The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-10-02
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cratic majority tomorrow.
Libby prison has been sold to DR..
Bramble, Of Cincinnati, for $4,000.
The first white frost of the season
made its appearance in North Georgia
and Alabama on last Tuesday, Septem-
Der 25th.
"A delegation Of citizens of Pensacola
were in Washington last week urg ing
Surgeon-Gc:eral Hamilton to try the
Basso yellow fever remedy at jackson n
Vile.
On last Wednesday the President
nominated Civil Service Commissioner
John II. Oberly, Of Illinois, to be Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, vice John d.
Catkins, resigned.
The Philadelphia Record 0nd.)
makes the assertion that there are 20 900
revenue reformers in Pniadel phia to-day
who have recently been recruited from
the Republican ranks.
Chairman Jcwett, of the Demo cratic
State Committee, charges that negro vot :
ers are being imported to Indiana in large
numbers, and that many of them have
been located at Richmond and Lafavet te, ,
Republican cities
The steamer Thronateeska was burned
to the waters edge, at the mouth of the
Flint river, thirty miles below cambridge,
on last Sunday. She had 40 bales of
cotton on board, which were totally de-
stroyed. No lives lost.
There is growing suspicion in the
mind Of the st. Louis Poa-Dispatc h
Qnd. Dem.) that "the alleged Republi-
can tariff bill is only new-tangled quick
action frying-pan for getting the fat out
of the protected manufacturers in the
shortest possible time and thelargest p os-
sible quantities.
The Philadelphia Times Ind.) thinks
that these be do.orious days for the poor
miIlionaires. "Their terrible anxiety
about the wages Of their workingmen is
so great that they, haye pcith"r. reat e.
day nor sleep by night" says the Times.
"N othing but rousing high war tariff
appears to do them any good"
General Harrison, it is said, has been
stimulated by Mr. Cleveland's example
in giving SIC, 900 to the Democratic cam
pagn fund, and has sent his check for
$3.50 to Chairman Quay. The difference
between the amounts of the two checks
indicates that General Harrison is not as
confident Of success as Mr. Cleveland
.>arayntuh -NerS.
New York JForU.' The Republ-
can stnmpers and organ-grinders who
geefully exclaimed a month ago, "There
is no Surplus" are silcnced by the action
of the Republican Senators in proposing
to cut down the revenues $4,000, 900.
This is vindication of the Democratic
position, but the proposition to abate rev.
enue by freeing luxures and vices from
taxation and keeping the burden upon
necessities deprves it of any other cred
liable feature.
A man named Kuhn is printing in
this city putatve Democratic newspa
per which he impudenllv calls the Demo-
crot. He deceptiously carries the names
of Cleveland and Hill at his mast head
instead Of the black flag of the pirate that
he is. He advocates free trade, free whis-
kew, etc, III the name Of Cleveland and
Hill. and commends Abram 5. Hewitt be-
cause he is opposed to foreigners and
would compel them to remain here
twenty one years before voting. The
Democratic party is not Free-Trade,
Free-W hiskey, Known othing organiza-
tion The man who claims to thus inter-
pret it's purposes is fraud and sneak.
Mr.. Kuhn's publication is circulated gra-
tuitously by Republicans a"d is quoted
by Republican organs, as forged extracts
from non-exsting English Journals are
quoted. We have forced this particular
Kuhn to come down Who IS his finan-
cial backer ?-N Y. World
MIR. Blaine's "political revolution
in Maine is a standing text for editorial
comment by leading papers of both the
great parties The Providence J0u rndl
Qnd. Rep) makes note of this matter
and adds:
1t is learned from one esteemed contemporary
that the cause for triumph lies 10 the fact that
the Republicans cast 1875 more votes than in
tbap hova tUO IN.