The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-08-04
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Used Good Judgment in Select
ing COunty's First Officers.
NO OFFICER IS RELATED
A Peculiar Incident in the Executive Rec.
mmendatiOns---Every Section of
County is Represented.
JENSEN, FLA. July 81, 1905

JENSEN, FLA. July 81, 1905.
Editors TRIBUNE:
Now that all the officers of st. Lucie
county have been appointed it might be
well II every citizen who feels an inter
est in the makeup of the total machin-
cry Of our new county would also an
alyze them individually, for by such
analysis, the effectiveness of the whole
can more readily be determined in
running our mind through the list, we
find no two of them related by blood or
marriage, SO far us the writer knows
In this think we enjoy the unique dis
tinction of which no other county in the
State can boast, and when use the
term boast. ! near that we should be
proud Of the fact that in the appointing
of officers, the feature of appointing
whole families to fill the various offices
was studously avoided. Another char
acteristic Of the appointments was that
men were selected from the different
sections with full regard to their ability
to best serve the interest they were to
represent. 1t is true land unfortunate
~ sO) that there cropped out a strong
disposition among a few to have APP.
pointments made for personal friend
ship, and other men defeated because
they had dared to exercise the right to
think for themselves. With this kind
of thing the executive committe had
but little patience and exercised its
duty without fear or favor, although in
so doing it brought down upon their
heads the wrath of some whose APP
proval they would have been glad to
have retained, but they could not in
Justice to the trust reposed in them fall
in line with method which would have
lead to serious faction
aism and the formation of a combina-
ton which would have been death
blow to the plan of harmony which it
was important to preserve.
In reviewing the recommendation
for appointment, the executive com
mittee have no apologies to make, and
in the matter where they have been
most severely criticised, it is plainly |
evident that they acted most wisely, |
for it was in just such instances that |
the entering wedge for factionalism
and embryo ringism was endeavoring
to enter its damaging influence, and the
executive committee, with commend
able courage. set its seal Of disapprOva
On the first step which was to cast
shadow on the determined effort to
have equal justice to all, special priv
leges to none.
In something less than two years an
will he given the people of
st. Lucie county to select by primary
he men to fill the various offices that
nave now been filled by recommended
ion of executive committee and APP
continent of the governor, and the en-
'cutivc committee are willing to COM
,are the official record of the men they
recommended to any set that may ever
)e elected in st. Lucie county, and this
n full view of the fact that they have
he serious task of forming and getting
nto running shape every office from
constable up. In view of the RESPONSE
,ilty which have fallen to the lot of
he present officers, the executive COM
nittee, fully alive to the Importance of
! united action, We're compelled in