thers may DO new surprises in siore. posSl0v
even In tie form 81 rain.
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To the Editor Of the Sun and Psss.I

10 the Eoltof OF the Sun ana Press.
ORANGE MILLA FLA, July a.
The report Of the Republican meeting held at
Palatka, contained In your paper, was not seen
by me until last evening / wish 10 refer TO and
comment on the following sentence: :" And yet
afier the Senator took the stand and made his re-
ply, which was % completely satisfactory to the
audience assembled, DR.. Cowgirl said he should
not hereafter make any further opposition to the
ex-senator"
This embodied a. part of the report Of the
meeting gives the impression that stated pub
licly that was saiis6ed with Dr. Conover's ex-
plan.i;i4n: and lhs.siore should make ne further
% DR.. Conover's reply 70 my charges against his
Republican record, and his action 90 State Treas
urer. Privately told DR.. Couover that many
Republicans were not satis6cd with bis explana-
tons. and that we should not vote for him but
. had presented ny views concerning him,
BILE 10 Ill, that intended 70 make no further de-
mOnsiFaiiou agAinst him, but would leave the b.
sue IN the hands Of the voters. This declaration
was In accordance with the intention expressed
10 my associates before the meeting. % my health
fort.
Pss.nIs me, however. 10 ash you Mr.. Editor.
how The differences a. opini0u exists between you
and Dr.. O0nover 10 Ee6srence to bis having re-
ceiyed 1900 teindpcs him % give up hls can
posillssiy 5eaisd - sisssmsns a. this prssumed
ssets Nh.ee i ma1s pessll npga yonE aulhoEisy.
% Qgeient CIly, ~ i.yhelt q 10 v1psenee y
lk. M3FAo, IAht De- Ou1oH<t ~ Bfece3 we'd G1o0O
60 ~ = eole ~ ~ a8 lnpse "a he 1oIi q
- -. "a r. ~ a - $3.50 liz
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Breze. July 81

Breze. July 2S.I
Putnam" in the San and Press, is
certainly a most ingenious fellow. His
communication must be read and reread
to get true conception of the writer's
ability to use the English language as a
cloak. He deserves great credit for the
artistic manner in which he yields the
pen. Come Putnam" print your name
and let all know who you are and give you
due credit, no matter if you do live in
Jacksonville
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
POLITICAL IssUEs-GEN. GARFIELDs PART IN
THE GREAT FRAUD-MoRAL oBLIQUITY OF MEN
IN HIGH OFFICIAL POSITION WHO ATTEMPTED
TO AssAssIEATE THE REPUBLIC.
rom our Regular Correspondent)

IN HIGH OFFICIAL POSITlON WHO
TO AssAssIEATE THE REPUBLIC.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., July "a, 1880.
Said gentleman 10 me yesterday, whose name
is distinguished in the annals Of his country's
recent legislative history. ut is absurd for So
called independents to insist that the coming
election will be merely a contest between candi
dates and parties, and that there are no great
issues before the people" Issues were never
more momentous or more sharply defined. First
and foremost among them is the overtowering
issue raised by the Electoral Commission. In it
is involved nothing less than the right of The peo
pie TO choose through constitutional methods
their highest executive officer. 1t really involves
their right TO vote, tor the ballot will become an
empty mockery if the great crime by which Mr..
Hayes was installed shall go unrebuked, and
freedom will have greater cause to shrek than
at the death of ten thousand Kosiuskos, if one of
the visiting statesmen and one of the electoral
eight shall be elected TO the high place now des-
ecrated by an executive placed there by fraud
Political philosophers are right in speaking of
a Republican government as an experiment.
True, it had subsisied in the United States until
the election of Mr.. Tilden. II has appeared fit
fully and internationally in France. Favored by
peculiar geographical environment it has held its
own in the Businesses oil the Swiss Alps. There
are certain indications in modern times that
point 10 Republicanism as the government of the
remote future, but viewesi in the trend of the
worlds history, Republican government must
be looked upon as a very novel experiment.
Certain it is that il has been most fatally stunned
for four years in the United States, and that the
Republican party are SO callously insensIble to
the crime aud the calamity that they are try
ing TO reward one of the chief assassins with the
Presidency. II is this callousness, this moral
Obliquity of men in high judicial and legislative
places, where they ought to be chastened and
and purified with enthusiasm for this sublime
but critical exploiting of popular government
that makes patriots seriously solicitous for the
fate of Republican institutions in the United
States
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The Pensacola Gazette, of the 9th,
corrects an error in the census of that
city as heretofore published, which gave
the population as only 6,74O, whereas it
should have been 1880. The error oc-
CURED by mistake in addition. In 1870
the population of Pensacola, as given by
the census of that year, was 3,s47. The
present census showssa gain of 1888 over
that of ten years ago.