The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-09-06
TALLAHASSEE.

shall oppose it.-Qulncy New Era.
TALLAHASSEE.
What the Tallahassee Capital League
Says.
Editor Times Union and Citizen:
In reply to the paper signed by
the Jacksonville Capital Association
in your issue of August %, we beg
space to say: The. Capital League
of Tallahassee adheres to It's state
ments in regard to the erection of a
new Capitol, that, ''if 100000 of
bonds are issued for such purpose,
the interest that will have to be paid
on them will amount to an additional
S1,OOO,000 before the bonds are
paid, making u grand total of 81, ,000,-
600, which will have to be collected
from the taxpayers in order to pay
for the new Capitol building" and
that ga levy of $4,000 per annum
will have to be collected to meet the
annual interest on the bonds, an ad-
ditiOnal levy of $4,000 per annum
will have to be collected as sinking
fund for the payment of the bonds
at their maturity" The fact that
the Jacksonville Capital Association
attempts to dismiss these statements
by simply saying that they are
"absurd," is evidence that said as
sociatlon is not prepared to meet this
issue squarely. While the Jackson
vile pamphlet now claims that ga
very nice Capitol building" can be
erected for $2OO,OO0, it says 1.-The
amount of money TO be spent in the
erection of a Capitol building is a
matter which will have to be decided
by the Legislature after the location
is determined" In the signed article
from the Jacksonville association on
August 1, 1900, it is admitted that
to shave grand Capital, Governors
Mansion and handsome grounds and
appurtenances of every kind" would
cost. ''$l 100000" All. agree that
if new Capitol is to be erected II
should be a credit to the State and
ample for the States business for the
next hundred years. The present
building is infinitely better than the
every nice Capital building" which
may or may not be constructed for
5000, 900. The present property is
worth at least a quarter of a million
dollars.
The statement that "valuable
books of the Judicial library are
stacked in hooks and corners all oyer
the building, subject to the ravages
of Vermin and liable to theft at any
time, is absolutely untrue in each
and every particular. The librarian,
who has charge of the books, and is
under bond for their safe-keeping,
has furnished the following certifi-
cate:
81 certify that all the books of the
judicial library, or Supreme Court IL
brary, of the State of Florida, are un-
der my charge and control, subject
to direction of the Justices of the
Supreme Court as provided by law;
that all such books are kept in the
Supreme Court Room, and in the
offices occupied by the Justices of the
Court; that all of the most valuable
books of the Supreme Court Library
are kept in the Supreme Court Room
in bookcases, with glass fronts,
known as the Wernicke system of
bookcases, being practically air
tight, and is the latest and best book
case known; such cases are always
kept closed, except when books are
being taken out or returned to their
places; that all of the books of the
Supreme Court Library not kept in
the Wernicke bookcases are kept on
shelves in the rooms contiguous to the
Supreme Court Room, occupied by
the Justices as offices; that there are
books of the judicial library, or
Supreme Court Library, stacked in
hooks and corners in any part of the
Capitol building, and none of such
books are subject to the raVages of
vermin, and are not liable to theft at
any time. The outer door of the
Supreme Court Room is always kept
locked, unless one or more of the at
taches are on duty in the Supreme
Court Room. B. B. WILSON,
"Clerk Supreme Court, State of Flor.
ida, and ex-Oficio Librarian. !;
To the inquiry: "Why is it found
necessary to do constant work upon
its foundation?' we will state that
not one cent has ever been spent, or
required to be spent, on the founda-
ton of the Capitol building since it
was built, and any person who exam
ines the building will see that not one
cent will probably be required for
that purpose in the next one hundred
years. The foundation of the outer
| walls is of solid masonry, four feet