The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-20
|ANANTI-REMOVAIIST
Writes Plainly on the IReal
Situation !
THE PEOPLES INTERESTS
As Viewed by One OF Them LiviR Re-
no mote from the Capital.

i is the duty of every voler to
carefully consider this subject,s Un-
fortunately we who are os the
masses of the people, too oftan do
not think for ourselves on subjects of
nUblic concern. 1t is so @sy to
heed a plausible speaker or wrRer, to
see everything as he presentsf and
to follow his lead without question,
that we, either through indOlehce or
Indifference, submit to being thus led
around by our noses. If w4could
onlv arouse our self-respect, o our
own thinking and analyze wrt the
so-called leaders say, we would often
find that we had been led by PphiS-
4rv false ideas, false statement ls, sell
fish fh designs, and caused, perh%s, 70
syote against our own interests.k Fol-
iticians and schemers are qFck to
note the advantage we unthsnklng
neople leave within their grasp ind to
make use of it at our expenses
Now then, for. once, let who
have been in the habit Of alPwlng
other men to do too much our
thinking for US, take up this natter
and think it out for Ourselves-t i will
require only few minutes:
Win should the Capital be re-
,,o,oJI This is the questisn we
want answered in our minds before
we vote on it. Many alleged r Sasons
have been urged for its remove |, but
none seemed to possess so mud I'M
portance, perhaps, as the matter OF
t.accessibility." Other cities which
want the Capital, stress then; more
central location and greater r$llrOaC
facilities. There being less dHtanc'
to travel; and so, less expense they
say we all would go to the Calsltal t.
transact our business with TIE sea
of government. :;
Another reason for removal, (which
is calculated to influence vot$rs, j
the assertion that the present Capl
tol building is too small and tso old
and is in a crumbling and Slnsaf
condition, insufficient to protect tn
valuable property of the St$te de
posted within it. ;
Another reason or lndueenent t
remove the Capital is the ''otfsr" b.
one or two cities of substantial ali
in bearing the great expense lns'lden
tai to the change.
There are other excuses fame'
for asking the people to vote gor re
moval, but they are trivial besiSse tn
seeming magnitude of those abov
enumerated. Those are plsslsibl
enonoh to convince the aSerag
voter-the purpose for whicF the,
were intended. !;
And now that we have ObSaine
the chief reasons why the Gapits
should be removed, let us exsmin
the other side (as thinkers, do nc
forget there are invariably two side
to question: and see if there be an
stronger reasons why the CSPlt'
should not he removed.
We will first ascertain wlfethe
the arguments used for remove ca
be sustained, and will take p th
question of accessibility first: W
will admit that, geographically: Ia
lahaSsee is by no means central an
that she has not SO great or SO fnan
transportation facilities as some Otht
places. Yet, if the Capital ::wel
placed nearer our doors and. at
railroad hub, would the fact be
any special interest or advantage
us or the average citizen or Sot'
throughout the State. Do we: WI
are the business men, the farmer
the mechanics, the laboring men,
the very class of people who tGr tt
most part, constitute the real toul
dation, the strength, the characte
the sinews Gf not the wealthy
communicable we have any, ylnd
vidual business at the Capital! Aslc
from what little correspondence v
NAV some times need to haVelwr
the Agricultural Department, Wh
have we to do with the seat otigo
enment, save to send our law-mf fKe
there by our votes? True, somf OF
might, in the course Of time, pa
a case in the Supreme Court ppt
that case the attorney would Dfse
and the little extra distance he 9ig
have to travel would make small q
ference in his legitimate fees; Tn1
our legislators make money oY u
distance, getting an allowance
they do, of ten cents mile, agfln
the three or four cents they Payf
But, it might be asked, does .
the distance prove expensive to yoI
other classes of peOpleP We aYW