The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-24

Mary Disston, will soon run to st. refers
| burg, the terminus of the Orange Belt rail-
road The Cumberland will soon resume
her trips to Mobile via Florida ports; with
this means of transportation and carriage
OF passengers, the Manatee river sectlon
will have tolerable communication with the
rest of the world.
Through the official influence of our
delegation at Washington, Senators Pasco
and Call and Representative Davidson, the
second assistant postmaster general, has re-
opened the proposals for daily man steam
service between Port Tampa and the post
offices along the Manatee river, which went
by default some weeks since for lack OF
notice, and the probability is that the Plant
steamship Company will put i'll bld Tor
the contract, as they run a daily schedule
with the Kissimmee anyway to the Manatee
river in the winter season. Next TO rail-
road daily steam mail service IS most
needed by our people.
The registration list of Manatee county
shows about 80 registered votes for the
November election. There are about 200
republicans in the county, including some
eighty colored voters of that party. The re-
publicans are thoroughly organized and
have placed in the field full ticket They
were very much emboldened with their
seeming success at first, but the bubbles OF
free trade" and free oranges" by which
they misled a few democrats at first, are be-
ginning to "bust,n and their influence is
perceptibly dying out, and it is doubtful
whether the democrats will lose single
vote from their party ranks at the general
election. Whenever the people get an OPP
portunity of hearing the tariff issues fairly
discussed, and republican fallacies exposed,
on basis of facts, they are at once treasured,
and find out that the republican cry that
the democratic policy means slow wages"
and Cheap oranges" is a lack o. lantern"
The appointments made in this county by
the state democratic executive committee
having been called in on account of quaran-
tine, the canvass of the county has thus far
fallen almost entirely on Judge e. Nj.
Graham who has been making very sue
cessfu speeches in various parts of the
county. and will fill others designated by
the county executive committee. Gen.
Wall and Col. s. NJ. Sparkman have &C
cepted an invitation to aid in the canvass,
and will give their presence to our people
during the last week before the election.
In addition to Oak Hill and Manatee on
Nov and 2, respectively, there will be a
grand democratic rally and barbecue at
Braidentown on Nov. B. at which there
viii be persons from all portions of tho
county outside of quarantine limits.
1t is truly admirable to sec these people
who have been 80 serely and sadly afflicted
with disease and death for months still en-
thusiastic in the cause of good government
and apparently taking as much interest in
the political issues of the day, and in the
success of their respective local candidates
for the various county offices, as though
death and disease had not been in their
midst for the last three months, leaving
suffering and hardship in their wake.
The result of the second primary, held
last Friday. shows as nominated by the
democrats: DR.. James Layne, for repre-
sentative; E. NJ. Graham, superintendent of
public instruction; G. H. Johnston, county
surveyor, and Harry Waldham, county
commissioner in Williamsburg district.
These complete the democratic ticket for
the county.
In speaking of crops. it must not be for
gotten that there is a rice patch of
about q bali acre belonging to a
Mr.. Albritton. on the road from
Manatee to Pine Level, which is un-
penned pine land, with the rice planted
under green pines, not even "wrung:" The
rice was a rich dark green, almost shoulder
high to an ordinary sized man, with full,
heavy heads, splendid stand. and will,
no doubt, make at the rate of sixty bushels
to the acre. That, too, under green pines.
Who can starve in such country, so long
as we have cattle?
The weather is clear and beautiful; the
days DrlgnG ana warm, Une nights cool. A
white frost would be welcome. to wipe out
every vestige of fever outside of those
places along the river where sickness has
prevailed. The county is perfectly healthy
outside of the ''so-called" yellow fever.
7. M. Harllee of Braidentown was nomi-
mated for senator for the Twenty
senatorial district by the democrats at Pine
Level, on Oct. H. on the forty-sixth ballot.
Although Manatee county has had much to
ordinarily dampen tho political
ardor of any people, neverthe-
less, it is safe to say that while the
republicans will no doubt poll their full
strength it will be only their strength. and
not from any gains made from the demo-
cratic ranks. Tho democrats of Manatee
feel that there is too much at stake at this
time for any one of their party to remain
away from the polls on Nov. 6. The memo
ries of @ days of Jim Green and Bartholf
and county script at 30 cents on the dollar,
the county heavily in debt and no money in
the treasury, is too fresh for them to take
any risk. Manatee will be sure to roll up u
majority of over 300 votes and possibly