The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-23

botbers some aspiring Statesman TO cor
rectly discriminate between them.
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Copy for changes in advertisements
must most pOSitfVelv come TO the Office
BY Tuesday. II after that day in
future the change win be made the fol-
lowing week.
So II IL, "How do you stand with Mr..
Groom, " Is II? Dear Governor, who 10
the king Bee" Of the whole aggrega-
ton, anyhow, the people are non ask
Ing thomselyes7
That pet paper, by pet appointee
Of the Governor, "The Mercury"
which was established at DeLand, to
help along In the Drainage Scheme, has
turned IT. toes 20 the daisies.
80 .ss
How would II do to reach back into
ancient history and quicken the recOl-
lection Of Floridians with "reminiscences
Of the brief and r1eteorIc career Of the
"RefoFmers" who Rourished for time
some years ago7 We have the entire
secret and public history Of that inter.
estinR episode In one of our pigeon
holes, and Il would make lively reading.
The Short Talks man of the Times
Union puts II up 70 q would-be car
thuslyi "'Finding his proposed laws
opposed certain citizens Of Sparta,
Lyeuraus ordered bis partisans to stab
them as they returned from the assem-
bly, 9hls was DONE 10 this Florida
Of ours q Sparta that her governor
should psss bills 10 make wailing and
crashing Of teeth Or IL our Broward
. bycnrgts that he should do this
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II IL said that several Of the beau
ties" who were 20 enthusiastically and
heartily IN sympathy with the The
Great Napoleon Bonaparte Browards
Drainage Scheme are now hedging with
hopes Of getting on The Peoples Band
Wagon, since the people spoke 80 plainly
and forcibly on election day Surely
now Il seems ''some Of them" are will
ing to wait until the courts decide some
Of the important points, before going
further with II. Not allof the Board Is
now 20 vindictlve and threatening a. is
the Governor, and Il may just be posi-.
BILE, all things will not now work 80
smoothly among these great men. The
near future will show some develop
mente Of interest to the people Of
Florida.
A beautiful and attractive tile floor
ing has been laid on the east and front
pOrtico Of the Capitol II would be
nice to have the same on the west, and
1t all entrances, and there Ia no Flor
idian who would register q kick at II,
II there are available or appropriated
funds for II. In the past years hun
dreds Of little tricks have come about
and points we're squeezed, and extra
bills were paid out of the Internal I'm
provement funds. We know what we
are talking about, and have heard that
honest old statesman, the late John l..
Crawford, kick about such things being
done many is the time. Even during
his lifetime he was a kicker and OBJ
iector 10 the little wrong dongs, but
always registered q protest. and he
would talk out of meeting about things
that did not look right to him.
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The next campaign in Florida is des.
tined 20 DO "warm member, 4" as the
purer and better element Of the Demo-
cratic party have had about enough Of
political bossism, that carries with Il
40 much abuse Of power and secrecy In
handling public affairs. Do any Of the
high sailors who tried TO Ak that in
famous scheme for supremacy and
wrong doing with all the great priv.
legss and powers they worked for,
prayed for, and abused and slandorod
all who opposed them, think now the
people will have confidence enough left
10 Fo-elset than 70 their oGicosH Let
there be q general cleaning out Of our
WOuld-haye-been Mogul CzariSh bosses.
They have proven clearly what they
would have done FOR Florida had the
opportunity been given them IN that
now dead Jcpt resolution.