The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-19
The HfalA Fair


The Annual State Fair was held a, J.o.
Vile last week Having never attended FL
ridSstate Fair. and having in mind the nro,,..'
cd Drought Of last fall. and the unusua,lv 49,,
n. Asher OF the present winter We were ....N
ably surprised at the general outlook, and ssr..
cialb TO see such fine display of tropical f,;,.
of Which Hillsborough county had the pre.,..'
quahaisy, while to all appearances their m.n.,
! wasifuily equal il not superior 10 any on exhn;
| tom,
There were quite number Of excellen,
| hibiA IN other departments but those who h.~
wiir4ssed previous Florida Expositions c,,,,..,
ihathhis one was below the average for our Stat.
Fairs
W. heard numerous expressions of disanno,,
:neni jim regard 10 contests in the speed ripy On,
conftfs that We expected to see more eprries o.,
| better programme in This department
Use attendance WAS very large, especially II.
| last two days, and the Fair is said to hsva -
i finhh'ial success.
/ TIKI MILITARY
Oqs chief disappointment was in the ml;,..
| i'll ties department. The Secretary OF the Ps:-
Association, Major A. J. Russell, the M;li,a-
tNonianrtee. OF the Superintendent OF This n.
partgleni were advised - AT least several d.,
heto4s the Fair - that detachment of Csao,.
! iroms The State Seminary at Tallahassee won,,
lie on hand ior the purpose of PARTICIPATING :.
The qaapetitive drill for the prizes offered ,r H.
best iir;lled company
Fos some unexplained cause-at Ieas, for SOM.
,c1us4 hot explained To the satisfaction Of Coo,a,
k'vtta who commanded the Tallahassee Cade.
lh& were not allowed to participate in ~.
romIfaitive drill. Being ruled out of the com
peitIf'f drill on the pretext that they did not h.
long ttl the " Volunteer Militia" Of the s,.,.
c"losei Rivers very wisely and properly ,lecinsi
10 take any part in the military exercises
THIS arbitrary ruling was unlocked for and
| consequently was complete surprise 10 Coons
| Rivers and the cadets If those in charge ofh.
Military Department knew before the Fair Tho,
tlic Tallahassee cadets could not or would no, he
| permitted TO enter the military contest !, w..
wrong b. allow them to go there una,lyisel .,
That tci. If on the other hand the determine
ton to exclude the Tallahassee cadets from ,la
competitive drill was decided upon after ,be,
arflv& at jacksonville, the cadets are Victims NJ,
gross 4justice That the Military Commute.
| were e~ther aware of the fact before the Fair or
! reaches the conclusion To exclude them so.,
their afiival, is ioregone conclusion Takine
= her abrn of the dilemma the Tallahassee ca.
diets have suffered great wrong al the hands Of
somtirh!y-a wrong which they and their friends
regret 20 realize and feel.
This:mnch upoH the assumption that the ru(
ing VS. correct, but we contend that it was not
Here, siusce to Major Russell, We will state
That il : understood that he did not approve the
ruling iat excluded the cadets from the drill
Colohel Rivers holds a commission from The
Governor of Florida, in all respects the same as
|. colonel pi the Florida Militia. This commission
ne prosnced-or had in his pOcket-to prove
thai he;lelonged to the State Militia IfColonel
Rivers and the Tallahassee cadets are subject to
the sause military rules and regulations as the
ofgsnlzHd militia of Florida, they certainly con-
.tltnte i part OF the States militia, and are en-
titled te all the rights and privileges accorded to
other nahtia companies.
II thk Tallahassee cadets are not volunteers
they wsuld like to have their military status de
incl
We aie not among those who rejoice at occur
rences % This character enter into their discus
SION wi tl any degree of pleasure, save to right
wrong As we are enabled to diagnose this case
where elr wrong is manfestly palpable, We
take uIfthe cue from a sense OF duty and the
pleasure derived from the consciousness OF duty
peronier