The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-06
The Republican Party Has No Use
For Independent Men.
cal Correspondence rala'ka NEWS.


FEDERAL POINT, FLA, Oct. 4, sc.
1t is no part of my intention to keep
up political discussion in your most in
teresting paper, nor 10 defend the repu-
tation OF S. b. Conover and some others
that could mention as prominent politi
cal actors in tho early days of recon-
struction. And although l may con-
denim what appears To be Their errors, l
do not set them down as wholly de-
PRAYED any more than / do the Demo-
cratic party of to-day. That they did
part of their work to the satisfaction of
the people would see IN TO be indicated by
the action of our Democratic Constitu-
tional Convention, who retained nearly
all the worst clauses in the old constItu-
ton in their efforts to revise it. As for
Tenney in 1880, and Tenney in 1886, he
thinks he did well TO bolt the nomination
of 5. Is. Conover, In 1880, and. after "a six
years trial of Democratic rule since that
time, thinks that ElIiah's mantle will
not be large enough To cover the whole
of that part. We hope, however, that
the party may forever feel grateful to us
for helping To throw the burden of power
entirely and exclusively into their con-
troll, but such Is not the fact. They lost
no time when they came into poAer in
taking every little Office in the State, and
were even ungrateful enough TO refuse to
re-hppoint the said Tenney to the pestif-
erous office of Justice of the Peace, even
after most solemn assurance 10y the
then gubernatorial aspirant that III lis
policy, if elected, would be a continuance
OF the old Republican one, as far as ap-
pointments TO office were concerned, and
that his party (Democratic) were fully in
accord with him. And now they hold
''side-show elections" and the proba-
blities are that the new constitution will
fail TO receive the full support of the
party, because il grants too many cleo
tive privileges TO the people! What a
pity IT would be if some fellow with Re
publican faith should by chance hold
petty Office in Florida! So you do me
overmuch honor to hunt up my record,
for you see at once that l am not suffi-
GENTLY under party control to be a good
Democrat, and the Republican party
evidently has no especial use use for mo,
now that it has its present superb leader
ship. Being therefore simply q private
individual, who intends to vote just ex-
actly as he pleases, wouldn't it be better
to deal more fully with the general mat
tiers that l have suggested rather than to
spend so much time and labor in hunting
up my public doings, and say nothing
further: l think SO, as did not intend
to glorify my own acts or make any
mention thereof. Neither am l an aspi-
rant for any office, and fail to see what
argument there may be in favor
of any party by republishing history of
your humble correspondents doings.
We think your readers will be better
pleased to know what has become OF
these suspected county officers that we
had last June, and what policy is to guide
our officers for the next two years. All
is lovely now. just before election, but
what is TO follow? How about our
sheriff, Jail delivery, school board, etc?
But excuse me; in Saturdays issue you
did have something to say on these top
les. That's just exactly what we want
some fellow like myself who has been
out of date for several years, and is only
written up to avoid the main points.
You're on the right road in your Satur-
days issue. We don't want abuse, but
We want facts, given as facts, when we
can draw our own conclusions and keep
rightly informed as to what our public
officers are doing in their official capac-
tiles.
There is very little of general interest
to relate in regard TO this place.
Our Cemetery Association held a called
meeting last week and voted to set apart
portion of the ground for the use of the
color ed people.
The colored school is prospering under
the teaching of Miss Bullard. while the |
white school has not been supplied with |
a teacher yet, and no certainty of getting |
one at present.
We sometimes fear that our people here |
are not fully alive to the benefits that |
might be derived from our public schools. |
The main points seem to be largely lost |
sight OF in personal feeling, and the |
school is not sufficiently encouraged, but |
we hope the future may witness an i'm |
provement in this matter, and our school |
be encouraged as it ought.
l will close by saying that our poet
has burst out and gone and relieved him.