The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-12-15
CLEANINCS FROM
THE STATE PAPERS
Clipping and Comment on Several
Interesting Topics.

slaps at the press of Florida. Trouble
is an easy thing to ind and it would APP
pear that the governor would have a
large enough bunch of it on hand In his
Everglade drainage schemes without
attempting TO uphold the Florida par
doning board. Fort Pierce Tribune.
1t appears from unofficial repo rts
that the State Fair was not the success
financially that the South Florida Fair
was. One reason probably for this
was the fact that there was some oppo-
sition TO the State Fair whereas the
South Florida Fair had the good wishes
and cooperation of everybody in this
section. Plant City Courier
The Tallahassee True Democrat is
digging up many very ugly facts con-
corning the Jennings administration.
and it claims that every assertion it has
made is backed by the records. So far
it has not been challenged. 1t appears
to have made out clear case of collu-
sion of state officials in the disgrace
full state printing scandal. Tam a
Times.
The business of the st. Augustine
Record has grown so large that that
excellent newspaper has been compel
led to secure larger quarters by build
ing home of its own. The new office
will be two-story brick structure de-
signed especially for an up-to-date dali
~ paper and general printing business.
The Record richly deserves its prosper
ity. -Punta Gorda Herald.
The girls at the Female College in
Tallahassee are sending some very com
plimentary letters to their home papers.
We are pleased to learn that the col
lege is getting along so nicely. Gaines
vile Sun.
One of Tallahassee's leading citizens
has offered to donate a site for the
Governors mansion. Certainly this
should solve the problem to the salts
faction of the commission. - Quincy
Times
Gov. Broward is still actively engaged
in defending the administration of his
predecessor. Better give more thought
to easing Of the labors of his successor
by looking we'll after the things that
are his own. -Palatka News.
Gainesville now has a lady dentist,
and the hypnotic qualities of her divine
sex are doubtless expected to make a
fellow forget his misery when she is
yanking out his teeth and jabbing into
his nerves. Live Oak Daily Democrat.
For the sake of the dead, whose vir-
tues should be remembered and whose
wrong-doing should be buried, we regret
that no kindly word was said in the
Senate yesterday of Senator Mitchell
AS a rebuke to the living the silence
was a hint that more than one promi-
nent man will understand. - Times
Union.
Col H. H. Buchanan, of Jacksonville,
is out as a candidate for Senator for
Duval county on his record as the au-
thor and advocate of the Buchanan
Law. This is the way to do it. Let
candidates in every county in the State
in their announcements state whether
they uphold or oppose the Buchanan
chance to express themselves in regard
to it and their decision is, or should be,
final. Jasper News.
The Florida editor easily ranks with
the average citizen. He gets up early
and works late. He lends his effort to
every public enterprise and ceases his
labor only when his pulse stops beating.
Few editors ask for office and none have
office thrust upon them The rich ones
are few indeed, yet the following item
tells in what estimation they are held
by Governor Broward. He says 1--WE
are afflicted with a sprinkling of edi-
tors who sell editorials for so much an
inch, sentiment thrown in. - Ocala
Banner. .
Governor Broward in the course of
his article in the Sun took occasion to
remark that Florida is afflicted witha
sprinkling of editors who sell editorials
for so much an an inch. sentiment
thrown in f" This is a pretty serious
charge for the Governor to make against
a class of useful citizens. and lest all
suffer by implication the Governor
should be more specific and give names
Of any whom he may know to be adj
dicted to so unprofessional and perni-
cious habit. - Madison New Enterprise.
One of the political phenomena of
the present day is the announcement of
John Temple Graves for the United
States Senate to succeed the brilliant
Bacon of Georgia, one Of the greatest
statesmen Of this country to-day. The
incident calls TO ones mind that cross
roads attorney of Georgia once an
nounced that he would run against
II. Stephens for Congress.
The young man was never heard Of
outside of the boundaries of his own
county before or after -DeLand Record.
The information is given by the Tai
lahassee True Democrat that Secretary
Fred w Kettle, of the Florida Female
College, has inaugurated a system of
weekly correspondence by the pupils to
their home papers. Such plan is well
r. lculated IN hiring the COLLAGE in eiOsar