The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-12-23

The 1Smss. Uniea makes very serious charge
against the State PHnters, stating that the FOL,
lowing. % adopted by the late Constitutional
Convention, was omitted nom the instrument
- submitted TO the people for ratification:
"ssc.,oS All ne pubic printing q the State q
sihse dd sadsr sscA sgaasioas q the Lsslatnre nay
~ aach contract"
This 10 very serious charge, aud one that the
Legislature should not fall 10 investigate thor
oughly. II the public printer can leave out GER
tain acts OF the Legislature, or certain clauses of
laws passed that affect his Office, what are the
people going to do about ~
We showed the TIass- Union article to q men,
Der Of the Convention from this county, aud he
stated very emphatically that such an act was
passed by the Convention, but he had noticed
before that like several Others that were passed
by the Convention 10 reference TO similar mat.
ters, ~ecsr saW tAe light, and never appeared In
the body OF the instrument that was submitted
to the people. The proprietors of tho FLoRID.
Ian, who are the State Printers, have sent cir
cular to every member elect begging their lnflu-
ence IN securing them the fat job again for the
next two years This job has cost the tax-pay
ere Of the State thousands of dollars more than
It should, and has been dispensed by the ring TO
this scrvile organ OF ring rule, and II Is time to
put q stop to It. Let the FLoRIDIAN explain
this matter OF the non appearance Of the article
above quoted before 1t asks for another two
years lease Of the keys to the public crib. But
then, this Is the way Florida has been ruled
since the thieving carpet-baggers were kicked
out and honest men put In ofice.-Bronson Times.
Our contemporary should have known
what the people of Florida generally do
know, to wit that the statements of the
Times Union are not to be accepted simply
because they are statements of that jour
nal, which is notorious for its unreliability.
He should have waited for the FLoRI-
DAMS refutation and not "gone off at
half-oock," so to speak and then he
should have waited a little longer and
seen in the Times. Union of day before
yesterday the mean and trivial rejoinder
in which it sneaks out of the positions it
assumed in attacking us. 1t did not
SNAKE the very serious charge against
the State Printer" in direct words that
were actionable, for if it had We would
have already entered suit for libel, but
with the cowardly cunning of an expert
in SANDER it so framed its article as to
escape the law, but to leave the charge to
be inferred, as it was by the Bronson
Times
fit has now seen the FLoRIpIAN of last
week the Bronson Times knows that the
printing section was not adopted by
the Convention, not having got beyond
the first reading, when it appeared
in the journal of proceedings, though
the Times Union said it did not.
The people may be curious to know what
were the other "acts" "pdsMd by the
Convention that "never saw the light"
and will the Bronson Times name them
Its informant doubtless referred to mat
tiers introduced on which action was never
perfected, IS in the case of the printing
section. If he is aggrieved that they are
not in the Constitution his quarrel is with
the Convention, not the printers, who
were employed merely to print all the
copy that WAS sent them, and if they had
not done so their carelessness would have
been detected in the omission when the
journal was read to be corrected next
morning by the many members interested
in the previous days proceedings: and
the original copy furnished was always
returned with the printed journal, to be
compared with it, and any fault of the
printers would thus be fixed where it be-
longed And right here we make an as
sertion which cannot be disproved-that
there are no other printers who can do
Florida legislative work as accurately as
the experienced and trained proprietors
and employees Of the FLoRIrIAN.
But We have now to refer TO the rude
words and unjust accusations of the Bron-
son Times, (which calls itself democratic)
and to its fling at the wise, honest and
economical democratic administrations
which have controlled State affairs II
their pure government is termed ring
rule" such foul speech is from source
whose reference to the FLoRIpIAN as 3
"servile organ" can do it no harm,
but the contrary. To meet the
charge Of overpayment for account OF
printing we will state that eight years of
Legislative printing under Republican
rule cost the State &l4.,sso..4, and the
nin< years following under Democratic
rule a., $685., . difference Of about
one ks1adred thousand dollars in favor Of
the democrats, though the work done by
them was much hesvier, the State grow.
ing rapidly, and thirty members of the
Legislature having been added in 1874.
Our figures are from the books Of the
Comptroller's Office. The following is /.
tabulAted statement of the cost of the
printing for the five democratic sessions !:
Legislative px..;sng ls;. Dixie Printer slx.,s S
1874 .... lNisS 81
1854. Fsnl<y ~ MNn "a
isNA e!ks> 1890. 10: q
sCspk Dyke elected Fiate< hat having sosa HI,
Dorr 4 bcwea- Mr.. Rowea elected Printer In ,sA
DrfnfinE az The