The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-01
CLIPPINGS.

reason why Jne puIplU OIL JO-udy HIS 9O
little effect upon the public conscience
and morals is because custom and policy
have restricted it to these vague gene
ralities.
The Times-Union on the press Of FlOri-
da: The Fernandina Mirror IS one of
the few papers Of the state with which
we can discuss important questions with
out feeling that it is labor lost, and from
which we can differ without di5dain. Its
editors notions Of journalism are about
thirty years behind the times; but he can
always give at least an intelligent reason
for them, and they are not promulgated
on the spur Of the moment for the pur-
/ pose Of currying favor with some class or
| faction"
The Times-Union on the people Of
Florida: ITO properly fappreciate this
confident defence we must consider that
it perhaps involves much Of the unwrit-
ten law and customs of the locality; if to
kill man who will not pay his board
bill be a recognized method Of promot-
ing the interests Of the hotel business in
that part of the state then Mr.. Conoley
was certainly justified; and it looks not
unlike that to a man up d tree, for Mr.
Conoley remained until noon the next
day in Tarpon, no doubt to see that the
ceremonies Of the burial OF his late
boarder were properly attended to, and
to make sure that Major Marks was not
in the neighborhood with further designs
upon the hotel dining room"
Its opinion of southern public men.
November 29th, 1888: THE secret of
Randalls suddenly developed strength
with the southern members of congress
is that southern men are after most Of
the subordinate offices, and the latter
think their chances of success will be
better if a northern man secures the
spealzership than if the contrary should
be the case. Carlisle is being sacrificed
to the miserable greed for Office"
Its reverence for the constitution: LAS
the money can be raised in other ways.
the failure Of the extra session is Of no
great consequence, provided the people
are not influenced by the pestiferous doc
trine that the legislature has no cOnstitu-
tional right to make such an appropria-
ton. The constitution empowers the
legislature to raise revenue TO provide for
the expenses Of the state; and under this
clause any expenditure which is for the
public interest or welfare, and which IS
authorized by vote of the legislature
and the signature of the governor is just
as legitimate q part Of ''the expenses Of
the state as the salaries of the cabinet
officers "-Times-U Union, 23d.
The opinions Of others on the Times
Union: 1T IS something remarkable for
professed democratic paper to declare
that the view entertained by many lead
ing lawyers and a respectable portion Of
the democratic press of the state in refer
ence to the power of the legislature to
appropriate the funds raised by taxation
from the people of the state for purposes
outside Of the provision Of the con
stitution, is a 'pestiferous doctrine"
-Fernandina Mirror March 29th.
No rowdy press in Florida: 1T is not
an uncommon thing for person worsted
in argument to leave the domain of rea-
son and resort to epithet a very CON
siderable portion Of the press of Florida
have differed with the Times Union as to
the peculiar views expressed by that pa
per in reference to crime and the press.
1t now chooses to designate somebody as
the ''rowdy press" AS body, the con
ductors of the Florida press are high
toned gentlemen, and are very generally
able and courteous. We know of no
rowdy press in the state. Mirror, March
29th
A hireling editor: From its first es-
tablishnent as the Times, the managers
Of that journal have apparently looked
upon it strictly in the light Of money
making machine, and the public general
ly regard the views expressed in its edi-
torial columns as being as much articles
of sale as the dry goods and groceries
mentioned in its columns. Green Cove
Spring.