The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-10-11

thp pse who favor any one of the other
plh hces-at least they are sufficiently
nj merOus to prevent either of the
other places from getting a majority
of lall the votes cast.
sThe strongest argument against
thk removal of the Capital at this
tiAe is the e., ,pense. The cost of a
msdern Capitol building and a Gov
erhors residence would be more
thhn a million dollars. The cost,
probably, would be two millions be-
fore the buildings were completed
anil furnished, because it would be
SAID that that as the Capitol would be
expected to last century or more, it
Would be folly to put up a small and
chap building that would not be
mich more satisfactory than the
present structure.
t is a question whether the people
ofIFlorida are ready to more than
double their present debt at this time.
II fey are only just recovering from
thi effects of the great ireeze. They
arr in no condition, yeti to bear addi-
DIAL taxation. Teui years from
nc Nv, when the orangd groves have
tuF Fy recovered and ! very much
gr kater per centage of the land has
| bckn brought under cultivation. whom
in fact, the taxable wealth of the State
haS become double wIslt it is now.
thi people will feel mt th more like
"a ling themselves for i new Capitol.
It Is true that the present State
HfuSe'iS not a very attractive one,
an its accommodations for the Leo
Sltture, so far as committee rooms
art concerned, are mestrre, but Flor
ids laws compare f3vOrabIv with
thb bse States which havs State Houses
thbt cost many milliOSs of dollars,
alI have every mOderd convenience.
GsOd men, rather than Elegant build
mk Is are necessary to t ne making of
sd dOd laws.
For the sake of argtlment, admit
ting that the present building is
of AenSive to an aesthetic and eultiva-
tel mind, is the struett re not only a
bf autiful, but an inspiring work OF
arr when the vision is cd dnfrOnted with
Fthk ugly spectre of a l$2, 2,OOO,OOO.OO
EinH Hebtedness?-Key West Inter
folsan. :
Jacksonville Proposition.
| The city council of jackson, lie
NIT last week and "rea aoluted" Jack
sol hville "squarely in 4 he race" as a
cal hdidate for the itate Capital.
1ey also propose to Ssue 100000
of bonds towards thel lerection of a
nd " Capitol building and present
thkm to the State for t lat purpose.
There are only a fet things that
arr wrong in It's ''resol 4ting" maneu-
vd IS:
First-JacksoDvllle bas no law rtul
auI hOrity to issue bond for ally such
purpose, hence, her off 44r to do so is
ind defiance of law and i a proposition
toI do an unlawful act.
6econd-If it we-s lawful for
Jak kksonville to issue s. 900 worth
of bonds for the purpd be of buil dug
a Eapitol in that civ, then she
do esu't offer enough, ffr St. Angus
tirl Z has made similar Pffec Of $780,
O9 for the Capital toI be removed
thE ire. So if the Capith y is to be re-
md wed, it would be $lP 10000 in the
pd Ekets of the tax-payefs of the State
tos ocate it al St. Augrk ktine.
Ehird-The JacksOtvill Capital
Al Bociation IN a card b the public
est mates that it will cost &1,S99.-
99.99 TO move the Capital to Jach-
sol tville and erect a sui Iahle building
th4 re. Now, for thad city 10 Sc
rio spsly propose that if he taxpayers
of thiS State will burden themselves
vii In this enormous deli for the sole
bel heft of a few of hi r politicians,
shE will contribute the Daltry sum of
&1tO,OOO, shows coud usiveiy that
lhi ise who make the l,sOposition are
afff fcted with caIargemd 1t OF the gall
bid ldcr in its worst fOt m, and they
tai se it for granted 9 nat the. lax
nnInrr ore fnnIs-Iak& CIitu Indn