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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-07-19

STAFF Correspondence of Times nionI
CHATTAHooCHEE, FLA, June 26.-It is
worth coming all the way here to drive
out on top Of one of these magnificent
hills and get view of the scenery. Far
to the right one may gaze across these
Appalachian spurs to the blue line which
pencils Alabama along the horizon, and
south may see the mists rising from the
Gulf. There are no grander landscapes
anywhere than the country about the
confluence of Flint and Chattahoochee
rivers, forming the Apalachicola naviga.
BILE by large steamers at all seasons.
This is the home of the Florida noun
taineers, and they are as proud of it as
mountaineers generally are.
One need not come to the asylum, how
ever. to discover what has been charged,
to wit that the last Legislature stinted
the appropriation for this institution.
To vote on y $4,000 year to an i'm
mense establishment like this is proof of
an unwise economy. There are now 240
inmates, the number increasing yearly !.
Sixty-six new cases have been received
since January to date, from which we
NAV estimate 1872 new cases for the cur
rent wear. against 80 lest year-an in
crease at the rate of As per cent. Divide
$2S, 900 by 24O-the number on hand to-
$ll6.66 % a year. Remember, this in
significant sum must not only feed, clothe,
and lodge the unfortunate lunatic when
physically well, but must furnish him
special nurses, attention, and delicacies
while sick, and moreover, out of this
amount he must be transported hither and
returned home after his recovery, with a
new suit of clothes, or be buried if he
should chance to die here. What ambi-
tious office-seeker in all Florida would
dare say that any 24O influential" politi-
clans should be fed and clothed an entire
vesr. in sickness and in health, on only
sll6.66 % apiece? And if there are
any persons on earth who ought to live
and fare even better than the politicians,
they are the poor unfortunates, the OBJ
jects of our tenderest care and solicitude,
whose mental eyes have been put out in
utter darkness Let the press of Florida
which is the friend of the friendless,
ewes for the blind and voice for the
dumb-read the reports from the luna;ic
asylums of other States, see how far be-
hind we are with our public charities,
and then inquire whether there should
not be some improvement. Legislators
may hesitate to pass bills appropriating
money for useless, or useful, officials they
NAV draw deep the line between econ
omy and extravsgauce, but every dollar
voted for our insane, or blind. or deaf and
dumb asylums will be compensated to the
State q thousand fold in the blessings
heaven itself will bestow. Here is one
question touching the great sensitive
nerve of the public purse on which we
may all speak plainly, or maintain silence
at the peril of the State. The eyes Of the
blind the confused babel of insane tongues,
the mouths of the dumb, need no inter.
| prefer. For themselves they plead with
An eloquence which bewilders speech and
straans every suggestion Of selfish pol
lev. through our charitable institutions
alone can . man make vocal the prophe.
sies Of old which foretold this era of q
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Columbus and Rome Road. This he
sold in 1881, and built in the remarka-
bly, short space of one year the magnfi-
cent Pensacola and Atlantic Road, pass
ing through West Florida Since its or.
ganization he has been Vice-President
and the leading spirit of this road.
After becoming a resident of Pensacola
Captain Chipley was largely instrumental
in driving from that vicinity lawless
band of ruffisns who had been ter
ror throughout that section, which was
among his first prominent acts in the
State. The rapid advancement of the
commercial interests of Pensacola during
the past few years are largely due to his
energetic influence and business enter
prise. AS er-cffcio mayor Of Pensacola,
his first act was to abolish all gaming
houses. He has always taken a deep i'll
terest IN the educational institutions of
the State. AS Trustee of the West
Florida Seminary and of the Mccormick
University at DeFuniak, and as sub
stantial patron of the city school of Pen
sacola, he has rendered invaluable servi-
ces to this cause. He is also President
and the financial supporter of the Florida
Chautauqua at DeFuniak.
In 1884 Captain Chipley was temporary
President Of the State Democratic Con
vention at Pensacola. and since then has
been a member of the State Executive
Committee. He was elected a member
of the present committee from the State
at large by the St. Augustine Convention,
and, being made temporary chairman,
was charged with the organization OF the
committee His unanimous election to
the Craftsmanship of this most important
committee is high tribute to his thor
oughness as an organizer and a recogni-
tlon of his fine executive abilities and
his services To the State Trmes T,jo,,
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Captain William D. Chiplev, Chair
man of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, is one of the best known men
IN the State, and is ever found in the
foremost rank of workers for Florida.
tie was born at Columbus, Ga, in 1910.
and was educated at the Kentucky Mill,
tary Institute and at Transylvania Uni
versity
AT the outbreak of the war he was do
ing business in Louisville, Ky, but came
South as the sergeant-maior of the Ninth
Kentucky Regiment, G.. S. A., under the
lamented Colonel Thomas II. Hunt. of
Breckenridge's Brigade. He was made
adjutant of the Ninth Regiment, and Ia.
ter was appointed to collect and formu-
late the record of the Kentucky troops,
with the rank of captain. This impor
tant task he performed without quitting
the field, but the records were DESTROYED
by the Federal troops at Augusta. Cap
tain Chlpley was wounded at Shiloh, and
again at Chickamauga His command in
the Dalton campaign was in Bates divis-
ion with Finley's Florida Brigade.
After the war Captain Chpley settled
at Columbus, Ga, where he was promi-
nent in advancing the best interests of
the city. He projected and commenced
the construction of the Columbus and
Rome Railroad. After this he took
charge of the Southern interest of the
Baltimore and Ohio and Virginia and
Midland Railroads. In December. le76.
he became general manager of the Pen
sacola Railroad, and subsequently estab-
lished a steamship line to Havana and
another to Cedar Keys. He bought the
Selma and Gulf Road for d. F. Sullivan,
but afterwards became Superintendent of
the Mobile and Montgomery and the
Montgomery and Selma Roads. At this
time he bought and took charge of tho
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-07-19

Set bed silis little in the ground and
use studding six inches wide (eight would
be better) and plank up tight both on in
side and outside. Fill space in wall with
dirt, packing it lightly. Have silo eight
feet wide, eight feet high and any length
desired Sixteen feet is good length, hav-
ing partition wall in the middle so as
to give two compartments eight feet
square. 1t has to be rooted, Of course,
and such an arrangement allows the FILL
ing to be easily done at each end through
the open gable. Likewise it can be taken
out from the top through the gables when
it is to be fed. Always feed from the top
instead Of cutting down through q side.
No matter how large . silo is built it
should be divided into small compart-
ments SO that the feeding may 90 on
from one of these only At time.-SoutA-
ern Cuttiudtor.
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\ correspondent of the EEorida Dis
patch says this should be cut just as the
pods show sign of forming-or, between
the blossom and the pod. Commence
cutting as soon as the dew is of, in the
morning, and let the vines be as they
fall, for a few hours, not tossing them
about or handling any more than neces-
sary. Ifthe weather is favorable-sunuy
or breezy-they may lie say two hours
after cutting, and then be carefully re-
versed en- masse, just as you would turn
pancake, and allowed to remain two
hours more before further handling. After
that they should be removed and put into
q loose NOV or stacks.
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Christian civilization, of which it was

The dyrnh shsii sy,osf- s-----
And leap, exulting. like the bounding roe.
The blind shall see, aud DER the lettered page
Trace the sweet precepts of golden age
And let the State its tenderest accord.
Fol ow the precepts OF the risen Lord
And reason self may be in time restored -
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ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND.

From The Detroit Free Press)
Ed-Lend me IS.
Al-Haven't got a cent.
Ed saw you pull out $40 bill.
Al-True; but that's family heir
loom, 1t belonged to my great-great-
grandfather in 1890.
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A Noble Institution That Needs Bet.
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orr Asylum tor Diseased Minds, and Whit is
accomplished WtM .Hedgre Mems 7Arouqh
G0od MANAGEMENT
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that every purchaser receives = fair equivslen
for his money. The familiar hesdline "1OO
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This can easily be proven BY any oue who de-
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only Hoods SarsaparillA- Sold oy ell druggists
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an appetite. and tones the digestion, while
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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY.

CE Belfort Bax In London Commonweal
We are often admonished by the
professional politician and by the
man of Common sense" of the
sacredness of the will of the major
ity, or, as it is sometimes called, the
popular will. The expression of
this so-called will of the majority in
legislation and social and political
institutions, is conceived as authori-
tatively representing the wishes and
convictions of the greater number of
persons inhabiting the country or
the given area; and it is assumed as
an axiom by the persons in question
that the will of majority has an
lnvlolable claim to respect. The
latter proposition, | submit, can
only have measure of truth in any
case; but what | am here concerned
to show is that it is not true at all as
applied to modern society, and can
in fact only be true in the case of a
society of equals; further, that even
in this case it has one distinct prin-
ciple of limitation.
What has hitherto been called the
will of the people, or the will of the
majority, as manifested in the mod
ern constitutional state, does not ex-
press any act of will at all, but the
absence of will. 1t is not the piH
but the apathy of the majority that
is represented. How many of the
not majority, but minority-ot per-
sons that vote consciously wiH par
ticular line of policy? To show the
utter absurdity of the whole thing
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
ROBERT TALKS.

"This ought to be government of
law There ought to be redress for
for every grievance. No man ought to
be so small that his cry cannot be heard,
and no man so powerful, no man so
rich, that he cannot be made to hear.
We want Jay Gould and his corporation
to be told and in tone that it will not
fail to hear, that it must keep its hands
off the property Of others. There is
some excuse for the mob when the mob
is hungry. There is some excuse for a
mob stung by famine. There is some
excuse for men who want bread. There
is some palliation for resort to VIC
lence, when, for years, people have
pleaded in vain for redress. | can I'M
derstand why poverty cries out, and
finally, dashed into madness, endeavors
to crush the oppressor But there should
be no mob composed of rags and wretch
edness. But when we have mobs of
presidents of corporations, owners Of
stocks and bonds, men that have blown
the bubbles of prosperity until they fill
the very heavens. When we have mobs
of this kind it is time for judges and
juries to say to the millionaire and to
his corporations when you disregard
a proper appeal to the courts, the courts
know enough to make you pay such
damages that will force you to respect
them in the future. Col. r. Mgers0H.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27

80 to say through quickest hedge,
the principle of bare majority wor-
ship falls to the ground. Majorities
are then tacitly admitted to be moth
ing per Sc, but only to be respected
in 80 far as their judgments are
themselves reasonable, or at least so
far as it is convenient to respect
them.
The only conditions which can
ensure a judgment on the part of
the Majority representing the high
est practical reason of which human
nature is capable up to date, as we
have already indicated, are-l, per-
feet economic and educational equal
lty; 2, healthy interest in all ques-
tions affecting the commonwealth.
In society wherein the conditions
were realized, all persons would be
competent-some more, some less,
of course, but all more or less-and
the verdict of the majority ought
clearly to be binding on all 80 far
as active resistance is concerned, and
allowance always being made for the
right of verbal protest on the part of
the minority. There is one excep-
ton to this, however-an exception
not very likely to occur, admit,
but nevertheless conceivable. 1t is
the principle referred to as limiting
the ri ght of all majorities-even
though the disssentient minority be
only one. refer to actions which
Mill calls self regarding, or those
which in no way directly concern the
society or corporate body. We're
any ajority to enforce particular
line in such actions, and to forbid
another, it is the right and duty of
every individual to resist actively
such interference. For just as the
free motion and development and
disintegratiou of the cellular tissue
is essential to the life of the animal
body, the cause of death in mineral
poisoning being the stoppage of this
process, so the healthy freedom of
the individual within its own sphere
is essential to the true life of the
social body-as much so as the sub
ordination of the individual in mat
tiers directly affecting society.
Concluded Neut Week.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
A SOUTHERN REPUBLIC.

The Argentine Republic of South
America is young and enterprising ma
ton, and in some espects-relating to
their railroad systems-they are in ad-
vance of this nation, and according 20
the reports of 1897 the general govern
ment spends upon education over 81 per
capita yearly, more than the average
contributed by all the States of this re-
public for the same purpose. But while
they have taken decided and progress
sive step toward the State ownership of
the national means and routes of com.
munication and transportation they still
cling to that fetish of the bourgeois gov
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27

opinion, and the more votes our can
didates receive the more loudly do we
speak, and the more are our demands
talked about. And if, perchance,
our votes become numerous enough
to send an able Socialist into a legls-
latiye body there will be opened an
avenue for our agitation that must
spread the light more widely and
eTectually than ever.
Thus, with no labor party in the
field, and no prospect Of any, besides
the labor party known as such all
over the world, the Socialist Labor
Party was in duty bound to supply
"A means Of united effort for the
propaganda Of the gospel Of unlver-
sal cooperation, and adopt practi-
cal method of expressing public
opinion in favor of honest admins
traton of public affairs. The step
taken was necessary, and 30 it was
taken, that is all.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27

Office has been removed from Ham
monitor, n. J. Marie and Edward
Rowland, the editors, are also now
at Topolobampo. Marie Howland's
first Correcting" speaks of the colo
nists as grand people, "refined by
the familiarity with suffering and
the bearing of heavy burdens" Evil
IDENTIFY these colonists do not consider
the hardships Of establishing col
ony in wild country as permanent,
though number of the colonists
have given up in despair and sought
better times in the United States.
Henry George is at present making
stump speeches for the democrats at 500
dollars night and McGlynn, in con-
junction with the wire pullers Of the
United Labor Party, is drawing Doodle
from the republicans. Such are the re-
suits of parliamentary agitation.
Thank you!-London Comm0nwedi.
A number of so-called anarchists
were murdered by the authorities in
Chicago a year ago; others were i'm
prisoned. Some were rewarded for
periuring themselves to convict
their comrades in arms. And then
Socialists and organized workmen
in general were asked to foot the
bills. Recently few more were ar
rested and made to answer trumped
up charges. Such an one writes to
the London C0mmOnWeal that the
Socialists "can exercise but very
little influence on the American
public" and has the pleasure of see
ing his ego's mark at the end Of his
"anarchistc" screed. Such are the
results of an ''anarchlstic" agitation.
Thank you!
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
The LESSONS 1T MAY TEACH.

The LESSONS IT MAY TEACH.
cold Hutch" has perhaps stirred
up more hostility and bitter denun-
citation by his late wheat deal than
has ever been called out by similar
corners. cold Hutch" has become
known wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken, and his evil inhu-
ence extends into the land of the
"owskies" and "offs." Is cold
Hutch" a bigger villain than those
who have preceded him, or are the
people now more capable of forming
proper estimate of such charac-
ters? All the newspapers, regard
less of politics or previous condition
Of servitude, have hammered away
at him to such an extent that had
he the ordinary shame OF humanity,
he would ere this have followed the
example of Judas and hanged him
self. But he only sits and grins,
and thinks 1t is cold day when he
gets left, regardless of the misery OF
others.
But for such as he-and he, per-
haps, is no worse than his class
there is day of reckoning coming.
The handwriting is already on the
wall. 1t declares that such things
shall not always continue. These
robbers Of the wealth of the people
should take warning in time. They
will stand much, but they will not
stand everything. The ballot, in
this country, like electricity, is cap
able of great possibilities, and some
fine day 1t may be made criminal
otfense to tsmper with the price of
the necessaries of life, as it is now in
some countries not considered as en-
enlightened as this.
The great trusts, which have
found out the secret of cheap pro
ducton, will eventually be con-
trolled by the peoples representa-
tlves for the benefit of the people.
Why should they not be? The
earth has been given to the children
of men, and its fruits are for their
sustenance. He that unduly en-
hances the cost of food is morally a
felon, and the day is not far distant
when society will SO consider him.
Let the moral lepers be cast out with
those who are physically unclean. -
Craftsman.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
FOREIGN COMMERCE.

A country that aspires to hold It's
own in the worlds market, that is
to say, the manufacturers of which
must seek a foreign market for their
goods, is already on the road to de-
cay, for when the purchasing power
of the wages paid the workers is 30
far diminished that they cannot con-
sumo what they produce or enjoy
the leisure which they are entitled
to when they can produce more than
they need, they will not materially
benefit in the long run by "fIee
trade" or any other arrangement one
portion Of the capitalist class may
conceive Of for their own particular
benefit. In America, at least, "free
trade" and "protcction' are not con-
sidered Immediate vital issues by
the Socialists.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-10-27
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
BY WILLIAM MORPIS.

Come, comrades, come, your glasses
clink;
Up with your hands health to drink.
The health of all that workers be,
In every land. on every sea.
And he that will this health deny,
Down among the dead men. down
among the dead men,
Down, down, down, down.
Down among the dead men let him
lie
Well done now drink another toast.
And pledge The gathering of the host,
The people armed in brain and hand,
To claim their rights in every land
And he that WILL etc.
There's liquor left: come, let's be kind,
And drink the rich a better mind,
That when we knock upon the door,
They may be off and say no more.
And he that will, etc.
Now, comrades, let the glass blush red.
Drink we the unforgotten dead
That did their deeds and went away,
Before the bright sun brought the day
And he that will, etc.
The Day? All, friends, late grows the
night;
Drink to the glimmering spark of light,
The herald of the JOY to be.
The battle-torch of thee and me-
And he that will, etc.
Take yet another cup in hand
And drink in hope our little band;
Drink strife in hope while lasteth breath.
And brotherhood in life and death;
And he that will. etc.