The morning news., 1889-05-08
FLORIDA'S LEGISLATURE.
ANOTHER LONG DEBATE ON THE
CHARTER BILL.

Senator Hind Makes a Rampant Re-
publican speech Against the Meas
ure and Treads on Senator Yanceys
Toes-The Latter Replies ,%ld Makes
Him Modify One of Sis Staten ents.
TALLAHASSEE. FLA, May I'm the
Senate to-day Senator Cooper introduced a
memorial to congress asking for the plant
ling of shad in the Suwau ee river.
The bill establishing the municipality Of
Key West passed its third reading.
The Jacksonville charter bill on third
reading was discussed. Senator Hind op-
posed the bill and made stereotyped repub-
.lican speech taking occasion to make many
sneering and insulting all lsons to the
Democratic party and the advocates of the
bill. He said the chairman cf the Senate
committee Senator Yancey) was prejudged
in favor of the bill when he took charge
of it
Sc ator Yancey interrupted b i'm and de-
nounced the statement as false.
Mr.. Hind withdrew the term ''prejudged"
and substituted "biased." He quoted II ON
a. paper enlogies on Lee, a regro police,
judge in Jacks onville, and certified to his
good standing, though he said he vas not
here to defend Lee, and that he believed
the Aaglo-Saxon' was and must ever be
srprenae.
SHOULD BE REMOVED
re Lee was as bad man as reprentsd
il was disgrace to the democratic officials
Of Duval county to allow him to retain his
Office. he secuted the idea of negro suprem-
acy. lie said it was big bear to scare
children. not men. The republicans did
not desire to ses negro domination. He
fiippa tly referred to the visit
OF Fred Dou glass TO the Jacksonville
exposition, and said it was probably be-
cause he mad a white wife, and the peovle
wanted to see miscegenation demon
stTated. He claimed that there we're negro
policemen in every city in the south, and
that they could not well get along without
them. He said the Jacksonville bill was
the most glaring treachery in breaking the
agreement Of two years ago. that the new
territory should not be subject TO taxa
tion skfor the old citys obligations.
DANGER OF TIE APPOINTING POWER.
He spoke of the danger of the appol ting
power, and the chalce of governor 200
miles away appointing bad men, while
! vo ers would know and watch those seek
ing or b lding Office.
Mr.. Yancey replied, and handled his op
ponent without gloves. He said insults and
rnisstatements from sucn a source
we're unworthy of notice, save
that they sought to place him
in false light, v hich be would not permit.
As to the mud which the senator from
Putnam tried to throw on democrats and
white people, and bis criticism of the Demo-
cratic party, they were effrontory. he
didn't seek democratic C unsel from man
who had not been in the country 10 g
enough {, know what ther democracy or
repuDiicanism meant. He would g. to a
pnrer source for advice when needed.
LENGTH OF HIS DEMOCRACY.
His democracy antedsted the coming to
this country of the man who eulo2iz d
negro judges aud negro po iceIner, and Ia
suited every white woma and man in the
so Ith by his il pc ii ence end indecent
allusiua 10 Fred Douglass, his white wi, q
and rniscegenaton II denied that every
city south bad negro police nen. He knew
hundreds which did not. 1t was the eIcep-
tion.s a q not the rule. lie knew na y
northern N IA WHO were republicans, ard
some of them were his friends, who were as
ho orable, representative and intelligent as
the men from any sec ion, aud he wanted
such TO come here, but they were Of dif-
ffrent class from the senator ON Put lam,
for whom and whose kind be had no use.
REFERENCE EXPLAINED.
When he said he did not care for what
Sas thought up north, he meant those wno
sought 20 cont 4ue negro domination over
u.s. and be reiterated it, He did not want
such people here, and pref to leave the
bridges standing, so they could go back
where they came from. This j. white
nan's country, and white mans country
II will be.
Mr.. Hind replied, briefly disclaiming any
intention to insult or mialepreseut, but he
feared that the passage Of tue jacksonville
bill would have a bad effect on northern
men who had brought their money to tho
south. He did care what they thought up
north.
Mr.. scHUMACHER's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Schumacher, of Duval county, said
that as a repablica be Apected Little sym
pathy, but desired TO express his views from
The standpoint Of a business man. His
every effort since 1874 had been devoted 20
building up Jacksonville and Florida, and
he had been assisted by many other north
ern men and republicans. Jacksonville had
been for years republican in majority, and
yet ALWAYS elected white man and demo-
crat for mayor.
Pending the end Of Mr.. Schumacher's
speech, the Senate adjourned till tomorrow,
when he will finish, and the bill be passed
on its third readiag.