The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-06
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Mr.. Call is about TO be defeated in his
candidacy for reelection on his record.
In the twelve years ofhis responsibility to
Florida, some measures of paramount i'm
portance stand out distinctly enough to be
taken as indicative of the whole.
Mr.. Call has acknowledged that he voted
for the dependent pension steal. Let that
fact stand out plainly without connection
with Others, for 1t cannot matter what
others did in the determination OF Calls
wisdom or folly, guilt or innocence. That
bill, had it become law, would have sad.
died on Florida an annual tax of one
million dollars-upon each head Of a family
an annual burden Of $3.50. Mr. Cal
does not deny that he V0ted to saddle this
burden on the pc opls Of oar state! Is he
the friend of the men from whom he would
take their hardly gained earnings to give
"the bummers and bounty Jumpers OF the
Yankee army?
Now we ask this question, has any
man now voting for Mr.. Call investigated
this record? If he has let him say so
and defend it, If he can, on the floor Of
the democratic caucus. If he has not, is
it not his duty to do so?
1t is openly charged that if Mr.. Call
had done his duty, the Indian War
Claim of half million dollars would have
been paid to the state. Nay, more, that
his conduct in the senate has repeatedly
delayed the payment of the claim. Has
any Call man in the legislature investi-
gated this charge? i so, lethim rise in las
place and defend 4M. Calls conduct before
he votes for him again. If not, is it his
duty to do so before he sits in his judg
ment on a case involving such enormous
interests of such vital consequence to the
state and the people?
1t is openly charged that Mr.. Call has
done all he could to invaldate the titles to
thousands of homes in this state. If that
be true, Mr.. Call is not the peoples friend.
Has any man now supporting Mr. Call tor
reelection investigated his record on that
point? Is any one of his friends able and
willing to defend his acts in connection
with the public lands? If so, let him rise
in his place on the floor of the democratic
caucus and do 80. If not, let him incesti
gate. The records are here, and conscien-
tous men should be unwilling to sit in
judgment till they have informed them
selves.
On these matters Mr.. Call has made a
record and the original state papers are al
the Capitol. If Mr.. Call be guilty as
charged he is unworthy and unfit to repre-
sent Florida longer. II he be not guilty,
these charges should be nailed, reiuted and
abandoned.
But the wonder of it is, that MIR. Calls
champions invariably acknowledge their
utter ignorance They do not pretend to
knowledge on these matters of state history
and public notoriety. Therein lies Their
aceakness. For Mr.. Calls sake, tor their
own protection, tor the sake OF the people
they represent, they should inform them
selves and then cast az intelligent ballot.
The FLoRIDIAN does not expect any
member of the legislature TO vote on any
question till be has seen the evidence. 1t
leaves that supposition to Mr.. John N. G.
Stockton of Jacksonville. But the Flo
R1DIAN does hope that these state papers
easily accessible, will be studiedl for few
hours that members of the legislature be not
driven to acknowledge ignorance of mat
ters of recent history so important and so
nearly affecting vast interests Of The peo-
pie of Florida. Read for yourseloes and
read the original documents.