The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-22
FLEEClNG FLORIDA.
Hsw ssalawag Rule Almost Ruined
the Orange Blossom state.
Personael Of tho Members OF Q Corrupt
Legislature.
A Scrap OF Unsavory History.

r,a.d W. ~ ohs"cosl Som, oould barely
s,rn their nsmss. They represented the
Planes, and mo,l ,ristuoratio ccuhtes ia the
sta,e. Allonu. was M aie COT suiuuous by
two neg,o cnrnet. bsplsfs. Duyal county by
n ioud.s,,ouIhed. dr,inxen nuisance, Jaeg-
son ,onnlv INV Two negroes aud en- IRISH.
man and Leon county by three negfnea
and u whits man, who loved the negroes,
ard nrsterred their s0oety 10 that OF tho
whi,es The republican majority was 10.
The earpai badgers we're low and of nt,ls
value. The most prominent were John
Vsrnnm and John W. Bu.ler. Vafnum soOn
resigned 10 become adiutant general oi tAe
st,ts. He la nov a prIopefous aud respect.
ed citizen OF Gninesyills. Hs "a good Eel
Inv fond Of "A like. and always ready to DO
a favor.
Butler was major-g general In the stats
militia. nm immense msn physically, Irish
IN the core and had heArL rs big AZ his
body could hold. Ny scduaintanco with
him opened very oddly. | wss sitiing In
the Office of the state treasurer, Ia conysrsa.
ton with a noItnsrn gentleman, VINO wa,
hiohlv In ticunnt at the n,apLer In which
the ram nlicaus were managing things In
the state. WAY" said he, IL am ,old thn,
some of the ca, pet. baggers hold live or siX
ofiices apiece"
A marty man standing near broke Ia
with "That's nothing. mold thirteen aud
Growl like h - because | can't get another
Sne.u | found upon inquiry that ne was
the famous "ssn,s RIsai Butler, $50
mound. of muck, ood nature ana generosi-
". nicknamed Santa Rosa because he
hailed from that del.ctable country, When
the stste senate confirmed his appointment
as mnjor.ge neral OF tne militia some .wsR
introduced a bill changing toe John ". 10
Ber ismin r.. and directing tle purchase o,
a rel of silver spoons tor his especial use.
When under the influence OF liquor, OF
which he was rather fond, Butler would
amuse himself NJ come of the night sessions
oItbe legislature nv shooting AT sho candies
that shed a mild light upon the Assem- III 81
wisdom. or by any other freak his exuber-
ant fapcy INN, II ID him % do. am grieyed
10 sta,e that his opinion of his assoclates OF
tha rsnuhiican Marty WAS no. n very exol ed
one Afrer no adj ia,led 10 reopiye "A cor.
ore.sion.I nomin,,ion nt one of The c,nyen.
f,ons he told several OF N, that he had
.otjs,sd the -. sc,undr, Ia and thieves
eSvIu Cor inc mammalian INIT they want.d
moreU and he couldn't raise 1t in timo.
He WA. n very prodivnl in his generosity.
and nothing dsi,gnted him more tha an 10 be
of service 10 n friend. Al one session o! the
iecislnture he called his tr end, the stste
trsssnrcr aside and said: dock, the COM
rjstaa 20 coing 10 sy nina your accom- ts
tn.morrow Nov / don,t know whether
vonr hooks oro straiabt or not, and don't
csra a d-n bnt ifvou wart help. here IL
IL and vou cnn ksep Il ma long as YOU like,
too
Ho threw on the desk a huge roll OF
mnnev several thousands of dollars, The
tressm,er thanked him for hi. proffared
Kindness. but told him that the en- tire legis-
Istnrs conId ersm,pe His sccouuts in pub.
lie n tbsv wanted In as they were unas.
ssilabls.
Rn,Is, was A brilliant and yarlagated pol
,,;n,an fnis;a ha "a. Al The same TINA n
SsIecste IN the regular republican conyep-
tton a d.Isva,e NJ ,he liberal repubiic.n
Convention and was sbout TO contest tho
oredent,als of the delega, o TO the dem ocfnt.
Ia conyention, While Butler was sheriff OF
S.nt. Ro.a cauntv no hanged "A crimiaal
nndsr .anteoce + death without waiting tor
n warrant from the governor.
Ona dav Butler was Aeatsd iu his Office
Uis fine horse wa, fastened TO a port At the
doo.. A noted desperate mounted Il, and
dashed down the road BntIer secured an
thew went At full speed, on II wild race
through the woods. pursuer and pursued
snnrinp To the ouiok. rhe thief refused 10
sion when hailed: 40 Butler who was dead
shnt f,red and he rolled ont Of the saddle
lii a hn,let In hia ne.d
AIthongn Bntler was plzin. rough
feiIow wien the Legislature VIVA in session
no Al y.vs snnenred In brilliant array. Ton
ned off with n hiah silk nat. A solid gold
rhsin re"cbsd from hi, nerk 10 his wsi,..
Nns dsv Bnilsr WIS ,tanolua IN tho door
yav nj ihe ns.smblv. l,por,ng upder lit
lie Too mnch conviyiaiity. when another
,memher LAO pr,tty well loaGed. uudsr-
tool 10 nass' RntIer prah rcd him by the
coil ar and pushed MIN back. excl aiming in
= wnics heard ali over the chnmper; Get
ont of this. I'm the only member OF the
iecisiatnre who ba, ripLt /, attend y Sea-
ssen dr"nt !, ""' "'
Tho conntv he represented had only three
thouaand nbabit.nte. AID the taxes did
su wv, s,',orn, -, mncS Som, time, Ru' la,
v"n,d 90 10 The sat, treasurer. ask him
shat the conniy taxes were. and would paw
them himself trusting 10 luck and the
hcrc, ~ his rs;yn hors fnr tina r.peyment
Rut,er d,ad In Us.h some ysafs ago. A
.stan ~ ,hs nsnitsntisrv
O.s ri The hss, coIorsd wemhers WAS A
n. O,enod of " sSisoo countv Ho was a
t.u T bssuI.nr, ~ =, nist,n w,tn reyniar fs.t
ss.a ." a. n cd ,n,,.,."hs and imneri.i
nStSourht NJ, 10 ne M de a tool of by the
savIs .s,s nv" ~ ~" ~ss iba rssi lssdsr of
-: .cr.t .itIor1h : co.,o,.
~ wkh;te csrns,- hs.g,r, With ths nnsbonrd.
"a 49, ~ ~. 49, ,n,ssd ,hems,Ivs IN
~ ou "son, ~ 49,, ,amo,oj from ,hs
.,h: ND n.snnS nl.sve i adj ne rssnect
ia conn1encs ~ Inc .onIhsrn neonIe for
ni" modsst and strsipbt,orwsrd copduct
Hs a. nov TJn,ted atat~s mail agent. and
!s e nn nv o" -, th., rsnnhiicsn houss Who
no. hoid. nlscs and power.
Ou' s ~ ns Nh.ired ne,,a the nersct
r,ctrrs or /. vcnsrsbIs monkey. lie would
~ 'on. .t,., honr IN hi. sas, Win a yrin
81 his f.cs ionhinv A. thorsh The invisible
a.. - n.ndi.. dos. ana invisible Cocoa.
mn 20 hin
-. 10, bi'cs 30 ha.s ~ : n;nasnnls
chesss'
IN" .c..h., NJ An. hor.. w.. . sst
Mart i,,dividusl krovn 10 fame nf some