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Xailahaaeee, Fla., September, 26,1891
The tobacco industry is reaching
immense proportions in Middle
JFforida.
There is no trouble in finding
purchasers for high grade phosphat'
at good prices for ready ca^h.
Factories bring in people and peo
ple spend money. Towns that have
factories are always thriliv and pros
perous.
Many young men w T ho were ambi
tious to hold office have ruined their
chances by hanging on to the wrong
coat tails.
Before another season the pea
growers in Middle Florida and
South Georgia should organize for
mutual protection.
The Daytona Messenger is offered
for sale by Editor James N. Osborn,
he having made arrangements to en
ter into another busitiess.
Every good dem crat will work
for a harmonious meeting of the state
convt ntion next year. It is not too
early to begin to amicably settle
petty differences.
‘ Be cause Senator Davidson has
accepted the appointment is no
reason why he should sever his ties
of friendship with those who endorse
Mr. Call’s side of the question.
The Farmers, Alliance of Leon
county can do much toward making
Florida's display at the World’s
Fair a success. They should semi
delegatts to the Orlando convention.
The sen-a i >nal scares about the
bottom diopping out of prices on
Floiida phosphates, which are being
circulated, leads one*to b> lieve that
capitalists are reaching out to scoop
in all the smaller companies.
There is a good opening in Talla
hissee lor someone lo lease and run
the cotton factory, which has beet
aliut down for many months waiting
for some man ot energy and capital
to take hold of it.
The Pratt Brothers of Palatka
have discontii ued the publication ot
the Daily Herald, because the busi
ness men ot the city did not give it
sufficient patronage. They will con
tinue the publication of the Weekly
Herald.
Leon county tobacco growers can
get lull market prices by bringing
their crops to the warehouse in Tal
lahassee. The buyers traveling
through the county are on the
make. They are trying to get your
tobacco at le9B than value.
The press of the state is already
asking the question, who for gover
nor? and several names ofprominen*
democrats have been suggested.
There is no scarcity of good gubei
natorial timber in Florida. There
will be plenty' of candidates to se
lect from.
THE SENATORIAL APPOINTMENT.
Now that the first flutter of ex
citement and Burpri*e is over a ma
jority of the newspapers <f the state
are heartily appn ving of Governor
Fleming’s wisdom in appointing
Mon. K. 11. M. Davidson to be
United States senator from Florida,
vice Wilkinson Call, whose term ex
pired iu Man h last.
This ac ion of the governor has
stripped the contest of its personal
and factional features and sends ii
to the senate strictly and solely upon
its legal bearings. There is no ex
cuse now for a continuance of the
factional differenc s wi hin the party.
Governor Flem-ng has reached up
and removed the chips from the
shoulders of the Call and anti-Cal
fore* s, and they t-hould dwell to
gether again in peace and unity anc
abide by the decision of the senate.
Governor Fleming has acted fair
ly, impartially and conscientiously
ail through this contest. After the
alleged election of Mr. Call the case
was stated to him by both sides and
each asked for his ruling He heard
the arguments and considered the
precedents cited by each. He is an
able lawyer and he probed deep into
the legal aspects of the case. After
careful and impartial consideration
he announced that he was of opinion
that there had been no legal election.
It then became bis duty to fill the
vacancy by appointment, and in
doing this he selected a man whom
he had reason to believe would be
satisfactory to the conservative
democrats of each faction—a man
who could wipe out the dividing line
between the factions and bring them
together again as friends and
brothers.
It is true that in the first flush of
their supposed victory friends of
Mr. Call at a banquet in Jackson
ville said things that ought not to
have been said. It is also true that
in the heat of tbe contest anti-Call
democrats said things that were per
haps equally as harsh. But why, in
our cooler mome ts, should we hold
>hese things against each other?
Why not reason together and agree
to accept as final and satisfactory
the decision of the senate—and not
carry the fight into our state poliiics?
Family quarrels are always to be
regretted, a id the sooner mended
til*- better for all concerned.
Let us shake hands and be friends.
LET US REASON TOGETHER.
It is never too early to begin to
discuss matters of importance that
will be in issue in an approaching
campaign, and it is always belter for
democrats to be thoroughly agreed
and in harmony upon the matters at
issue before they go into a conven
tion. True it will be a year yet be
fore the campaign of 1892 is actively
upon us, but there are little points
that will be brought up that w
should agree upon before the lasi
hour of the last day.
It is generally agreed that one
question that will come up for discus
>ion and decision at ihe next state
convention will be whether ihe party
shall still adhere to the time-honored
i wo-tldrds rule or adopt the majority
rule.
It this matter is left undiscussed
until the meeting of the convention
it will cause dissension and disagree
rnents among the delegates which
might result m disruption—and this
•hould most certainly be avoided.
Therefore it is wll to begin the dis
cussion early and let the voice of th
people settle it.
It has been wisely suggested thai
primaries be-held in ihe various coun
ti sand that the people instruct
their delegates how to vote upon the
question. That would virtually set
• lei he quest ion before the assembling
of the convention and do away with
undignified and undesir* and and ssensions
on the floor of the convention. It
would bring the delegates togeth. i
in a more friendly and harmonious
frame ol mind and the ticket selected
by them and the platform adopted
would be more apt to please the
masses ot the party.
Let us have primaries.
A ITlau Cull Will Dread.
“As to tne governor’s appointment, I
" ink it die fust ihai could l av*b en made.
I k .ve of eu thought ot Col<n< 1 Davldsoi,
in Conn*ciloti with tin- appoiu meiit. * *
Theie are >everal reasons why this appoint
uieul is a good one. First, Colonel Davul
s n, by reason of his long service in
Congress, is a more popular man there
■ ball Call, and he will he harder to oust
limn any other man, Dei haps, who could
hive been ap|x>i'ii and. Bcond, he is a
more popular man in the Fiist Congres
s'onal distiict, and perhaps m the Secomt
dis net. Third, lie is a man whom Cdl
will oread on the slump uext year, and,
whom he w ill scarcely dare to virulen'ly
attack, tor lie, Davidson, knows more 01
Cali’s i ffleial c ueer than any one else, ann
might tell things on Call that he would
rather would never come out. * * *
All of tlnse things combine to make thb
appointment a peculiarly flue one. * * *
Dayidsou is stronger in this county by fat
h-in Call, and the Cull rueu look ste.k, I
as u-e you Many ol Call’s followers her.
.re very tiieudly to Davidson, also, and
Uny don't know what to say or do. Tin
appointment was like a clap ol thuodei
iron) a dear sky. Tney wanted a man a|>—
pointed whom they could rave and rant
at>d pull iheir hair abor.i and abuse th*
governor about. They wished to continu*
to call the governor a nouentny, etc., etc.,
out as it is ihey me dazed, contused,
routed. There are a few “old Hue Whigs'
here, whose only re-sou why they were so
■ levon and t > Call was that he was ot that
party; well so was Davidson, and they
don’t know what t > say. * * * * *
The anils here are jubilant, for while we
tiave been satisfied with almost any man ol
.biliiy, yet we now leei certain that Call is
“‘done tor/’aud then many of us are really
warn) personal tneuds of Col. Davidson. 1
tor one. In the event ofDtyidson retain
mg his seat, which 1 don’t doubt, we will
fluti it la-ier to cairy this couoiy next
y*ar, than we otherw se would. Upon
the whole tne ami Cali men ot this county
are emi.iemly satisfied with the a; p dm
nient, aud we give time cheers lor th*
governor lor his wiedoni, asiutenes* and
shrewdness. The governor has been ele
vated more than 100 per cent, in theeslim.- -
tioD ot the Cali crowd, too, and they no
longer call him a figure-head.”—South
Florida Democrat in the Standard.
THE WEEKLY FLORIDIAN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
INTERESTING CHAT FROM. BUST
BOSTON.
WOMEN RUN THE SCHOOLS,
a correspondent’s views of the promi
NENT CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENT
IAL NOMINATION—HE THINKS PATTIBON
THE MAN.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 21.—1n Massachu
setts the s-hool work is directed and man
aged by what are designated “school com
mittees.” in the eh ction of which all women
are allowed to vote. The next election will
occur in December and the women opened
the campaign at Tremi nt Temple last
Tuesday evening. All over the state the
women have formed organizations which
are known as “Independent Women Vot
ers.” The colored women have also or
ganized, and now present a colored woman
'or election to the school committee in
Boston. The women, it seem 9, have taken
entire charge of public school affairs, and
nominate their own candidafesfor the com
mittees. They say the politicians had ne
glected the schools and were allowing the
school houses to go to decay. In 1888 the
women ot Boston elected their ticket for
school committee, and they have held the
orl ever since. In time years they have
erected twenty new school buildings and
tepaired the old one9, at a cost of one mil
lion dollars, and tbeie is ample accommo
dation for every child of school age in the
ciiy. In Boston the women have estab
lished tenure of office for teachers, it.struc
'i<>n in manual training has been introduced
m the public schools, and, if the new law
is observed, scientific temperance will be
hereafter taught.
At the first rally of the school campaign
the temple was well filled. There were
women orators tftid woman ushers, and,
'i sides the grand organ, presided over by
i woman, Howard’s ladies’ military band
urnisbed the music. The speakers were
Mrs. Eliza Trask Hill, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Mrs. Mary A Livermore and Mrs.
Susan S. Fessenden. All are good talkers.
While very conseivative, they were very
earnest, and were heartily applauded.
They are all advocatesof universal suffrage
ind universal education. They claim tlia'
he muttet of suffrage is not a race ques'ion
—that tiie school question is not a sectarian
question, but that both are American ques
ions, to be settled by the American people,
•n the Irue American basis, and we “guess”
diey will be.
It seems that Tremont Temple is by
til classes und condition*, so tbe republi
cans held their state convention there on
Wednesday, and nominated for governou
n the fiist ballot, ex Congressman Allen,
be machine candidate, tl us turning down
>ld man Crapo again, henry Cabot Lodge
■vas permanent chairman ano made a long
•nd rabid speech. He has the set atonal
bee in his b mnet, but a number of the big
.rest republican guns in tbe Bay stale ar
vlready loaded for him.
The people’s party and the prohibition
'xls have < acb nominated a full ticket and
will canvass the state. The prohibitionists
nominated for auditor the first negro ever
nt up-on ihe state ticket of any party i„
Massachusetts. His name is Armstrong.
He is quite a bright fellow, and has been
councilman for Bosion and a member oj
be legislature. He was nominated by a
coloted mass meeting, which passed reso
lutions to be presented to the republican
state convention, demanding his n >mhia
ion lor auditor. But the other “fellows’’
put AimstroDgon their ticktt, and he ac
'•epied, belore the rads met in convention.
The republican stale convention ignored
die negro, as usual.
The democratic sta'e convention will b
held this week. Thus tar ihere is no op.
iiosition to Wm. E Russel, the present
•opular governor. He will be renomi
'ited by acclamation and, it is predicted,
will swei p the state like a tidal wave.
Everyday I hear old and young republican*
they will vote tor Russell. They
-peak it right out. Only to-day a gray
headed old man said to me: “I have al
ways voted ihe republican ticket. I am a
republican now, but my party is the mo*i
corrupt party we ever had in this country,
md I can’t go it. It is rotten, and I w in'i
-upport it. I’m voting lor Russell. He’ll
be elected, ami I’ll be glad of it.”
I met a gr< at many disgruntled or di*-
gusted republicans, and 1 never let an op.
p utuni'y pass to do the best missionary
work I can for democracy.
Mrs. Harrison, “Baby” McKee and
other members of the presidential hou e
hold are stopping t Auburn tale, a sub
urb ten miles out. It is said the presi
dent wi 1 visit there soon, passing
through Boston, and he has been invited
to be present at a republican tally in th>-
Hub this week.
With the n mination of Fassett by the
republicans and Flower by the democrats
the prospect for democratic succ< ss in
New Yoik was thought to be very bright
indeed, but since Lieutenant Governor
Jones has commenced his opposition to
the democratic nominees, many regard
the outlook as an) thin but promising.
At the present writing the conv c ion
presses itself upon me that if the demo
crats hope to elect the next president
they must n< *t touch Clev* land or Hill.
The fight between the friends of these
[two men in their own state has gone so
lar that the nomination of either would
mean the loss of New York to the democ
racy. Furthermore, there is no disguis
ing the fact that there are democrats all
over the country who are not and never
will be as enthu-iastic for Grover as they
once were. It is equally true that Hill
would never get the votes of the floaters
and independents of the North who have
and would agaiu support Cleveland. F- r
these ando'her reasons, which I will not
now mention, I believe the democrats of
the country should not permit the d' mo*
crats of New York to force their local
quarrels upon the national convention,
thereby jeopardizing the success of the
party. In my judgment, the party will
act wisely if it leaves Hill and Cleveland
to settle their own petty quarrels at home
and looks elsewhere for presidential tim
ber. Governor Pattison, of Pennsylva
nia, is a good, strong, clean man—the
best presidential timber in the party. If
we can’t win with Pattison and a good
western man, we can’t win at all.
On the 17th the 261st anniversary of
the settlem- nt of Boston was celebrated
The thermometer registered 90 in the
shade on Friday, and the heat was very
oppressive. I never experienced anything
like in Florida. Bee.
SENATOR DAVIDSON.
What the Papers are Saying In Ap
proval of Hl* Appolutmen*.
Governor Fleming’s head is level.—
Plant Ci'y Courier.
DAVIDSON, THOU ART THE MAN.
Wilkinson Call can hardly nope for suc
cess in his contest with R. H. M. David
son The Florida legislature, after much
labor, thought it hail elected Mr. Call to
succeed himself as senator, but the gover
nor fails to 8e it in that light. It wax
not enough, however, that Mr. Call be
refused a gubernatorial certificate of elec
t on, so ex-Representa he Davidson w
appointed and will come to Washington
with all the nee ssary credentials. The
senate will decide as to who shall come in
and that is why Mr. Call should be fear
ful as to resu ts. For many a precious
senatorial hour has he wasted in reciting
ancient history in which no one was in
terested, until the senate chamber has
been full of gl omy discontent If Mr.
Call is all wed to speak in his own behab
he may postpone the evil day for a tear
or tw •, but uni ss senators are more
charitable than other men they w ill when
the contest ends witli a vote say unto Da
vidson as Nathan said to the other I) vid,
“Thou ar the man ” The most that Mr
Call < an reasonab y hope for in his most
sail uiu* momen s is conditional admis
sion under stringent pi dges of reform
VVa-liii gton (D. C.) Evening Star.
A LUtKY ESCAPE.
R. H. M Davidson
has been appointed senator tiom Florida
to succeed Call. Ihe United States Sen
ate is to be oong atulated upon escaping
from one of the most persist* lit tiun -
consumers that ever was a member ol
that august body.—Chicago News.
ONE OF FI.OIUUa’s WEST WORKERS.
The appointmen is a surprise to nearly
everybody and yet when one comes to
think of it seri usly it is passing strangi
that Mr. David on was not thought ol
by us all in connection with the position
Few men were more popular in congre s
a'd he wa- also one of the t est wo kers
Florida ever had in that body.—Fernan
diua M.rror.
AT HOME IN WASHINGTON.
Colonel David on having served for
fourteen years in the iower ho"se, will be
at li me in the sena e. —Sumtervillc
Times.
LARGE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mr. Dav dson h s had large experience
in public atlairs, having been fourteen
years in congress—Monticello Constitu
tion.
A CLEAN RECORD.
He is a 'hor* ugh gei tleman and a poli
tician with a cl an record.—Pensacola
News.
A STRONG APP TNTMKNT.
Ii is a siiong appoii tmeut, and the fiuh'
lor the sea! will be lively and inlelesting
as ilie Hon. R. 11. M. i* well known •
..ave ihe staying propeosiiies.—Tullhbas-
-eeau.
GIVES SATISFACTION IN WEST FLORIDA
The appotn meet ol Hon. R. II M. D
vi son oi Q incy. Fla., as our lepresenia
live in tl e U**ited Slates senate give* ten*
• ral sHiislaciiou in We.-t Florida.—DcFu
niak Times.
GOVERNOR FLEMING’S WISDOM.
Permit me through the columns of yom
valuable daily to congiululate Goveino
Ft tiling and especially ihe dtinocratie
party of Florida up >n ilie wisdom mani
•( tued in the uppoiunuei t made of Unitt-i
State* senator to till the v*cmcy left to
he recent extraordinary, unfortunate an<
misguided h gislaiuie. Governor Flemini;
11 as cayed ttie party irom wreck aud done
creoii and honor lo himscli.
Alco let me a Id, in tlds connection, tha
the governor has. in all of big official acic,
proved him-elt ih** governor, noi of Jack
onville, not ol Tdlabacsee, no l ol South
Fh r di, bui ot the whole slate of Florida ;
aod lor one, I contend th it le has mad*
It 88 mistakes so far, than any govi rnor
-iice the war.—Democrat, in Orlando
Record.
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AN ELOQUENT ORATOR.
Col. Dtvidaon is one of ti'e most elo
quent oiators in the state, and withal hig< -
i< ned educated gentleman, a leading mem
ber of ihe Florida bar, and would me
have accepted ihe appointment did he not
believe his cause a just oue and the al
leged election of Mr. Call a latce.—Ban
tord Journal.
WILL MAKE A GOOD SENATOR.
Mr. Davidson will make a go* and sen
at r. He may not be as brilliant as some
who could have been appointed in his
stead, and he may not distinguish him
self and bring his state into prominence
as great as might have been done by
someone else, but he will do his duty,
his whole duty, and do it faithfully. He
served the First congressional district of
th'S state in the national house of repres
entatives, and no one has a cleaner rec
ord or has more faithfully attended to
his duty. His political life has not been
replete with b nk scandals, mortgage
robberies, betrayals of trus* and kindr and
vi lainies. When his constituents and
his state entrusted the performance of a
W"rk to his care that work was done
done honorably and conscienti usly and
to li>- best interests of his people
Green Cove Spring.
THE BEST MAN FOR THE FIGHT.
The announcement was, perhaps, as
great a surprise as the g vernor could
possibly have given to the people of
I’ampa, ami we imagine of the whole
state at larce on the first blush, and yet,
after c nsidering the matter for a wh le,
the cause for surprise grows 'ess and al
ready many are saying to themselves that
a ter all th re is no objection to “Our
Uncle B b ” and the chances are that he
is the best man in the whole s ate to
make a fight in the eve t Mr Call decides
to enter a contest.—Tampa Tribune.
PERSONAL nONESTY AND POLITICAL IN
TEGRITY.
If Colonel Davidson accepts' the re
sponsibility of making t e contest it will
be marked by • very ob igation of per
son >1 honesty and political integrity.—
Titusville Star.
WILL MAKE A HOT FIGHT.
Now that Mr Davidson has accented,
we have no and übt bu l he will make a hot
fight to win, and will do his best.—Quiucy
Herald.
SATISFACTION TO BOTH WINGS.
The appointment of Colonel D vidson
w 11, the Times believes, give ge era' sat
isfaction to both w ngs of Floiida democ
racy.—West Hillsborough Times.
1118 OPEN AND MANLY ACCEPTANCE.
Ihe open and manly acceptance by
Hon. R H. VI Davidson of the appoint
men' t nd red him by Gove nor Fleming
must put every disgruntled anti Call man
in a good humor with himself nd every
one else. No one has ever questioned
holonel Davidson’s capacity or integ ity.
He sayß he will go to Washington pre
pared to make good his claim, and he will
keep the pledge. It turns out the as
sumption that he had c use ted 'o the
legality of 8e ator Call’s election was
ratu tous and unfounded His inter
view fully clears aw y all doubt and ius
t lies th- wisdom of Governor Fleming in
making the appointment. Those who
have b en “sek and disgu ted” may
now get well again, ands t about holding
up tbe ban sof the gov ernor. Jackson
ville Standard
A MAN OF SOUND PRINCIPLES.
Governor Fleming, after long and care
ful deliberation, has wisely appo nted ex
Congressman R. II M. Davidso i as
United States senator from Florida t 1 fill
ihe vaeuncy cause by the failure to elect
a success r to Hon. Wilkinson Call
Colonel Davidson is a native of Flori a
and was con re sman fr m the First
Fo'ida district for fourteen consecutive
years—l 676 to 189QL He is a man of
ound piiuciples, firm convictions and
unswerving democracy, and is in every
way qualified to fill this r sponsible po>i
u n Altho 'gh a personal friend of Mr
(’all hi- is thoroughly convinced that Mr.
Call was not legal y elected, and acting
upon hi- conscientious co viction will,
we dou t not. accept the ap)>oiutment
and succes lully c ntest the seat It is
die duty of every true tieinocrat who lias
die best interest of his party at heart,
and who wishes to *ee P ace and harmouv
o ce in re restored, to rally round t,' e
dag and Mist in the wh- action of the
;<>v inor in this important matter.—
Lake City Reporter.
OF MORE THAN ORDINARY ABILITY.
The governor has made the best and
strongest app iutment that lie possibly
coultl have made. There are man> rea
sons w icli induce me to that beli f In
the ti st place, Colonel Davi i*on is a man
of mo eth u or inary ability ; he has
been in congress for fourteen y< ars, and
was exee din ly popu ar with every one
who knew him As to his present ap
poin meut, I think the governor has
shown gr at foresight and wisdom. I
was greatly surpris ci when I heard that
lie had been appointed bu at once appre
ciated the motives which le<l to his ap
pointment He knows as many' ot the
senators as do. s Mr. Call, ad is, perhaps,
m re p pular. B*. lar as the ultimate e
sult of t e contest is conee ned, it is hard
to giv* an opinion If Mr. Davidson
goes ■' ith a defective c rtificate, and V'r.
Call makes th- contest-the senate (i the
republican majority is small) mav refer
the ma ter to committee and his in its
turn may delay action for an i definite
period -t us keeping either from tagi g
Ins scat 1 kn<)A, however that Mr. Da
vidson will make a good fig t, aud if it
eve comes to a decisiou by the senate, of
whether - r not th act of ’O6 is constitu
tional l believe that **r. Davidson wi 1 1 e
s a ted In the present case it is
than likely that such will be the act -n
For the cases oited as precedents are pa -
tisan cases and the republican senators
had a motive in making them. Hereto
fore, in ea • s of this kind, it has always
been a contest be ween a >epu lican am
a democrat and of couise the former was
given the preference, and no attempt
made to test tie constitutionality of the
act. But in t e coming contest it will be
different. The republican seuato s will
have no interest iu the resu t and may
eonse t to a fair consideration of the act
Whatever the result maybe, Mr. David
son will not be fund want ng —lute view
with Judge J. B. Christie, in Jackson
ville Standard.
WILL DO MUCH TO HARMONIZE THE PARTY
We tv-lieve the selection of Mr. David
son will do much to h&rniuniZM the parly,
aed ttu refore we commend the wisdom ot
bis excellency —Dade City Industrialist.
HIS TITLE CHANGED.
The title ol H< n R. H. M. Davidson has
been changed liom that of congressman in
senator. On Tuesday night the governoi
•ppoiuted Mi. Davidson Untied B'atessen
ator in place of Wilkmson Call, whose
iem of office expired March 4 The gov
ernor’s action in this ma'ter was brought
about by the failure of the last legislature
io legally elect a senator. The appoint'
me tot Mr. Davidson was a ur.irise to
mai y, for among the possibilities hia name
was not mentioned. Bat bis frieo<u-*J
be gratified to learo tbat be has beJT
honored. Mr. Davidson is R native Vi?
dlan. His home is in Quincy, OidlS?
county. He represented the Finn
trict in Congress for lourteen years S nd i?
career hts been an honorable one —i JfMi
burg Commercial.
WORKING FOR THE GENERAL GOOD I
By the apnoin'nien' of D.vidon m 1 1
ceed Call, Governor Fleming prove* th°*
he is no- run by aoy individual, ring Hi**
or faction, but is wo'k>ni. fur
good. He has certainly acted indenJna!
entlym making an apimintment that
heal differences ands >!i lily ihe U ‘
the sorest head must sooner or later **
knowledge.—Tampa Tribune.
COMES OUT BqUAKE FOR DAVIDSON.
The Melropolis at first regarded Gover
nor Fleming’s appointment of Hon R R
M. Davidson to t e United States sen a u
with a pang --f disappointment, or it hT
lieved that the man lor that high and Z'
sponsible office should have been Colnnit
W D Chipley, of P. nsacol. —a ma ■ wjm
bad first aroused public attention as
Senator Call's incapacity and wi ui J/
gleet of Florida’s interests and who had
himself given innumerable instances Zr
his devotion to the state. We are still of
the o inion that Chipley would have dona
Florida stgnal service in the senate but
TANARUS; ,‘ h n “T ral , daj l hav ' el ' P"* l
‘Bob Davidson has been appointed
have carefully studied tbe matter over
and come to the conclusion that Governor
* lemiug did a wise thing after all
Senator Davidson will g . into this fieffit
armed with the friendship of many United
States senators At-aiu lie kuows “all
the ropes,” he is a good politics • a lib
eral minded legislator and in every wav
qualified for lie high position, and believ
ing he is right will tie “ .hrice aimed for
his quarrel will be just.”
That the appointment of Senator Da
vidson has struck dismay into the Call
camp, is evidenced from the fact that the
Times Uni n, Call’s chief organ, has
een fairly paralyz and and struck dumb.
Not one word 1 an it sav—dare it say—
against Davidson, for his public record is
as white as so w as cont<a ted with ex-
Senator fall’s, and Governor Fleming’s
shrewdness in this appoint nent has woo
the admiration of all, for the anti-Call
element see n w a good fighting chance
for u timate succe-safter all their vicissi
tudes.
Tue anti-Calli es have been actuated all
a’ong from the first to oust Call, because
he had be n a positive hindrance to the
state. They were willing to take any
aood man, and faithfully tried every
honorable me hod kno *n to them Had
they been fought fairly there is no do bt
but Cal would have been deserted bv his
supporters, now grea’ly lessened as these
latter have calmly investigated the •x
--senator’s polit cal record ad found that
their idol was not ihe man he claimed
himself to be.
The Me r polis, which is not a political
organ of any ring or clique, but always
battles for the i eople, now come- out
squarely for 8e- ator Davids n, believing
that he is b eked by the sen iment of all
the progressive eleme t in the state, and
he will go t Washington with the be-t
wishes of patriotic, p ogressive peop e of
Flori la take his seat in the United Mates
senate and keep it, too. —Jacksonville
Metropolis.
THE WISDOM OF THE EXt CCTIVE ACTION
The Flo'ida pre>s, ai fi-si, generally
speaking, veiy mn<h disgrun led over the
1-p -iniin- nt ot M-.D ivi-ls-u to the senate,
i< n-w beginning to s**e the wisdom of the
xecutive act on. Whde it may be true
-hat a let-ling old sippoiin merit m;.y yet
-e jus iy felt by lii--rclsof nihtr cemeiuen
amed iu c< n-itcion with 'he office, it is
n -ne the le-s a la* t that t ie e is in the ap
(oirPmcnt of Mr. David-on absn’u'ely
nothing warranting a displeasure wiih the
iCi Ti: is fact is duly hemming mere ap
pa ent and Govornor Fleming is now be
ing congratulated on nil hands or the tact
md judgment which he has displayed in
'lie premises. The appointment has di
yes'e 1 the controversy ol all personality,
aud that much could have been aeeom
dMied in the selection ot no other man.
The c-miest has b-en narrowed to legiti
mate issues, involving consideration unly
of the law as >lie latter bears udon the sub
ject, md tueemmv is left without that
veiy potent weapon which be so often
on worthily used—an appeal to the pre
judice- of ihe ignorum—in seeking local
-ymp.itby for His cause. This lact will
pro e a as ih* success of Mr.
Davidson before the senate, which is sur#
to result, may not be used in argument by
he disruptioni>ts of the democratic party
n Florida to point the widening scope of
co porate influence, nor to emphasize the
h magogic cy of“ring triumph ” For, if
lure is a man in all the commonwealih
•>ee of afH ciion wiih clique or riDg, if
• here is a man through ut the broad do
main of the state independent of corporate
-vmpathy, if in he democratic party ol
Farida there is a man with acleaD, an hon
orable, a creditable political record, that
man is Davidson.
Dav dson will not take the rank with
many of his contemporaries as a man _ of
bnllin parts. Heimsesses not the ability
is a s*p aker, the acu'e legal acumen, the
■ puli,” which characterize a number of his
ledows. Bui he needs not superiority in
iiitse to esiablish that claim to his seat in
ihe s* nate which Mr. Call will contest, for
tout claim will be weighed by a jury of
cousiiiutiotial lawyers, uub ased by parti
aiiu cousi.ieraiion,and ihe award will be
upon an impartial interpretation of the law
ua the law is writ.
Ou the face of his appointment Mr. Dav
idsou is senator. By virtue of the law Mr.
D ividsou is senator. And it needs not the
emphasis which ihe senate’s will give to
in* se declarations io assure the people of
Florida that until March, 1893, Mr. Dav
idson will represent them at Washington
as a senator.—Peusacola News.
HE 18 ALWAYS BIGHT.
It is a relief to know that there is at
least one appointive official in the land
who will not let his ambition govern bis
official acts, who does what he believe* is
tight and takes bis chances on the “luture
piefermeni” question.—Green CoveSpriDg-
Col. W. D. Chipley, of Pensacola,
with his usual liberality and public
spiriteduessjhas agreed to contribute
$2,500 to help Florida make a oredit
able display of her produots at the
World’s Columbian Exposition.
With such a start as this the fund
ought easily to reaoh $50,000.