The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-13

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and is a. good to-day as ever.
| Tampa Progress Dscsmhss ist,l
HAS . Poor Opamaon Of the Econ-
Omaea.
Our Reverend and Dear Brother Of The Tampa
HUgtess has, We ore sorry 10 believe, sesy poor
opiniOn OF the EepaOssia On the contrary. We
think very highly or the editor Of that paper !;
and will theret0ts venture to beg favor Of him
which we should not otherwise feel ct liberty 10
ask: How much money did you receive, By q
vote ct the last e8ialatuse 0uf Of te 8i0ts 1feas
IN, and Tor what|serVicesf We wish 10 know
specifically how much work you did, and how
many hours 10 tha best q( your rec6lIeclion and
belief, you were occupied In doing Il
VIII you please furthermore inform de and the
| public, rs you were Ia position to know, how
| many clerks and other employees Of the Legis-
Iature there were 70 divide between themselves
the munihcent sum Of @0,40t voted TO this class
| OF persons by the last Legislatures And as you
| may think we are taking an undue liberty, even
with friend, we remind you that IL 10 the right
| OF the taxpayers TO know To whom their money
goes, every cent Of IL, and for what purposes
EoOnO1siss, Moo. 10t
We @e very sorry our old friend, Judge Hill
ton, is so exceedingly sensitive in regard 10 any
| criticism which IS made of the Econopsist and
seems to take It as a personal matter Now we
assure the Judge that there is no one Of our old
acQuaintances for whom we have higher re-
gard personally than himself, but We think he
started the EcOnossss in bad spirit and this has
blinded him 10 the fact that the present age is
progressive, and one must keep pace with the
times. The Judge like very many, indeed we
may say all, old persons, loves to live over the
~.
vanlages those times OF slow Flooding had over
the present feverish, nervous rush. But this won't
do for newspapers They must keep abreast the
times or get run over The Judge says we
"don't like the EcOaonsist" Here again he Is
mistaken in 50 far as the general character of
the paper is concerned. If the EconORsist would
come out of the old Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, with
the well known ability of IFS editor, it could be
made power for good In the State.
We don't like the attacks II is constantly max
ing upon our State authorities and State policy,
peating that " its editor is determined not to be
pleased with anything our present administra-
lion can do" AS to the irrelevant question,
Brother Hilton asks us personally, which has
really, as any man of sense will know, nothing
whatever to do with the issue of the Disston
sale, any of the other Issues of the State; and
il it were not for the respect we have for the
venerable editor, we should be tempted to reply
IT is none of your business" But we will an
swer the question poIntedly and candidly.
Through the influence OF our State Senator
and other friends we had in the last session of
the Senate. we were elected Engrossing Clerk Of
the Senate. We performed TO the very best of
ability the duties Of that position, and Aater
ourself that those duties were performed IL. q
manner 70 meet the appreciation OF the Senator's
During the first few weeks OF the session we
knew there would not be engrossing sufficient to
occupy all our time, and we voluntarily offered
our services to Senators and committees, and
aided the Chief Secretary all we could, without
hope of fee or reward. During the last i've
weeks or more of the session we were kept busy
about all the time. and for more than three
weeks worked night and day to keep up At
the close of the session by joint action of both
Houses we were allowed pay for our services at
six dollars day, and the State Treasurer paid
US in cash $3.50 for sixty days OF pretty hard
work We hope tlIis answer will satisfy the
Judge, as to the time, amount of labor and
amount received from the State Treasury We
will further remark, that the last Legislature of
Florida was about as fruitful of bills as any we
ever have known, and while it is true that some
Of these bills did not pass they all had to be en-
crossed all the same. We really think the labor
we performed 10 that session much more arduous
than the duties of clerk In the Legislatures re-
quired in those haIcyon days OF glorious econo-
my. 50 much boosted Of by the EoOh0miss, when
one dollar would buy nearly as much for house
bold as two win now. We remember when our
friend Judge Hilton served as q clerk 10 The
Legislature In flose good old anse-6cstnm times,
and unless We are very much mistaken received
for bis services he sum OF ive dolLn day.
Did you put any Of that into The conscience fund,
Judgef II nnt. don't you think yourself 4 lillle
inconsistent to be parading such stuff before The
public as that contained in your inquiries
abovee
As 10 the number Of clerks employed We will
frankly cay We do NOT know as il was none Of
our business