The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-07
MoK.,s OBSERVATIONS.
Interesting Political Gossip From
the Capital City.

Editor PALATKA NEWS:
am glad to know that you are all up
and doing in Palatka and have organized
Cleveland and Perry club, and, while
am absent in person, I am with you in
spirit and hope you will count me in.
The indications that a number of gov
ernment clerks win do just as they please
this year about contributing to the cam
paign fund, as they feel that the civil
service law will protect them, and many
are disposed to be independent. In one
room1 where eight or ten clerks were as
sembled to-day the question of contribu-
tons came up, and one of them declared ::
II viii not give a cent" '' Nor l, . ''nor
T." repeated every one present.
This may look like small matter, but
straws show which way the winds blow,
and while =" money makes the mare go,
it is also very needful in presidential
campaigns, and if the clerks fail to con-
tribute to any extent it viii seriously af-
feet the republican barrel, as quite sum
has always been realized and depended
upoG from this quarter.
clip the following from the Sunday
Herald" of July 27th:
The estimable Mr.. Mcpherson, secre-
tary of the republican congressional com
mittee, is nothing if not previous. In
an interview q few days ago he an
nounced it to be the intention of his
party to compel fair count of the re-
publican vote of the south Yhis is all
very well, but how is it to be done? Does
he intend to invade the sacred precincts
of the polls, and stand and watch, as it
were, while the vote is counted, or how
And how would they account for their
presence, being unauthorized, if per
chance they should be arrested under the
law forbidding any persons except the
proper officers to interfere with the
counting of the votes? If the distin-
guished gentleman can answer these
questions, he may perhaps supervise the
southern election returns; otherwise,
should he attempt it, he may find the sit
uation somewhat precarious, as it We're.
The Baltimore Sun of the goth inst,
in an editorial, spoke as follows of Gen
eral Perry Z" The Right Kind of Talk"
The letter of General Perry, accepting
the democratic nomination for governor
Of Florida, is written in a manly, con-
servative style. He is native of New
England, but Floridian by adoption,
and served with distinction in the Con-
federate army. He is deeply interested
in building up Florida, and if he is chosen
governor the doors of that state will be
thrown wide open to immigrants, and
over each, in conspicuous letters, will APP
pear the word welcome y 3 =
: General Perry is the kind
of man Florida needs at the head of her
affairs"
The national museum is now preparing
to send exhibits to the Louisville. Gin
cinnati and New Orleans exposition. The
latter especially will receive a very COM
plete collection, which viii add much to
the display and do credit to the govern
ment
Ex-senator Hereford, of West Vir-
ginia was one of the committee to noti-
fly Governor Cleveland OF his nomina-
ton, and when asked what he thought
of Cleveland, remarked . He is decid-
edly bigger man than any of US gave
him credit for. He made that impress
sion up all who saw him His speech
was in splendid taste, and was delivered
with the air and manner of a man who
knows himself. lie had no notes at all. 5"
Frank Burr, the well-known newspa-
per correspondent. (who, by the way. is
republican, who was present at Au-
gusta, Me-, was asked how the affair
compared with Blaine's notification. He
replied that the Augusta meeting was
very tame affair in comparison with that
Of Albany. The better Cleveland Is
fnown the more popular he viii become.
We have had considerable rain in
Nlese parts for the last two weeks. and
much damage has been done to the
wheat crop of Maryland and Virginia.
Peaches are becoming plentiful. although
the wet weather, preceded by q
cool, dry spell has delayed the
crop. Fine, large bananas can be
bought on the streets for 90 cents
per dozen, while apples, pears, plums,
etc, can be obtained at fair prices. 1t
would do you good to take walk
through the spacious markets here and
see the great variety of fruits and vege-
tables displayed, and you would certain
ty conclude that the citizens have a right
to be proud of its markets and city, for
certainly the former cannot be excelled,
and the city is fast becoming, if it is not
now, the handsomest and most pleasant
city in the world and all that is needed
to make it a fitting capital of a great ma
ton is to do what the people viii do in
November next, elect a president who
viii be the president of the whole coun-
try, and not merely the head of sec