The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-05


Couldn't Have Done Less.
You contend that, in addition to tn
payment of the Indian War claim proper
you demanded and procured" in the ad
JuStment Of the mutual account betwee
the State and the United States the pay
ment by the latter of SSS352.ll, due tn,
school fund of the State; S25,OO7.02 due tn
trustees of the internal improvement fun,
On account OF swamp land indemnity, an,
S9S26.2l due the general revenue fund o
Florida on general census account, an,
further succeeded in collecting for the Stat
the additional sum of Sl324S. OF cours
you did il you use the word procured
ds meaning received The act for a set
Element of the mutual account. and tina
the bonds of the State held in the Indian
trust fund. should be surrendered to tn,
Governor Of Florida You would have beeI
derelict in your duty if you had tailed {,
receive the money; but, even In that event
the Government. under the law, would hav,
found a way to settle the account and tn
State would have suffered no loss. l re
peat, therefore, that you could not very
we'll have done less.
Every one Of the sums you mention ii
connection with this claim had been
withheld from the State. because, as
have said before, the State had failed t.
pay the interest on its bonds, and the
Government withheld payment on all Of
them TO indemnify itself against loss. The
act Of Congress, providing for the settle
ment of the account. and this alone, un.
locked the doors Of the United States
Treasury for the payment to the State
or every dollar due to whatsoever account
or fund. Referring again TO the $lS2,0Ol
o. bonds and the S24S,9S4.66 interest thereon
due the Government. YOU do not seem t.
credit that payment with lessening in any
way burdens and lowering taxes. 1 main
tain that a debt, wherever owed. is a bur
den, and that its payment. whether to one
creditor or another, lessons that burden
in the sum of the debt paid
You Will pardon me. I hope. for treat
ng this subject exclusively, and l offer
Is my excuse that it seemed necessary in
view Of your unique ideas on the sub
ect.
Not Here for BuncOmbe.
As to your suggestion that l have not
Introduced a bill. resolution or amendment
,n any subject, or embodying any principle
n the Democratic platform, you know that
since l have been in Congress the Admins
ration has been Republican and both
branches Of Congress overwhelmingly so.
md I am not here for buncOmbe or to
whistle against the wind but to devote
ny time and best thOUgnC and energy to
,assing measures of benefit to the people
Cntained in the Democratic platform has
,een before the Senate. in one way or an
.ther, since 1 have been member, and,
lpon every one of them, your state
nent to the contrary Notwithstanding. /
ave voted in full and strict accord with
he platform Of the Democratic party. /
10 not pretend 10 be bold enough to at
empt leadership to the exclusion OF Demo-
ratio Senators who have grown gray in
ksDw~
een content. on the contrary. and regard
as being to the interests of Florida as
YELL to listen to their wise counsel and to
ollOW rather than to presume to lead Per
APPS, if like some. I had been enraptured
nth the sound of my own voice, or were
iven to the peripatetic practice of useless
/ might have introduced
UGH bills. even though they had been al
eady before the body and were foreOr-I
aimed to die in the pigeOn-hOles of Repub-I
an committees.
The Delegation a Unit.
You say that l have not gotten an ap-I
ropriatiOn for any place or point west of
he St Johns river BY your reading of
he record. what have l gotten east of that
iver? 1 say that the work of the dele-l
alton is the work OF a unit and is mott
Ounded by nor circumscribed in geO-I
raphic lines or limits. l say that l as-I
sted in getting every appropriation west
{ the ST Johns river. just as my coll
.agues assisted in getting every appropria-I
on east of that river 1t is true, YOU add,
nat YOU are not dealing with what has
cen done by the Florida delegatiOn-thatI
on are not candidate against the dele
alton But let me tell you that the record
T the delegation is one and inSeparable
your system of reasoning be sound, them
,ch Of US has done nothing, and, if each
us has done nothing. then how is itI
1SSible that all of US have done anything
will remind you again that l have never
aimed any results whatsoever not as
,ciated with the work of my colleagues.
al YOU cannot credit the whole delegation
it'll the accomplishment of anything with
NJ giving due credit to each member Tor
s propOrtionate part thereof.
No member of the delegation has ever
,mplained that each and every other
ember has failed to do his part an any
after relating to the interests OF the
,cple of Florida, but on the other hand
@ have all realized with great satisfac
On that we have worked in full accord
I'd harmony in obtaining results. No
ember of the delegation, who has Ia
red with me here. or rather with whom
have labored, will sustain you in the|c
sertion that I have NIX done my ful
TT. Why therefore, should you COM
ain? 4
Your reference TO my interest in the First
ltional Bank Of Tampa would seem to Il
we no proper place in this discussion,
ID vet. let me assure you, there is moth
z whatever about ii TO be ashamed Of 4
TO conceal. The United states stat
es provide for the establishment ami
gulation Of national banks and author
the Secretary of the Treasury t. desig-I
tie repositories for Government money. q
,ars before 1 came to the Senate theft
rst National Bank of Tampa was desig- Il
ted one Of these repositories because I
was located at a point where the Gov y
1ment was collecting and disbursingl e
-ge sums Of money and II was as muchl 1
the convenience of the Government %
for the bank. Since I have been inIv
; Senate the deposits have been increased
ere Just as they have been increased, q
I understand, all over the country. This &
Is no privilege accorded the bank be- d
use Of my connection with 1t. nor was it q
Y special source of profit, for there has L
yer been a time in the history OF the
nix since IL has been a depository that il 4
s not had more idle money than the total o
lount OF the Government deposits. Ifs