The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-10-14
IA, 1886. NEW SEklES.-VOL. AAll.--NO 26.
Mariana Courier.l
Mariana Courier.]
Reasons why Democrats Cannot
Vote For FendletOn.

Vote For EsendnetOn.
Itmust be a very thougthlcss and unrcnccting
Democrat who can vote for Pendlet0n in this
contest. The reasons given by him for asking
Democrats TO support him against Davidson are
the most superficial that were ever offered to In
telligent voters, and vanish into the air when
subjected to scrutnizing examination. He
says that Davidson was not the choice of the
party at BroOksvile, because improper means
were employed to procure his nomination, that
offers of bribery were resorted to TO effect it, He
makes this charge generally, without stating
who offered the brbes or giving any particulars
connected with il, which can lead to an inquiry
into its truth or falsity. Such charge cannot
be accepted as true by intelligent men. They
will demand some proof or some specific state
ment as to names and other particulars They
want something more than the unsupported
word of Mr.. Pendleton who is an interested wit
ness But suppose some thoughtless and over
jealous person did offer bribe for votes tor
Davidson, before Mr.. Davidson should suffer for
the ndiscrelion il must he brought home to him
or it must be shown that his nomination was Sc
cured thereby and the viii OF the party defeated.
But there is no evidence of that. On the con-
trary, Mr. Mallory, who was Mr.. DavidsOn's on
ly opponent at Brooksvie, states publicly that
II there were any improper means employed there
Mr.. Davidson was wholly innocent of it and
that the result could not have been otherwise
than what it was.
When Pendlcton asks Democrats to support
him because Davidson was not really the choice
OF the party, it devoves upon him, Tor the same
reason TO show that he was not their choice, or
that he is more acceptable to the party than Mr..
Davidson. Perhaps Mr.. Pcndleton's presump-
tiOn may lead him TO believe that such is the
case but he is the only man in the State who
can be of that opinion. The accepted and rea-
sonable way OF ascertanng the wishes OF pO
litical organization as to men or measures is
through conventions, such as assembled at
BrO0ksville, the regularity of which has not
been questioned. There Pendleton headed
contesting delegation, which was seated. There
fore, he cannot complain of any unairness in
the organization He participated in the pro-
ceedings unto the end, and consented to making
the nomination OF Davidson unanimous. There
were 100 votes in the conventin,-though MIR.
Mallory received a very respectable vote Mr. Da-
wilson led him from the start, and it soon be-
came apparent that, in a contest between those
two, that the latter was obliged to win. II Mr..
Pendleton thought he was preferred TO David
son then was his time to test it, at this regular
convention Of Democrats 1t could not be that
he was unwilling to become a candidate for he
is now in the field 1t could not be that he pre-
ferred Mr.. Mallory, for lie did not vote for him
casting his vote for Hcndry. He cannot say
that he could not get any one to nominate him,
",
were one hundred men, twO-thirds, for him, and
out of that number some one would have nom
mated him." But his name was not mentioned
for the nomination for Congress, not even with
dated breath" Mr. Mallory, whose vote at
one time in the convention reached near seventy,
has the manlness to say that he was not the
choice of that body while Mr.. Pcndleton, who
was not mentioned there at all has the effrontery
to claim that he is more representative of the
pariy's choice than the nominee.
Again, Mr.. Pendleton is running in the inter
est of the Republican party, which is endorsing
ana supporting him for the purpose of dividing
and defeating the Democrats. And here we
repeat what we said last week: Ii he is elected
it will be Republican victory and a Democra-
tic defeat.
Then we conclude that Democrat cannot
vote for Pendlet0n for the following reasons:
First, he is not the representative of the party in
this contest, as is shown in the only ascertain
able way second, he is not trustworthy Dem
Ocrat, because he has bolted the nomination of
the convention OF which he was a member
third he is the Republican candidate to all in.
ents and purposes, and his election would be
such Democratic defeat as to jeopardize the
success of the party in this State in 1888. DEM
Gratis cannot be mised by such vapid nonsense
as he puts before them.
Next week we propose to show why no good
citizen, regardless OF party, can vote ior Pendle
ton in preference to Davidson.