The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-06-02
WHAT THE STATE
NEWSPAPERS SAY.
Grand SympOsiuA 81 Public OPlhIsA
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INSURANCE. AND TMMIoRATIOE.

bill for q State insurance company, it
will have done for the people Of Florida
more than any previous session we know
Of OF the many iniquitous combf-
nations, the insurance combine Is
easily the worst, and the people should
be freed from its grasp. Fenandina
| News.
The Legislature should give due con-
sideration to the bills looking toward
systematic effort to attract desirable
immigration. Florida should have a
permanent bureau of immigration out
side of politics, and devoted to building
up the State, immigration started the
irst settlement of white men on this
the Union. To neglect Il Is like neg.
lecting the blood Of the body. Month
cello News.
STATE PRINTERS WOES.
And now the State printer Is having
| his troubles and from present indica-
tons his troubles bid fair to be as bad
as some Of his printing Madison New
Enterprise.
The State printer seems to be up
against 1t, and now that the game has
been begun don't stop until everything
Of state and public nature has been
thoroughly investigated. While we are
at It, let's take q little peep into the
convict lease which was made to Walter
Coachman, and out Of which 80 much
money was made and the foundation
laid for the building of the new million
dollar bank In Jacksonville, Of which
the ex-governor ID vice-president.
Something rotten here as sure as you
are born. -Manat0e Record.
THE BUCKhAN BILL.
The Buchanan bill should become a
law. We have a raft Of small State
schools equipped as q rule with lot Of
low-salaried, incompetent teachers,
asking for SEPARATIONS running way up
in the thousands. There 10 q lot Of
graft in the system and q shake up Is
due. II State money is going TO So
called colleges with 60 to 50 students
enrolled, why should the schools like
Bethel and the ]. c. ]. in this county
not be equally as well treated. -Monti-
cello News.
Whatever the fate Of the Buchanan
bill, which has passed the House. the
people, we doubt not, would be better
satisfied with two or three high-class
educational institutions adequately sup
ported by the State than half q dozen
or more always ION the bum" through
no fault Of their own, reduced to all
sorts of mean economies and perpetually
scheming TO coax from q reluctant Leg
islature enough money 70 keep from
starving outright and going out Of bus
meas. Il Ia the operation Of the inevi-
table law which makes for the survival
Of the fittest, that will either now or
later on, eliminate the weaker and less
useful colleges and concentrate the aid
of the State upon smaller number
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made cOrrespondingly strong and eff
cient. Live Oak Democrat.
RADICAL INVESTIGATION.
The lid is being lifted and the odor
of scandal pours forth from the State
House VIII the Legislature furnish
the neened disinfectant? Barlow
Courier Informant.
Now that the investigation fever has
struck the State, let's do the job up
right, and investigate all along the line.
| The people have q right to know what
is being done, and an honest official has
nothing TO fear from investigation. 80
Manatee Record.
Now that the Legislature has gotten
down TO the real work whereunto the
members were called, it Is not surpris-
ing what an amount Of corruption is
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business-like-neglect TO properly cover
up the late business administration. "
-Palatka News.
TAFFY FOR LEGISLATORS.
Well, the boys will soon be returning
from the "Old red hills Of Leon. About
the biggest thing the most Of them have
done Is TO draw their IS per. AS Leg
islatures go, the present one stands
about at par. The only consolation COM
ing TO the people Is ''itmight have been
worse. - anatee Record.
Just few more days and the present
term Of the Legislature will be thing
Of history. Then the lawyers will take
a hand and see how many Of the laws
enacted can be proven unconstitutional.
Mariana Times-Courier.
The splendid achievements Of several
of the new members Of the Legislature
90 far to prove the falsity Of the state
ment that Il takes at least one session
for one TO "learn the ropes, !" etc.
Buchanan, Of Duval; Sistrunk, Of Mar
ion, and Avery, Of EscAmbia, are rec
oQnized as the most potent factors in
the House, while Crane, Of HiIlsbOr-
ough; Zim, Of st. Johns, and HUMPHREYS,
Of Manatee, take high rank In the de-
alterations Of the Senate. Yet they are
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