The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-27
WY This HURRAH?
be Capitol as Suitable for its
Purposes as our Courthouse
|ECLARES AN OCALA man
how Why the People Of that Section
should Oppose Capital Removal.
thn Editor of the Banner:

All of us admire the hustler,
neither it be the individual, town,
bunty, State or nation; but to get
bd merit our full admiration the
hstling must be done upon a COM
on sense business basis.
We can admire the courage ex-
sbited in the most harurh rh-scarum
ildcat enterprises imaginable, just as
ark Twain once said of thd western
ale buffalo that placed himself
bon the railroad track to cdntest the
ght of way with the frs4 locomo-
Re he had ever seen. HS, Twain,
mired his courage, but bensured
DID, judgment. !
Since the Democratic Stte Con-
ention met in JacksonT pile and
assed resolutions permitting the re-
oval of the State Capital from Its
resent site-Tallahassee-hpOn GER
in conditions, there haS been a
eat deal of commotion, Eagltatlon
hd hustling by certain town In Il favor ',
removing the Capital fr9m Talla-
assoc and securing the seeming
kize. Now, is this hip, hutah, hust.
NO done for the best bus Sness anc
financial interest of the Estate al
arge? I mean for the masses.
hink not.
\ The press of the State is stirred
rom centre to circumference, but a:
let the people outside of tie towns
bterested are not the leaStsb sbit aglta
ID, and can't see just where they
Individually or collectively, pre- going
be benefited by this m{sterly ef
rt and scheme, set on fopt by th'
pliticians and jobbers, whifh will, i
rried through, increase thf taxation
the already overburdenf, toilins
asses. It's unnecessary, snd woulc
rtainly be a costly job.
When / say this would Ibe an un
eessary and costly job l speak ad
Bedly. .':'''
A Short time ago l visited ou
tate Capitol building, andl from m.
oint of view, saw nothing wrons
Bhatever with the building. 1t wa
kell located, built upon thE old styl
architecture, plain, substahtial ant
trong. The halls were large an'
.airy; executive rooms we'll Furnished
with comfortable sOft-bOtt9 9m chairs
sofas, etc. The halls, or legislative
rooms, had all the cOmfOrtt and con
Eeniences that were In any way nee
essary for the latest, up-toj date buSl
hess man to have. The Offices have
ire-proof safes and vaultsIin whicl
b store all public documllts. Th'
billy thing that is claimfd to b'
eeded about this building is a few
bore committee rooms. These com
hittee rooms would be useEl |, for Onl,
Ro months every two yeass.
The last Legislature had a bill NJ
efore it for some time authorizing
be appropriation of fundF for tn
urpose of adding the SUPPOSED nee
sary rooms and making sny neces
ry repairs. This bill Eas vote'
bwn, by the influence AMI work o
representatives. such as r. CLARK
ho went to Tallahassee Il work TO
e interest of corporations hk'
Icksonville, and not for the good o
labOring classes. !
The least estimate th$t L hav
ard placed upon the cPst to tn
ate for the removal OF Yhe capita
one and one-fourth millibn OF dol
b. This is the conser Fatlve tg
es. The fact is none off the advo
tes of removal will mtntion tn
liter of cost of buildiag> unles
ced to do so. All will figur'
wn to fine point the cost of ou
islators' railroad fare Il Tallahas
once every two year. Ia mer
,atelle)-but as to cog of build
etc., they are particularly chary
Nv? They know that when tn
erage taxpayer sees tHese figure
realize that it will cos the Stat
re to build the new Q fpltol tha1
present indebtedness of tn
tie, no vote will be gptten froT
taxpayer, sanctionink and sad
10 an additional amour e OF taxa
upon himself. The fame splrl
motives in the State lare benin
removal of Capital thst ever an
pn prompts some fore5nan OF on
nty grand jury to den and a ne'
rt house as an actuaS necesSlt
Marion county. {
Dur present court house Il ma
(. from time to time, tome sligE
airs, in way of roof painting, etc
probably does need q small sal