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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01
Jacksonville Morning Newsl
A Novel President.

President Cleveland is certainly making him.
self very solid with the people of the United
States. 1t is rather al unlocked for performance
for President to be making vigorous investga-
tons of the merits of private bills which have
passed the scrutiny Of the committees of two
houses of Congress and been six times read and
passed upon in open session. 1t is startling that
the President should have occasion to veto as
many as sixteen OF such bills in single dav.
giving in each case absolutely convincing rea
sons that they never should have passed Congress
at all.
In times of profound peace President can
drift through term of Office and be highly sue
cessiul by doing nothing whatever. We are gov
erned too much. But President who puts in
his spare time in teaching Congressman their
duty by practical demonstrations of the fact that
they have grossly neglected it; who by patient
investigation OF volumnious facts, detects frauds
and leaks in the Treasury, and laborously pro-
ceeds to plug them up is novelty in the execu.
tive Office and man after the peoples heart.
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For Congress.

1t will soon be time for the people of this Dis
trict to choose a standard bearer to lead them to
victory in the Congressional canvass We un-
,lerstand Colonel Davidson will be before the
Convention for denomination, and that the
claims of others will be pressed, among others,
DIR. Wall, of Tampa. Our personal preference
will depend very much on whose names are al
lowed to go before the Convention We think
tina, South Florida is entitled to the nomination,
but doubt if she will be able to present man en-
,irely acceptable. II we compelled to fall back
on Middle or West Florida, General w ID. Barnes
would make ii strong canvass and be generally
acceptable.
Our allegiance will be due to the nominee of
the Convention, and we expect to be able to take
pleasure in giving him hearty support. Colo
mel Davidson has had no warmer friend in The
District than we have been and are still, but we
think the sentiment Of the District will he found
to favor Il new nomination. However this may
be, we have no doubt the nominee will have the
united support Of the Democracy of the District.
Whether the party will risk a nomination in
view OF certain defeat remains to be scen.-CetLtr
keu .JOurHft
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01
New Orleans Times Dcmocrat)
The Eresident's VetOes.

The President has been very liberal of late
with veto messages, directed principally against
the many pension bills that Congress passes
without due ..nsideration, the reasons assigned
by him for the vctocs being much the same in
each case.
II am thoroughly tired" he writes, " of disap-
proving gifts of public money 10 individuals
who, in my views, have no right or claim TO the
same" And he suggests further that large
proportion of these bills have never been SUBJ
mittcd to a majority of either branch of Con-
gress, but are the result of nominal sessions, held
for the express purpose of considering them and
at which but II small minority of the members
were present
This fact has long been notorious and scan-
dial to Congress. These special pension bills are
considered with House of only twenty or
thirty members present, and are then rushed
through, rs no one objects to them or points out
the lack of quorum.
Attention has been called to the matter time
and time again, and il has been promised that
the abuse would be corrected but apparently
the members are unwilling to arouse the aniago-
nisms of other Congressman, and the bills are
allowed to be rushed through without objection.
The President performs a public service in
calling attention to this evil and he may sue
coed in arousing Congress to it, Uuder tie
present pension bills the government has a suffi-
GENTLY heavy load to bear without the addi-
lonal burden of these special bills, which are,
as the President filly describes them, personal
gifts to private individuals
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81. 30 Inns Day at (hatiahOOchee.
WEST FLORIDA.

EIltors Floridian The Masons at ChattahOo-
chez cclebrat ed St. Johns Day last week, with
their usual enthusiasm. They have always
made great day of it, though this year they
were little dis appointed at not having as many
guests as they expected from other Lodges
As we passed the front door of the Lodgc-room
in order to go up staires, we caught glimpses OF
long tables so appctiZingly covered that we de-
voutly wished that the address would be short
After The Lodge was formally opened the doors
were thrown wide aud the room was at once
filled with crowd of ladies and gentlemen, with
out counting the children, though we suspect
that most of the latter remained down stairs,
finding there "A superior attraction
The address was made by the Rev. Dr. Carter,
of Tallahassee, whose first words set us at ease,
for he said he never could speak long against
either Christmas tree or supper. He ex-
planned the various symbols of the Lodge IN a
manner highly edifying to all present, Masons as
well as strangers, and limited at one thing by
which all true brethren are supposed TO be known
For nearly half an hour he kept the close atten-
ton of the audience, and made them almost for
getful of the good things down stairs. But q
little while after they showed that they wero de
termined by their zeal to make up for the brief
forgetfulness, for the edibles disappeared with
amazing rapidity, until all desisted from the at
tack crying out enough" Perhaps this statement
needs to be modified, for one gentleman was
heard to declare that he tried to fill up some Of
the children, but gave up the attempt in despair
But that is not an unusual experience
We saw upon the Asylum grounds fine pair
OF white goats, which rumor has it, are being
trained for the proper performance of their du-
ties at the Lodge, and it is further whispered that
a gentleman who witnessed their daily progress
is soon himself to try their official powers.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

1ose eAoo goUoey Ueooooos ever.
The fiscal year cf the general govern
ment ended with June. aud the financial
statement will doubtless show m"re than
eighty millions Of Surplus revenue col
lected. This large sum is taken out Of
the peoples pockets by excessive reve.
nue. exactions, and yet the peoples repre-
sentatives in Congress fail to accomplish
such revision Of the tariff as that while
no American industry would be de-
stroyed the money would be left in circu
lation, and the consumers of imported ar
ticles would be saved unnecessary ex-
pense in their prices II is next to i'm
possible to place in legislative hall by
popular election body of men who will
act in harmony and with singleness of
purpose in making law for the
benefit of the country as whole. Mem
bers naturally desire 10 please their i'm
mediate constituencies, and in many cases
had rather do SO than obey their own
convictions of duty to the people at large
by legislating the greatest good for the
greatest number. A level headed bust
ness man in private life who had no per-
sonal interests could make better tariff
than will probably ever be produced by
the aggregated wisdom and patriotism Of
Congress, and if it was submitted to that
body it would have no better chance of
getting through than if it was one of
their own bills that favors the in
terests of some constituents and dam
ages those of others. 1t is not to be
disputed that the difficulties in the
way of very generally satisfactory
tariff are almost insurmountable in conse-
quence of the vast extent of the country,
and the resulting variety of produc-
tions and manufactures, but the few
more important points of difference might
be measurably reconciled if members
would consider themselves the represent
tatives of the whole country as we'll as of
the particular sections from which they
are accredited, and act accordingly. But
it is idle to hope that there will ever
be Congress without Sam Randalls
in If
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Cincinnati American Grange Bulletinl
Concerning the "GOldem SheaC''


In the last issue of the Bulletin it was our
pleasure to publish a communication from our
well known and much beloved Brother O. IL
Kelley.
We are aware that such startling document
must needs cause comment and demands ex.
PLANTATION.
1t would be waste of time and space to re-
crate the position taken by many members OF
the Order rs to Grange action upon matters of
greatest public importance, if they enter, in the
slightest degree into the political field, in other
words il such action could be classified as parti-
san.
Although the Order in its Declaration of
Purposes" clearly and explicitly defines its DO
sition upon this point, and has reaffirmcd that
position by multiplus resolutions, passed unani-
mously by its National body, still there is and
has been a timidiiy amounting almost to cow
ardice, whenever Patrons are called upon pa
trotically To stand uniiedly for honest govern
ment everywhere, and against the great out
RACES being perpetrated by politicians of all par
ties.
This unnatural condition of affairs, which has
for years crippled thousands of our best farmers
in every section, because of these false impress
siOns, has caused the deepest thinkers in the Or
der to devise way out of the trouble, and this
Degree of the Golden Sheaf" is intended TO
accomplish it.
1t will be absolutely free from the Grange as
of politics, who love their country and calling
better than party, whether they be Patrons or
not.
The Bulletin since its establishment has
never ceased to promulgaie what il believed
to be true Grange doctrines that every
Patron should take an interest in all live
issues of the day, and in so doing be
true 10 his country and his manhood That
the failure of members of the Order to do this
has been cause of great weakness to US is un-
deniable, and in calling attention TO the lmror-
tant announcement made by Brother Kelly we
express the hope that through this movement a
brighter day is dawning for our calling, and con-
sequently Tor the whole country, and we but per-
form conscientious duty when we pronounce il
thoroughly simon pure Grange doctrine.
The time has arrived when farmers must res
cue their interests from the hands of those who
would destroy them for pelf, and in aiding this
object Patron cannot violate his obligations or
the positions of the Grange, by heartily giving
his sanction and influence to il.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

June ssh "a. Disastrous day To- pl..,,,
'ese~ss 10 this ~rcss"n. Ram hogan ,a en-
soaf oel"ck In the morning and -
pretty regularly until midday. with -
gusts ii wind The first WIDEN, HAS, c.,,.
lew minutes before ~ o'co~k, accosuu.,,.., =.
dcluging rain This was followed nv
three flaws Of less force. and then Their.
comparative calm Tor an hour Or NOR. a..
rain fell almost necessarily. Then the MIN. ~
gan To come in violent blasts, foIlovi., -,
other in rapid succession most Of the Tim. 49,,
after six O'Clock. IL Is estimated tina, the vina
blew at the rate Of from IS to 90 miles An .o,.
Though the rainfall was immense il dill M. -
scend 10 drops, but was broken up by The to-.
Of the wind, and converted into a iurious ga
binding spray.
The damage in the city-in he aggregate
was not very great, but it is feared considerah,.
injury has been done to crops in the surround;no
country-especially corn, by being blown down
The damage in the city was mostly TO lin
roofs, fences, windows, &c, though shrubberv
and ornamental shade trees were handled pre,tv
roughly, most Of the latter on the streets beno
blown down Nearly all of these will b. ton
ped and straighted back into position
The sturdy oaks withstoOd the fury of I'm
storm-except here and there, oaks that were
partially decayed are Frustrated.
A few small buildings in the city were demo,.
shed.
The large cork tree, on the premises of Mrs
Mundee, corner Of Tennessee and Calhoun streets
was blown down. 1t will be topped aud
Strengthened up. This tree was Frustrated in
1873
The only casualty reported thus far was at the
Kindon building, corner of Jefferson and Adams
streets, used as market house The northern
gable was blown in, and Mr. John Breen. a
butcher, had one leg and one arm broken, be.
sides being seriously bruised. Dr. Gwynn took
charge of the case and his patient is doing as
well as could be expected.
Figs, peaches. pears and other fruits were
thrashed from trees in great quantities.
We learn that on the DIR. Hayward plantation.
few miles above Tallahassee, six tenant houses
were destroyed, but no one injured.
On the farm of Mr.. j. T. Roberts. two miles
west of Tallahassee, two gin houses, six tenant
houses, kitchen and dining ro m were demol-
ished. Everything in the dining room, inclul-
| ing all the crockery, was completely wrecked
Mr.. James Holland, of Ocklockonee. eight
miles west of Tallahassee, came in this morning
He says plantation fences generally are down
and corn fearfully torn to pieces by the wind
AT Ocklockonee, two large lumber sheds, belong
ting to Bradfords mill, were demolished.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

M.Rs,SSs. PA. iaae ~. iss"
hsissoss Fb.rsi.sa Viii yen allow me space
Ia present TO the confederation 81 the voters III
the First Congressional D,-ir,c, cf Florida. the
name oi Hon John H. McKinae. oi jackson
county
Scarcely had he attained his majority when he
became enlisted in the cause Of the great Demo
cratic principles and although for several years
his efforts were unsuccessful. yet he ialtercd not
in the great work In 1875. when our county
was almos, hopelessly Republican and defeat
was almost inevitable, he accepted the nominal
ton for the Assembly. and sounded the keynote
of success when he said he would proclaim
the principles of the great Democratic party to
every door and upon every stump in jackson
county until the whole people would arise from
their lethargy and shake off the oppressive yoke
of radcalism" 1t is needless to state the result.
He was elected and well did he fill his seat in
the Assembly Hall.
In the contest for their seats, the Democratic
members from Escambia county, through mi
nority report of McKinne from the COMMITTEE
on Privileges and Elections secured Tor them
their seats, thus placing that county In tile DEM
ocratc column. In 1881, as Senator, ne advo-
Gated the relief OF the Internal Improvement
Fund and introduced bill TO regulate freight
and although defeated he advocated the Dill with
undated zeal, despite the efforts of the over
whelmng opposition.
Asa member OF the Committee on Railroads,
he made minority report with Hon. John L.
Lesley in favor of bill which Injured 10 the ben
eft of South Florida in developing her magnlfl
cent railroad interest, and favored every bill
tending to the promotion of that portion oil the
State. Follow him through his several terms in
the legislative halls of the State, and you md
him battling for the rights of the people and the
administration of governmental affairs IN the
most economical manner.
He strOvc for the passage OF Railroad Com
mission. Bill at the last session oil the Legisa-
ture and as before, was unsuccessful, yet we md
him as dauntcss and invincible as at hrst
Having occupied the more important positions
on committees of which he was member II IS
with pride at we point to his action, and with
others Of our beloved State we say "well done
thou good and faithful servant
In the Convention to assemble at Brooksvllle,
at an early day. to nominate candidate 10 rep
resent the First Congressional District OF FlOr-
ida, we who have known him from his boyhood
and followed him through the heated political
campaigns with which we have had to contend
in the past, the Hon. John II. Mckinne, OF
Jackson county, has been fully equal to the
emcrgcncy-has always achieved success. and
should he receive the nomination, will not only
merit it, but will, as in the past, be found at his
his post battling for the grand old party OF re.
form, honesty and economy, and if elected Will
make a Representative whom the whole Slate
will point to with pride.
WEST FLORIDA.
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The New York San keeps a pretty
close watch on ex-President Hayes and
utilizes every opportunity to make life a
burden to him. 1t pretends to have, at
last, found something to Mr.. Hayes
credit, and gives him the benefit of it in
the following paragraph:
A pleasant and rather crclitabe story about
the Hon. Rutherford b. Hayes comes from
jamestown, Oak 1t appears that Mr. Hayes
has charge of the payment of an annuity of 5000
to a cousin OF his, one Charles r. Burchard, an
elderly person, who is eccentric, il not insane.
Burchard turned up al tircman's muster in
jamestown, where his strange actions caused his
arrest. The police searched Burchard's pockets
and found among other papers II letter from the
Hon. Rutherford Il. Hayes oitei y to pay him
his annuity for 1886 in advance, il he would dis
count it to The extent OF "a
The pleasant and crcditabc thing about this
incident is that Hayes was willing To let the poor
lunatic off for 81 instead y. trying to shave him
for fifteen or twenty
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

Mr.. Cleveland will beat everybody in 1888"
said Representative Miller, OF Texas, to STR re-
porter the other day Public opinion is in his
favor, and no one can beat him. If the election
occurred this fall he would be elected by an i'm
mense majority"
"Will he be strong in the Convention ?" asked
the Star.
"Yes. Machine politicians can't succeed in a
fight against well defined public sentiment.
With Mr. Carlisle second on the ticket they
would get the largest majority ever given to any
ticket"
There is considerable talk of this sort among
Democrats in the House. 1t seems to be &C.
knowledged on all sides that the turn of the tide
is towards Mr.. Cleveland's denomination, and
that already it has got out of the control of the
politicians Washington Star.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01

Last FRIDAY white W. I. Mills AMI s'n.
t"gsslsef Nth s-ntlensn .son ka"xyilie nv
'he nssne 81; liesn, w.r .nt >siling on Lake hi
cerus. sstnall struck th-m It'll sheet aud the
n ssilt VA The beat was Csp<rsst and the IN
mates thereof were spilled out lnin water
sixty Ire, deep They were RESCUED by W. J.
H. Mooney, the music man. " nh"u, Sustaining
any further injury than a gooi ducktng. The
next time. Captain Mills. either reel your sails
or give her the wind. Oriaado Sentinel
These instructions in practical seaman
ship are probably quite ineligible to the
fresh water sailors who navigate the rag
ing waters of the inland seas Of Orange
county, but how widely they differ from
the methods of handling vessels on the
briny deep! When a squall strikes the
ship of an ocean seaman full sheet"
and he realizes that she is hit just that
way and no other, he don't "give her
the wind" but knowing that she has got
enough of it already he jumps quickly
but coolly on the storm dead-eye and
sings out through his speaking trumpet
to the main watch to let go the topping
lift, clew down the mlzzen Top, haul
away at the main chains, let go the fore
stay, run aft with the starboard bolt
rope, and as she goes in bob-stays and
clubhauls up into the winds eye the
main brace is spliced hard down and she
rides easy in the trough of the sea. These
operations may seem intricate to the sail
ors Of the lakes, but it's from lack of ex-
perience only, for the sad sea dogs of the
ocean know all these little things as ia
miliarly as an editor does the moral law.
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"A company has been organized in
New York to raise jute in the South, and
it has leased 10000 acres of land in Madi-
son county, Ala, upon which to plant
jute and ramie. This is progress, but
the New York company would have
found better advantages in Florida
Jacksonville Herald.
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Al 90

viii buy one dozen copies of the new Constitu-
ton OF Florida, printed In pamphlet form, at the
FLORIDIAN Office, Tallahassee If
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-01
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.

Four years ago there lived in the vicinity of
two brothers, Thomas and George Holmes who
were engaged in logging, but at the time of the
tragedy they were working in different camps
The brothers, especially Thomas, were consid-
cred dangerous men, when under the influence
OF liquor, and it is said Tom Holmes was feared
by his neighbOrs. A short time before the muir
der Thomas Holmes got into difficulty with
Richard Mckee, blacksmith, and guns were
drawn but the affair was amicably settled and
the men made friends. Only few days after
this some men went to Holmes house and called
him out, and when he came to the door fired on
him with double barrel guns shaitering his
thigh. Holmes fell and the murderers thinking
their work was complete left the place
Upon hearing that Holmes was still alive they
sent negro after George Holmes who was at
work, and the next day as he was coming TO bis
brothers house he was met upon the road by the
same gang who shot him dead.
Not satisfied with this the inhum IN monsters,
taking counsel of their fears, returned to the
house where Thomas Holmes was lying des-
| peratey wounded and shot the top of his head
off, scattering his brains over the house This
dastardly deed was done in the presence of his
| wife and children and we learn that be had Q
| little child in his arms at the time.
1t seems that there was no doubt at all in the
minds OF the people about the identity of the MUIR
derers. In fact the proof against Richard Nc
Kee, Daniel Mclean and Burrell Higgins seems
| positive. For some unaccOuntable reason these
| men were not arrested at the time, and until
within the last four weeks no great effort has
been made TO effect their capture but the day Of
reckoning came at last when Sheriff johnson,
accompanied by W. d. j. Collins. quietly went
to Geneva, and in company with the sheriff oil
| that county proceeded to where their man was
at work in a shop, and taking him completely by
| surprise, arrested Richard Mckee, and brought
him to the Milton Jail.
Next Burrell Higgins was bagged at Parker
s. Loveless' mill in Escambia county, Alabama,
aud was also jailed
Next Mr.. johnson struck the trail of Dan NC
Lean and followed him into Clarke county, Ala
| bama, arrested him as above mentioned, and the
| three men will have to stand their trial for one
of the most brutal and unprovoked murders that
ever happened In this county.
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Milton News.l
ARREST OF MURDERERs.

Hmree Men jailed Who EhOught
Their Crime Was Forgotten.
During the last six weeks our vigilant Sheriff,
w. j. johnson, has been on The road in search of
the men who murdered Thomas and George
Holmes in the northern part of this county in
the month of December 1882, and on Tuesday
last returned from Alabama, with the last of the
men who have been arrested for completely in
the crime. Previous to this he had arrested two
others in the southern part of Alabama, but we
have RETAINED from mentioning it lest the Others
should get wind of what was going on and skip
ont