The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-05-11
EFFICIENT SUPERVISION.

NJ man bUOulQ NOlt lDI a vi allaEN
amendment which fails 10 provide a
proper commission 10 supervise the
work. The proposed amendment would
put this work in the hands Of commits
sion composed of the Governor, the
Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Attor-
ney General and the Commissioner Of
Agriculture. All these men are busy in
Tallahassee. five hundred miles from the
drainage area
Not one Of them could go TO where
the work is TO be done and remain d
week without neglecting his duties.
And yet this undertaking would be one
Of vast magnitude 80 vast as TO neces-
state the undivided attention Of any
board that might have it in charge.
Do we propose 10 spend a million dol
lars for work done under the direction
Of men who cannot supervise IL? No
one will deny that the drainage Of the
Everglades will cost a much as mil
lion dollars We do not believe any
man who takes a pride IN the correct
ness Of his opinions would say positively
that it would not cost ten million. No
one knows what it would cost All that
is known is that il would cost an i'm
mpnse sum.
This money, if paid out at all, should
be paid by men who would know what
they were paying it for. This work, If
done at all, should be- done under the
supervision Of men VINO would see 70 it
that it was honestly, economically and
intelligently done. II should be planned
By an engineer and done under his direc
tiOn. a board without an engineer
would be incompetent. Work without
responsible supervision would result in
the squandering Of unnecessary mil
lions. Times Union
They do take time to run off on junk
citing trips some Of them and that
quite often OF course, it is pretended
that official business carries them off,
but as it happens most often when pc.
litical fences need looking after, we
laboring people who lose our pay when
we are off from duty, if employees, and
are locked for lost time" wonder
why State employee or servant Of the
De0Die should not be made to pay for
lost time also or time spent selfishly
Just as well. Maybe because they are
better paid and have fewer hours to
work, they should be treated more
lordly by the dear people, A new idea!
Why not have the next Legislature pass
law 10 make the peoples servants put
in good hours for their pay and dock
them when they lose time? Are they
any better or more deserving than the
common run of US working mOrtals?
We know some Of them think they are,
but are they? Maybe if some Of them
put IN more hours work there would
not be so many openings for new pet.
In some departments there is always
room for another Of the right sort, and
some employees Of the State govern
ment have time to help edit newspapers
and correspond for others. Sclah!
No advertiser in Hon Edwin b.
Eppcs Extra Of the 9Th was in any
way responsible for the publication Of
il. or had anything whatever 10 do with
these advertisements appearing on the
opposite page Of it. 1t was made up
that way by the printer to fill the back
page Of the form.
That is just what some OF the press
is cndcavoring TO do to call the Gov
crnor and his drainage board and some
of their outside bad advisers down on
/ their outrageous and extravagant eX-
pertinent in drainage operations, and
other abuses Of the trust imposed in
/ them. If they can't be "callcd down
any other way, the voters of Florida
will do it when they ask for election
again. We used to expect such things
in carpct-bag days, but now it is nau-
seating, sickcnrng and disgraccful DO
our officials think they are czars?
The Journal record Of the vote on the
passage of the Drainage Joint ResoIu-
| ton at the last session Of the L,gisIa-
ture i'm the House, shows that Hon
Jefferson u. stephens, candidate for
Congress i'm this district, was the only
| member who voted against its passage,
Shows he looks deep into the true in
wardncss of things before he jumps
rccklcssly into them, and is to his
credit. See the vote in an editorial
containing that most wonderful Joint
Resolution in another column Of this
! issue
Leon present Board Of County Com
miSsioners have been faithful and pains