The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-06
THE EXCHANGES SAY.
CAPITAL Removal is Entirely
Too Expensive
And THEY DON'T WANT IT.
Know Where the EXP Fnse VIII Begin,
But Not Where + Will End.

In our issue of ugust 4, under
the impression that the removal Of
the Capital from I tallahassee was a
necessity, and sim ly depended Oh
the choice Of pla@, We naturally
SUGGESTED Jackson Hille as the next
best place in case of removal.
But after a more thorough under
standing of the m stter and finding
that the retaining Pf the Capital at
its present is quito as prominent in
the issue as its rem bval to any other
It Of the State, We are compelled,
from motives ofpostical economy, to
change views on he subject; as it
would be a sinful waste of the peo-
ple's m>ney to tai them $4,000 a
wear tc meet the in &erest and provide
for sinking fun which would be
prolonged for a nu nber of years. If
a few extra COZ mittee rooms are
needed when tb{ legislature is in
session, once III u 10 years, they can
be easily obtains ID at moderate
rate.
The Capitol at Tallahassee is built
after the same m bdel as the Capitol
at Washington, md if necessary to
add two wings ehereto the work
could be done FIR about 100000
The voting for it removal would be
controlled entiri y by Democrats
No matter low uch interested, fin.
ancially Tor OthSrwise, Republicans
would have no hoice-in fact, the
whole affair hi IS TUNED to be q
three-cornered Eight between the
politicians Of Jacksonville, Ocals
and Gainesville neither of which
cities are able to foot the bill and the
Constitution of Che State fOrbids the
issuing of BON 5 to cover the ex
penses, as show p by section 6 Of
article 9, which leads:
''The Ltgislat ire shall have power
to provide for ID LUNG o. State bonds
only for the pu1 bose of repelling in.
vasion or supp Sssing inSurrectiOn, OF
for the purpose of redeeming OF re-
funding bonds Salready issued, at &
lower rate of INF ierest."
The people are unable now tc
meet the burdeH of taxation as shown
by the publishH p lists of delinquent
taxpayers; and beside all this, the
Capital of anysState should always
be apart from Its great commercial
centre, in ? uiet city where the
chosen heads would find ease and
freedom from Il e rush and excitement
of metropoiA an city, to calmly de.
llberate ON M tiers touching State
affairs. For 81 ch purpose Tallahas-
see fills the bi compulsory visitors
Legislators, lawyers, politicians
are paid for th kir time, mileage and
services and Voluntary visitors Can
not but expect to face the music for
themselves.
We can see mo benefit, either i'm.
mediate or Drd spective, to accrue tc
the people of florida by the proposed
removal, and kould therefore-as it
is always best to "leaVe well enough
one"--sugg$t that the Capital be
retained at Tallahassee, so that
neither Of the aaspiring cities may be
offended nor additional weight be
placed on the aalready burdened peo-
ple.-Key W sst Advertiser.
caEstaI Removal
We copy fri tm the TALLAHAssEEAN
piece on tho removal of the Capital.
We have head d members of the June
Convention 1 peak of the fact that
there was ps sactically no chance to
discuss this s fction of platform in the
convention. sThe platform had to be
voted on bsf fore nominations were
made. Therk were four candidates
IN the held oaGoVernor. Inc 1aends
of these wer all anxious to get the
vote of Dutal and the adjoining
counties. Dsval, of which Jackson
vile is the cd anty seat, had % votes
of her own, Fhile the five contiguous
counties rail led the number to 45.
No candidate could disregard this
strength. To vote against
submitting the question of
removal to I be people, meant the de-
feat of the candidate whose friends
resisted ,thi4 question; for without
these votes no candidate could re-
ceive the nosnination.
It was, therefore, practically a
forced acquescence in this section of
the platfornl or the almost certain
defeat of all candidates whose friends
were opposed to it. This is one of
the facts Presented and argued by
the piece Re copy. 1t should be
carefully Rad and considered by
every man the State. It answers