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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

issue of the first of this month saws
"NOt one citizen in a hundred il
West Florida has any business tc
transact at the Capital?"
1t told the Lords truth when il
said it, and it would have been
equally true if it had left the word
"West" out of the statement and
said simply, that not one citizen in a
hundred in the whole State of Flor
ida has any business to transact at
the Capital.
AS a matter of fact, nobody has
any business to transact at the Cap
ital except legislators, lawyers and
politicians and they are all paid for
it, and big money at that.
Then this Capital removal ques-
ton resolves itself simply into an eff
fort on the part of a few Jackson
vile politicians to saddle a debt of
over one million dollars on the over
burdened taxpayers of the State for
no benefit whatever except a per-
sOnal, political benefit to the Jack
sOnville politicians who injected the
question into our State Democratic
platform.
But the taxpayers have something
to say about this matter for them
selves; they'll speak with their votes
OH the 9th of November, and in no
uncertain sound they will proclaim
their unwillingness to be taAed to
death for the benefit of any ring,
political or otherwise.
To remove the Capital at this time
is not right.
And there is no money in it for
the taxpayers Florida Index, Lake
City. .
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
What Assurance Have Thew

Z In our issue last week we asked
flor information as to how the pro.
posed candidates for Capital removal
would raise the sums they offer for
ExTonatio7s. We supposed that bond
Isng The county or city was the only
feasible plan, and this is admitted by
st. Augustine, and is probably the
way Jacksonville would adopt. No
bet of men, as a board Of trade or an
association of any kind; can legally
bind a county or city to bond itself
Tor this purpose, and if such a do
ation should insure the success of
Gapital removal to such city. we
very much doubt if the voters of
9ny county or city, would vote to
Eond themselves for such a sum after
the primary had located the Capital
their favor. We understand that
Jacksonville was willing to make the
r4lslng Of her donation a proviso for
tie removal of the Capital there; in
o;sher words, if the primary settled
upon Jacksonville as the place, that
obligatory upon that city
ID raise the donation by bonding, or
f$iing in that, the selection was an
niiled. But it seems to US that un-
dfr the rules adopted by the execu-
tite committee, governing the COM
lns primary, such a proviso is not
cd psidered, and if the people should
eject Jacksonville or St. Augustine
oH the 9th of November, what assur-
anfe have they of the payment of
hi 100000 or the $250,OOO do
1ased by Jacksonville and St. Au-
guEtlne respectively Florida Star;
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
a Polite Beggar.

Yesterda y afternoon we we1k .ac.
costed by Ae politest beggar Is has
ever been pur misfortune to rSo mn
against. Hailing US as we turned 8
corner on Monroe street on wB:cb Is
located a saloon, he enquired our
name with a true Chesterfeldan!5ow,
and on learning it introduced hiSseIf
as the bearer of papers that "Wbuld
show who he was," at the same Time
producing them. Sure enough he
had them, testifying to his grea5:and
good qualities, and they bore theofi-
cial stamp of wealthy eount1 in
Alabama. Just as we were tryiSg to
figure out from them what nah of
such note and Importance had. es.
capped our attention for all these
years, he came up closer, assumed a
tone and struck US for
the loan of-lO cents. The papers
nearly fell from our hands.
Why will men in official POSITION
give recommendations so indiscrmi-
nately? 1t certainly looks like manv
Of them care nothing for the truth
when writing them. /
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Passing Around the fiat

If Jacksonville is a great anG
owing commercial centre, and i'm
prtance in this respect is acknowl
ged and appreciated, why is it es.
ntlal to its success and greatness tc
We the State Capital?
Are its prospects for future pros
rity beginning to appear gloomy
d discouraging, necessitating the
hWsition of something substantial
help it out?
In other words, is Jacksonville on
F decline, and crying aloud for
PIP from the taxpayers of the State
save it from deterioration?
Does its 'foundatiOn" need con-
mt repairing, and is its "under-
pning" decaying, as one of the
spital removal orators AYERS con-
ming the Capitol building.
Can Jacksonville recoup its losses
prestige and population, or retain
present standing only by taking
|mething from another city, and ap-
|aling for contributions from the
k-payers of the State?
|Pensacola's future as the leading
hmercial city of the State, and g
: most important port of the Gulf
psf is assured. The construction
the Nicaragua canal and the open
up of a larger trade with the
hntries to the south of us will bring
Pensacola a larger volume of bust
Ps than to any other city in Flor
This will shortly make Pensa-
a the metropolis of the State, and
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

transfer the center of population and
Weaa'h, in very few years, westward,
taking it farther away from Jackson
vile.
The State Capital should not be
I"on wheels" but should remain
where it will meet the future needs
and convenience of the whole popu-
latlon.-Pensacola Daily News, Sept.
b, 1900.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Robbers Caught.

Last week p negro by the nam9 Of
Smith, and I two others, broke Tito
the hardYwareIstOr of L. C. Yaeaer
and carried Of about dozen of fhe
finest pistols fn his stock. The mht-
ter was report Jed to Sheriff PeaSce
next day and she set to work on the
case. They swere soon arrested bn
information BY Mr.. Pearce and were
brought back here Tuesday BY
Sheriff Hawk ms, of Suwannee co66-
ty, and lodgedin jail: Seven pistols
were restored Ito the owner, and tie
others, which had been sold, hate
been located aad will be secured inla
few days. Shsriff Hawkins caught
them at Welbbrh.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
By What Measure Iudeeia..

The Jacksonville MetrADoIis
charges that the newspapers which
are supporting Tallahassee az the
State Capital are Subsidized" Tbe
Press would like to ask if the Avs
papers that are advocating Jackson
vile are also subsidized" and 1.-THE
Metropolis is Judging the TallShas-
see advocates by the aprogresIve',
way IN which they do. business Sver
at p Jacksonville Pensacola Itaily
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
AS TO ACCESSIBILITY
This Charge jIlI Against Us Has
No Merit
MOST, BUSINESS IS BY MATT.
And Our Facilities in that Resrec4 .ro.
Sufficient.

Many reckless and some ludierous
statements are being made in the
hope OF bOlstering up the allegation
that Tallahassee is too inaccessible to
the people of the State to longer re-
main the seat of government.
As to this cry of inaccessibiIitv
Tallahassee is no more inaccessible
today than heretofore. Her trans
portation facilities are ample. Ger
talnly the only persons who could
possibly complain of Tallahassee's
maecesslbility as the State CapitaI arc.
the people of Peninsular Florida. ana
they have two daily trains to TalIa-
hasSee, both carrying mails. In this;
case the argument of inaccessibilitv-
is without merit, and is proved to be.
SO by another admission contained ON
page I OF the first booklet sent out bv
the Jacksonville Capital Association.
1t is there truthfully said:
"Practically all of the States busi-
ness Is done through the mails"
Nobody is complaining of Talla-
hassee's mail facilities, which are ad-
mlrably arranged for the expeditions
handling of State House corresnond-
ence. Experience has shown tLat
when the people of Florida have apv
business requiring their personal
presence at their Capital, thew 90
there, and on their trip and during
their stay they find every eonve
nlence and accommodation desired
The fact is, Florida is so sbanp6
that there IS no city which can be
'ald to be very accessible to all
parts OF the State-for instasnce. to
iuch widely separated places as Pen
aeola, Key West and Fernandina
The people best qualified to pass upon
accessibility or in
accessibility are those who have bns-
ness with the State departments
ocated there, and, excepting \ few
wing in cities now seeking the Can
tai, these people are not comblain-
ng about TalIahaSsee's location and
transportation facilities.
The centre Of Florida's population
t present is not known; but even
nough Tallahassee NAV not be as
ear tn" centre as she once was is
nat sufficient reason for throwing
way the very valuable State pron7
rty IN Tallahassee and piline I'D
'emendous additional public debt
nd tax burden! Is it not lust as
POLISH as 1t would be foolish to tall
bout the National Government
lroWIng away the public buildings.
washington and moving the Ma
onal Capital to Omaha. Existino
lctS and conditions render the crT e
naccessibility as an objection to
remaining the StatGCaD-
a! frivolous and mpotent-wAhont
eight in forming the decision Il the :
lOughtful voter. )
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
TalIahasSee's Charms

The members of the T.ngislSsu
prefer going there whel. :e Hr,
are singing and the flow aa
their best and when Natt.. .orees {
even the dullest soul an appreciate
OF her charms. At such a time Re
are few places in the wide worldiEI
Tallahassee, and none superios
neutrality-suspicious. in. Vols
County Record.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
DNTIMELY! UNJUSTa
(he Agitation for RemOVal;o 70
| the Capital |
5 FOR One CITY'S BENEFIT
ldmits the Jacksonville Capital r.
mOVal Association.

1t has now become very evideht
bat the present agitation for the i.
nOval of Florida's Capital is IN.
Rlled for, untimely and unnecessary
he perfect harmony which shon.d
xist in the ranks of Florida's D..
locracy is disturbed, and the tag.
ayers of the State, already hand
ressed, are threatened with au
uormous addition to their tax buIt
ems and the doubling of Floridals
Onded indebteness. Z
The friends and supporters q
bree of the cities which aspire to
ecome the States seat of govern
lent, if a change of Capital locaulos
deemed advisable and necessary
this time, present the claims d
heir excellent cities admirably anS
a frank spirit of fairness and uns
elfshness. The advocates of ST
Iugustine, Ocala and Gainesville
ndertake to offer reasons why theft
Avorite town should be selected an
be Capital only IN the eUenS
iMt tie people decide %
t0nge the location of the Capitals
OF the slightest exception can be-
ken to such policy, and there is NO
neition of their entire fairness ins
admitting their claims In such man
Unfortunately, another prominent
FpiraDt for Capital honors takes a!
Tikingly more sordid and unworthyi
pd unfair attitude in its desperate
forts to induce the people of Flor
a to close their eyes to their best
terests, throw to the winds their
luable and adequate property ct the
esent Capital and launch forth into
sea of incompatible, unnecessary
d undemocratic extravaganza.
uder date of August Is, 1900, the
Ecksonville Capital Association, in a
Fcular letter signed by its officers
I'D addressed individually to call
foperty owners in the city of Jack
nville, urging them ''to make
bntribution of three mills IN the
llue of their property, etc" uses the
flowing significant language:
ave trust that it is unneceSs1 ry for
to remind you that this is a purely
psiness matter, in0ugowated and
trsued primarily for the purpose
i adcancing Jdck;sOnUiUe's best IN
rests, and If we are furnished with
be sinews of war there will be little
bubt of success"
This whole agitation, therefore, as
Fidenced by the signed admission of
e Jacksonville Capital Association,
|as "inaugurated and pursued pri-
'arily for the purpose of advancing
heksonville's best interests" The |
amer of that language is clear and
bmistakable. 1t effectively and con-
|usively disproves Jacksonville's
|uch-vaunted anc loudly proclaimed
lea thatR her fight for the Capital is
FOmpted only, or even primarily, for
|e best interests of the whole State
Florida. Jacksonville is not the
hole State of Florida.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Its Case Growing Weak.

The Jacksonville Metropolis is Z
tlng desperate. Having been fob
to face incontrovertable facts at eI
turn, by those who are endeavoE
to save the people of Florida fl
heaVy taxation, it now charges
n newspapers which are support
Tallahassee in the Capital issue
subsidized" No better evidence
needed that the cause it is advocat5
Is growing weak.-Pensacola DaI
Press.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

Mary Davis, county pOor..:.......S5 90
Mary Coleman, county poor. .....5 90
E D Rhodes, county poor ...... 5. 90
JOS. Bond, county poor. ..... 8 90
Henry Tuten, county poor l so
Mary Williams, county poor
Laurence Powell, county poor....... 1 so
r G Herring, county poor r........ 8 90
Becky Ward, county poor. ...... 2 so
Sam johnson, county poor. ....... 1 so
Ellen Everett, county poor. ....... 8 90
Mathew Custis, county poor. ..... / so
Jane johnson, county poor. ....... 5 90
Soloman Smith, county poor. ..... 1 so
Mary Stephens, county poor. ...... 5 90
ReDecca Reagan, county poor. ..... 3 90
Sarah Ann walker, county poor / so
Richard Carpenter, county poor. 9 90
Sarah Sampson, county poor. ..... 8 90
Joe Smith, county poor. 80
Martha Carroll, county poor. ..... 3 so
Dlllie Spears, county poor. 80. 8 90
Startling Hunter county poor. ... / so
Mary Hartsfeld, county Door. ..... Q so
Hannah Willis, county poor. 4 90
Willie Wilson, county poor. 80. 90
Elizabeth McFail, county poor. r..... 2 90
Milinda Cason, county poor. 49,, / so
Violet Jackson, county poor y. 1 80
Wilson Winfrey, county poor. 80, l so
Levy Hays, county poor. ......... 80
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

!: Ann Holmes, county poor no
A bryan, county auditor. so 90
Geo w Hale, janitOr court house. 20 90
Tallahassee Lumber Co., (rent of
Max FIatauer:, work on clock. ~ % SV UU
Il A Whitfield, costs Iunacy, A
! OIOuu. ..s............... 90
Z = Phllbrick, costs lunacy, A
w DI9Uo' u u .'-... .................. 90
w ! liaflon, costs lunacy, A Droud 1 90
w L Strickland, costs llnacv. A
DrOuu. ................ 90
Il A Whitfield, costs lunacy, Chas
SIOndrCle. .-..,.... 90
4 Z Fhllorlck, costs lunacy, Chas
r. CFomartie, .,,-.. 2 90
HOPKINS costs lunacy, Chas
! CfOMaftle ---..... 90
w Damon, costs lunacy. Chas
CrOmartle. ..... 90
3 Manning, fees in Justice court. . n
4 d manning. amount to pay jurors
and witnesses S..........,.,4 1 OO
Jerry Bentley, fees in Justice court 6 40
GonDer, pay jurors and witness 6 90
; u HlghtOwer, salary Reg Sup. .43 "a
II A Whitfield, fees County Judges
leeS. .-........ ..... .... 9 81
y A Pearce, Sheriff fees. 20
A Pearce. hanging Will Wright. 10 90
j. A Pearce, costs In lunacy cases, .12 80
J A Pearce, feeding prisoners. 12t OO
L q Yaeger, hardware for roads. SO 40
= Hopkins, work on ditch ..15 oPI
) 3 Swltzer, work on public roads 9 90
ID johnson, work on public roa DIS, ,16 so
w > Stroman, work on public roa Us. II 35
Z w Burn9y, work on public roads. 6 90
Il L. Burdlne, work on public roads. 2 25
w johnson, Supt. work on public
rOaoS.''.. ........ ............16 90 !
R VanBrunt.. ..Supt. work on public
Sam Manning, Supt. work on pub
lie roads, .:.................. so
Jas Moody, Supt. work on public
N B Hartsfeld, Supt. work on pub.
- lie roads. s..:............-........12 so |
L l. Raney, Supt. work on public
. roads. 9 90
3 T Chares, Supt. work on public
roads. 81 so
j N Skipper, Supt. work on public
roads ................... 3 90
Z A Bryan, clerk court fees. .... 8 IS
j 3 Conner, Justices fees. ......... 3 62
J Conner, juror and witness fees. 4 so
O"NO OAOhOS OOuSbdO1c lGOS-......-.. , UU |
+ A Whitfield, juror and witness J
l0eS' -. 5O
Erastus w Clark, stationery. ..... Q 80
w B Moore, work public roads. 10 80
W H Burney, work public roads. ..12 90
G + Smlthson, work public roads. "A OO1
p Q Smith, work public roads. -. s 90
= Z Smith, work public roads. 80. 3 so
- G Smith, work public roads,. 6 90
w Il Ayeritt, work public roads. ..9l 90
Henry Williams, work public roads 2 so
Sandy Francis. work public roads. 2 so
Sam MCGEE, work public roads. -. 2 so
81 = Carmine, work public roads. .13 81
81 Q Billingsly, work public roads. 10 70 +
) A Jones. work public roads. 8 90
J d Williams, Work public roads. so /
Baum, work public roads. .7 so
J Smith, work public roads. ..... "a
u Smith, public roads. ........... 3 50
8ugh Bryan, public roads. ...... 8 90
u Miller, public roads. .... so I
fillmore q Davis Co, public roads. Z 50 !
The application of Abbie Sneed I
Tor a permit to sell liouOrs. winas and
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13
Board of bounty Commissioners.

The regular meeting of the Board
/ of County Commissioners was held
on Monday, September Sd. The fol-
lowing members were present: L.
c. Yaeger chairman, E. G. Smith,
W. J. Johnson, L. A. Roberts and
NJ. Fl. johnson. The minutes of the
former meeting were read and ap-
proved. The following accounts
were examined, approved and Or
dered paid:
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

With cotton al % cents per pound tke
Leon county formers have q pleas&
look on their hces: but all, unfortd
nately, report bhort crop. I
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-13

The application of Abbie Sneed
1Or a permit to sell liquors, wines and
beer In Election District No. 13,
county OF Leon, State of Florida,
was received and filed, and the Clerk
directed to prepare and publish no.
tIce thereof as required by law.
1t was ordered that all accounts
against the county, to be acted upon
at any meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners, must be pre-
sented and fled with the auditor two
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-29

low set up as leader. and. with the APP
prevail OF honest policies by the Ameri-
can electorate. the people emerged from
the darkness into which the vicious ele-
ment OF Democracy was leading them.
From that time the country has adj
vanced morally. intellectually and ma
tcrially. Our good name before thu
world was preserved our appreciation
OF the sanctity Of obligations. national
and private. was applauded; our deter
mination to maintain the dignity Of
the law and its tribunals raised us in
the estimation of men everywhere, and
with the mischievous Bryan doctrines
rejected and the era of unrest placed
behind us. the people were free to take
up confidently the work which a prom
Using future offered
The results are history. Better times
set In, and there was a revival in in
dustry on every hand. The idle found
work. Mills and factories were reopen
ed. Wages were raised. The demand
for manufactured products increased.
New enterprises were projected and es-
tablished, and throughout all the coun-
try there has been an era OF peace and
plenty such as has not been recorded
since the time when Grover Cleveland
was elected president in 1892. The farm
ers were among the first to be benefited
by the changed conditions. and since
that blessed day in November which
witnessed the downfall of the new De-
mocracy and its Chicago platform the
farmers have had substantial prosper
ity: paid off their mortgages and lived
in greater contentment than ever be-
fore.
Mr.. Bryan would disregard all these
facts, and. as in 1896. would now preach
want. when on every side there Is album
dance. II the supremacy of the Repub-
lican party brings all these blessings.
then that party is good enough for any
body. And instead of this being time
when no farmer or laborer can afford
to be Republican. It Is time when he
cannot AFFORD to be anything else.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-29
Time to Be a Republican.

That tireless wanderer William Jen.
nings Bryan, while recently en- route to
1.-The enemy's country" stopped off at
Cincinnati and made few of those
passing observations which four years
reiteration have not rendered unservice-
able to him, even If they are somewhat
hackneyed and out Of place. Among
other things, he remarked that the time
could afford to be Republican, and
he proceeded to talk 1896 calamity. UNI
mindful of the fact that he was in the
midst of 1900 prosperity.
What is there in this year of grace
which would induce the reasonable
farmer or laborer to abandon the Re-
publican party for anything in the ma
ture of reform or improvement repre-.
sented by Mr. Bryan? What dreadful
conditions exist now which warrant the
thoughtful farmer or laborer In attach
ing himself to Mr.. Bryan's cause, when
he could not see his way clear to do it
in 1896? If, in the midst of the hard
times of four years ago, which Mr..
Bryan pictured so graphically and
demagogically, the fair-minded farmer
and laborer could afford to remain j
Republican, what direful calamity has
fallen upon us which renders it impossi-
BILE for that farmer or laborer to con-
tinue loyal to that party?
: The facts are about these: In 1896
the Democratic party, in an emotional
spasm, picked out as it's candidate for
the presidency a gifted orator who had
gained notoriety as breeder of discon-
tent. He was nominated on platform
containing about all that a narrow
minded convention could conceive in
the way of doctrines vicious and I'M
American, and was then turned loose
upon the land to play upon passions.
rights, malign the courts and awaken
hate among the unthinking people who
are easily led astray by any professional
agitator who is without principle or re-
sponsibility.
In spite of distressing conditions in
some parts of the country, and notwith-
standing Mr.. Bryans miserable appeals
to forsake order, good government and
national honesty, the American people
Were true 10 themselves, and Organism
was repudated for all time. The peo-
PIE spoke and the effect was noticeable
almost Immediately, Public feeling was
at once raised from the low state into
which it had been plunged by the de-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-29

According to Guam cable advices
Capt Leary's general order No. s has
resulted in the enlistment of 200 people
in the ranks Of domestic and civil
reformation, with "a small army of
children jubilant and the wedding bells
yet ringing" Leary, when sent to
Guam, was not given much of possess
sion to govern, but evidently he is go.
ing to try to do his best with the ma
terial In hand.