The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-05-04
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of Florida is against the Everg ladies'
drainage scheme and the editors are not
being paid 80 much per inch for their
editorials either Tallahassee will soon
become a first-class pOstoffice If Mr.
BrOward keeps up his present patron
age Of Uncle Sam in purchasing stamps
to send out drainage literature. Lake
land Sun.
The three shots copied above from the
Lakeland Sun shows clearly how the
sentiment is growing against the drain
age board and their method of imposing
the drainage Of the Everglades upon
the people Of Florida, who are now
taxed almost beyond endurance. A. il
will take many times the amount Of
money in the |. |. Fund, and after all
the lands they now have are turned into
funds they will have 10 provide other
means for carrying on drainage opera
tions land that, too, for Governor Brow
ard to carry out a campaign PLEDGE
Of course. the only way they can
raise the money will be By taxation,
and every property holder in this State
will have 20 bear his pro rata share Of
it Ratify the administration pro-
posed constitutional amendment: vote
for it if you will, Mr. Voter, but re-
member, while you are doing it you are
voting an additional tax burden on a
people who are now more heavily taxed
than they have been since the recon-
struction period. And for what? That
Napoleon BOnaparte BrOward may keep
campaign promise. To crafty his
whims, must we be bankrupted and the
public money poured into a rat-hOle,
which competent authorities say cannot
be drained? But admit that it could be
drained, every foot of it, even then it
is almost certain it cannot possibly bring
back to the people near what it will
cost; and again, there is no doubling
that the dollars that have been spent
and which will be spent could be put to
purposes that would bring our people
more general good results, road-building,
schools, etc.
Just so sure as this scheme is per-
sisted in, just 80 sure will the people of
Florida be compelled to bow their heads
in shame over wrongdoing that will
come outof it; and the good Lord knows
that some official acts of the last five
years have furnished US enough to feel
sad over Don't be fooled by the cam
paign thunder that is being scattered
broadcast, even if it does come from
your Governor and his henchmen That
there is schemng in it there is no doubt.
and that ,ome outside influences are
pushing the scheme all thinking people
have a good right to expect
It., hard row the railroad, have to
weed. says the Nashville American.
For Instance, heres one newspaper
which swears by st Paul they are IN
terfcrng I'M the Guhcrnatoral race in
the interest of Governor Coz. Then
comes another paper which i, just Is
positive that they have been throwing
their influences 10 Patterson. Likely.
either candidate would be- glad to have
their influence. and certain il il their
respective partsanS would. But 50 far
as our observation goes the railroads
have stood alOof Some Of their en-
ployes. no doubt dabbled in the affair.
but that is all They are free men, and
have a right 70 support whom they
please, Miami Metropolis
That old WORKOUT "Tommy Rot" Of
a howl Is fast losing all its charms"
all over the country. If a newspaper
darc~ 20 cross one Of the beauties. who
nov hold down public affairs, or feels
he has duty to perform in giving pub
lici,y TO public men and their new way
Of dealing out even justice TO the people
who elevated them TO their czar-like
positions, then they Of those angelic
wings eXclaim: see, and behold, the
railroads have bought them; they are
owned. controlled. etc and /.
a few underlings and toadyng newspa- .
pers will take it up, and we who are
laying to be honest with the public, get
II from them again, but such slush is
fast losing ali Of its mighty charms, "
and the day has arrived when the peo-
pie read the newspapers, seek after
true information, are doing some seri- |
GUS thinking, and we believe, this time |
will vote against all sorts of scheming
tricksters and their schemes A vote