The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-11-03

What Other Florida Papers Are Say
IND AbOnt Their TRieka.


Soto County News, recently returned
from Mississippi, didn't stay away long
enough to forget Governor Jennings.
Plant City Courier.
Editor John Collins has the ex-Gov-
ernor's scalp hanging at his belt, de-
clares the Apalachicola Times. If that
is a fact, Collins belt should be disin-
fected. Arcadia News.
The Tallahassee True Democrat con-
tinues to charge graft" in the State
administration. AS practically all of the
present State officers were in the adj
ministration referred to, the Democrat
should mention names. 49, Fernandina
News.
The Tallahassee True Democrat, warm
ing up to its subject, is showing how
the people were robbed under the Jen-
nings administration. Strange, when
we are told that Jennings was giving
US more for our money than any other
governor Turn on the light and let fraud
be exposed Bronson Times Democrat.
am convinced that the longer man
holds public Office the less account he
is, and that frequent changes are for
the public good. Elect a man, and the
first term he can nearly always be found
at his post of duty and devoted to his
business. Elect him a second and
third time, and he becomes Indifferent,
if not lazy, and is seldom seen in his Of
fee, leaving the duties to subordinates.
A change is the only remedy, and | sug-
gest we begin to agitate this question
as a public necessity. -Citizen, in Jack
sonville Metropolis.
The State printing of Florida, without
great violence to polite language and
none TO truth, may be styled close APP
Proclamation to a scandal and nuisance.
Aside from cheap materials and imper-
feet execution, there comes in an ele-
ment of delay that is as dangerous as it
is nexcusable. The laws of the last
session of the Legislature, which should
have been ready for distribution within
sixty days of the close of the session,
are still in the UNEMPLOYED region of
some time later. 1t is not difficult to
remember that the State printer was
alleged in the papers to have made all
sorts of promises of amendments, but
they do not seem to have materialized.
Present conditions are intolerable.
Tampa Times.
For many years Tallahassee suffered
in not having newspaper creditable to
the capital or the people of that city.
Several months agoJ. G.. Collins launched
on the sea of journalism The True Dem
ocrat, which is one of the most attract
i've publications in Florida. Mr.. Collins
is a pleasing writer, and he handles
State affairs in a mastery manner
While some of his alleged disclosures
may prove mares nests, he often hits
the nail on the head He is an uncom-
promising foe to grafters and plumber
ers. He wages relentless war against
ignorance, vice and disreputable meth.
DDS, and honest, upright, respectable
men commend him when he makes these
vigorous attacks. If Tallahassee people
don't appreciate his efforts they ought
to be ashamed Of themselves, 49, Charles
f. Jones, in Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Tallahassee True Democrat, in
every issue, claims that there has been,
and is now, rottenness and graft in
many of the State offices in Tallahassee.
The Democrat claims that the State has
been robbed in legal way and the peO-
pie fooled in regard to the true cOndi-
ton, for several years. The Democrat
claims that a combination was formed
in Tallahassee, known as the Capital
by some of the State officers, and that
y
from the peoples money.
The Democrat has made some broad
assertions, and yet no libel suits have
been entered against them, which is ev-
idence that the Democrat must know
what it is talkin about. ltseems that
the editorials are mostly directed to-
wards the Comptroller's Office, and there
is probably room for believing that the
Democrat is right We can sight one
instance in regard to the Comptroller's
Office which does not look exactly right.
The National Government values the
railroads in Florida at $50, 900, 900, while
the taxes placed upon the same roads in
Florida 10y Mr. Groom is only about
$22, 900, 900 You notice the vast differ
ence, for which either Mr.. Groom or the
National Government is wrong.
Any one acquainted with railroad
property in Florida knows that they are
worth more than So, 900, 900, and that
amount would hardly be the worth Of
the East Coast, much less the A. G. l..
and S. A. l.. Railways. 1t is very evil
dent that the big owners Of property in
Florida do not pay just proportion of
taxes; that is, compared with the small
land owners and the poor people with
out influence. Not only is this the case
with adjustment of taxes in Tallahassee,
but IL is the case in every county in
Florida. Jasper Banner of Liberty.