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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06
THE ROAD LAW.

Dissatisfaction with the road law OF
1889 is loud and deep. Two dozen bills
have been drawn by different members,
and all have been referred to a special
Joint committee to make report on
them. Probably none will be exactly
followed when the committee reports,
and possibly all will be rejected and a
new bill recommended.
One of the best of these bills is that
prepared by Mr.. Beville. The gentleman
from Sumter has given much care and
thought to the subject, and here are his
conclusions:
The old law should be repealed in TOTO
There should be one county superntend
ent OF roads appointed by the board o.
county commissioners, giving bond in the
sum of five hundred dollars for the faithful
performance of his duties and with salary
of two dollars per day, when on actual ser.
vice.
The superintendent of roads may employ
laborers when needed at one dollar per day
for work on the highways; Provided b,
cannot employ more thap ten men at any
one time, without special orders from th,
board Of county commissioners or in cas-.
of destructive storm or food.
The superintendent must make full
return of every detail of his work at tn,
first meeting of the board after sucl
work is done.
Citizens between 81 and 45 years o
age, are liable to three days work on tn,
roads or to Communication of one dolla;
per day.
The bill provides for the building o
bridges, etc., for the imposition of
road tax and for the utilization of con
vict labor on the highways.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

trial for higher. When the jury renders
guilty of murder in the Sc coud degree" II
practically decides the defendant innocent
in the first.
By the way, why should the Times
Union cease publishing the headnotes OF
the supreme court decisions as soon as JUS
tees Mabry and Taylor assumed the
ermine? Many of the readers of the hyph-
enated would like to know if the omission
was supposed to annihilate these gentle
men.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06
4 LEGAL VIEW.

A distinguished gentleman now IN 10
state, af er careful study Of the tes6l
mony, exhibits and committee reports n
the Suwannee contested election ca'e
writes an opinion to friend which y 2
clear and conclusive that we are glad VI
adopt his views as those OF "l
FLoR1DIAN. He knows none Of the pr
ties, and brings his trained mind 70 w
study of the testimony with the follosns
result:
1.-The returns from district no :
seemed to have been tamperec Wa
unless the clerk made out false M
randum to trade on. He could "a"
ceived the inspectors very easily.
But the true and impregnaole p0s
is that no legal election was held u :
precinct. If all else had been reguiA, =
action of Clayton, in examining psl
and directing into what boxes tne' 4.
to be cast, soas fatal to the eaads'y y s
election. The secrecy of the ball0s :.
the possession of intelligence oy Jus 's s.
constitute the foundation of the fiO'. !.
election law, and the conduct OF 0As
attacked both. 1t was just as .
spector. under the Australian
should 60 into booth and preps'' :, !
cts for voters. Ifan inspector shoun \
such a thing in Massachusetts 10 -,
find himself in Jail as soon as pO'
could take him there. .A.r
who knows that Clayton did uOs -
ballots in his sleeve which he e1en
for those that he opened ? Inc {
1880 and the Australian law nass
common purpose of securing my S,siill
plete secrecy of the ballot, ana s sn.;h;lI{
upon each voter the sole respo
for his action. ..oL Il %
"In short the inspectors tCoH ;r,nolta1
themselves to nullity the mos y. ~,
provision of the law, which tnS. on,
thew took one, bound them to oos5
rccooni.ion 6v the Florida losoer Ao. .T n
calid;tv of tie election held :" p'g 4. 80
3. of Susoannee county, acoHn g $500
less than the deliberate sd'ctao"@ '"'s
a most aggregated form. -. n i
The above opinion is that Oh ou' ..dsI
frat man of the Union who mas U.s.
his mind on a study Of the eVl0sD'
goes before the house.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06
IGNORANT JUDGMENTS.

The obligation to inform oneself goe.
with the responsibility of position. NJ
man should assume voluntary burden
unless he proposes to carry that burden
properly or try to do 80. The members o.
the legislature have voluntarily assumed
an obligation and If information be nee. 8.
sary to The proper discharge Of such re.
sponsibility, % voluntarily assumed, tba,
information should be sought-sought Toe
from the best sources avaalable. These are
axioms, but we fear the time requires theil
statement.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

The congratulations rendered the FLO
RrDIAN are most gratifying, and tor all Of
Them we are grateful. They show re.
volt against base methods and healthy
feeling in the state. The congratulatory
letters and kilograms received since Fri.
day morning only, would burden our col.
umne. So we only bow and Aush with
pride and pleasure.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

THE Times.Union is careful to inform
us that we are "the hopeless minority
the desperate minority, etc. If old granny
could hear US tslk and see rs smile, she
would not give Us such gratuitous informa-
ton. If we are satisfied with our condition
why should not she be !?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

unanimously tell theirb representatives to
stand firm and oppose the reelection of
Wilkinson Call tfirst, last and all the
time" Dare the Times Union say these
gentlemen do not REPRESENT the will of
their people.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Mr.. TRAHnGELL of Polk, received q pos
tai card on which he was offered, from
Jacksonville, some phosphate shares "a
vote for Call and committee OF investiga
ton was Immediately appointed. Why moi
Investigate Mr.. John N. G. Stockton u
Jacks onvillef
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

NAPOLEON said victory took the side OF
the biggest battalions. Calls Napoleon
has an aptitude for defeat which is won
derful, even when the battalions are OF
his side. And the young Napoleon of
finance" seems as unsuccessful as the
leader of the cohorts.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

ANTS will take notice that hereafter
the lights in the opera-house do not be-
token an entertainment but a 'holy
show" upon which the curtain will soon
fail to funereal music.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Ex-senator Call aods the only southern
senator acho voted for the passage Of the mig
uitous dependent pension bill. Hoo can
democrats cote to return such man to the
United States senate.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

THE Times Union fills several columns
with notes and kilograms from people
called Farmer" etc., who might exert
some influence if they had names to sign
But it would be still better if they would
give more proof and less gas.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

WHENEVER the Call men have met the
ants they have found Waterloo. An
other approaches i'll the Suwannee con
test
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

YESTERDAY the old granny I. U. went
back to it's old loves, Chipley and Cooking,
on the editorial page. We will look for
"nigger, niger" again when the repeal OF
house bill No. comes up.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Children often wake in the n'sn 800
burning fever, and the parent 70 - y
divine the cause. Worms o.
at work. A dose of Shriners inO'-
mifuge 10 the only remedy.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Let those who seek serious strain
Bethink them ere it be too late.
'Tis ours to sing young John again
And goad him on in every gait.
We wonder at his artless wiles.
Whereof he boasts the richest vein;
Or find him foolinR with those dies,
With which he hopes to cut the chain
That binds the men he may not hold
To that they value more than place,
That he may see triumphant rolled
His puppet onward in the race.
A puppet, too, that cannot speak
Or make his automatic show,
Without descending to the weak
Devices, truer men forego.
A thing for every breeze to sway,
But swaying none who dare surmise-
The demagogue must shrink away
The day the people lift their eyes,
And see ",heir champion" doze away
Twelve years in senatorial state,
Nor bid the corporations stay
Until he knew it all too late.
Such broken remnants no more bring
To grace that senatorial feast,
Where mighty shadows closely cling,
Whereof he lies below the least.
Then take him from Us, John, you must
And lease for him what stage you Will.
He cannot play the part you'd thrust
Upon that shrunken spirit still.
What YOU may have at stake is naught,
The peoples claim remains supreme.
Some men 60 free, while others, caught,
Behold their betters raise the cream.
A general you who need guide
More than stage whose width admits
No doubt that you were both supplied
With impudence in lieu Of wits.
That friend take hence, and let him turn
His hand at last to honest toll.
He loves 1.-The people"-let him learn
Himself a Spartan pot to boill
RIc0Y ErrTo
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

DOES Dictator John N. c. Stockton
run the legislature of Florida as we'll as
m opera free whisky-house, two corpora
ton newspapers, both daily, and rail-
nado
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

ONE of the saddest sights in Tallahassee
now Is the lately acquired ease and grace
with which the erstwhile Sunday school
'sgeneral" of the Callites takes his followers
TO the Palace Bar and ''what will you take,
HNovsS,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

THE Suwannee contest case was not
taken up yesterday but will probably be
reached to-day The contestants wanted
space in the columns Of the FLoRIDIAN
and we have gladly accorded it.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

How about that Jacksonville alliance
which does not want Call? Is it possible
that even the graLd duchy of Duval re-
fuses 10 bow to the setting sun?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Mr.. CALL has not a majority of the
votes of The caucus; will the Times Union
be consistent and advise him to withdraw
in the interest of harmony and to save the
peoples money!
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

THE Times-Union has toretold the
bribery" OF the legislature. Are the
friends of that organ trying to make it a
phrophecy?
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

Oo Tsa.. l. alone, am riss. 49,
: these are not fancy 49,, i. 8
speech or action. sxrs
The Alliance thought !.
national banking in MIN ne ousA
Of ea' 5oha r pnd p objected to he sss
only John F. Dunn ;,, y a
clared that his pressnc. ' .sass J,
oarrass the members Of .S 0'a -,
stand in the way of party :, - AlHs iss's
ne left. Mr.. Call SUMMON na,nos,
port all the Influence - %
banks and oftwo corporat;o 5, .ns -
t a0s1 t, aa'ly' The combined -, !:
the federal Office holding .. 49,. -
democratic party is here to , s''e T
IN ta, season aa M, and out of season. L
tels' on the streets, in the lsp;.,.., =,
and the lobby the insinn,,,s. =. =:
and persuasive smile is III
BESIDES all these there is Iowa ! Y.
which haunts the bar room. =.
places of questionable resort-.n.
the unguarded moment of geDero.. -,
fellowship and stab with the ;nu
convey falsity by wink Ns. o,ss.
the independents and the ward ns,s
are all for Call. Mr.. Call bim..'s, ,,eu
al his dignity and much of h. =
IN his anxiety for the place to which ny
cupancy for twelve years has on,vi. sa
his ambition and intensified his 8 -
Does he get out for the sake Of =. .
Not SO; he wages contest witbon Il Leo
that he may crafty his spite Or ina, y
his love OF notoriety. How diHe,pDt y Leo
the course Of Mr.. Dunno $ =
The Hon. James G. Speer of on, -
comes candidate without solieia,io,
his own part He comes here 70 ,pth,.s
the use of his name, but adhere s,,,A ns'
the alliance dictum, LET the otsc. :.
the man" He goes back to The M, ma
modern Cincinnatus, saying only 81. J
the state needs my services am r.s, the
return" How different has be-, !. I
course of Mr.. Call. He has reeuh,, n
pointed set of directors Orders are =. Z
and implicitly obeyed. There is pl,ns n.
rendt zvous with all necessary and ma. ,
essary supplies, there are dark rooms y
secret conferences and the carrier pip,s y. y.
fits by night and day. Tears and ,hrna
buster and brag, glowing hopes and ~ g
nizing lamentations are familiar wesur
TO his soldiers, from the banker to. the ind ID
pendent heeler, or the republican who q
poets office as cats paw and grovsh \ n
recognition.
MIR. Call is an impcssibllity. Tveat ).
worthy names have been mentioned = =
written in the line of succession. Hsu
the owners of those names orgsnizd
strikers, leased an opera-house bought out
"A bar-rOom, wept around street corners 4
begged the contemptuous pity Of political
foes? Have they promised to abandon ns !.
past, sell their future, ignore thsr Ess-
emf and do anything to crafty that iasl
nate greed and suppleness oil back
which marks the distinction betvent =
man and hypocrit citizen and dens
goIu.?
Look at the record or simply open yua
eyes to the spectacle daily presented y
them and make up your mint.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

INVESTIGATE the banker as well as the
farmer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

THE decision by Justice Taylor rendered
yesterday settles most important point
viz: Conviction In lower degree bars
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06

LINDEN Alliance Of Sumter county,
with = membership of seventy.five,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
THE ALLIANCE.

Republican organs that are now so
greatly worried by the portentous ac-
tivity in Alliance circles, seek to min
imize the effect thereof by derisive al
lusions to the character of the plain
and unsophisticated people who make
up the rank and file of that organize
ton. The leaders of it are likewise
stigmatized as raw, incapable and in
experienced, as well as insincere and
corrupt. 1t is true that the leaders
are not, as rule, men who in the past
sought political honors or figured as
statesmen. That was left to those
whose ambition carried them into
either of the two parties through
which alone lay the avenues to individ-
ual success and advancement. The
leaders of the Alliance are not trained
politicians, because they have in the
past devoted their lives to more hum
ole occupations. But that does not de-
tract from, on the contrary it enhances
the merit of their cause, since it proves
that they have lost confidence in the
men whose lead they followed since the
war, and are driven in self-defence to
assume leadership that is thrust upon
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
McGaughey w. Hoye.

Equally absurd and unwarranted is the
suggestion or insinuation of the last three
or four days that Land Commissioner Nc
Gaughey is pluming himself for race
against Hogg in 1892 for governor, and that
he is falling in with the suD-treasury idea
as platform on which to make the race
OF course he pays no attention to the cack-
ling going On and cares nothing about it,
knowing, perhaps, that the object is to
create doubts and distrust in the minds of
his friends and breed dissension among the
adherents of the administration.
Ii there is one thing more than another
of which the Commissioner is really proud,
it is the speeches which he made during the
last campaign against the sub-treasury
nonsense He talks about them even now
with an JUNCTION and satisfaction that plainly
indicates his sentiments on that subject.
The idea of making race for any office in
Texas on the sub-treasury platform is as
preposterous as an effort to cross the At
lantic in tub. And that is about the way
it strikes the commissioner.
THERE is A GOOD DEAL OF SPECULATION
here as to where the committee and the ad-
jutant-general will locate the state camp
for the militia A number of places have
offered sites, and some have accompanied
them with bonuses. Austin has offered !.
number OF sites and additional inducements
besides. Waco, Brennan, Georgetown,
Palestine. Calvert and several other places
have put in bids and supplemental bids.
The location will be decided IN a few DAYS.
A good many think that Waco will get it.
because of its liberia offer, desirable
grounds supplied win artesian water, and
its central geographical position.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
Architectural Iron Work a Specially.

which confirmed him. is particeps Grim mi
with the governor. and equally guilty. But
who blames the senate for it! No one. The
blame for tiff there were any-iS all
dumped at the governors door.
But is Senator Whatley the first MEM
Der of the legislature appointed to Office,
while still a Inember9 Not at all. There
are several precedents for such appoint
ment. To go back only four years ago GOV.
Ross look Douglas out of the senate at TIRE
beginning of the Twentieth legislature
and made him assistant superintendent
of the penitentiary. At the same session
made an assistant to the attorney-general.
Not an objection was raised, or a word OF
complaint heard about either case. II was
all right-as Il matter of course-when done
by Governor Ross, but a
SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
when Governor Hogg followed the prece-
dent. The constitution eXpounders have
one gospel for Hogg and another for Ross.
And though both follow precisely the same
rule OF procedure in the matter Of appoint
ments, one acts according to the orthodox
political faith, while the other becomes
pesJilent heretic about whom the faggots
of political hate are set blazing and roaring.
Such has been the spirit of the opposition
ever since the Inauguration. klmost every
act of the governor has been criticised,
and his official utterances ridiculed and
their intent and purport distorted, misin-
terpreted and misrepreSented. The most
trivial matters have been taken up and the
changes wrung upon them, and mole hills
have been magnified into mountains. It
seems that in the estimation Of his enemies
the rights of man consisted n ''life, liberty
and the pursuit of Hogg."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
A Lovely Time Ahead for Ma.
cune and the Sub.Treasury.
THE VENOM OF ANTl-H0GGITES
Reckless War Being Made on Every Act Of the
Administration by its Enemies.
Action Taken in Regard to Notaries Public.
Talk of McGaughey Being Candidate
for Governor Ridiculed-Sherids
Hear u Fall.
Notariea Public.
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 29-The attorney
general having ruled in a second opinion
that the secretary OF state should be guided
by the senate journal and not the certified
list furnished by the secretary of the senate
in ascertaining who were appointed and
confirmed notaries public, the secretary OF
state has issued the following circular to
county clerks throughout the state:
Under the ruling of the attorney general
this department is required to issue COM
missions to notaries public in accordance
with the list of names sent to the senate by
the governor and the confirmation of such
of said names as is shown by the senate
journal. You will therefore at once for
ward to this Office the fees of those about
whom there is no controversy, with dates
of their qualification, and also a COM
plete list of those who claim that
their initials are wrong, or whose names
are spelled wrong, or whose names are
not on the list furnished you by this Office,
whereupon, as soon as a copy of the senate
journal can be secured, investigation of all
the cause of complaint in each and every
case will be instituted, and for those whose
names were properly sent to the senate by
the governor and so confirmed by the senate
as shown by the journal, commissions will be
forwarded TO you for the collection of the
fee and entry of dates of qualification TO pc
thereafter returned to this Office. Vefy
respectfully, GEO. w. SMITH,
(Signed) Secretary of State.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
AN ALLIANCE MEETING.
The Alliance VIII Meet in Fort Worth
in July.

AUSTIN. Tex, May s9.-Sam Dixon
arrived here to-day from Dallas on
business. Sam stated that an
Alliance meeting is about TO be called for
Fort Worth early in July; not on the 4th
however. 1t Is to DC the biggest thing of
the kind seen in Texas for many day.
The originators and promoters Of it
are among the class of Alliance men not in
violent sympathy with the recent Waco
conference, where they got little but the
cold shoulder The Fort Worth meeting,
however. is going to be magnanimous
enough TO invite all classes of Alliance men
to come and share in the proceedings.
The object of the meeting is educational
in the line of opposition to all manner of
radicalism and tomfOolery. There will be
no secrecy, no executive sessions, no mid
night roasting and scarifying of political
heretics.. Everything is to be open and
above board. A number of leading
Alliance lights from abroad will be on
hand to discuss many subjects Of public
interest.
Among them will be Mr. Hall, president
of the Missouri state Alliance, who is said
to know good deal about some of the
slick Alliance brethren of Texas and their
political plans and methods.
The date of the meeting will be announced
later.
Mr. Dixon was asked what had become of
lie new alllduCc pipcT pfUJSCt IdlhSu VI
some weeks ago. He replied that it had
not yet been definitely deci0ed
on. The establishment of pa
per would perhaps depend somewhat on
the tone of the Mercury. Fit should modify
its radical utterances a trifle and open its
columns to all the brethren who had some
thing to say on either side of the sub
treasury or other questions, the new paper
may fall to the ground. Otherwise, it will
be started to a dead moral certainty.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
SOME PUBLIC DERTS.

Compilations by the census bureau of
foreign public debts, credit France
with funded Indebtedness of nearly
four and half billions in 1890, figure
that is believed to be one and half
billions short Of the actual total indebt-
edness. Russia owed in the same year
about three and half billions, Great
Britain a trifle less than that sum,
Austria less than three billions, and
Italy about five hundred millions less
than Austria. The per capita indebt-
edness runs as follows: France S116.35,
the Netherlands 1886, Great Britain,
SS7.79, Italy s76.66, Austria S1OS4 and
Belgium S63 10. Our own national debt
is considerably less than billion, the
per capita being sl4.63. Contrary to
our expectations it is found that the
public debt OF Germany is only ST., ST.
719, or So per capita.