The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-10
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I'D AND ENOOURAGKD.

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appearance IN Duval, Baker, Suwan-
nea Bradford, Washington and
Walton and other counties may be
laid ct the door Of the democratic
party, to great extent. In all these
counties the regular democrats have
from year to year met In county con.
yentiOns and state conventions, and
organized and made nominations for
the various Offices and tor the legis-
lature, and entered the contest for
supremacy even in the darkest days,
when rsdicalism Swallowed the state
like vampire. In most ofthese coun.
ties there have been men calling
themselves democrats, who, disap-
pointed because the party did not,
like themselves, think the county and
state were suffering for their SER
vices, and therefore did not nomi.
nate them for Office, set themselves
up as independents, and gathering
all the disconnected and soreheaded
ones, who for years had been wait
ing for some one to supply the cour-
age and leadership to take revenge,
and by q whoop and dread recountal
of wrongs done them in not prefer
ing them, and the damage done the
state by emitting to elect them to
Office and the legislature, have been
elected to some local county Offices
and some to . seat in the legislature.
In many cases these independent
enemies to organized democracy have
been received and recognized by
democratic caucuses and other means
of recognition, and independentism
has thus been fostered and encour-
aged by the very party of which
they are the enemies, and a CORE
spending encouragement has been
thrown upon the organized democ-
rscy.
In 1887, in the session of the legis.
lature, during a heated contest for a
United States senator, one of the
contestants. through his supporters,
found several independents who
would vote for their favorite, and BY
some hocus pocus process they were
admitted to the democratic caucus.
although they bad run against and
and defeated the regular nominees OF
the democratic party. Then the
friends Of the other aspirant sought
and found others who would vote
for their favorite, and they were ad-
mitted, and thus was independentism
taken TO the bosom of the demo-
cratic fold and made almost more
respectable than the regular democ.
racy, and fostered and nurtured until
when the time came it turned and
fearfuiIy stung the nurturing hand in
the famous Farnell United States
court jury affair, he (FarnelD claim
ing TO act as regular democrat.
Thus from year to year and cleo
ton TO election has this nondescript
independen:ism grown, until this
year and election it infests many
counties, while its recognition and
success has made an opportunity for
the third party effort, and will con,
tinue to scatter its brood of pests
until the democratic party shall re-
solve, whether in defeat or victory,
to disown and discountenance all
'sisms," and stand clear and clean
upon It's own organization, and look
upon all others as political foes and
enemies to the common wealth,
and never, never, trade or barter
with them.
The party is now blurred by just
such movements and political treach-
cry, in Duval and Polk counties
prominently. These movements are
led by men Who sought recognition
at the hands of the convention at
Tampa and were refused, and were
not recognized ~ Legitimate, or emit
tied to seatA and are now
running tickets In these counties
while the regular democrats who
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