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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
AGAINST TIE COMBINE.

The real 'conspirators' are now before
the people, and the true "combina,ion'
which has presumed TO rule or ruin our
fair state is now laid naked to the public
eye What do you think of ii? The golden
vapor with which it was proposed TO win
the new Semele has been rejected with
scorn and Florida shrinks from the proposal
unseduced by the glittering generalities
which shrouded the disgraceful PROPOSE
ton. Beautiful as the Greek girl, she is
purer than her ancient prototype, and her
honest lovers defend her loyalty against
the heathenish golden god who seeks her
destruction for the qualification OF his base
purposes. The strongest combine, even
when backed by an unlimited rain of
golden | ii - win in F)rlh.
Senator Pasco has been our faithful,
hardworking representative in Washing
ton. Within the short time of his service
he has done more than Call did in the
twelve years that his salary alone shows
has been devoted to Florida. But when
he supposes appreciation of that loyal
service has made him our master, he
counts without his host. He casts down
the ladder on which he mounted and he
will find his lofty perch dangerous and
in the near future untenable. Very soon
he will find himself crushed like the
snake who ventured to attack the farmer
in whose breast the cold ,blooded danger
was warmed into life.
Mr.. Pasco's contempt of the wishes of
the Alliance of which he is a member
seals his own doom and his treatment of
his supporters in his own county drives
the nails into his political coffin. Soon
he will be buried out of sight and only
the resurrection morn can tear off the
cerements in which mad ambition AMI
contempt of his masters has shrouded
him.
Mr.. Pasco's alliance, offensive and de-
tensive, with the Times Union and Mr.
Call has antagonized the best interests of
the state and identified him with the enc
mics Of her people. TIE men who stand
between the accomplishment Of Mr.. Calls
crusade of misrepresentation" and indie
pendentism and the democracy of Florida
will now couch their spears against his al
lies also, and in such war the issue cannot
long hang in suspense.
Down with the bossism which is the
'ather of independentism and near of kin
TO republicanism! Down with political
dictation! Down with the men who pre-
sumo TO rule the state for personal aggrand-
izement. Let them 20 TO the wall aud
stay there.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

Gratis who are ~ conscientious and loyal a.
any in the world.
1t is again supposed by some that the
governor has authority to supply only an
unexpired term, not to Ill vacancy left
open by default oflegislative action. We
can only say the antis are perfectly willing
to abide this doubt if their opponents
are.
Will the Call m N stand on the record
made and declare 10 the end that they will
accept only one of all the democrats in the
state?
Again, it is claimed that Mr.. Call is the
choice of the people. and therefore oppo.
sition should cease. Tue FLoRIDIAN re.
spectfully urges that the law leaves the
decision in the hands of the legislature,
democratic usage puts it to the arbitra-
ment of the caucus, and the caucus is
working under a democratic rule, re-
affirmed by itself.
The ants refuse to accept one man in
The state. The Callites refuse all but one
man. On this issue the ants are perfectly
willing to rest an appeal to the people.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

fable excitement members were elected
and came to Tallahassee What did the,
flndl A Combination of politicians" tt
elect Mr. Call. A close lobby led by the
banks in the interests of Mr.. Call. Ar
army of lobbyists to elect Mr.. Call from
all parts of the state. Representatives Of
every independent split in the state here
working for Mr.. Call Every man marked
with independent tar from the republican
stick, "At work for Mr.. Call" A persist
ent, costly and open attempt TO seat indie
pendents, who were Mr.. Calls own candi-
dates, in the place of democrats without
evidence. The very constitution of the
original committee shows that it was not
proposed to regard any evidence, and that
original committee on privileges and cleo
tons has certainly m ,de record.
Here is enough to satisfy any reasona-
bic democrat: Why does Mr.. Call hold
his strength? Because the combine" is
strong, and will not die till two years
hence. Because the official patronage,
or the promise of it, is of itself a strong
bond of union. Because the memory O.!
favors in the past is called up as a debt,
and we are told the public must be made
TO pay these personals and pr6oGte o6liga-
tiOns. Because Mr. Call and the hyphen-
ated, and Mr.. Pasco, together, are sup
posed to exercise some mysterious power
which is magnifed by lack of knowledge
and people fear as Thebes fed from the
Sphynx.
On the other hand Is found number Of
the best democrats in the state who, in
minority it is true, have fought till fact and
record anil logic and argument have added
to them majority of the representatives
of the Farmers Alliance in the state and
the whole is welded into 0and of broth
ers whose united strength is irresistible
And many who wear the chains of the
combine" are FESTIVE under their weight
and would not see the cause for which
they work succeed though they have not
faith enough in the people 10 warrant them
in following out their convictions.
These be the bonds which hold men
to Mr.. Call, and these be the reasons why
with an apparent majority, the goal
seems as far as ever. This is the key to
the riddle and the Gdipus with it is in
his hand shall yet redeem his state when
the foul Sphynx shall crush out it's life
as of old against the rock of the true
faith in despair of further injury to the
people.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

GA Pastors Defense" is the heading of
double-leaded certificate of character
which Mr.. John N. G. Stockton has re
ceived from Rev. A. W. Knight, and
which is published in a recent number
Of the Jacksonville Times-Union. That
is trite saying which relates the effect
of evil communications upon ones man.
ners, and we may infer that to Mr..
Stockton's long training and association
with Mr.. Call is, due his belief in the
efficacy of the certificate method of vim
dication, to which he now has recourse.
AS matter of fact the News has never
thought that Mr.. Stockton's course with
reference to the senatorial election was
in need Of special vindication, we
taking it as natural that, privileged ia
proceed as he pleased in the premises, he
had gone to work for Mr.. Call on gen.
eral principles. But, as the clergy has
been invoked for vindication of that
course, and that vindication is submitted
in all seriousness as warrantinQ Mr.,
Stockton's course, it Is not without the
range Of propriety to discuss the warrant
from stand In equity, and that We shall
here proceed to do. s..s \ ~ &
The kindly disposed HI KNIGHT sayI
thai m nlt only Mr. 6tock tOna pastor
M g1 ss g d u 49, ~
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
SECRET OF CALLS STRENGTH

SECRET OF CALLS STRENGTH.
To the outside world the senatorial
contest is a mass of contradictions. de
vious maze Of puZzling turns to which The
uninitiated has no possible clew Yet
underlying the puzzle a solution perfectly
simple which gives the keynote to the
whole performance and embodies all into
consistent whole.
The Times Union with Mr. Call and Mr..
Pasco iondly hoped their ,mbine Guild
override ali opposition AMI make them
independent of the organized democracy
Mr.. Cali has already belong d Tor time
to several political organic atoms in this
state, his ideas have always been those Of
whig rather than OF democrat, and
| therefore he had no scruple in kicking tree
| from the party traces if he could STE profit
IN Iun away. In every county in the
stat" he identified himself with the indie.
pendenIs ii these mus cred siren 9TH enough
TO make the acquisition an object-hs
surrounded himself with in dependents
and set himself 10 organize a personal
following. He paid no more respect to
the state democratic executive committee
then he did TO the republican.
In all this he was fully seconded by the
piping of the Times-Union, which called
Mr.. Calls campaign an independent
one, which continuously expressed hints
Of the committees enmity to MIR. Call
and always urged that candidates for the
legislature should be 'loyar' and
''pledged' to Mr.. Call before they were
accepted by the Call men.
The widest Misrepresentation were
set af1oat Oy Mr.. Calls speeches and the
utterances of the Times-Union which
have been proved ibelous on the legisla-
, ture and scandalous to the stae.
When the members reached Tallahas
see they found an organized body which
flattered, careesed and begged. lThey were
taken into back rooms and treated, as
sured and wiDed into promises afterward,
called pledges" which 1t was 'dishonor'
to break! Gentlemen are yet voting TO
Mr.. Call because OF these pledges, wht
have since become convinced that 1t i
their duty as good citizens to see him de-
feated. What says the play:
"And IL II not sin to break an oathY,
/ "Twere greater sin to keep a wicked oath. :"
The people of the state were ASSURE
: that the Corporations" had formed pla
! to enslaye them-their lands were to b
: taken sway and all their privileges sur
rendered. In this unnatural nd unjust
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
4 STRONG MINORITY.

The epithet minority" is so often
hurled at the opponents of Mr.. Call as an
argument against the continuance of the
contest over the senatorial succession,
and it is so persistently claimed that 'the
people are for Call' that the public
might easily fall into an error. Mr..
Hutchinson of Putnam on Friday night,
least his vote to rebuke the undemOcrat-
ic minority" and said so in open caucus
Immediately after protest against the i'm
pugnment of motives had been eloquent
ly entered from both sides. The ere
buke" of course excited only laughter,
but at a distance misunderstanding
of the true situation might be natural to
a careless observer.
That " minority" is perfectly willing to
base its opposition to Mr.. Call on these
three propositions:
l. Is Mr. Calls position on the public
land question proper one?
g. Did Mr.. Call do the proper thing
when he voted for the amendment to the
dependent pension bill
B. Has Mr.. Call done his duty as the rep
resentaive of Florida in the collection of
the Indian war claim, or has he not taken
incorrect ground on that matter
These are grounds broad enough; they
admit of proof or disproof from the record
and they touch on nothing but the official
conduct of the ex-senator, while they are
80 important as 10 warrant continued OPP
position in case the proofs do not sustain
Mr.. Call. Let the case be made up on the
evidence and decided on the record as be
fits reasonable men.
1t i said the people deci led on this mat
ter at the last election and the verdict has
gone forth. This is an Offer to make the
decision on the verdict rendered at the
polls last November. Has the majority of
the legislature majority of the democrats
of the state al their back? The vote given
to w. D. B.oxham 70: comptroller will be
taken as the full measure Of democratic
strength, it will be taken tor granted that
each member of the legislature voices the
sentiments OF the majority of his cons:itu
ents and he will be credited with the full
treugth of the democrats he represents
Where a county is divided it will be cred
ed TO Mr.. Call or against him in the pro-
| p II Ii N in whic the asst vote taken in the
| , aucus shows it WAS cast. Thus Alachus
casts one anti and two Call votes There
fore, two-thirds OF her democrats are cred
| tied to MIR. Call and one-third agains
| him.
The counties divided on this issue
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
The New Situation.

Against the free dem ocracy new foe has arisen
Which claims the power to rule our minds and
put oIr thoughts in prison.
Who be the men that dare combine against peo-
pie free?
Well whip them from our forest glades and sink
them in the sea.
Who be the watchmen born to guard our free
dom's citadel
List to their names-in aftertmes cherish their
memories we'll
Fore the sword Of Hammond no man stands, us
lightning when tits draVn,
And Burfords fachion falls with forcs from arm
of brazen Drawn;
The gallant Hooker lifts his shield to champion
stricken right;
And Dougherty's shout is loudest heard when
deadliest grows the fight;
Mann of fernando fills place no other sup
His murderous mace he lifts aloft WIENER the foe
is nigh;
Icons three sons are in the rush and Trammell
plunges down
With blooded bludgeon and the blows fellow full
last Ms 1roWn;
See in the van old Hillsbo:ough rides, the foes
before her TALL,
She's in the right at every fight led by the lance Of
Wall;
Then on the gale rough ruin roars, and Orange
turns about,
To catch with ears attent, o Shine, thy thunder
GUS battle shout.
Now Bitch OF Marfon's napier point seeks out the
harness joint,
And the wound he makes with bster's burn for
oil he will anoint,
And Robinson of Washington, with veteran hand
strikes true,
And Young of Manatee is there to string the
sounding yew,
1cRae Of Pasco' in the fight, his brave arm
lifted high,
And others send far from the field the warriors
battle cry.
'Twereworth year of quiet life to watch the bat
tie sway,
From side to side in rush and roar and see the
quick sword play,
To hear the warriors bend tt cir bows to see their
deeds of might,
For tho men die and women cry there fun in a
fair free fight.
The glories of the warrior all minstrels love to
sing,
But finer fancies OF the time sweeter note should
bring,
And when at last the war is DER and gently back
to earth,
Come dreams that kiss the sleeping child and steal
the maden's mirth,
When shadows play across the corn and softly
pure and fair,
The bird and blossom watt their sweets adown the
slumberous air,
The shall all men appreciate the worth Of spirits
true,
Who saw the way and showed it us as grandes
souls should do.
Who could forget the selfish hope and think in
Christ's own way,
And catch the sweetest words from .Heaven
amid earth's clouded day;
Two men whom passion tempted not the Chris.
tian's crown have won,
The noblest OF the noble band, the patriots Speer
and Dunn
These be the men who will withstand that mon
strous dark combine
And relegate it to that land whee woodbines
freely Irvine.
Against these spears let evil they'll nail it to
the earth,
And turn for plaudits that day to the freed land
OF their birth
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
THAT, INDIAN WAR CLAIM

The FLoRIDIAN will quote directl!
from the secretary of the treasury wht
transmitted ''the report of the third au
ditor of the treasury upon the mutua
demands of the State of Florida and the
United States" under date of December
Is, 1889. Here the claim is thus stated
Tho state advances TWO claims under
this provision, viz:
1st. The claim specifically referred to
in the act as reported in the letter of the
secretary of war, May %, 1882. This
claim is for the reimbursement of certain
expenses incurred by the state in sup
pressing Indian hostilities between De-
cember 1, 1855, and January 1, 1860,
$268, 1O3.4O wide joint resolution of
March 3, 1881; also report by secretary of
war, in House Elk. Doc. No. 2O3, 47th
congress, 1st session.
81. Sundry ex penses for similar purpo-
ses, incurred in 1849, but not paid by the
state until 1859, $21 ,695.72 10 making
The report above referred TO the secretar y
of war excluded these items because the
Joint resolution under which he was act
ing, was limited to expenses incurred be-
tween December /, 1866. and January !,
1860 But the acl of 1889 requires re-
port upon any now unsettled claims by the
stale.
On the claim originating in the years
1856 $50 wide detailed statement),
find an expenditure proven in the
Deduct amount realized by the state
by sales of military stores (Ex. I'D. ,4O5. o5
245,O2O So
In the items OF expenses in 1S4o (paid
by state in 1889, find an expend-
ture, proven wide detailed state
ment) in the sum of. :. .......... 1898. As
There are certain offsets which leave
the m alter as stated by the auditor OF the
treasury thus
Aggregate due the state ........... 1881 1884 81
Interest thereon at per cent, January
l. 1885, to January /. 1890 .......... $50, 1872. IS
$s4s, o67. 16
Principal of bonds hel by
United States ........ $l32, 10000
Interest from November q,
1873, TO which date inter
est has been paid). to
January /, 1890. -. ...... 148,712.66
--- $3.50, ~. IS
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

So that on the basis of the last ballot
(77,h) taken in the caucus, the vote of the
legislature shows that the democrats of the
state of Florida stand 14,O44 for Call and
1888 against him.
What tairer basis can be taken than
Bloxham's vote in 1890? What truer cri-
terion on which to base judgment as to
the wishes of the democrats of the slate
than the action of their representatives.
/. not the showing cnnvincings And If
this were true last fall it is more largely
true now.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

WE are told the democracy of Duval
demands the reelection of Wilkinson
Call" Wewonder if these he the same
democrats who "demanded' House Bill
No. from the last legislature, and who
will demand" its repeal from the one
now sitting? Perhaps this body will not
be as plia5e as the last to demands" from
Duyal. roar they "nigger" never 80 loudly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
SHOULD Florida elect a senator /"
strengthen Pasco's prospects?

THERE is better feeling among mensl.
of the caucus now. A greater coruA'S
exists, there begins to be mutual uD'4
standing that all are Floridians ana oea.
Gratis since the Times Union has ceaSe' :
charge all who differ with ii as coii'f
tionis,s," "corporationists," etc. No ues.
is there a disposition to follow inc so. !.
marked out by that sheet, and 'ns ''s'. "a
better for the feeling that has pel'n''
every section.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
ALWAYS DEFEATED.

Is it not fresh in our memory that the
Times-Union has always been beaten? 1t
was not democratic till the Pensacola
state. convention. 1t fought Perry and
Dougherty, and they were both elected.
1t fought Dancy, and he was twice mayor
Of Jacksonville. Messrs. Summers.
Bogue and Haddock were elected from
Duval, and the election law of 1880 did Il,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20
DISTINCTION AND DIFFERENCE.

IL Is Oitcu Icpc0tcu ny Iuc Odll people
that the ants are ready TO accept ''any-
body TO beat Call" The ants are ready
10 accept any fit democrat instead of Mr.
Call. Is there any fault 10 find with that
position? Senatorial timber is plentiful in
Florida-,here are at least one hundred
men in the state who would ably and &C
ceptably represent US in the federal senate.
Is this statement denied? To those who
know the many able men of whom Flor
ida Can boast, the denial would carry lis
own contradiction. The ants belong 10
no one man. They have loyalty supported
several men, all good and able democrats.
The Callites charge that their support of
Mays is insincere, and his name is used
without hope of his election Why not
the votes TO secure his election, he will be
nominated by the caucus tonight. Let
the CIl men gioe as the 22 0otes necessary
to elect him, and see If any anti 6olts
Here is plain tes'-put up or shut up
The supporters of Mr.. Call refuse to
accept any other in all the state. They
are bound to one man. All other claims
and interests are to be subordinated 10
those of Mr.. Call. Mr.. Pasco lays down
the law that his neighbors must not OBJ
pose Mr.. Call on pain of h S political en-
nifty. The Call lobby here outnumber
the workers against him ten to one. The
work done for him and the money spent
for him is a thousand to one compared
with that used to acco nplish his de-
feat.
The ants believe the governor will not
appoint Mr.. Call, becaus. in common
with every democratic executive, Gov
ernor Fleming, as president of the Boart
of Internal Improvement, has taker
ground directly opposed to that O
MIR. Call on the public lanl question al
we'll as OH the payment of the Indian wa
claim. Therefore, Governor Fleming
who stands with Governor Drew, Gov
ernor Bloxham and Governor Perry OF
these and other matters at issue coult
not appoint an officer directly opposed t,
his views on these vital points. There
fore the ants fight reasonably with hop
ahead; the Callites are simply fghtin,
against hope.
-"They are bereaved
OF all the living under heavens wide cope.
They are most hopeless who had once most h DC
And most beliefless who had most believed"
Another bit Of idle talk on the streets
that in ease of a non-election. Gov
Fleming will resign, President Brown {
the state senate will succeed to the CUBE,
material chair and appoint the governor
, the federal senate. II anybody believe
this, he does not know either .goveroo
; Fleming or President Brown and dos nc
, realize that such "deal" would be dill
r honorable to both. It would be lust sue
D "desling" as was attributed to Senat q
Q Wall and Speaker Gaskins which arouse
: such Just indignation 10 the caucus from
both gentlemen.
Some Of our contemporaries also expires
the hope or fear that the supporters of M
d Call may at any time elect him in join
q caucus. This also will not be thought O
. because 1t would be breach OF plighte
- faith. To hint such thing Is an imputa
+ ton ON the honor of gentlemen and dem,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

It fought Bullock, and he was elected. It
came to Ocala with the usual brag and
bluster, only to lose every point. JUS
tices Mabry and Taylor are now on the
bench. It lost the last senatorial contest;
it will lose this one. 1t lost it's war on
the two-thirds rule. It lost the Suwan.
nee case. 1t Is defeated to-day on eoery
hand, and must soon die a natural death
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-20

Above is the plainest possible state
ment of the official settlement and the
truth of the figures can be verified by
anyone who will look for himself To
show how Mr.. Call has failed in his duty
to the state and how the executive de-
partment of Florida has been brought
into direct antagonism with him in the
attempt to collect this debt, we append
the following comparison: