The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Aprll ID, 1851.
After the nomination at Cincinnati there will
be, TO far greater extent even than is now the
case, squandering of money by Democrats on
trumpery political documents The mails from
this city, New York and other places will go
loaded down with speeches, statistics, prophesies
and denunciations, all Of which will be expected
to affect voters. They won't do it. Between
June. when the nomination will be made, and
November there is no doubt that eloquent speak
ers will have their influence by appeals from the
stump, but the speeches of these same gentlemen,
put in the cold type of a pamphlet, will only
kindle the morning fire or be made useful for
other non-political purposes in and around the
voters houses. They will not be read. They
will be sent by hundreds of tons but will hardly
influence vote. The Democratic party, to its
shame be it said, is far behind the other great
party in supporting the only thoroughly effective
medium of winning over voters-the newspaper
Yet ihenewspaper, going daily or weekly through
out the year to the voters home-not only during
the immediate excitement of the campaign, but
also in the intervening times when mems minds
are undetermined-are left with half support
and money enough squandered in other ways to
give US better Democratic newspaper press
than is now in possession of either party do
not advocate the payment of money to political
papers for any but legitimate work, but that
kind of work. in the course of year, amounts
in most cases 10 sum which would astonish anN
one but a newspaper man.
The House did not as il should have done,
vote on the army appropriation bill yesterday.
1t will do so to-day, and the bill with its " rider"
the same now in force-will pass Then will
come the naval appropriation bill, which will
also be disposed of this week The disposition
of the House to go on with its work Is better
now than it has been at any time since the SEES
sion was ten days Old
The Senate also has, or seems to have, good
intentions. The Democrats of the body have
decided that only the Ute agreement, the Geneva
award bill and the Spoford- Kellogg case should
interfere with the appropriation bills. The for
mer was disposed of yesterday.
1t seems to be settled that Kellogg shall keep
his seat, not 80 much on the merits of his case as
because several Democratic Senators think his
formal seating by vote of the Senate was a
finality, and they prefer principle to party ad-
vantage.
" s"c AAVoiuCuAoi pLOUouuucS u may D6
said that In the past week Hancock has made
steady gains In the South and Pennsylvania, and
that both Governor Seymour and President TIL.
den have by lost by apparently well authenticated
reports that they would not under any circum-
stances accept nomination. Messrs. Thurman
and Hendricks, and their friends are maintain
ing, a. they have from the first, what suppose
may be called dignifed reticence. OF the prom
inent Republican candidates there seems 10 be
but one rant-who has any prospect Of the
nomination. The actual strength of senator
Blaine-that Is, strength that can be made avail
able 10 the Chicago Convention seems TO be
confined to very few States. Sherman, except
by the withdrawal Of one Of the others, seems to
be 40 much out OF the fight as man never
thought Of In connection with IT,
The House yesterday passed tho Senate bill
making On appropriation Of $4,000 for acquir-
ing sites. and the erection OF suitable forts for
The protection Of The Rio Gnnde ffontier
Hnrox.