The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-07-13
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from Gno tetOE0N OF A4ouk0o county, ana
saW 10 nscsssIty Of ssklng your Most
WorshIpfuIS Tor facts in regard to It.
We reproduce the following 20 that
True Democrat readers may see Tor
themselves the puny efforts made by
these officers and the organ In another
feeble attempt 70 justify thst cheap
4lA-eent land sale, though in reality
their energy is merely put forth 20 at
tempt 70 diScredit our exposures of
their Objectionable acts. Il IL really as
cOlOrleSS and lacking In any genuine OK.
PLANTATION or justification a. was Gov
ernor Broward'S interview, published q
week previous, and makes the cham
pions, ~ well as the principals, appear
equally a. silly:
In the effort TO avoid being Scooped
on State House news, the Sun addressed
letter last Monday 70 each Of the FIVE
Trustees Of the l. T. Fund.
All FIVE letters were identical except
as to the addressee. One was sent to
one TO the Treasurer, one TO the Attor-
sioner Of Agriculture, all ex-ofFicio
Trustees Of the Internal Improvement
Fund.
Here Is a copy Of the letter sent TO
each and the reply Of each:
Hon. w. v. Knott, State Treasurer:
Sir-In the issue of the True Demo
crat, dated June %, 1905, this language
is used: I'VE covered, for the first time,
the facts In the /. I. land sale referred
70 In the last issue of this newspaper.
That's right: now lust keep
your eyes open and the True Democrat
will continue to keep you posted. Don't
be afraid Of Il, either, for when we
give It TO you you can depend on It's be-
ing straight goods. "
We presume that Mr.. Collins Is able
TO make good his statement or he would
not have made II. We take It as mat
ter Of course that Mr.. Collins has
sought information as to the doinRs Of
the /. !. Board from the members of
that board. IL would seem that Mr.
Collins has been favored, In that he has
been able 10 get hold Of information
which the Sun has not been able 70 OBJ
tain, although Representatives Of the
Sun have diligently sought for II by
personal application 20 members Of
your board. We would like, for our In |
formation, to have you tell US on what |
dates Mr.. Collins sought information |
from you ~ 10 the dolngs of the |. /. |
Board and Of your department. We
ask this with the view Of refreshing |
your memory about the information
given 70 Mr.. Collins, 20 that we may be
able to be equally informed. Yours
very truly The Sun,
By Claude L'Engle, Editor.
Why did you not quote the whole ar
ticle, In your letter Of inquiry to the
dignitSries, instead of cutting out the
main parts and using asterisks? but
that matters not. Your silly attitude
In the matter speaks for itself. We
presume you got just what you were
asked 10 come after, and quote each
reply a. It was given you, in cold type.
Did we not tell you at the beginning
hat you were welcome to the whole
bunch :" that you could have the
whole shooting match, with the State
printing thrown in; that we did not
.oady TO them, and that we were not
ipSNtSlul WIN bAlgNll WOWOUUt ", anu
Tow they are your otOn, with all you
IAN get out Of them. "Nurss them
very carefully"
Mr.. Knott comes hrst, and we quote
ais little letter:
Dear Sir-In answer 10 your letter Of
inquiry, dated End inst, have TO ad-
rise that, so far as l can recall, Mr..
Collins has made no inquiry Of me, has
no request for information to
ne, and has received no information
rom me, relative TO the affairs of the
Internal Improvement Fund Of Florida,
II which ! am eX-OfticiO one of the
rustees. Yours very truly,
W, V. Knott State Treasurer
We admit we have not. for the reason
hat II was altogether unnecessary. We
ot all the information we needed to
make the position in the 4la-cent land
ale clear, furnished us from the legal
ecords Of Monroe county. and we pub
shed it as we got it. We, however, a
ew months before, demanded Of you a {
statement as TO where the {
tate moneys were deposited and what 9
ecurities were held for same, which i'm
ormation had been requested Of the
GOVERNOR by resolution Of the last Leg !
lature. and which had been ignored
nd treated with contempt until we ap- 8
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