The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-07

A quasi-official report of recent meet
ing of the Independent State Executive
Committee" at Suwannee Springs may re-
lieve the needless anxiety of some true
Democrats lest the independent move
ment. which claimed TO be in and OF the
Democratic party, would deplete and
weaken the organized Democracy of the
State. There Is no further occasion for
alarm. The country's safe. The Demo
cratic party l. not 10 be weakened 10y di-
vision. but the Republican party may be.
1, j, just as We charged months since.
The independents are not Democrats,
though claiming 10 be "lndependent Dem
ocrat,," bat masked, perhaps shametaced,
Republicans it would seem, for they are
now announced in the quasi-official report
Of their Executive Committee as " hide
pendent Republicans OF the = lndepend-
ent Republican Combination" So the
Democracy have only TO fight the Repub-
licau> after all = the same old enemy
whipped before aud to be whipped again
We don't know what effect Billy Chan
der. bar'l had on the cabal al Suwannee's
-ul,hurous spring, or what influence in
duced them TO change their campaign
title from Independent Democrats to In
dependent Republicans, but We are pleas
"a al ,hc same that they should openly
acknowledge what they are at last and
go into the tight under their true colors,
80 that We know We may hit hard radi-
cal enemy rather than an erring brother,
temporarily fallen from Democratic grace
thr"ngh greed Of Office, jealousy, spite, or
natural infirmity Of lack Of brains. "
! Way down in Key West our bad indie
pendent Republicans have an SKI or
gan which they can no longer disclaim
a. heretofore, and J. Willis Menard, the
tawny lion OF independent journalism, can
now clasp hands across the magnificent
distance which intervenes between his
ISlyd CHy .Ne,cs and its brother organs
OF the Middle and West, and all will be
lovely - independently, radically, mon
grcliy lovely. The chasm is bridgcd by
act oi' the independent Committee
Since the above was written We have
received the latest ISSUE Of the Key West
LipDd T;ty .Ne,cs, and extract as follows
H. private letter to the editor 81 this PAPER.
pir:n.nen' in-.i.i~F Of the Independent Com
nIil'ec ,ny,
Tia. BY i united effort on the part
II he Republican, and Independents, The
itfa.Alcal organization nov holding ,uIrelne
\" ~ IL the safe. can only he oyerthrONn i
MAT ltt.st, .s41 the broad stand YOU are taking
lL!oagh tLt medium Of your valuable paper IN
. tribal! - tins union, nils me, u co-iaDOrtr in
he patriotic cause with bOundlt>s feeling. 81
-'atin1", and IN my opinion, places the people
81 Fin:lda under Obligations 10 you not easily 10
b. discharged Couid The independents and
R~i itfcaH= effect conbnation The overthrow
. 81 t.4e Wevalf. parry could DE easily accom-
+ p!3...c' IL nanageInr III and organization are
? eon'iuc-ei - men Of but little ability Their
~ C'-> ID, i4ii ID ibe election 81 Colonel David
,'.D J iuc IL ,Ir hep If leldiny Republicans,
il. "er- hot satisfied jl.t' an lnd.penden,
.h,-.I ~ ciec,el b, Tie help Of Republican
vO.f. p!titrr.ag Dem, cat elected by Demo
GA ypie.. A"lp:'! b. !aud 4 similar det-r
ii4.u .ti,n III ihc PAR 81 ID" same Republican
y q = tfst " nos nave 10 fear The
DeaiDct..c pa Ia, lot me blaIn power 10
D. - -" l.. !eitIGef.,- II the Republicans were
m~!r.t :" hos III an, icl tiem tigh, singh
AaL.ci. l." Deln"cfacy can only hope for sue
80 =. e ~ no irquisitDn Republican
b'a1-. Where, men. "o4li Democratic inbe
f44.i. aai cpfT4Y'! Il l'r, sn"Gd he Independents
~ X. f,'lbi fAa., .ni';ug all lhcir Strength pre-
-"h' Combined front IN 1854 4" The scattered
r4nns ~ he bn1fb".! Amy, led bY imt'ecile corn
ma. i"f-,
The public will icel a natural curiosity
70 know vino is the prominent member
Of the Independent Committee who i,
thu given away" by 50 bc-hattered Men
ard that he really couldn't keep the private
ettcr private: "Colorcd troops dom,
" tight nobly' y when they do such things
But the "republican brains Of the ben
"tciary really could not resist the highly
favored taffy Of the now sadly "promi
nenl member"
We have been keeping the Indepen
den, Committee carefully on ice" fol
EVENTUAL use for several months, and here
it l. all right As originally and officially
announced in All Independent organ--bu,
"e don't know which prominent member
:. thereof wrote the very "private letter
, t" the man and brother Of Key West:
= Hon J \. STRIPPING, Of Madison, Chairman
Hon ID ;. Walker, Jr., ol Leon; Hon. VI Mar
:; ~, Of Gado'ien Hon. Miles M"nnlicn, Of Wash
:. lngt"n Hon. Lawrence Baker Of Calhoun
Hon VIM Bryson, Of Suwauner, and Hon 5
Hendricks of Clay.