The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-01-29

has been granted any appropriation
through your efforts. Though I have
repeatedly made this statement in
have said, and have the records as
proof, that. in addition 10 the payment
Of the Indian War Claims proper, de-
manded and procured in the adjust
ment of the mutual account between
the state and the United States. the
payment by the latter of sSS.562.11. due
the Florida school fund, S25.007.02 due
the trustees Of the international i'm
provement fund of Florida on census
account: and further succeeded in col
leCting for the state an additional sum
OF $13.24S. which had been omitted
when the account was first stated in
1889. and was not referred to in the act
Of Congress of May. 1902. authorizing
the settlement. and which was not in
cluded in the settlement as first made.
by demanding and securing a reopening
Of the stated account and a reinstate-
ment thereof. SO as TO include the said
SI3.24S.
All Of these sums was included in the
aggregate amount of S692-946 which
was received by the. state. after the
payment OF the state Of $4,000 of
Florida bonds held by the United States
in the Indian trust fund. and interest
thereon.
You must likewise know and admit
that not one dollar Of the money said
10 have been secured, as per your state
ment, for rivers and harbors. for pub
lie buildings and grounds, for light
houses. naval stations. etc. and for
pensions 10 Seminole war veterans and
their widows, is available, or could in
any way be made available for lower
ing taxes and Iessening the burdens OF
all the people.
assert that the state administration.
no matter how wisely and honestly
administered as suggested by you, has
no authority or control over any Of
these amounts so appropriated. so as
10 enable it 10 apply a single dollar
thereof towards lowering taxes and
lessening the burdens OF all the people"
With the information thus furnish
ed you may realize that instead of
$41OO,O0O. "Or more than s. per capita
for every man, woman and child in the
state of Florida" having been received
by this state from Congressional appro-
priatiOns during your term as Senator,
which would be available, directly or
indirectly. for lowering taxes and les
SEEMING the burdens Of all the people"
there has been SO received only $3.50
SS3. as explained above, or about 20
cents per capita.
What l have said, and do now re-
peat, is that you have not. during your !
four years service in the United States /
Senate, introduced a bill resolution or !
amendment on any subject or embody- /
ing any principle enunciated in the !
democratic platform upon which you /
were elected. or the one adopted dur /
ing your term as Senator-which I con- |
tend YOU were commanded to do by the ,
democratic platforms, both state and /
national.
1 have stated TO those of the people /
whom I have had the pleasure of ad. /
dressing. and l here repeat. that your /
record as Senator shows that you have |
not procured from Congress an appro-
priation of any nature for any place or
point in Florida west of the St. Johns |
river. In this connection, l would re-
mind you and all concerned that have |
not addressed the people upon what the |
Florida delegation has accomplished. l /
am not a candidate against the Florida |
delegation. and have not criticized or
alluded TO the record of any member of !
that delegation other than yourself
and my references TO your record have
been only such as the people OF Florida !
are interested in. My contention has
been stated and emphasized by refer
ence to books and pages of your Off
cial record, and no part or point of that
vast section west of the st. Johns river,
nor any point in the counties of Put
nam. ST. Johns, Brevard. Nolusia or the