Show The Chicago Tribune has been digging up a little history which our hysterical Constitutiondefending friends the Democracy should read I will help them to digest the Porto Rico business The substance of it is that Andrew Jackson was hue first American Governor of Florida His commission read that he was to exercise ex-ercise all the per and autnoritles heretofore exercised by the Governor and CaptainGeneral and Intendant of Cuba and by the Governors of East I and West Florida He proceeded to execute his mission as follows He enacted ordinances for the govern goern ment of Florida towns lie appointed Mayors and Aldermen He had theaters thea-ters and gaminghouses closed on Sundays Sun-days lie threw tho exGovernor into the calaboose and when the United States Judge Issued a writ of habeas corpus Jackson made the Judge apologize apolo-gize The Floridians had taxation without representation and did not have the writ of habeas corpus |