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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-08
The EncampInent.

Ten companies Of State troops are in
camp at Pablo Beach under command
of Major w. B. Young, Of Jacksonville.
The companies are Wilson's Battery,
Jacksonville; Light Infantry, Jackson
vile; Metropolitan Light Infantry, Jack
sonville; Escambia Rifles, Pensacola /;
Gem City Guards, Palatka; Leesburg
Rifles, Leesburg; Gainesville Guards,
Gainesville; Hillsborough Grays, Plant
City; Ocala Rifles, Ocala; Halifax Ri
fes, Daytona. The beautiful location of
the camp on the ocean beach, the enter
tainment afforded by the military ma.
neuvres, the target practice, the music,
the sea bathing, all combine to attract
large numbers to the place. The number
of visitors last Monday was estimated at
five thousand, and Pablo Beach was the
liveliest place in all Florida.
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jacksonville Times Union.l
ALI. FOR MALLORY.
The First District In a EermentO Over
COnRressman-Th Outlook


COngressman-Th Outlook
"Volusa is solid for Dougherty, Charley
remarked Mr.. Richards, of Cedar Key, TO his
friend, Mr.. Rogers, as he looked over the Times
Union to to catch up" with the news.
"Thats more than our man can say" remark
ed his friend
Why, what is the matter with Mr.. David
son Z" asked the Times Union scribe.
Nothing only that everything looks like
Mallory was going to be the nominee where We
have BEEN" mss
"What has Davidson donc?" asked the scribe,
"that is TO lose his seat y-What is there against
himp
Nothing but the feeling is among our peo-
pie that change would be beneficial. We were
in Pensacola, and it was all Mallory there"
Yes" said Mr.. Rogers, and from what !
can learn Jackson county is also for Mallory
He seems to take all through the west"
Both gentlemen, although apparently mol Ia.
ing sides at all, appeared to be certain that MI
Mallory would be the nominee of the First d'''
trct. They said everybody in Pensacola wa
for him, even to the Republicans. The peOp'
there have an idea that Mr.. Mallory can w
something towards starting up work in the M
wv Yard
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General Willlan ID. Barnes for
Congress.

Editors For.dian. The time 10 fast approaching
when the First District will hold Its Convention
to nominate its candidate for the Fiftieth Con-
gress. 1t becomes this body TO look well to its
selection. Competency, fitness, faithfulness to
duty loyalty to party principles. are the elements
which should be sought for in whoever he may
be who shall receive the nomination Of the
Brooksville Convention, to be held August 4th,
1885,
Without detracting from the merits of either
of the distinguished gentlemen whose names
have been mentioned, I claim that the gentleman
whose name heads this article is pre-eminently
fit to hold the high position Of Representative of
the First District in the Fiftiesh Congress.
William D. Barnes has never sought official
position, but has ever been ready to do the work
necessary to advance the interests of his people
and his party.
When the tocsin first sounded IN the early days
of reconstruction be was among the first to re-
spond, and from that day to the closing days Of
the last campaign William D. Barnes voice has
been heard from the stump in every county in
the State doing yeoman service for the cause of
Democracy. Whilst he has not sought office yet
his dsinterested patriotism in the past warrants
the belief that he will serve his people in the fu
ture, and should he receive the nomination, will
accept it. The faithful manner in which he has
discharged every trust committed to him, both
of public and private character is sufficient
guarantee that when he, as the standard bearer
of the Democratic party in the campaign soon
to be inaugurated, unfurs his party's flag he will,
it from county to county, rallying and enthusing
the people, so that when the ides Of November
shall have been another glorious victory will
cheer the hearts of the Democracy of the First
District LEON DEMOCRAT.
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7 rOuhIe i'm the Second District a..

The Duval democracy are inharmoni-
GUS, and we suppose the Jacksonville
newspapers are to blame for the dissen-
sions in the ranks of the faithful-who
got into sad squabble in the county
convention, which divided and one por-
ton left the hall to meet in another place.
Each portion charges the other with bolt
ing, for while one portion held the hall
the other portion carried off the officers
of the meeting. One portion says the
Duval delegation to Ocala is for Dough
erty, and the other portion that it is for
Owens The Dougherty crowd repre-
sented the county more generally as there
was fair membership from the country,
while the great proportion of the Owens
crowd was of the city. The present
prospect is that the opposing delegations
will both knock at the door of the Dis
trict Convention, each demanding admis-
sion as the only true and genuine-and
that the rejected one, or some of its sup
porters, may not forget the grievance
even at the polls in November.
The Duval democracy ought to lose no
time in endeavoring to heal the breach
in their ranks, and it would seem that the
only way of doing so is to annul the &C.
ton already had. If the partisans
have cooled sufficiently to listen to
calm counsel probably they would
acquiesce in call for mass meeting to
pass resolutions instructing the county
committee to direct new primaries and
another county convention for the election
of delegates to Ocala. The result of such
effort to harmonic cannot, of course, be
predicted, but it would be move in the
right direction, and might narrow down
the blame Of anarchy to few persons
whose influence would be lost in conse-
quence of the publicity of their fault as
mischief makers.
The Gordon and Bacon war in Georgia
is a sad example, and it is to be hoped
that the personal claims of aspirants for
nomination in Florida will never override
considerations of party unity. This
would be especially deplorable in the
Second District which is so evenly divided
that little dissension in the party may
lose it to the democracy. If it is lost
democratic papers may be held RESPONSE
| BILE, for a number of them have stirred up
trouble by the bitterness with which they
have expressed their dislikes.
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Jacksonville Herald
General 9ebrIng for Congress.

The Bronson Times publishes the formal an
nouncemcnt Of General W. II. Sebring as a cam
didate before the Convention in the First Dis
trict for Congress.
The General was met on the streets of the city
to-day by a Heralder, and asked if he intended to
allow his name brought before the District Con-
vention at Brooksvile. He said at the urgent
request of friends he had consented.
The General is Democrat of the stalwart
style, and has proven his faith by his works on
more than one occasion since coming to the
State. He was here in the dark and trying days
of Radicalism and never 1inched from the call
of duty at any time and under the most trying
circumstances There are several other promi-
nent names mentioned in connection with this
nomination, any one of which would bear the
Democratic banner with honor and credit to
themselves and party
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Fernandina Mirror.1
The New Constitution.

Ii hardly seems necessary to again discuss the
revised Constitution. It's merits and defects
have been fully considered There is but SIM
gle question before the voter at the ensuing
election, anil that is whether, on the whole
the new Constitution is better than the existing
one. 1t will be opposed by some because il has
not imposed the payment of poll-tax as pre-
requisite of voting. 1t will be opposed by Others
because it has RENTED this question TO the Leg
islature, instead of declaring against it. 1t will
be opposed by some because all OF the judges are
not to be elected by the people, and by more be
cause any of the judicial officers are to be 50
elected. We regard this feature of the Constilu.
ton as the most Objectionable of any thing in it.
1t will be opposed by.sOme because all of he
county officers are not elective, and by OtheIsb=
cause there are any of them elective. II winN
opposed by some because the homestead exemp
ton is made SC ample, and by others because it
is restricted
In view of these differences OF opinion. it is
not to be expected that there will be much en-
thusiasm shown in the election, which is to de-
eide upon the adoption or rejection of the Con-
stitution. We have to consider them.
Is it likely that any other Convention which
may be called will form a better instrument
Is not the provision made for its future amend
ment a reason for the acceptance OF the proposed
Constitution with the opportunity afforded for
correcting the defects? Is not the proposed Con-
stitution better than the present one?
The rejection of the Constitution proposed by
the Convention of 1885 will leave us in statu
quo with little hope of any change for longpe-
Rod The people will not feel like incurring the
great expense of another Convention, and the
machinery provided for amendments is so cum
bersome that little can be expected to be done in
the way of improvement through that channel.
If the Constitution is rejected, the question
should be considered at rest for long period
We think the Constitution should be ratified
at the polls as The best thing we can do under the
circumstances 1t should be judged according
to the intrinsic value and from the standpoint
of good citizenship. 1t is the Constitution ola
people, affecting the interests of all alike
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DeFUNIAK SPRINGS. FLA.

Celebration of Independence Day
Special to the Times Democrat
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, July 3-The na'ion,'
anniversary of American Independence was W
ebrated here to-day with appropriate ana mp
ing demonstrations of patriotic fervor, in VIM.
the Scottish Pilgrim Fathers of the fiollu'
highlands with the soldiers of the blue ana gI "1
blended Addresses were delivered by lne mor,
w. II. Milton, Hon. o. P. Fannin, ana ca A.
of regret were read from Gen. Lee. Hon; r.
Burke, Hon. A. K Mcclure, Of Pennsylvaan anne.
Bishop O'Sullivan, Of Mobile; Hon. y. A. E" 3
of Birmingham; Wallace Bruce. Gen Gen. YORK 70
Moliueaux and Whitelaw Reid. q New uca,I Of
Hon. John NJ. Gliddon and Geo 1. Ange' nd
Boston; Hon. F. Schumacher, OF ONO A;,o "r
prominent men from every State and ier TER, md
This celebration is the most prom,nshI1sd il
popular patriotic gathering yet assem n,sS and
the heavens are aglow with showers OF co'0'''
fire,
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DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.

The Democratic voters of Leon county
will assemble in mass meeting at Cables
Hall, in the city of Tallahassee, on Satur.
day, July %, 1886, a. eleven o'clock, A.
NJ, for the purpose of electing delegates
to the Congressional Convention of the
First District, to be held at Brooksville,
on the fourth day of August next, and to
transact any other business that may be
considered necessary by said meeting
BY order of County Executive Com
mittee.
FRED. T. MYERS, Chairman.
Attest: r. w. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
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In another column Leon Demo
crat" urges General William D. Barnes
for Congress. 1t goes without saying
that the General is as fully entitled to
any position in the gift of the people of
Florida as he is competent for the dis
charge of its duties. A noble and stain
less record preceded his entry into politics
in the dark days of 1868, when he led the
movement organizing the Democratic
party by stamping the State as candidate
for the one seat in the house of representa-
tives then allowed to Florida. Since
then he has been in the front of every
campaign-eloquent before the people,
wise in the councils of party management.
His lofty integrity, infallible judgment,
and thorough knowledge of State affairs.
make him complete public man, while
his genial manners and amiable DISPOSE
ton have won him an army of personal
friends.
Colonel sgd. L. Carter, candidate for
the State Senate, was in the city on
Wednesday. We understand the Colonel
has the county very nearly solid for him.
We are not sure as yet that Cedar Key
will present candidate for the Senate.
She will at least claim one of the Repre-
sentatives If not the Senator.-Ce Cedar
Key Journal.
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John G. Sinclair. Ed. Kuhl, John w i.
Weeks, N. L. Mills, T. J. Shine, T. c.
Grey and E. r. Gunby, of Orlando, give
notice of the formation of company,
under the corporate name of the Orlando,
Oakland and Atlantic Railroad Company,
for the construction of railroad from Or
lando to Oakland, and thence to the In
dian river and Atlantic ocean, also from
q point between Orlando and Oakland,
southwest to point on the west side of
Lake Butler. The length of the road is
to be fifty-ive miles, avares Herald.
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Hon. w. HI. Milton.

Editors Foridian.' see the name of this gen.
teman mentioned in the Mariana Courier for
the nomination for Congress. Having watched
the course of Major Milton as a member of the
Legislature and ofthe Constitutional Convention,
have been impressed with his consistency, his
sound judgment, and his devotion TO duty and
to principle. If he should be elected to Congress
he would make us reliable and efficient Repre-
sentative And if he should receive the nominal
ton at Brooksville he will be supported without
stint in this section OF the State
MIDDLE FLORIDA
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One of the arguments by which pro-
tectionists seek to gain votes is that if
the manufacture of an article is protected
by heavy import duty the wages of the
operatives employed in its production
will necessarily be higher. Statistics
do not show that this is so in most cases,
but that the wages of employees have
even decreased under the operation of
the present high tariff. But statistics
need not be referred to, for everybody
knows the history of the strikes, result
ing from low wages in various manufac-
lures, during the present year and re-
cent years. The fact is that protection
don't protect in most staple manufactures
unless it amounts to prohibition. and that
cannot and should not be. A high duty
only forces the foreign manufacturer to
grind down his operatives and mark
down his own profits somewhat, to the
amount of the tariff charge, and he comes
into the American market to compete
with the home manufacturer all the
same" Thus the effect of protective
tariff policy is not SO much to raise the
price of home products as to reduce the
price of foreign products, and SO far as it
may enhance prices it rather assists the
few manufacturers in their haste to get
rich than it does their many workmen
to get better wages. And further, to the
extent that it increases prices of articles
it taxes all consumers. Thus the greatest
good for the greatest number demands
low tariff: The country cannot be en-
closed by tariff as high as the Chinese
wall and reserved as the exclusive mar
ket for home products. We should manu-
facture more than we can consume and
go into competition in the market of the
world, our manufacturers and merchants
meeting those of other nations wherever
consumers are found. The foreign COM
merce that has made England rich, and a
great power of earth, is for us to share
when we will, and if low tariff policy
tends to force us into wide commercial
enterprise, that is a powerful argument
in It's favor That it will have this ten
dency is not to be disputed, for in such
proportion as foreign products are ex-
cluded so will exports be reduced. This
is an memorable law in the commercial
intercourse of nations. To maintain com
merce there must be reciprocity. There
cannot be ali buy on one side and all sell
on the other. The merchandise of one
consumed by the other must be proxi-
mately offset by merchandise, or one
country would soon be reduced to fnan-
cial distress by paying all money, instead
of the balance of trade being sus-
tanned by exports which would bring a
counter inflow of money from abroad.
The import trade of the United States
would be almost annihilated if it ceased
to be offset by the export of cotton which
brings into the country the millions that
compensate to the financial system of the
country the drain in paying for imports
Other exports help King Cotton, and as
foreign trade intercourse is extended this
help will increase in amount and variety
until the nation attains its destiny OF
commercial greatness, influential abroad
| and PROSPEROUS at home.
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GladstOne's Campaign.

The most interesting event in the
worlds history of to-day is the election
struggle led by Gladstone to constitute
parliament which will adopt home rule
measures for Ireland's relief. The aggre-
gate of votes cast for members at this
writing shows that the country is almost
evenly divided, the difference being in fa-
vor of the opposition. But the previous
election began the same way, and the final
result was majority of Gladstone men
in parliament. 1t is true that there was
not then before the people the defined is
sue on which the division was made in the
House of Commons, but the purposes so
presented were we'll understood. Mr.. Glad
stone astonishes those who know him best
by his sustained physical and mental
powers, and cage does not wither nor Gus
tom stale his infinite resources in elo-
quence and shrewd adaptation to the
emergencies of the tumultuous campaign
in which he is embarked. The following
is specimen of his speech-making power
as cabled on the Goth ultimo:
Mr. Gladstone, in the course of his speech de-
livered yesterday at Liverpool, said 1t was
here that first drew breath. / have drawn it
now seventy-six years. The time is not distant
when shall pay my debt to nature, and these
possibly are the last words shall speak in Liv
erpooL" Mr.. Gladstone quoted from the ballad
"Chevy Chase" 1.-THE child unborn shall rue the
hunting of that day." and exclaimed: eff idle
and shallow pretexts bewilder the mind of the
people, or if power, wealth and rank overbear
the national sense, the child unborn shall rue the
voting OF that day l entreat you to resolve
that the civilized world shall no longer assert
that Ireland is England's Poland. and to deter.
mine that England shall no longer have Poland.
She has had It long enough Listen to prudence,
courage and honor. Ring out the old, ring in
the new. Ring out the notes of misery and dis
cord, ring in the blessed reign of time of
Deace"
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Special to the Times Democrat.)

Special to the Times Democrat)
WASHINGTON, July Judge w. A. Seay,
United States Minister to Bolivia, 1.-THE position
declined by Ex-Governor Bloxham,l is in town
en- route to his home in Shreveport, to spend his
sixty days leave Of absence. He is in excellent
health, although he complains of the highly
rariied atmosphere which envelopes his post of
duty. LaPsz, the city where he resides, is ten
thousand feet above the sea, and the weather, Of
an even temperature, 10 cold the whole year
round o 6res are lighted purely for comfort,
however, and In consequence strangers and vie.
itors are at shiverinx disadvantage until they
become acclimated The scenery is described as
grand and picturesque. Judge Seay is much
pleased with his new duties. He will call on
the. President and Secretary of State to morrow,
and at night leave for home.
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TOWN OF
NJ A GIN O l. A.

T OTIS in the TOWN of MAGNOLIA, are
IL offered for sale.
This place is situated 8 miles from Fort ST.
MARKS, on the St. Marks River, and Is from
TALLAHASSEE The River can be navigated to
the Town, by vessels drawing 8 feet water. The
situation is high, dry, and healthy; it has two
Sulphur Springs in the vicinity, one of which is
only Two hundred yards from the Public
Square. They are said to possess great Medical
qualities.
tB- For further information of terms, &c,
apply 10
J. G. s. N. HAMLEN,
81. Marhs, or to
AUGUSTUS STEELE,
IInUrLnaano
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TALLAHASSEE, LEON COUNTY.
(MIDDLE FLORIDA.)
THE FLORIDA HOTEL.

- THE SUBSCRIBER having under
H L taken the superintendent Of the
sssl above named Establishment, for the
accommodation OF Travellers and
regular Boarders, (recently occupied by Col
onel Pindar,) most respectfully solicits the pat
ronage of his friends, and the public in general,
assuring them, that his Table shall be furnished
with as good fare as this section of the country
can afford-his Bar with variety Of CHOICE
LIQUORS, his Stables with good Provender, to-
gether with an attentive Ostler. And il unlim-
tied attention, combined with moderate charges,
are sufficient inducements, he at least cannot but
confidently expect share of Public Patronage
The FLORIDA HOTEL is a large and COM
modious building b autifully situated, on the
west side of Government Square, and expressly
calculated for respectable Public House. being
in an eligible situation for business, and in the
immediate vicinity of the principal roads lead
lug ~ aud Cr~... T.-n-i-----~.
Boarding with Lodging, per Dolls:
month, 10
do without do do IL
Man and horse per day, l 80
Man per day,
Horse per day 10
Breakfast, 81
Dinner, so
Lodging, 20
Servants half-price:
Refreshments to be obtained on reasonable
terms, by applying at the BAR.
DAVID B. BUTLER.
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For the information of the

For the information of the legal fra
ternity, we would state that Judge
Mitchell will be out of the State after
next Monday, July5. He leaves on that
day for Ashville, North Carolina, where
he will spend the summer.-BartoU In
fornadnt.
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TERMS.

THE FLORIDIAN will be published weekly
on a super royal sheet, at SO so in advance, a
dolls. payable within six months, land dollars so
if payment is delayed till the end of the year.
WILLIAM WILSON.
Tallahassee, Sept. %, 1929