The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-07-20
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The TallohasreQ % era denies that
h reeeivts Day Tor ~ obpOsitiOn 70
@geg1lsde dfainars, bat admits that Il
did receive pay for some plates Il printed
on that subject at the same rate IL
CHARGED Congressman Lamar for cor
recting a MEASUREMENT Il had made
about him Will the Democrat please
tell who paid Il for printing those platesI
What will the Democrat charge Tor cor
rectinR the Etatement It made some
weeks ago naming several South Florida
gentlemen as the financial hackers Of
the Florida News Bureau One of the
gentlemen has denied emphatically that
BE has contributed penny for the pur-
pose mentioned. The Democrat pub
iished the statement that he was con.
tributOr, and now that the said state
ment has proven false what cOnsidera-
ton would induce the Democrat to make
the correction? -DeSoto County Adver-
tiser.
When you, or your gods, claim that
the editor of the True Democrat made
a misstatement about Mr.. Lamar, and
charged him to correct it, you give pub
licity to falsehood; and he who would
maliciously steal the good name Of a
brother newspaper man by falsely mis-
representing him is unworthy Of notice,
and we shall pay no attention to your
brayings in the future. Mr.. Lamar's
letter corrected an error that was made
in a tabulated statement we copied
from another newspaper. We failed to
see the disclaimer you mention of one
of the signers Of "A Plain Answer"
having denied that he contributed to the
News Bureau. If it is true, we are
willing to give him credit for it. Just
furnish us his name and his card. A
rule with us always, is to give space for
a reply 20 anything we may have occa-
sion to criticise. No newspaper in Flor
ida has been more fair in this respect.
Now, If it will do you any good, we will
tell you what you already must know,
the News Bureau paid for the page Of
plate matter and Hon. w. B. Lamar
paid for long article that opened his
campaign for two years hence. Can
you not grasp the meaning of what you
read? Mr.. Lamar left not a single
doubt as to what he went after. He
knew It should be paid matter and he
paid for it as he always does on such
occasions; one point in his favor, how
ever, we never heard Of his attempting
to beat a newspaper man out Of his
space. We have honest differences
with Mr.. Lamar, but we have always
differed without being personal enemies.
The cur who charges the editor of this
newspaper with selling his editorial
space and influence" at 30 much an
inch or line, " with sentiment thrown
in" whether 1t be among highest
officials or a little underling, is dirty
liar, and 80 let the cap fit whom it may.
Owing to the smart, underhanded way
in which you have several times under
taken to call US to account for matters
which did not concern you in the least,
we shall never notice you in these col
umns again. We are after larger fish,
and we believe we will get some OF tI'em
before the fishing season comes to q
close.
We take pleasure in saying to the
people Of Florida that so far Attorney
General Ellis has proven equal to the
high Office Of Acknowledgement, and Is
beyond doubt the cleanest man in the
official family of Tallahassee. We trust
that the reports that he had the nerve
to rise up and vigorously kick at some
of the outrageous graft measures be-
fore the Cabinet are true, and that he
will continue to stand between the peo-
pie and the grafters. -Tavares Herald.
The True Democrat believes General
Ellis is all the Tavares Herald attributes
to him, and chat If he is called upon in
the proper manner, and at the proper
time, he will tell just what things have
gone little wrong from his way of see
ing things We have heard of his diff
fering with some of the other members
Of boards several times in q number OF
public matters.
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The L'Engle-Taylor Sun is running
The Jungle. " We had hoped that Flor
ida would be spared. --Tampa Tribune.
huff sed "
this kind, in religion, politics, or what
not. But we do contend for ourselves