The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-03-16
COMMENTS ON DRAINAGE sCHEnE.


Courier.
Governor BrOward's drainage scheme
WAS success as a vote maker, but
whether IL will prove out to his perma-
nent SUCCESS as statesman is fraught
with much doubt. The State press has
opened up against il, and it is also un-
der fire in the courts, with the chances
that before the end is reached it will be
torn into fragments. Taylor County
Herald
Because Governor Broward promised
10 drain the Everglades If elected, does
il follow that il is his honest opinion
that the State at large would be bene-
fitted because Of such drainage? Men
who are experts as civil engineers have
declared that the plan is not feasible,
and does it follow that they don't know
their business Gainesville Sun.
We suppose the next thing that Gov
ernOr Broward will attack will be the
school house gainesville Sun. Not
unless the free schools shall join that
other quite popular educational agency,
| the free press, in denying the eXpedi-
ency Of draining the Everglades at this
/ time Let the schools mind their own
| business and not presume 10 express an
adverse opinion on the drainage prOpO-
sition, ard all will be we'll with them.
! Live Oak Democrat
! As near as we can get at il, Claude
! L'Engle'S Sun has aligned itself with
! Governor Broward on the drainage
scheme, although Claude insists that he
maintains a calm, judicial attitude in
! the matter and will present the full
! facts without cOloring them in the
least and without losing sight Of the
! important fact that there are two sides
TO this question. This is all right at
this time, but if the fun grows fast and
furious we suspect that Editor L'Engle
will lose his judiciOus pOise and get
right in the game az a red-hOt drainage
! partisan. Live Oak Democrat
The Everglades drainage scheme is
hardly started yet, but S4S, 1866 that
we know Of has been expended for ma
chinery, lumber for dredges. etc This
drainage il TO procure land for sale for
agriculture purposes, and the total
sales Of land in 1905, according to the
report Of the Trustees Of the Internal
Improvement Fund, was $867.H. The
$1s, 145. 60 is only drop in the bucket. !
Just imagine, il you please, what will
bc the expense Of draining the land if !
'ontinued. And il any one stands ready |
not been announced. There was not
much demand for the Dsston drained
lands few years ago. Better count |
the cost now than three years hence,
and see what it will be. Miami Metrop- |
oils.
Some of our contemporaries got |
wrathy because the Governor makes no
exceptions in his charge that 1.-THE |
press Of Florida is controlled by the |
corporations " Doubtless he would |
make exceptions il he had time he
does so in private but his argument
runs thus: II know some papers are
and all must be-" SO? II has been
proved in court that some governors
are bad. Are we justified in charging
that all governors are bad? Or, one
governor is red headed, as we know by
sight then II must be that all COVER
nors are red-headed hence it follows
that Americans will elect only red
headed men for governors N B, All
women are barred. -Times-Union.
Nothing like seeing. II Governor
Broward will spend two weeks IN the
real Everglades without changing his
opinion Of conditions and possibilities in
that region, we will discontinue our at
tempts To teach him on that subject,
nut hb lOIlk hh TIC IN lkiluIhul VI DGIbOI"
al experience we shall not despair Of
reasoning him into a calmer frame of
mind Birmingham Is long way Oft
from Florida. and yet distance must
still lend more on less enchantment to
the view, to judge from the following
extract from the Birmingham Ledger:
Governor Broward, Of Florida. is
wrangling with the papers Of that State
because they do not agree to all Of his
policies The Governor Is not wise to
think that all papers should think with
him. The papers Of Florida were Civ
ing the news before he became a pOlit-
ical factor, and they will give the news
after he goes back to private life. The
papers keep that great idea always in
view. and have to live up to It, whether
Il offends governor or not Times
Union.
Is il the best policy, at this time, to
drain the Everglades? There is not
county in the entire State Of Florida
but that has worlds OF undeveloped
land and there IL much yet to do TO
bring the country up To the heighth Of
perfection and still be the means Of
making much money for those who own
il. Why not develop this and then
tackle the Everglades? The State Of
Florida has given much Co the corpor-
ations TO induce them 90 invest, in fact
they have received more than many be-
lieve they have Hold back the Ever
glades for future inducement and spend