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

THAT cONsTITUEEOMAl AprwND.
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-BNos promise OF being an Animate
scene. Polk County Record.
The Honorable Napoleon BonaDavk
browerd can now be Governor since ~
people have put him out Of business a
ssumP speaker and would-be politics
ooss. Manatee Journal.
Now, why do the drainage new.na
Rers continue to insist that the Who'll.
state must or will be taxed to drain en-.
everglades The idea is nonsenieaI
1ne Legislature just elected Is com.
enough TO devise drainage Scheme that
are fair, just and practicable. IA NOT
tney can copy the drainage laws of Illis
nols and Indiana = The drainage news.
papers say the people voted AGAINST tha
amendment because they did rot under.
stand It. Then these same drainaoa y,e
perS played thunder IN their eease-
less EFFORTS to make the peOple under.
stand II. Fact Is, nobody could under
stand the logic Of those papers. becailse
was and Is too utterly absurd 10 be
understood. Most of It was eEnbodied
IA tne charge that the opponents Of the
E IT, :, nv were corporation hire
hngs. '--Punta Gonda Herald
The Democrat has Sworn off from
3GrAinage talk, but the St Augustine
~ LSeC tS mas made q parting shot which |
mt the mark with such beauti fi,l sccm-
racy that we cannot forbear ealI;no st-
tention 70 it. It strips and exposes =
vast deal o. tomnSSrot cs,SreSf g 49, = !
tne cam2zten where it say The vote h
on dra.4ag proves eonclui vel tha IL.
cOrpoLaCi0ns ala not use money a., cor Il
I,lPt the people, for the heaviest vote II
against the measure was cast where
tne corporations. have no If;1uence
"Fayevef = Live Oak DemocnaE II ~
The most sensible DRAINAGE scbe1os
that we have heard of was sdopted IN ?
1lhnois and Indiana mary wears Son5
IL permits the people in any section 1
Where there are lands needing drain \
55gel 70 organize into a district, elect y
tL alnsSe cQmnqissiOners from among
se.iisesVes, ana vote tl1e1fate of tax 81
.ney are willing to pay, just as we or
;tiil~s special school districts in Flor al
lda, only in the former case several 4,
Counties g may be included in one district n,
ms should serve as a hint to Governor q
SSroWard and the Legislature. -Punts in
Iorda Herald Voe4FFyFp 80 81 r.
The Governor SAYS that he .x,;iIllsas "a
nat laws are passed carrying. out his nc
ccheme. He win realize some daJ'to DIR
us sorrow that the people of Florida hi
Ierald. s''S ~ -; : 2 SssFes ~, ~
me Drainage .Amehdment did MOI VIZ
st the heavy. support that was ex- es'
ecteo SO was defeated BY a heavy vote. t!e
Crystal River News. w. SID
Inc Governors home county. DuvaI ~
no MS voting ward Ia JacksonviiIe ~ ~.
oted against his DRAINAGE sehanna ~
oVernor Broward n pretty aore over W -.
le oeieat of his drainage schenne. and ~
ys That he will continue Ia 6oht for ~
=, out on another line. Probable lie -.
III define his line Of action n tha elle
eech he is to make &C Tampa durinc ~
= hoidlng OF the State Fair. The -
Vpie, oy their expression &C the polls -. ~
y week, don't want any drainage. ~
:, ~, meLhod must be entirely different ~, M
on What the defeated amendment ths
y = u she Governor hopes for and
ate. : Volusia Record. S sne
Well, the election is over and IN sono cert
'pects It has been r monumental snr. the
SCI VINO would have thought that tiers
,eC having elected Hon. N. B. Brow pect
|. love Governor OF Florida on his drainage the
!, tt SJ that the people," the rank Coul
ction would practically reverse their Ls
decision in regard to drainage = Ovel
raoelle Advertiser. That's easy. ~ ~
one at that time ever dreamed that uec u
ralnage board Of five would have the us u
acity to ask the people for any sncb Was was
'ers and privileges, and when their sIs,
were opened they nipped the aose'
antic scheme In the bud, as sensibIe Sse
rldians should have done, and we pep
eve always will do when thew Get s anoal
lght after scheming political trick nus noss
s. whose stock in trade is abuse of PaPe !
betters who oppose them. See sns ing J
Cove
le drainage vote here was ONLY s;x that
mo l4S against it. We think the fully
explanation why the Lake Butler them
met gave six votes for it is that n ard "
accidental, the votes being con- did U
on the ticket from the fact that sente
of our people ranks high write
ga 20 prevent any politician foolinC sides,
twice on the same rotten apple . the al
Butler Star. and Il
Gadsden county the vote on the 10 40 ~ ~
age amendment was a fraction ,ata,s
tnan ~ Il. i against il. This is
lrgest percentage given by anv NJ
y against the proposition. Gads- n ~.
the home county of Attornev- ',;L,,. -,
al Ellis, who Is, by virtue Of his 'Si'i"
a member Of the Internal I'm Mr.
ment Board. We believe the horne Gates,