The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-02-02

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wAmmsron, D. @. Jaaslsy %. 1888.
~ EAaess EsriSisa ga 1Ds.dU III 1s< m
nounced that Msasm. 1hgal and rye would I'd
dress tie Senate. Tln galDfiss wsrs vi and
ssepscsing TO hear esoa.se bsalh bat - did non
speak and Mr.. Frye hsa IN The glory 70 him
salt His visit to Europe Ia1tsummer was in the
interest Of protection. He said he visited the
factorieA machine shops and foundries In Great
Britan.Y Italy. Germany and other countries
where women and men were paid from twelve
tcllisy csats day. end coutrasted that with the
pay OF eur Labor but he did not state that in the
States mentioned where the wages Of the laborer
were the lowest, the high protection tariff pro.
vaiA In Germany, with . higher tariff than
France, the average price Of labor Ii below the
latter country and not % high - Belgium, where
tariff Tor revenue 10 only laid, and only about
half as high a. that Of FREQ trade England In
Italy and Spain, with almost prohibitory tariffs,
wages are lower than In Germany. i get these
facts from very valuable treatise on the sub
ject by General Herman Leib, OF Chicago, a
work that should be read by all who desire to
vote intelligently on the subject
If it be true a Edward Burke has said, that
craftsmanship is the science Of circumstances"
l do not think that the circumstances will ever
occur that will make Mr.. Frye q statesman.
There are only Two subjects that he ever speaks
at length on and they are the tariff and the fish
cry question. Mr. Frye is personally interested
in Mr.. Blaine's election; he 10 that gentleman's
successor in the Senate, and when Mr.. B. is de-
feated for the Presidency he will no doubt desire
10 return to the SENATE, and Mr. Frye will be rele
gated to private life
The bill granting the widow of General Logan
a pension of $4,000 per annum has passed the
Senate. Only seven Democratic Senators voted
against it. Senator Call spoke IN favor of the
bill
Mr.. Randall fllibustered on Thursday last to de-
feat Mr.. Dibbles proposition to devote a certain
day for the consideration of the bills for the cree
ton Of public buildings. 1t is said that Mr. Ran
dali prides himself upon bis resemblance to the
great Napoleon; if there is any, cannot see it..
He resembles him in one respect-his determine
ton to rule or ruin-the one his party, the other
his country.
1t would be well if he could be exled to St.
Helena like his ilus,rious prototype, where he
SINS
The President OF the Senate (Mr. Ingalls) does
not seem disposed to accept the offer of the CAV
ell that WAS presented some days ago. He says
that the one now in use is in as good condition
as it ever was that.it was a section of an ele-
plants tooth and has been in use fifty years.
at may have served" said the Senator to a re-
porter, as paper weight on Buddha's desk,
when that old patriarch lived
Representative White, of Indiana, is TO be
unseated. but his opponent, Mr.. Lowry. does not
get it; the election is to be declared void. Mr..
| White is not a naturalized citizen
The deficiency bill has passed both houses.
We had the heaviest snow storm of the sea
son last week; sleigh bells are still jingling
every hour, and it is saidthere has not been such
a sIs,ghing ofchildren since Herod's massacre.
The Speaker of the House has recovered from
his late indisposition and has gone 10 Norfolk
for few days. Ion.