The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-05-18

teach some lessons
That tidal wave predicted for yc,tcr-
day arrived ON schedule time last night,
at the close Of me polls The victim.
are 10 bc found today 10 all parts Of the
state 81 Augustine Record.
The lssucof the draiuay" amendment
10 the Constitutions which is not 10 be-
voted upon until Eoycmbcr, was proc
jcctcd into IA" campaign in tins county
otby the opponents, bat by ,hc friends
Of the drainage project and II II ha.
served 10 open the eyes Of some voters
10 the real situation Of affairs with re-
spcct 10 other ISSUES, they have only
themselves to blame.
There will probably be- some dredging
machinery for sale some time in the
near future those EvcrgIade machines
the J. ! moneys have 80 layshIy been
spent in constructing, and the peoples
money Il. ]. FUND.- will be wiped out
The people spoke strong and hard Tues
day, and that shows what the czarish
Drainage Board may expect What a
pity secondhand machinery will not
bring the cost That poor old, much
abused Internal Improvement Fund is
almost gone 10 the bottom.
Judge Locke il not the sort Of Judge
to make decision that will be over.
turned or reversed by the Court Of Ap.
pcas or the Supreme Court. lie has
said that the awundcr which the drain
age board was acting is invalid uncon.
stitutionaI. DO the people Of Florida
desire To reverse Judge Locke? DO
you wish 10 perpctuato indefinitely the
very thing he has declared unlawful by
voting 70 ratfy the drainage amend
mcnt, which is in the identical words
Of the unconstitutional law?
To correspondent who had claimed
that only those landowners in the drain
age district whose lands were likely TO
bc affected by drainage had been a
scsscd for the drainage tax, the Live
Oak Democrat pertlncntly refers to the
dry lands, many miles from the pro-
posed drainage canal, which had been
assessed cents per acre, and adds that
such an argument is an unworthy APP
peal, " because it asks the entire voting
population Of the State to innlct the
unjust tax on "A few Of their fellow.
citizens.
The Drainage Board have filed their
answer and claim to have made survey
and have accurate knowledge uf the
character of the land i'm question, the
different strata and the obstacles that
are To be overcome Madison New I'm
terprise
Did they, now? Or have they Just
borrowed and rehashcd some old stuff
that was once used by the Disston op.
orators, who abandoned work because
1t was very expensive and doubtful?
We confess We do not know. just query
in way of Information! They have been
repeatedly asked for information a. to
who was footing bills, etc but yet no
answer comes Evidently, some Of them
still believe IN doing public things under
cover.
At this time there appears no doubt
that ParkhIl and Whitfield have been
elected Supreme Court Judges. Burr and
Bitch Railroad commissioners. and La.
mar COngr, ssman, Third district, Hen.
derson il Senator 10y a handsome ma
jOrity, Wells Representative hy al
good majority. and Nason and Harris
field will enter u second primary for the
other Representative. our old Board
Of County Commissioners we're: re-.
elected, except j. ". Collins. who was
elected In lieu Of Hon John " Moore
who has made splendid record and
who perhaps was defeated through an
erroneous impression of many as To the
identity Of his opponent and casting
their vote, az they supposed, for an old
friend OF the same name, Collector
Demilly, Treasurer Perkins and Asses.
Bor Ames were all reelected as were also
Hons. John A. Patterson and Dawson
Boatwright Of the school board Taken
altogether, Leon county has done her
self proud, and II is now universally
conceded that hencefOrth fractional poll.
tics will have no place. all having been
wiped out by the results Of the primary
United now we will all stand, and united
we will pull for everything that's best