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knowing OF AN Intended Crime
and COnceRling IL.

In an interview published in the Jack
sOnville Times of Saturday, Dennis Ia
gan told the reporter that he had notice
of the intended killing of Savage and
James "two weeks ago THAT is two
weeks before the killing occurred! He
intended to write to the Governor about
it. he says, but changed his mind and
wrote to one of the attorneys instead,
(Mr. Stripling,) and that this attorney
did not write to the Governor, thinking
there was ample time" Now we submit
that these confessions show culpability.
One says that he had notice of the in
tended murder two weeks in advance and
yet be failed to warn the authorities
the other says be wrote letter to the
Governor, but +" thinking there was ample
time" he omitted to mail it. Who doubts
that had the parties who knew 80 much
and kept it to themselves acted as they
ought to have done by warning the au-
thOrities, that Savage and James would
have reached their place of trial in perfect
safety, and the State, and Madison county
especially, been saved the disgrace and
injury of the lawless act committed by
lawless men? Had Dennis Eagan or Mr..
Stripping done their duty in the premises,
we feel assured that the Governor would
have sent such guard as no mob would
have intimidated or overpowered and un-
der an officer who would have sacrificed
his life before injury should have been in
Aicted on the prisopera When Paterson
was murdered by those who have them
selves been murdered the Governor saved
them from the vengeance Of . mob by
sending guard to protect them. They
WERE brought to Leon county jail under .
gard furnished BY him aud were after
wards, safely guarded to Hamilton county
and Eeturued, passing over the identical
ground where, because Mr. Eagsai did
not tell what he says he had known for
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There are occasions wh<ai the pdbup
indignation il not aroused u. the. tdkiag
of human lie. Cfimek sossetlmes - =.
voting thas the speedy lynching of the
cdnina ID .oondonsd II not iusttGsd !;
but when passions cool, and the criminal
is in the hands of the Law, nothing can
justify the infection of violence, much
less the taking of life. This it 'is that
makes the murder Of Savage and James
so revolving aud excites such indignation.
They were prisonersin the custody of the
officers Of the law on their way to trial
for their lives. They had been in con-
inement for months, and it is inconceiv-
able how a mob of so-called civilized men
could have suddenly become so imbued
with the very spirit of the devil as to
defy the laws of God and man and muir
der them in cold blood. But indignation
is wasted on the guilty here. What is
demanded is their arrest and punishment.
Undoubtedly the ordrr-loving people of
Madison, who compose. we are glad to
believe, q large majority of the inhabit-
ants, condemn the outrage in their
very souls, but this is not enough.
The murderers, who have inflicted such
injury on the county and on the State by
their brutality, are at large and the public
will look to Madison for energetic action
in ferreting them out. The people of that
county cannot afford to stand back. We
warn them that this occurrence is terri
ble blow to their prosperity-that its eff
fects will be felt all over Middle Florida.
We thank God that nothing of the kind
has ever happened in Leon and we hope
never will but here as well as in other
neighboring counties we must suffer be-
cause of crime elsewhere. The State au-
thorities are doing their duty. The Gov.
ernor has offered an unusually large re-
ward as a spur to action and it is now
for Madison to show her zeal by her works /;
and we believe the law-abiding people of
the State will not be disappointed.
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constitutional Amendments.

In the FLoRIDIAN of the sth inst it was
said: There are changes about which
call are agreed, and there can be there
fore no reason why they should not be
"made. There should be no opposition,
" for instance, to the reduction of the
number of cabinet officers and the cleo
ton by popular vote of the remainder !;
"to the limitation of official tenure to
the election of county officers under
"prOper regulations; to the limitation of
Section II Article 4, relating to restric-
81 ton on legislation to removing the re-
" sriction on legislation as to the number
"Of Judicial Circuits and as to changing
"their boundaries, or to other changes
looking to economy and efficiency in
government" Whereupon the Fernan-
dina Mirror remarks:
We have heretofore expressed the hope that
lnasmuch The necessity of material amend
ments Of the Constitution was admitted by
nearly ali who have discussed the question on
the one side or the other, that there should be u
attempt made Ia agree that these amendments
should be accomplished by some means
The FLORIDIAN believes that the next Legisa
ture can and Will act upon The points it suggests,
upon which there is a substantial agreement.
The FLOKIDIAN does not however cnumeraIe
an amen iment which we regard as oil the very
highest importance in The interest of economy,
and that is large reduction in the numbers of
the Senators and Representatives in our State
Legislature. The existing nu nber is entirely
ouI of proportion tO The population of the State,
1 10 IG VpFV
great, and the work Of legislation actually oh
siructed by The cumbersome movements of au
| unnecessarily large body. We cordially assent
| la all the reforms suggested Ivy the FLoRIDIAN,
and hope it will lead The weight Of its influence
To tie reduction Of the membership of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Ii the proposed reforms can be carried through
| The Legislature AT The very beginning of the
session. il will do much To Obviate the feeling
now Sd prevalent that the Legislature is not To
be relied upon To carry out The reforms demanded
10y The people, and that ii will not be undertaken
| III good laith
As The reduction in representation affects the
interests of the people directly, there should be
an expression OF public opinion, which will leave
the members elected 10 the General Assembly in
| no doubt 10 the wishes of their constituents.
The FLORIDIAN agrees with the Mirror
that the Legislature is too large and is in
favor of reducing it. Will our esteemed
contemporary suggest basis of represen-
tatiOn? OF course any plan devised
must be sufficiently elastic to admit of in
crease as population grows or counties
multiply by the creation of new ones. At
least it occurs to us that provision should
be made for something of the sort. We
think it will be found, however, on actual
trial that about the most difficult question
to be satisfactorily settled, among all the
changes desirable to be made in the Con
stitution, will be this one of representa-
ton in the Legislature. We would be
glad to see the press of the State grapple
| with ii.
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I was most sSuredly surPFised 70 - ths the
editor Of the EeonOmist did not ausnpa To reply
TO the articles ia this paper signed Jegsrsun-
and "Tax-payer" He gave figures and al
tempted 10 prove that almost every one exe-pz
himself was In favor Of high tzxzIiaa and cxtor-
ton particularly was Governor Bloxham and
his Cabinet not only coll-cting higher Stzae
taxes and forcing the county officers 10 cslleci
more in their respective Counties or Blaxhnm
himself doing il. To pay their enormous sAl4rie=
Those figures given by " Jetferson" and - Tax
payer" were too strong lsr the odd man Whsa
he examined for himself he lound that there = a.
too much truth in them Tor him 20 Aiiempt -
deny.
Under the caption Of /" Matters Personal he
EcOnO1aisf says, Whoever a~serts that Mr. Hi
ton applied To Governor Dew Ear an one -
serts what is not true" But says lrum GsT-
ernor Drew he di1 expect the tender Of an uffice
"A very gOOd one; Indeed the besf In has g7Gi
for the reason that Governs Drew without -
lciiaiOn stated To Mr. Hilton his purpose lo ca
fer one"
Was not the Judge 50 disappointed when he
found that the intended Office Was 20 he ar -
pccted Judgeship when somr one died sr xenl
fr'm Office instead al the Atiars,Fy fss-neraIs
Office, that he declined NJ 80 he make tie
reckless assertions A. copird IN the prrmi=cs
Tax mayer may b~ mistaken. and &C ha4e be
is for | have always had a great DIAL az resI=cl
for Mr. Hilton and his assertions. AMI Ts-niure
10 ask him the following queSiisns- WanI tb-sn
answered, and beg him 10 weigh well uiai b.
-
been in the dark
Did not some one very near and dear o. NJ
Hilton. if not Al his reqaesi and siriaiissn znd
with his consent, write to GoyeFnoT DTrw And
apply Tor the Judgeship 81, this circui alsoui tie
time Of the expiration Of Judge Whiir's cammis-
sion, stating that Mr. Hilian had chxngrd his
mini and would accepi ia The FesrDle sf sl.s
State will always brli-vr r."
Did not Mr. Hilton stale 81 n memher Of GoF-
ernor Drew's Cabinet. with Wham be- Uas inii
mate, in substance that if Gavrrnar Dr.-w cave
him an Office he would keep quiet. but If Mt
he would continue 10 oppose him.
Alter finding he was leli out Was nat thai tie
very reason why he wanted % start an AMI ~
minisiration paper and having beeu siill I=lI
out Of The BIoxham Cabinet he rasss hps fire.
brands wherever he can | am SURF Il VS. arl
the intention Of Tax payer" 90 90 any turfiIrr
than be dido let the people know thai d xzs
more from disappointment than anything else
that caused Mr.. FL 10 be so bitter But Tax
payer" from what | have seen Of the infurma-
ton he has, is ready aud perfectly wiling D. %
into matters personal with Mr. II. from the
first day he landed in Florida. hi- course as q
Confederate Congressman. after The war. and Hp
10 the present time. would suggest howexer,
that these matters be stirred D.. further f0r Ihey
can result in good. and that my friend M
Hilton have the manlness 10 acknow ledge his
error, come back, and be a good d .mocrzf-
HARM0NT
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Hon. X H. NJ. Davidson, Conservative.
Democratic candidate for Congress, Hons. w
Call, G. G. McWhorer, +. A. Perry, J. F. Nc
Clellan, W d. Barnes and w ii. Milton will adj
,lresS the citizens of West Florida at the follow
ing times and places
Bluff Spnngs-Tuesday, September 5.
Pensacola-W "Wednesday, September 8.
Mllon-Thursday, September Z.
Yellow River-Saturday, September 9.
Freeport-Monday, September IL.
Eucheeanna-Tuesday September 10
Cerro Gordo-Wednesday September 49,
NernOn-Thursday, September IA.
Orange Hll-Fnday, September Is.
mpbelton-Sdturday, September 10.
MISUNDERSTANDING, September Is.
Carpenters-Tuesday, September 10
Abe Springs Wednesday. September 20.
Blountstown-ThuIsday September 21
Apalachicola-Friday, September %.
All are cordially invited to attend
By order of The Congressional Democratic
Executive Committee
f. G. LOVE, Chairman.
August IA, 1889
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Those who read the EcOnOmist article on
Stale and county scrip, etc, in last weeks issue
should Eead two communications in last Thurs
day. issue of the FLORIDIAN, one frum ihis
county signed Tax payer and The other from
jefferson county signed JetfrDon.p The writer
are probably amateurs In the art. but they han
died the figures and facts with sufficient DEXTER
ity TO pin the venerable Judge To the WALL How
q man Of theintellgence ana judgment Of Judge
Hilton can allow his binding prejudices TO lead
him on into such vaRaries Is q matter IF sur
prise To those who knew the Judge before he
became afflicted with the terrible malady now
preying upon his mind. - Land Of FIOscers
An9Hst %.
This is the first time that any news.
paper has publicly insinusted that . 81 ter.
rible malady" has befallsn the Econopsia's
editor, though not a few have suspected
it fOFsome time. Alsa Alas q what .
noble mind" &c.
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Mariana Courier, Aug. 2l.1

An Independent, what is he? He is fel-
low who wants an Office Of higher grade than
the party he belonged to is willing to award him
one who has just discovered that his old party
is very bad one; that nothing he can say
about it is too mean for him to say. But not word
has he to say against the party he has opposed
all of his political life. If its the Radical party
he formerly opposed. he is seen sneaking around
asking all the "colored gentlemen" to vote for
him; is anxious to be endorsed by all Radical
meetings and conventions; wants you TO take
McKinnon d Walkers's speckled po,nto (specta-
tori though Its very black with white spot
only now and then Is he sincere or tIeacherous
Time will show-mark him; he will land with
the RAIDS.
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The Alabama Election.

A Montgomery dispatch of the 2lst
says that the official vote of Alabama for
superintendent of education was that day
opened according to law and counted by
those charged with that duty. The vote
for that Office is about the same as that
for Governor and other State officers. Re
turns for the latter being directed to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
they will not be opened until the Legis-
lature meets 10 November. H. G. Arm
strong, the Democratic candidate fer su-
perintendent Of education, received 1O4,-
10 votes, and I. G. Wood, Republican
Greenback Opposition, received 47,lSs.
The entire vote cast was nearly one-third
less than the full vote. The Senate will
stand 81 Democrats and Opposition,
and the House 7S Democrats and 81 OPP
position. The latter consists of Repub-
licans, Greenbackers and Independent
Democrats
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colorsd people, who make up nearly one
HAtf OF our population. never then wsnt
to the courts and sseated an. expense
against The State. Then we had no school
system 70 support-then we did not have
eighty thonsand dollars yearly to payeas
interest on debt mostly made by Radi-
cal rule-then We had no asylum costing
5000 per annum to take care of an un-
fortunate class of population.
Now we would like some one to tell us
how to get rid of the following expenses
Interest on public debt .. $4,000
State asylum ............. ............... 5000
Total ..... s2.5 OOO
We cannot get rid of the $4,000 dollars
interest tax, except by reputation, and
no honest man advocates that. The
school tax the people place on themselves,
except the one mill constitutional school
tax, and We know of no one who desires
to abolish the schools. Then how are we
TO get rid of this $4,000 school tax
Every one thinks it our duty to support
the INDECENT insane-then how will you
get rid of that expense of $25, 900 per
annum?
Here is the large amount of $245, 900
per annum, and we ask the Economist
how are we to get rid of it so as to ap-
proach ante 6eNum rates of taxation?
We all know that we have some 1885,
600 cOlOred people, that were of no pub
lie expense in 1860 as slaves, but are now
citizens, and that fully one-half of the
fifty or sixty thousand dollars paid annu-
ally for jurors and witnesses in our courts
Is on their account How do you pro-
pose to get rid of that?
But enough. When any one points to
the mode of getting rid of these expenses
then We will see our way clear to reduc-
ton of taxes to what they were before
the war. Until the way is pointed out it
is the merest demagoguery for persons to
make the contrast and all sensible and
honest men see it.
We have now a four mill State tax
we expect to see it three next year and
probably two in 1884 Let the good
work of reduction go OH despite the growl-
ings of the financial maniacs.
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Meeting I'm Gads den.

The Democracy of Gadsden had rous-
ing meeting at Quincy on Saturday last.
Although called as Nominating Conven-
ton, the people turned out e, masse,
"just as if" writes one who was present,
"they were glad of an opportunity to let
the world know that they were not sugar
coated Radicals, that is Independents.
Davidson's speech was excellent" he con-
tinues, "and Judge White made mas
terly statement, showing the necessity OF
the Disston sale, and eloquently portrayed
the prosperity of the State resulting
therefrom." The proceedings were en-
thusiastic and harmonious. They are
printed in another column A good
ticket was nominated, headed for the
Senate by that old veteran and expert
enced legislator, General Allison.
Gadsden has never been known to fall
ter in political fight. She will give a
good account of herself in November.
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Every Law-ab;dino citizen If Florida

Every Law-abiding citizen of Florida
will read with satisfaction The proclama-
ton of Governor Bloxham Offering FIVE
Thousand dollars reward for the apprehen-
sion of allor any one of the parties en-
gaged in the horrible outrage at Madison
last Friday.
The Republican Convention oil the
Second District last Wednesday nomina-
ted Horatio Bisbee, Jr, for Congress.
Although it is claimed that the nomina-
ton wss made by reclamation, much dis
satisfaction is expressed by white and COL
ored Republicans, and the indications are
that Bisbee will have all uphill campaign,
and that General Finley win be reelected
by such. . large majority that there will
be no pretext for contest.
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Committee Meeting

The Leon county Democratic Execu
tive Committee will meet at their old
headquarters, this city, on Saturday next
1t is composed as follows: F. T. Myers
Chairman, w. A. Rawls, Edward Lewis
A. MOseley, John A. Henderson, B. F.
Walker, N. NJ. Isler, w. T. Horger, A.
NJ. Fennel, David Charles, Philip Roberts
J. C. Ross, Wilson Pope, S. J. Fleming
Thomas Moore, Asa Crowder, R. A.
Whitfield, Sr., P. Houstoun, B. C. Chaires
6. ID. Chaires, b. j. r. Boatwright, W.
t. Moore and Hugh Black. The first FIVE,
including the chairman, constitute the
central committee.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
THE FLORIDIAN FOR THE
CAMPAIGN.
TWENTY-FIVE Cents.

In view of the Importance that at
taches to the present political campaign,
we have concluded to put the FLoRIDIAN
within the reach of all Therefore, the
paper will be sent to campaign sub
scribers, from the first of September until
he first of December, for TOenty.fct
Cents
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The Democrats of the Forty-fou

THE Democrats of the orty-fourth
Congress sat far into the summer cutting
down expenses. The Republicans in the
Forty-seventh Congress sat till the dog
days plnndsring the Treasury. The CON-
parison carries moral with it-Ameri-
Gus (Ga.) Recorder.
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yellow Fever at Pensacola.

Dr..J. c. Whiting, Medical Secretary,
telegraphed Governor Bloxham yesterday
that there were seven cases of yellow
fever in Pensacola. We regret to hear
this, but fervently hope that it will not
spread or become epidemic
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Two weeks" they lost their lives. We
think, all things considered, that some 1T
tie indignation shoald be visited on those
who say they knew what was going to-
happen and concealed the information
within their own bosoms.
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Madison Recorder August -
SAVAGE AND JAMES
KILLED En- Route 40 TrEaI-REddIed
with Bullets - Full ParGEcuImrs-
Condemnation MeeaEmg-

Again most horrible tragedy has occurred
in the town of Madison.
Yesterday morning as the eos Passenger train
rolled up 10 the depot al Madison SINE one
jumped upon il and uncoupled the baggage and
passenger Coaches.
About twenty men then rushed into the train
at the front door and commenced firing upon
Savage anu James, the murderers OF f. p Pal
erson. Esq. who were being conveyed Cd Jasper
for trial. Savage was riddled with bullets and
fell dead liz the Car, but james, though shackied,
ran out the hack door and up tow ards town
He was pursued by number fram the party IN
the train, volley after vOlley bring fired afirI
him. He tell dead al the southeast ctTner Of
Captain J. L. Ingis' pasture.