The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-07

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votes, and 216 for a CoBSenfim Putnam 1ss
/ Democrxlic voles and 107 ftr CanSenlisn s.
Johns, 61e Dem"cEntie votes, and y FIR Con-
venii0n; Lem, $50 Democratic xnisz and Q f1r
q Convention GAasden. 1.29o Dempcr4tie
| voles and 20 10r CuVeuiiun JnckzrSn. la
Democratic votes, and - for CoHvrnaiR .
Escambia, .406 Demacrafic votes. and IS iH .
C0nvestim; Orange. 1.0ss DenorEzfie s~sz.
and TO fur Convention Here hfiren e0uHlies
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| for Ounweniion-
Cer1zinly, afler this pEesenIalisn Of fHcls. ne
cannot claim that an " overwhelming majesty >
of the party are IN fzxor Of q Cenvenlian- Ne
can claim, however. that an " overwhelming ma
joriiy" Of The people. irrespective ~ party. IRE
0gpaasd TO q Convention.
The presentation Of the cnst 81 q Convention
In my last seems 10 have met the 0bjeciians 81
the genslemsnly editor Of the Nsryw- he DOS
moi think that Convention would cost much
rs the last Legislature ] never asserted thai
proposition. Iplaced the cssi of the Convention
nj e00000 The last Legislature cos within q
few dollars Of &7O0O0 Nov We know that the
Convention Is 10 contain the same number Of
members as the last Legislature; that il viii be
in session sixty days no one win doubt, vine
thinks n moment of the delicate work they vii
have in hand Unfortunately. we are peculiarly
located, and q Constitution that viii suiI the
white counties will not suit fhuse cDnHiies where
the c0lOFed population are IN the majority, and
II will be O wonderful achievement II Ihe C0nsti-
tuition - made viii he ratified. / am sincere
In the belief that any Constitution framed viii be
voted down, and ne will have all the expense
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Convention, whatever that expense may BE-
saddled upon our present had Of taxation with
out any corresponding advantage.
Some seem % suppose HAT Convention viii
cost but little; that The members viii be pafri-
Ofic and give their services 10 the public
The only light We have 10 guide us in this mat
Ger b that Of experience. And what does the
past teach usf We had q Convention in 1856
there was no Republican party in Florida then
no caEPet-bagger here-nO negro sufrage-nOtb-
ing put pure Southern Democrats and Old Line
Wings Now what did they pay themselves aud
attachesf Five dollars per day and mileage for
themselves. the Secretary eight dollars per day.
and al other assistants, including 6ergsant-ai-
Arms and DoOr-keeper. six doIlan per day
There were good and true men IN that Con-
ntiDD-EepFessntative men. We can now re-
call such names as BaltzeIl, Bush. Chopper, DA-
wilson. Gettes, Duncan. HendEy. Hogue, Ian
drum, Love, Maxwell Mcclellan, Niblack,
Owens, Richard. Scott Taylor. Walker. Bird
OveBtrest and others. constituting the leading
men Of the State Legislature met under that
Constitution - all Democrats and Whigs-n0
| Republican party here then-such men rs Cot
trcil. Abercrombie. Vann. Owens, Cawf0rd.
Roper, Whiie. Baker. Finegnn, G0rie, Steele
Barrett, Peden, Jones, Dickson, Henderson,
Maxwell Hrokaw, Moseley. McKinnon, and 9TH
era equally good and true In view of the CRY
about high salaries and what was done in the
past Il is little strange that the action Of this
/ Legislature should never be referred Ie. Our
/ negroes were then free-we had been stripped of
eveEyihing-all was last in the great struggle
/ Just closed What salaries did tllese men giVef
/ Governor Walker had ~ a salary s. 900 per an
/ mum. and 81 900 Additional as house rent and
| g.. 900 fnr private secretAry-mAking Eve Ihan-
sand dollars per nnnum in place OF four thBusand
| n1w. The Judges af h4stlI Supreme and Circuit
Courts rrcriEet thrte lhuu<and dollars PR an
num-an incrrase Of 1--WE hundred per annum IN
| the Cirrnil Judges aser xhai il Is now. What
did those Legislators pay theInsslvess They
received eight dollars pr day and ten ennis per
mile and gave their clerks from eight 10 Ten dbl
lars per day. We heard no grumhlings then
about high salaries and h is Thought by nany that
an aficial teat would At any time now clsse the
| lin Of certain parties who seem wonderfully
distressed over exgrbitant salaries Bat have
been led away from what Ras intended IN have
heen written. / first starred out 10 discuss the
election 0f county Oficsrs but n yet have not
Tsached the suljectI may refer 10 II s00n- or
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