The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-10-01

| In the very first sentence OF his letter
to Mr.. Chipley, MIR. Call uses this lam
guage: "While in New York on i'm
portant business for some of the people
of South Florida, after my return from
| an absence of week, l read your letter"
Ever since we can remember, whether
in his place in the United States Senate,
or in New York City, or at the seashore,
or on his homestead III Putnam county
during the vacation OF Congress, Mr..
Call is always engaged on some I'M
portant business . for the people of South
Florida. Some poor settlers homestead
is always in jeopardy. We believe Mr..
Call is sincere IN the belief that II he
should relax his efforts for week that
every settler in South Florida would be
dispossessed OF his lands and turned out
to the mercy of the pitiless woods.
By whom and in what manner they
would be dispossessed, and how Mr.. Call
prevents the process Of disposses>ion,
what he has done, what he is doing, and
what he hopes to do in his work of pro-
tecting the "homes Of the people from
spoilaton," we have III vain failed to as
certain.
Those of our readers who have fol-
lowed Us in the discussion OF the :" single
tax will give us credit we hope tor be-
ing opposed to land monopoly, so il is in
no unkindness to Senator Call that We
have failed to unders: and what his posi-
ton on the "land question is and what
be hopes to accomplish. In his first let
ter to the Times-C MON, covering some
thing more than two columns, he started
out with the avowed purpose OF giving
US this information, but before be had
fairly begun he changed his mind, stating
that the matter was too long for news
paper article, and promised 10 embody
his views, and what he had done and
what more he hoped to do, in pamphlet,
but before finishing he seemed to aban-
don the idea of writing phamplet, and
said that he would enlighten the people
from the stump and would make speeches
in every town and city in every county
in the State, and invited his detamers to
meet him IN the canvass.
We hope that we Will not be set down
as one OF Senator Calls "detamcr>." 1t
is his fault and not ours that We arr not
enlightened a. to his land policy" We
have reason 70 believe hat he j, an a.i>o-
cate ii the ">iug,c tax" Col. J. Dennis
Wolfe, tue editor 81 the Pensacola Com
mcrc.a, ! an advocate ct that policy and
lie j, Mr.. Calls r4.t hand man. and has
also challyn-rJ Air. CAlplcI, III tie in.vg-
e,to. Nr. (a., - a JOINT uoborc III a c.u-
va, ii tie State.
IL M. Can A>; letter whi.. oc~ap.v~
ne..rl5 tA.ee columns - Tire f,iae~-J llou.
col..n~ eNti.ct> W. h.y. already 4,y.i.
and gitc i.o.e 10 Iii, issue. the ds,t4-
9ni>Aea gen. .c.:.,!. iFoto:,e> %, ",oue ia
,uy" t.lnt ago make il >.a;clu,u. IL s.c-
TAI! Hhicn W ~ha.l look forward 10 with
,,uXlety, ana IN tue meantime hc aiherc~
10 nI> determination u make q thorough
canvas, OF the state, and while he VIII
not Lonor Mr. thipl~y by meeting him
>ingiy and dividing time with him solely,
he in. ties him and his host Of ''deiamero'
to follow him up az his meetings, polnising
70 ''ehare time" with the whole Of them
ami according to them an 'courteouS
treatment"
Ii Mr.. Calls invitation Is accepted the
canva~. viii be the most Formidable one
il all political hi,tory-~ay that he has
one hundred or even fifty 'dctamcr>" in
the >.4,c. and these fifty follow bin up at
ali HI meeting, and according to the terms
ii ,ae IN .t,r'- cha icnge, demand to
..-.>re >.:n"" win i'm. won't il be circus
uud lie .bl14e-t one on earth :"
NE people u Florida are certainly
rr,t.l-.e. -,sne.ujn. unique, picturesque
af., ,fsyiuo. il. Ia. political programme
~ n~1. tear ari are - b. con9ratu-
..,...l up,al,- spirited tjne, j, will IN