The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-07-27

newspapers IN Florida, notwithstanding
the lamented demise Of Setzer's High
Springs Hornet. Amongst these are
I Albert WilIiamson's Fl0ridian, which Is
published in Jacksonville; l. Engle and
+ faylor's Sun and John Collins True
Democrat, which are published in Taila-
hassee. These three are pretty warm
members" and furnish highly INTEREST
I ing reading The Floridian andS
Democrat are 'fagin" the administFa-
/ ton, while the Sun supports It. The
I Sun is also printing some awful things
about Hon. j Ohm a. Graham. OF Mana
tee county. ANY one wanting. to read
fearless newspapers, should try these
three - Punta GOrda Herald.
( Specialties in our line, as it were,
then. Well, 50 long as the True Demo-
crat has the confidence and respect Of
the best public men of Florida with it
in its fight to give publicity TO affairs
and for correction OF abuses we see are
being worked agaiEs. the best interest
OF the people OF Florida, we can afford
to be dubbed freak" We see good
results too ahead Tor the people.
The Punta Gorda Herald accuses the
Tallahassee True Democrat with assaults
against the integrity OF Governor Brow
ara. We have seen no indications of
such assaults IN the columns OF that eX-
celient and fearless newspaper. On the
contrary, Editor Collins has always at
mined Jnat the Governor IS an honest
man, honestly devoted TO MS policies,
out misauvI5ed by ms friends concern
Hg tne methods he Is pursuing to ac-
cJmpiish his purposes. 81. Augustine
RECORD. And yet, admitting all this to
De tIuo, We nave never been able'tO eS~
cape the hveiy suspicion that there was
deal on madness IN the Governors
methods, ana that his friends" were
just woriun' hm. -Palatka News.
Just what we have been endeavoring
to make clear all the while, 20 awaken
the newspapers up to-and through
them the people of Florida up to-the
fact that some bad advisers were lead
ing some State officials into some awk-
ward positions. Surely the work of the
True Democrat is beginning to reap
some good results from its honest eff
forts,
1t cannot be contended with justice
that the Internal Improvement Board
did right in disposing of land at ridic-
ulOusly low price TO Joseph Jennings on
the grounds that the property was so
worthless that no one else wanted it.
How did they know that? 1t was their
plain duty TO have advertised the lands
and ascertained that no higher bid would
be offered. The power to make private
sales of public lands is a dangerous one
to put into the hands of any set of of
ficers. If it had been ascertained that
the lands, so valuable for the bark to
be obtained from them, to say nothing
OF the value of the timber, were wanted
by no one else, there would have been
no ground for objection to a public sale
thereof. - Times Union Short Talks,
July 22d.
They did not know any such thing,
and one member of that board at least
should have remembered that the Drake
Bros. Produce Co. of Miami had tried
to pun chase the lands through an official
at Tallahassee some time before, who
was given to understand that none of
the lands in that section would be dis
posed of until the Everglade lands were
placed on the market. See letter in
another column, and look out for some
more "zig-zagging" interviews, letter
writing, etc., etc.
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Considerable Of our editorial space for
the last three weeks has been devoted
to unfolding our first position in rela-
tiOn to that cheap, sacrifice land saleto
the Jennings-Leather Trust combine as
against tie efforts of these parties in
combination with State officials to throw
cold water on same. We admit too
much of anything becomes tiresome,
but believe our readers and rest of the
people of Florida, in whose interest the
True Democrat is working, will appre- :
ciate and excuse us for giving so much
of it. If you have read the newspaper
comments and the efforts of the l. 1.
Boards mouthpiece, you will readily
see a continuation of it has been per-
thrust upon us. We have up
held our position in the premises, and
now believe the people of Florida are
ready to agree with US fully, that the
!. Board (also Drainage Board have
been proven recalcitrant to the trust
reposed in them, that THEY 1.-THE MEM