Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-06

They DO Not Pear Anything Prom tl.s
Fcople's Party.
ndence 81 Inc fvenins star.

They DO Not Pear Anything From ti.s
f~epie's Party.
oorre~pondence cf Inc rvensns star
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, sept. 4, 1884
AT present there are four sets q campaign
speakers travelling over the state under the
direction % the state and district committees q
the democratic party. besides q dozen or moe
special Appointments being filed AZ point. OUT
aide the schedules. Altogether there ere nearly
thirty speakers on the wing some Of thea
excellent ones. A County canvass 10 also gong
on In nearly every county IN Florida, the
speakers being chiefly the party candidates.
Senators Call and Paseo are both in the hsf-
ness, as h also Congressman Mallory. Geh.
Bullock. the other Congressman. is not yst
~held, and perhaps he will not be At all Tn.
general was not honored with a ronominatioI,
put has promised 20 20 90 work for the partr
" needed, and c. A. Cooper of this CITY the
democratic nominee 90 succeed Bullock. bcgHa
his canvass NJ lake Butler Inst Thursday whsa
he addressed IN audience Of about 5000
The peoples party campaign committee az.
badly hanpercd for speakers. With the exceFs-
ton Of Mann, the nominee Tor Congress. in Is.
second district, and Bsskin. the nominee for
governor. the new party PRACTICAL, has no
public speakers Of any marked ability in its
ranks. These two are making a vigorous can
vase m company, but except in a few iustanc.-
they find Il nphin work
l was talking today with 5. NJ Spsrkmsn -
Tampa, chairman o; the democratic state com
mittoe. month ago he and hi. f.llow-cou,-
mitteemen were slightly ratified at the formid-
able proportions which the peoples FartF
movement appeared 20 he assuming hut noe
thef are very confident Of an increased demo
cratic vote over that of 1855 and said Co
sparkman. IAN increased majority. too"
Then You d"n look for a very big people
party vote, take it,
We'll, no. not very big one won q presume
20 define that pariys strength in Florida, but
predict thai IL won't draw over 1000 votes from
the democratic rarty. should hate TO see thsi
many led .stray, bui even that detection would
leave us with a good majority. In 1855
presidential year Flemins. the democrats
candidate for governor. Poll-d a. 155 votes
Shipman trepublicanl had -. AS. FLEMING.
You see. had majority OF only 1870 That
WIS the year Of the yellow fever etidsmic. ana
there was not full vote polled by any means.
In 1890 only two state officers being voted for
a controller and Justice OF the supreme court
the aggregate vote was smaller BY reason %
lack OF Interest, bui the democratic maioritF
wns nearly double that Of 1855 something ovef
1900. This WAS due O. a light repnblican
vote, which In its turn caused By
lack of interest and by the operation
OF the eight-ballot-box Law. Now. II the
peoples party gets the entire republican vote
OF 1890 and pulls 5000 away from the de o.
cratic column, shall still be left with a ma
loniy nearly equal 20 that Of 1855 But I locs
Tor nj lenst 5000 increase in the democratic vote
over that of 1880. 80 the detection uhsteveg
II may be-xill be about offset bv the increase
There Is absolutely no ground for apprehension
rs 10 democratic success this wear in Florida
The peoples party may yet half dozen legis-
lAtors and may carry few county tickets, buf
the state is safe"
Chairman Harvey OF the peoples party state
committee doesn't expect his state ticket 20
win, but has n in for Cooper, the second dis
trict nominee. He claims that Mann will get
the entire republican vote Of the di-trict. the
entire labor vote (black and whitel and about
5000 votes from the democracy. In isao Bull
lock. dem. got 6.7S7: STRIPPING rop., II, "a
majority Of only 4. sfS for Bullock
IF we can't pick mp enough votes 10 wipe
out that majority" says Harvey. then We are
set Of chumps. The only way that we can be-
beaten is ON the count. and they've got 20 cet
mp mighty early in the morning 90 do that
Mann Is going 10 be elected. and I've got money
thai saws he is"
az all the labor orgu nization in Duval county,
holds its Labor day celebration in Fernandins
tomorrow an conjunction with the labor men Of
Nassau county. Mann and Cooper have both
been invited to address the crowd Mann has
given mp one % his regular appointments 10
accept; Cooper hasn't replied vet. Peoples
party men here say that a failure on COopers
part To- go IA Fernaniins on tins invitation viii
cost him thousand votes in Duval and Nassau
counties.