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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15
NEEDLESS DRAINAGE SCHEnEs.
rom the Jacksonville Metropolis.

Frcm the Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Metropolis few days ago, in an
editorial item, stated that another en-
terprise had been inaugurated in Flor
ida, by inviting bids to drain Clear
Lakes, in Dade county, and reclaim
$4,000 acres of submerged land. The
Ocala Banner copied the item, and thus
comments thereon:
But this il not the kind Of enterprise
Florida Is mostly in need Of Just now.
She has lands in plenty. Indeed, her
people are almost land poor, and would
entirely be so had it not been for the
development Of the turpentine industry
and the fortunate discovery of phos
phate. Farming and vegetable lands
still go begging at almost any old price
What Florida needs is people TO cult
vate her lands and build up her cities,
and manufacturing industries to give
employment to skilled labor.
Draining ponds, lakes, rivers, saw
grass prairies and everglades can wait
for a long time yet before these lands
are actually needed. and It would be
much better for the development OF the
State II men with capital and the spirit
of enterprise could be persuaded to turn
their attention in other directions.
As good lands as can be found any
where in the South. near to schools,
churches and transportation, can now
be had almost for the asking.
The peopling Of the rich, productive
lands Of the interior Is Of much more
Importance, and graver concern, than
In wasting, perhaps, valuable time and
millions of money in the Chimerical ex-
pertinent of draining the everglades.
There is truth in the above patent to
all, and many will agree with the Ban
ner Money and immigration are at
present much more needed in Florida
than drained land Had we the tillers
Of the soil for AlLthe land now wild and
vacant, Florida would be one Of the
richest agricultural States In the Union.
Were lands scarce and In demand there
would be no objection to the drainage
schemes 70 bring more into the market.
but, as the Banner says, there IL now
plenty Of farming and vegetable lands
TO be obtained at almost any price.
People and money should FIRST be sought
for, and then lands when in demand.
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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15
ANOTnER COMPARISON.

While we were pursuing our investi
cations concerning the comparative cos
Of carrying on the State government
during the Jennings administration an
those Immediately preceding II, it Oc
CURED TO US to look up the ratio o.
growth" In the Jennings regime itself
The investigation was interesting, anC
some Of it's results may interest thu
readers Of The True Democrat and tn
tax payers Of the State generally.
Our comparison was made of the year,
1902 and 1904, the second and fourth
years Of the Jennings period, and was
based, like those previouly made, upon
the warrants actually issued, as report
ed by the State Comptroller. 1t showed
that the aggregate increase in the ex-
penditures IN the two years was 1916,
$500, or % per cent, and among the
items of increase were these
Expenses Of Executive or Administers
tive Department, increase, $l4, l76. %,
or 80 per cent; Judicial Department,
1914, 01, 7 per cent Educational Insti-
tutions, &42, 1872 n, 10 per cent Florida
State Troops, S24, $50. rs, $40 per cent.
Maintenance Of Lunatics, $5,316. u, Z
per cent. State Chemist and Laborato.
ry, $l,4S8.24, 81 per cent; State Aud
itOr, 81, 94S. 10, lO4 per cent, and mis-
celIaneous," 1872, 40. 80, or As per cent.
One item, Expenses Collection of Reve-
nue., showed a decrease Of 81, 27O q, or
a fraction over per cent.
The reckless, "happy-go-lucky" style
OF administration practiced by the Jen-
nings aggregation for four years is strik-
inRly illustrated by his spectacular and
disastrous reduction Of the tax lev, for
1904 10 one-half mill directly in the face
Of the enormous increase in the cost Of
government, as shown in the several
comparisons which we have made.
OF course, we do not hold exempt
from blame for these conditions the
several Legislatures which assembled
during the jennings regime their ex-
traVagant appropriations Of the peoples
money cannot be excused upon any rea-
sonable or rational ground but we I'M
hesitatingly affirm that those bodies
we're swayed and dominated by the Jen-
nings influence indeed, the Legislature
OF 1906 was not 'immune" to the potent
and deadly devices Of the leading spirit
of this disastrous and shameful period
in the political history of Florida.
Nor do we forget that some Of those
individuals who, AZ officials, composed
portions Of the Jennings admins
tration which we 80 emphatically de-
nounce, are still in Office and form a
part Of the present administration, and
against some Of whom no citizen or pub
lie journal has ever breathed a whisper
Of accusation Of any kind, or would ever
dream Of doing no.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The st. Augustine Record has com
piled the following list of holidays in
Florida: According to an act passed bv
the last session of the Legislature and
approved by Governor Rroward on June
5, the holidays to be observed in Florida
are as follows: The first day of the
week, Sunday; January l, New Years
Day; January 10, birthday of Robert E.
Lee; February %, Washington's birth
day; April 26, Memorial Day; June g.
birthday OF Jefferson Davis; July 4, In.
dependence Day; first Monday in Sen.
TENDER, Labor Day; general election
days; Thanksgiving Day; December Or
Christmas Day; Good Friday, and Ala
the day known as shrove Tuesday, com.
monty known as Mardi Gras dav IN
counties wherein there may be a carni.
val association
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

Hon. r. Hudson Burr, Of the Railroad
Commission, returned from his long
western trip last Saturday, with greatly
improved health and many pleasant
reminisces Of an interesting journey.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

II there is mismanaRement ~ o-,..
ing. in the States governmental saa;s.
and the True Democrat has knowed9ee
Of the existence Of these evils IL o,oEt
to =" take the lid of. "-StaTts ST ein
graph. Aeie-
II the editor Of the Telegraph sDen,
sixty days in Tallahassee this Snr;...
as member Of the Legislature S-;tS
out learning something about " -
management and grating" in biah
places, lobbying to stop invest;Ostion
withdrawing, etc., he needs the a..
vices of 4 specialist. BY the vav 81.
fellows who are sitting ON tn ,J,
are getting wabbly, already, and thin
continue to grow more 90 untIl the q"
comes for them to take a sIide A.
The True DmOcrat knows just ho,. -
handle them, and will do 20 IN its 80, -
time and way.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

II makes no difference who is doing
the editorial writing" on The True Dem
ocrat, the fact remains that Is e1eeed-
iH0lv yell done, and that John G. Col
Inns Is responsible for il.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The 39th reunion Of the G. A. X. at
Denver, last week, was one Of the largest
assemblages Of the kind ever known
One Of the most striking features was
the display Of monster flag, weighing
over 300 pounds and measuring IS by
ll5 feet in size.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The little people will be sorry to learn
that the Postoffice Department has is
sued an order forbidding the use Of the
funny paper" supplement by the Sun
day newspapers.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The way for those Democrats who no
ardently admire President Roosevelt and
his characteristic strenuOsity to insure
his reelection in 1903, IL TO keep up fac
tiOnal divisions in the Democratic party.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

In view Of the reports to the effect
that the people Of both Russia and ia
pan are expressing dissatisfaction at the
terms Of the Treaty Of Portsmouth, /"
the presumption arises that the treaty
must. be just about the right thing. not
only for both countries, but for the rest
Of the world.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15
The GRATING Statssman.

He does not mind Il that his name
Is not within the Hall Of Fame:
He's quite conteRted, don't you know,
II he can have his haul Of dough.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

Judge Swayne having granted an in
junction restraining the Florida Railroad
Commission from enforcing the rates on
lumber recently ordered, this vexed
question will now be authoritatively de-
cided by the federal circuit court; which
should be conclusive, as the questions
vt issue affect both railroads and lum-
bermen operating in several contiguous
States.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The Board Of State Institutions has
adopted a regulation TO the effect that
hereafter all patients must be sent TO
the State hospital at the expense Of tie
counties from whence they are sent, and
that the practice Of sending attendants
OF the hospital for such patients will be
discontinued. This action Of the Board
il TO be much commended, az an effort
to reduce the enormous expense Of con-
Quoting the institution.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The governors of all the Southern
States have been invited by Governor
Cox, of Tennessee, to meet in Chatta-
nooga November LIST to consider quaran-
tine and immigration problems. 1t is
an excellent idea, and we hope that
Governor Broward will attend, after
due preparation, for the purpose of dem
onstrating the wisdom of uniform sys-
TEN of quarantine in all of the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, by Florida's
experience with the Marine Hospital
Service management, and of insuring
Florida's participation in some wise and
practicable plan for securing desirable
immigrants.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The interstate Commerce Commission
has rendered an opinion in the case of
the Rock Hill Buggy Company against
the Southern Railway and the Seaboard
Air Line Railway. 1t was held that the
defendants rate of $1.3O per one hun
dred pounds Of buggies, in carloads,
from Rock Hill, S. c., to Tallahassee,
Fla, is not shown to be unreasonable.
Under the construction placed on the
long and shOrt-haul clause of the stat
utes by the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States competition by the. Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company justifes
the defendants lower rate of 81. 10 for
the longer distance to Quincy, Fla.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

A recent sale Of large tracts Of choice
timber land In Jefferson and Leon coun-
ties 10 Messrs. Vereen and Smith, Of
Moultrie, Ga, increases the holdings Of
the purchasers In Florida TO the approx
innate value Of half million dollars,
and gives promise Of additional activity
In the turpentine and lumber industries
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The Tampa Times sagely remarks that
when fellow thinks Of Aleck Stephens,
Herschel V. Johnson, Bob Toombs, J.
Il. Gordon, Ben Hill and one or two
other giants who represented Georgia
In the u. s. Senate and then invokes
by contrast the image Of John Temple
Graves, he Ia mighty apt To become u
pcaaimist.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

Brother Jordan, Of the Punta GOrda
Herald, says he Is for General GiIchrist
for Governor next time. Tell you the
truth, Brother Jordan, Gilehrist stands
about as much chance Of being Governor
as this editor, and excuse US, please
we are not acandidate. - Live Oak Cres-
cent.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The attorneys Of the two negroes con-
victed Of the bloody murder Of Mr.. N.
W. Eppes in this county last year will
appear before the Pardoning Board on
the 18th inst, with a strong petition, -
to ask for a Communication of the death
sentence. We intend to inspect that
petition" and discover. il possible.
wherein its strength lies, by reason OF
the names attached thereto. Without
in the least intending to jest upon 90
grave asubject, we would respectfully
suggest to the prosecution that one B.
S. Liddon has shown that he has a DOW.
erful influence with the board, In such
matters, and It might be well to invoke
his services.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

A wholesale house in Pensacola is in
Producing new brand of cigars with
the significant name of Certified
Check" the trade mark being a fac
simile of bank check of goodly size,
duly certified. AS soon as we can get a
glimpse of certain certified check al
legged to have figured in connection with
a recent bid for the State printing, we
shall try to secure photograph and
have a cut made of it, in order to con-
vince many skeptical people of its actual
existence. If, however, we should hap
pen to learn that it never existed, or
was bogus" we shsll-say so.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

There are some men who can barely.
read, If at all, and who have not the
brains to understand what they read,
who have conceived the idea, as nearly
as it is possible for them to conceive an
idea, that it is smart to criticise news
paper. Fortunately for the newspapers
Of the country, such persons haven't
any influence and such critics only sue
coed in making themselves ridiculous. -
Plant City Courier.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

The True Democrat does not wish to
acquire the reputation Of "nagging.
What we have to say concerning public
affairs and events we try to say in plain,
unmistakable language, regardless of
the consequences to individual interests,
while avoiding unnecessary personali-
ties. II, at any time, we discover that
we have failed or neglected to make our
position fully understood, we will well
come any suggestion tending TO clarity
the situation with reference to any topic
discussed in these columns.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

j. 0. Fleece, prominent citizen OF
Wildwood, has taken charge of the af-
fairs of the News, Wildwood's new pa
per, and BARLEY CorIey has been en-
ployed to look after the mechanical de-
partment. The latter is a son of Hon.
Hugh A. Corley, and, until short time
ago, was employed in the Office of The
True Democrat. He is a worthy man
and an excellent printer, and the News
and the wildwood people are to be con-
graduated.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

Whether Rorged with graft or only
saturated with the arrogance Of office,
II unknown, but the public printer, F.
w. Palmer, became 30 obstreperous in
the conduct Of his Office that the Pres-
dent has removed him and put another
In his place, temporarily, Probably the
real facts In the case will never be made
public, but, II the public service Ia i'm.
proved by the prompt action Of the
President, there need be no objection to
bis course.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

See Collins for Neat Job Printing.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-09-15

Guilty men never seek an investiga-
ton. They dodge and try to convey the
impression that they are innocent by
avoiding investigation. says the Jack
sonville Metropolis, Quite true. And
sometimes they AK" the investigator
and secure for the accused or suspected
parties q coat Of "whitewash" which,
while Il successfully uhShes things up
for the time being, and deceivss nobody
but those who are anxious to be hood.
winked, Ii sure 20 wear of in due time,
exposing the reckless rottenness to the
public gaze and inSuring the final detec-
ton and punishment Of the guilty. The
way OF the trRnAgressor Is hard, /" at the
last, however easy II may be to stRve
on the day Of reckoning for awhile.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-06-21

zines &inbes lber Die Grf1etnungen,
tpel9e tie bier tpabrnabm. 9robe 8erz
numbering erreste in ibr II. u. elm gez
tDaltissr tobtsr Walfii9, pelder an
ben Stranb sei9pemmt puroe, uno
lie nabm Ipsar i6ren Smuggling an oas
9eitaoe, um i'm gu betru9ten, unb
iagte inn, er io1s ii4 oieies @ei4Opf
ia gut einprdsen, bu er pieqei9t ME
pieosr 10 stpas isbsn piiroe. Bon
iol9en, an it9 geringfisigen, aber be-
sei9nenbsn 8emsrfungen iiber bus
@oseltpsib lit bas befuste Sugebu4
pou.
Sin pi6tieer Snbianerftamm, tpelz
den bic Expedition unfern Der 2iite
betannt purDe, raren bic Glatiops.
Gines Sasss fam Der 9duptlins oieiss
Stdmmes, nel6er ebenfans ben Sorz
I9ern mun6e @efdlistsiten erpies,
gu 9epis uno gldrf in beren Winters
quarter auf Selu6. gr mar in cine
prG9tise Robe BON Seeotterfe[Ie gefleiz
bet; ME butten Die 6Ori6er etpas 10
S60nss in bieier Nrt ssieben, unb lie
boten INN irgenb etpas, bus lie 6atten,
unb Das sr ii9 piini6en tOnnte, gum
5aul9 an. 9erinsi9dbig mar Der
Bid, pel6en Der Sduptlins i'm Eager
berumi9peifsn lieB, = ba plOBli4
fislen feline Mugen auf ben @irtel bon
blauen Perltiigel9en, pel4en bas
@peelreib trug, uno lie leu9teten bers
langunsspon auf.
Sacaiapsa Ia1 bies pobl unb riidte
einen @ugenblid in bic @de. sic
liebte bieien perlgiirtel isbr, ni9t niir
neil er pirtli9 elm pra4titiid uno
Iebr pertbpon NOR, ionbern audi ipeil
lie i'm nit i6ren eisensn 5dnben ses
ma6t bate, = bic blauen 9lasperlen
absr bate lie bonn Gapitdn glart erz
balten, uno iie tuuBte, ouB feline bieier
foitbaren Yerltiisel9en me6r gu baben
paren. Iber ni9t lange bauerte ibr
8eiinnen, uno ibre Selbitlofistsit tris
umpbirte! Sbns nod elm Wort gu la
gen, ma9te lie ben 9iirtel los uno
bdngte i'm benz 9duptling I'm ben
9als. Oieier iibersab i6r feierli9 fei<
ne Seeotterrobe. unb Sdcdidtped md6=
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-06-21
@n Ste 5nnE.
Won Snlio @iraini0.

SDH NSulIu SIIYIlllu-
g6ttin Der 9unItl gntI6Ieire b'6 lir,
Sie6, ib lte9e Dor oeiuem Nltdr
Sn beiBem Serlnngen, III brlnlt ger
@egier
ttuS 6rinee SIR lelt6temoe Spfer bar.
SD brinee Stc fpeiBe, Suftenoe 9lutben
SOL Iduterer Subrunit, bOa beIltger
Strait,
Sic tief in Der Seele Siefen mir 9libten,
uno frob ii9 entrau9eH Der nadtt9en
@aft.
Sd brinac Sir goIOcne 6riidte uno
Sic i6 BON meiues Qc6cRs Saam
&fliidte nit Observation-Disclosures 6dnOer;
llno fife oeiuer 9efpnIIoe SalIn1.
SD tpia mcine iinge GceIe sir bietcn
siidt MIR in fl%ammeuoem Su9eno<
SD min Seiu fciliges Seuer bitten
Sn Sreuen meIH gdr5es Sebeu lang.
@eis mid nidt bon Dir. = 8 IIifte, ou
0e6re,
Sen SCDleter mo 8eIg HllI pel4I ltugte1Ao
9eIidt.
Sie6. fpie ih SiiritenS nad Dir mid ber'
5e6re,
8ie i9 beridmafte uad S6on9eit uno
2idt.
Gie6. fpie ih IieQe nrf Iteinernen Stnfen
Sn bongen0er Se6niudJt, III qualpolem
Odrn1e.
8 bore Der Seele idlud3enOe5 Hufenl
8 tbue mir auf Die e%rI0ienoen &rmel
2ieb mid empor on Sie gottliden 8rilite,
&ireuo 5ur Yrielterin emit mid er'
nenn. -
ruS Oh i6 au6 barren uno barren
miiBte:
SD Iaiie bid nj DIT, On iegnef
mid benn!
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-16
T.ow One way Rates.

Every day from September Is to Oc-
tober 81, 1905, inclusive the Union
Pacific VIII sell one way tickets as fol-
lows:
$4,000 to ogden and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Helena and Butte, Mont.
s22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington.
$500 to Huntington and Nampa,
$500 to Portland. Tacoma and
Seattle.
$500 to Ashland and Astoria, Ore
gon. via Portland.
$500 to san Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
CORRESPONDENCE low rates to many
other California Oregon, Washington.
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every day
on Union Pacific between Missouri
river and Pacifc coast; double berth
S5.75 For full information call on OF
address nearest Union Pacific agent.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-16
STUBS AND ALLEN.
Boss Buster win stand or Fan on
Second District Result.

"Stubbs viii stand or fall as a re-
suit of the Second district congress
sional fight said a prominent poll
tician today in discussing the probable
future of the Douglas county states
man. "If by any chance Stubbs
should fail to control Douglas county,
it would eliminate him as a power in
state politics.
The enemies of Stubbs realize that
they will have a hard fight to take
Douglas county away from Stubbs,
though it is known that there IS
good deal of opposition to him in his
own county. It is believed that StubbS
himself will stand by Scott, though 1t
is understood that BOWerSOck and
others will be ready to throw their
support to Buchan or Brady If the IN
dications are that Scott can not VIM
There are a good many people
whose main reason for fighting Hoch
is to get in a crack at Stubbs. They
feel that a Hoch victory means
Stubbs victory. and that it would be
altogether better to get Stubbs scalp
at the congressional primary. It is a
hard proposition to make a winning
fight on Hoch and many Of the lead
ers OF the so-called machine" believe
that it can't be done. They are in
clined to stand aside and let Hoch
have the nomination WIrnouC oppo-
sition. one of this class said the other
If we get out a candidate and make
hard fight on Hoch, Stubbs will
Mound around in the bushes and will
in. ali proba bility ride in to victory on
another Hoch boom. He will naturally
take all the credit for the victory,
though doubtless Hoch would be bet
fer off without his help. Nevertheless
such an affair would give Stubps
lot of added prestige. If we simply
Law still Stubs will pass out OF slgnt
as A power in state politics He IS not
fine kind of a man who viii last.
People are getting next to MS system
of running politics o...-
If is announced from Kansas City
that William J. Buchan, OF Aansas
civ Kae.. formally announced last
1i@ht that he would make the race for
the ReDublican nomination for repre-
sentative of the Second congressional
l7is+rict to succeed J. D. BoWersock.
Pucban's announcement caused no
s1IrDrise as it has been known for
some time that he was seriously con-
| sidering such a move.
The tight for the Wyandotte county
delegation is now d three-cornered
affair. The other candidates are
| Henry McCrew and z. A. Enright-
ATcC.rev has been a candidate since
4 fbe last convention, when he had a
/ contested delegation in the Garnett
! convention. Enright was a candidate
/ for the nomination for governor a
veay. ago. Buchan's announ cement
4 will not be followed by an active cam
naisrn now, as he expects to start in a.
month for a tour of the Philippines,
/ Japan and China.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-16

Leavenworth. kan. Oct. 16.-Julius
P. McDonOugh, serving a sentence of
ten years in the United States peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth for an as
sault on comrade of the Fourth bat
terry of artillery at Fort Myer, Va, in
1901, has been identified as Martin Nc
Mahon, a murderer who escaped from
England in May, 1900. The identifica-
ton was made by means of the finger
print, Record Clerk A4cCIaughry of the
federal prison, having sent DTcDon-
ough's finger prints to England. Steps
will probably be taken by the English
authorities to have the prisoner extra
dited. He is regarded as a desperate
criminal