The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-09-07

The True Democrat IL the official Newspaper
Of Leon County.
Tallahassee, Friday, Sept. Z, 1906.
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The Ocala Banner asks: "Who is
going TO write Florida's Democratic
platfonn?"
Publicity" is at least as necessary
in the management of State affairs as
in the regulation Of the trusts. Times
Union.
The Times Union says: THE Gus
tomary' methods OF the Internal I'm
provement Board are unbusiness-like
methods. "
Supt. HollOway's suggestion OF an ed
ucational day at the State Fair should
be adopted and the Tribune dominates
Mr.. Holloway himself as chairman Of a
committee TO carry out the idea Tam
pa Tribune.
Appearances are deceptive. The man
with the shiny coat sleeves and patched
trousers may be the editor of your To-
cal paper, while the one wearing nice
clothes and silk hat Is likely one Of his
delinquent subscribers.
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Supervisor Of Registration Kcllam
has made a list Of all registered voters
in the county upon the order Of Gov.
BrOward. These same voters may now
expect bombardment of Everglades
drainage literature Palatka News.
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Did our Ex-Governor make himself
heard at Madison Square Gardcn?-
Tampa Tribune.
Safe to presume he did, as he gencr-
ally makes himself heard and Ieit too,
fOrthat matter. William Sherman Jen
ninRs still has a powerful influence in
public affairs In Florida. and he most
always can work things to get Nv s.
j." into affairs.
Editor Dodd will issue "A large illus
trated trade edition Of his Citizen-Re-
porter on October 18th. II will contain
"a pages and be printed on extra good
P8YgNS aud AuNlt WIN bt lOtNOb ibIltb vi
1t. Columbia county will be greatly
benefited by II, and Mr.. Dodd should be
literally helped financially in this under
taking In behalf of Lake City and Co
lumbia county
The counties Of Florida, one by one,
are forbidding the sale Of liquor, II is
not wave or stampede The work
IL going on deliberately, thoughtfully
and thoroughly The fruit will be gath
cred In the harvest of young men who
will grow up free from the saloon inhu-
ence, The elimination Of the saloon
from politics will also be hailed AZ an
unmixed blessing by all-except the
booze graftsrs. - Monticello News
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Why should we, who live in the inte-
rior Of the State, where good lands are
going to waste, give our hard earned
pennies to the drainage scheme7 II II
IL business proposition, pure and sim
pie, how Is il to benefit us2 For the
sake Of argument, say that the scheme
u feasible and the lands when drained
will be valuable. will not that very act
postpone the settlement of our lands
and make the taxes assessed against
them more and more of burden?
Charity should begin at home Let US
first provide ways and means for ds-
posing of our lands and adding to our
own population, The drainage scheme,
practicable, will retard the settlement
and progress Of the interior and, indeed,
will help to depopulate 1t. It would bc
as a club used against ourselves. -Ocala
Banner.
In his speeches over the State the
Governor does not attempt to explain
why he and his Internal Improvement
Board pay Jennings 5000 per year as
attorney TO said bord. and the employ
ment Of an additional law firm in Jack
sOnville, when Judge George r Raney
was doing this entire work for 81 900 a
year for the board. Are Jennings le-
gal services worth five times as much
as the services Of one of the ablest