The morning news., 1894-09-30

go over into the camp of the anti-commis-
sion men. But Dougherty says in expla-
nation that he simply told Dyal that he
had 81 900 for his (Dyal's) campaign ex-
penses II he proposed to run for the
Senate against the commission contingent.
Dyal makes oath to his charge of bribery,
and Dougherty would doubtless swear TO
his statement, if necessary. The two
men apparently look at the circumstance
from entirely different standpoints.
And this reference to Charlie Dougherty
brings US TO Volusia county where erst~
while Senator Call held majority of the
democracy as in the hollow of his hand,
and when his fdus Achates, the Hon.
James f. Alexander of DeLand, could
once crack the whip for his chief with
great dramatic and political effect. Vo-
lusa's legislators went back on Call ir
the senatorial fight in 1891 and since then
"Aleck' has found it hard to hold the
boys together, although Cad Bryan, the
Gail leader, is always ready to take to the
scrub in search of voters. Charlie
Dougherty is now the regular democracys
candidate for the Senate. He is a Geor-
gian by birth, but for nearly twenty
years has been a resident of Florida. In
the early eighties he was speaker of
the House of Representatives in the
Florida legislature and served the Sec
ond district in congress from 1885 to 1889
He went back to the legislature in 1891,
and, if all signs don't fail, will be in the
Senate in 1895 and lSY7-for the purpose
in the latter year of leading the fight
against Calls reelection for a fourth
term in the United States Senate 1t is
not improbable, some folks say, that
Dougherty will be in the senatorial race
himself at that time.
Opposed to Dougherty is B. M. Miller
of DeLand. He is allied with the Call
forces and the commission faction and
has strong pull with democratic
yeomanry of Volusia. IL is said, too, that
he will get the votes Of scores Of white
republicans who have no love for Dough
erty, although not in favor of a commits
sion. Dennis Eagan, late republican col
lector of internal revenue for Florida, is
SAID to have been down In Volusia re-
Gently in the interest of the Miller ticket
Dennis is an adroit manipulator of negro
votes. He has been at the business In
this state for many years, and can do 1t
TO the queens taste. In this line he has
no equal in Florida and. II he has been
down at the seat of war, as alleged some
thing will drop on election day that will
surprise the Dougherty men. Still con-
servative outsiders who are now on the
ground predict Dloughertys election by a
safe majority.
FEW FIGURES.
Now, as to the probability Of the enact
ment OF railroad commission law-as
the result of all this hue aud cry
and big expenditure of money, there Is
not much chance for specialization the
figures are dead against IT, OF the
twelve hOld-oVer senator's, who still re-
tain their seats, seven are sure to vote
against any commission law that the so
called "reformers" would propose; and
Of the twenty who are TO be elected
allowing the commission democrats one
senator in the four disputed counties OF
Duval. Lake, Nassau and Volusia-the
anti-commlssion men have twelve who
can be counted upon for dead certainty.
This gives them at least nineteen out Of
the thirty-two votes in the upper house Of
the legislature.
with the Senate against a commission
law" said one Of its prospective mem bers
tonight, what Is the use Of bothering
ourselves about the Housel The lower
branch may pass bill every day, II IL
likes, but what do we care, so long as the
Senate non-concursi / tell you, man, it's
dead-open-and-shut. No railroad com
mission bill will pass the legislature Of
1885"
A Georgia travelling man, himself an
old campaiRner, has Just come 70 Jack
Bonville from seven weeks business tour
Of the state. At the Elks Club he said
tonight
I'm not in this Florida fight, but I'm