The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27
THE SENATORIAL s1TUAyrov

THE SENATORIAL SITUATION
The news columns of the F,o.m,.
have given full reports of the -
steps by which the consumm..;o. !,
been reached which now confrob.. 3
citizens of the state and the dsmo.,..
party. With the legal aspect Of the =
the FLoRID1AN will not deal Tia. m
be treated at the proper time bv .o,, i.
tent authority and the trained mini !.
well as conscientious study will rs,.h !.
lust decision.
But with other aspects of the ,,,,....
the FLoRIDIAN must deal. For u. A.
time IT is possible that two democ,,h -
Florida will be contesting for q nj !,
Washington. For the first time . ~
date claiming the name of demons =.
been elected by new methods and -.
cepted the offer Of seat ob.ained = =
democratic methods. In the path nsil
by the feet Of all his predecessor h :.
refused to walk, bat has made ro.a e
himself. Worse than oil, be has dnv, !.
following along with him and he hs en-.
ated differences and divisions which vSB
90 into state conventions and mar an
party history.
Whatever be the writing for Tie futun
chapter Of the past has gone into his.ou
and will preserve its imperishable charsc,r
for veal or woe. However bitter may han
been the personal or sectional diferesea
Of the past, never before could any demo-
crat accuse his opponent of his failure b
adhere 10 democratic rule in the confa
tor high Office.
The democratic caucus was ORGANIZED
10 usual. As usual 1t determined to accsp.
the two-thirds rule and even went further
in exacting of its members special pledge
to elect only after q caucus noninstioa
under the two-thirds rule. YET hpidly
diminishing majority dissolved the csucas
abrogated the rule which had bssa idp
led by the party at the state convensnas
a law, and threw off the pledge i y
pitJul majority Of too. =
Then the logical result of such g.
treme measures followed immediatsF
The determination to elect without 8
nomination was so repugnant to may
that only fifteen senators out Of . posi-
BILE thirty-one could be mustered to -
support, and only thirty-nins members
of the house ont Of possible sixty eight
And on this meagre majority, . cana.
date vests claim after his pledge had
passed to friend and foe that no woon
accept nothing less than two-thirdsi
He has been arraigned as an enemy %
his state and her people. To his fsce sns
record of the charges made By nun
against those from whom he clains
endorsement have been cited. ~
the state against which y
has made charges of "fauons.
and disgracetup' misrepresentation =
comes for Office! In the Capitol O .
state the most serious charges have - /
for weeks. He has not one word q 3
tense, not one word Of explap
| While a committee is investigating -
charges he breaks through the rules = =
party to hasten an election. Beiofs !.
tribunal selected by himself ana .
friends he comes and refuses to aDi0s =
the pledges he has himself made! !.
This record is too scandalous 20 \ :
nored. 1t is a record which plsee. a
at variance with every democrsn0 s
ministration of his state, with the sf,. =
est leaders of his party-whicn pa'' =.
outside his party rules and makes - J
worse than party Ishmaelite Oe'aas
| is not of record that 1shn,aei sA. i.
Hagar when she gave him Ts'ei
desert. =, al,
The majority which can command $. y
40 to Al or 81 out of 80 to sanc1'0n j. 4
methods cannot boast Of its $50 NJ.
The candidate who cannot 80
the support of his party must no. 40. 1000
on 80 Aimsy a vindication-ns., "a 80
| who must abrogate party law ,au.. All 1
record drives from his sioe = n a.
| tbs senate must find little proc N y 3
his colleagues in Washington. ..ssssry I
fore did democrats find II ns.sosncs
leave Tallahassee to discoua;ss 800 q
democratic candidate-neyef !. o . volss
democratic membess sit silent, 1 y So
the ioiut session to elecs . ou''
senator. ,...,. God I
Such q condition bodies hss.; syilt
the candidate, and is fraugns 49, 1000
1.-The future of the state ana sne