The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-25

m account Of the interest aroused
b. Governor BrOward recent speech
:: 1scksonviUe and the alleged mis-
-~o-erions thereof by the Jackson
-;1o T.mes-UniOn and Jacksonville
,rs--onoTfs Claude L. LEngle, editor
- The Jacksonville sun asked him
- f,rrish that paper with a copy of
30 address in question, In order
.Fs- the people Of Florida might
-os-n oYsctlv what he did say on that
o.rssion. Governor BrOward'S reply
end his speech in full. as forwarded
"a The sun, are as follows:
Governors Letter.
Tallahassee Fla. March Is. 1906.
.v- claude LEngle. Editor of Sun,
jacksonville, Fla;
0aar Sir herewith send you eX-
ce-nrs of the speech made by me at
-.Hs foot Of Main street Jacksonville,
ia on the night of March 3. 1906.
r which speech, il has been charged
hv the Times-UniOn and MeJrOpO-
Is thar I abused all Of the news
-s0e-s and characterized them all as
tsiu- venal You were present. ana
Z also noticed MeSsrs. c. N. Cooper,
n. L Fletcher. O'Niel and Rev. DR..
Dogs. besides several members OF
The Young Mems Democratic Club,
who had invited Mr.. George w. VIII
son Of The Times-UniOn and Mr.. V.
T. Carter Of the Jacksonville MetrOp-
oils and nv self TO discuss the Drac-
-csb1.tv and probable benefit that
would accrue from reclamation OF
t1e Florida Everglade land.
The editors OF the Times-Union
and Metropolis wrote letters 10 Mr..
Ta-ris. who presided at the meeting
declining 10 discuss the matter upon
The PLATFORM. stating in their letters
that each Of their papers were -eaa
daily by from forty TO sixty thou
sand people, and that the columns
of their papers were open to tAe gov
erl8r 10 give his side of the PROPOSE
ton al any time.
I stated from the platform. al the
outset. that the Trustees OF TIC In
-e~nal Improvement Fund of the
STATE Of Florida had furnished the
Times Union a copy of their report,
on their preparation to drain the
Everglades in 1905. and that the
Times Union had not printed IT, aud
7 might have also said, that the last
LETTERS prepared by me for printing
in the Metropolis cost me for print
ing in their columns ABOUT ONE
DOLLAR AN INCH.
] further stated that those papers
had printer afidavits that were on
lie liz the United States Court. in a
case pending against the Drainage
Commissioners, which case was SUI
under consideration by the court.
and that both Of these papers hal
knowledge that other cases were
pending before other courts. n
which actions of the Trustees were
Questioned. and that they knew that
one of the members OF the court
would probably be a candidate IN the
nearby primary. The papers Print
ed several very ridiculous sfidavits
one TO the effect that water would
rua uphill, another that Land wUulG
bum. and they seemed TO AXE great
joy in such publications; and as il
could scarcely have been printed in
ne interest Of science. I thought it
lar 10 assume that they were irving
70 impress the courts that instead of
beng a great benefit to the people
and the State, that the drainage was
ir desired by the people and it
would be detrimental.
The people have great pride in the
art ;kai they have confidence in the
Ehtc5usness. Of their judges. and
hey are perfectly willing to await
CAREFULLY deliverel opinions by them,
and that. ] thought. very little attten-
lan should be paid TO the published
editorials and other matter upon the
subject
Z called attention 10 the fact tnat
ilese newspapers had entered into a
solemn compact with the peorle to
nm the truth at all times. 10 de-
ENC The people in their rights. and
~ 90 everything that they could to
ward The upbuiIding Of the State.
rom which people they. in turn. ask
"a liberal patronage, but they. in
stead Of publishing the truth, ano