The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06
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the republicans were strong, the Call issue
was not made, because it was not thought
prudent, and democrats considered the
personality of the federal senator an unim-
portant point as compared with the ri,
umph of the party. THIS was true of Put.
nam and Alachua and probably as true Of
other counties. In Putnam this avoidance
of the Call issue was expressly stated, and
most certainly the members from that
county are under no obligation, expressed
or implied, save that set by their own
judgment and consciences. This is equally
true of other counties.
But the issue has been tried and settled
in some, so that no doubt can possibly ex.
ist save in that bureau of misconceptiou
and misinformation conducted by the
Times In Brevard county Mr..
Norwood was expressly proclaimed the
Call candidate and made the issue, 6u1
could not get the nomination on that platform,
although he aoas personally Gerry popular
md highly esteemed. Therefore Brevard's
representatives are, to say tie least, un-
| pledged.
In Volusia, Mr.. Dougherty openly an.
nounced that he would not take the nOmi-
nation under pledge to vote for Mr.. Call
and openly said he s1>etld not cote for hin
unless the charges against him cOul be re-
futed. Certainly no attempt has been
made to answer the charges reiterated by
Mr.. Dougherty on the floor of the house
almost in Mr.. Calls presence. Therefore
Volusia is at least free to vote against him
if not pledged to do so, and Messrs. Bristol
of the senate, and Coulter, of the house,
are only accepting plain issue made by
their colleague when they consistently
vote against Mr. Call
In Orange the issue was also plainly
made. The county convention instructed
the delegation to vote for Edward NJ. Ham
mond. Mr.. Call visited the county and in
sisted that one O.: his friends, Mr.. Allen,
become special Gull candalate-and MI
Allen received only Sc voles Yet an
anonymity in the hyphenated sheet of the
28th tries to make it appear that "Orange
is for Call" The indignation expressed
by Mr.. Shine is not strange.
In Hillsborough an open war was made
if no express declaration of principles was
uttered, and the charge that the delegation
from that county had been pledged TO Call
has already been branded as a falsehood
while the Times Union produces no au-
thority.
In Pasco there was no war because there
were no Call voters. Mr.. McRae was nom-
mated and elected because he was anti
Call and was so accepted by Mr.. Call him
SELF Mr. Call had advised the citizens OF
Pasco to trust to him 10 get titles to their
lands and had failed them grievously. His
letters were shown about and his support
ers could not number corporars guard
They knew him by his work as Hillsbor-
ough knows him on his Reservation rec
ord.
In fernando Mr.. Mann made the cam
vass on the Call issue, and despite the
sneers and prophesies Of the Times-Union
he was elected.
Citrus, we believe, made no issue, and
certainly Mr.. Salisbury may be consid-
cred to embody the voice of his people.
In Lake Mr.. Hooker made the plain
issue with the full knowledge of Mr.. Call
and his friends, and his election may he
also considered an evidence of his peo-
ple's conviction on this subject.
Marion also had and has favorite sons
and the support of Mr.. Call was out OF
the question.
NoD, in these counties, Mr. Calls Meo-
,-ies on the land question hace been put to a
practical test. These people know him az
his public policy has shosen him to be. They
are busy and prosperous and they would
be more busy and more prosperous had
he not retarded their progress and frus-
trated their efforts. to build up their
country. They pay one-third the taxes
of the state and the tenth of their section
wealth has not yet been opened to the
sunlight or given to the assessor.
Yet in the face oflhis record, the anonym
tiles of the Times-Union dare to charge
that their representatives violate the trust
reposed in them and falsify the wishes OF
their constituents ! Mr.. Shine expresses
the feelings of all, but his fellow.represent-
atives from these counties do not consider
the misrepresentation of such parties
worthy of notice. We only hope its pict
ures from other sections are not quite so
vic lently discolored.
| In Polk their own authority acknowl.
edges his error; in other counties their rep
resentatives have been convicted of palpa.
BILE fslsehood; the dispatch from Madison
is declared false by the president and vice.
president Of the alliance from that county