The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-04-13
SERIOUS NOW, ISN'T lit

Gov. Broward Is covering the Stat
with Everglads drainage literature wit
the view TO influence the primary cleo
p tiOns in favor of that scheme. Tn
I people were fooled once by that sort o
: a campaign. But they are wiser now
II this scheme Of the governors is
: mere hobby, wouldn't he be foolish t,
spend thousand OF dollars on il when h,
and every one else who knows any
thing, knows the sentiment of the PEG
pie Of the State Is now decidedly agains
the plan? These circulars Of the gov
ernor s., and the postage needed 20 cir
culate them, cost thousands Of dollars
Who pays for the printing and distrib
ution? II the governor, then the drain.
age scheme must be one of graft. -
II the state, then the treasury at Tai
iahassee is being robbed. Palatka
| News
/ The True Democrat has called atten-
ton editOrially TO some ugly things that
have happened at Tallahassee, and has
several times been slurred at by some
newspapers Of Florida for so doing, but
we have gone along in the even tenor Of
our way, with a consciousness Of hav-
ing duty to perform in giving pubiic-
tty 10 public affairs We were called
on repeatedly to make specifc charges,
and we have not failed. We have done
none Of it in an evil spirit, rather have
we always regretted that wrong had
been done the people of Florida, that
public attention should be called 10 it.
and we do not rcpublish paragraphs
such as the above in order 70 cast re-
Elections upon Gov. Broward, but TO let
him and the people who read our paper,
see and learn what a terrible predica-
ment public things have come TO in
Fair Florida. Now, the people Of this
State have perfect right to know who
IL paying the bills for such expendi-
lures; II costs something to print large
editions Of such literature, and postage
on such goods is not generally a very
small item Some time ago the gov
ernor wrote or teleRraphed 70 South
Florida newspaper that he had spent
several hundred dollars Of his contin. /
gent fund in trying to unravel some. |.
thing that might show that one Cooper
was not the only one implicated in that
DE Soto county assassination (the ia
nous Cooper case that has been before
the Pardoning Board so longD We
1ld not think that just the right thing
for Gov. BrOward TO do, but we did not.
and do not now attribute any dishonest
motive 10 him in it, We do not believe
ne would go into schemes similar to the
administration of his predecessor in pay
ng out fees like the Liddon $500 fee.
md others we have given attention to,
n TO selling more Internal Improve
nent lands at 30 cents an acre etc, or
Juggling affairs in connection with di.
'orcc bill, as has been charged by others
nd not yet denied, that we are aware
4, Of shady looking transactions in con.
ection with convict leases, or getting
1lxed up in an asylum scandal, or
hat he made the people Of Florida pay {
or rcPriHti"g that message" over for
i'm, the first print so drtisticdHy neat )
nd cieaH, Chat message which was l
ound in bOards) that he and his private I
'cretary were so ashamed Of and we /
merely and earnestly hope as the q
rainaRe scheme lis so dear to his n
cart" he will shcw up fully and clear q
2 that not one cent is misspent or mis- .
in connection whit We ]
elieve he has full authority to spend n
hat he has in | Funds on his drain n
X, and no one doubts he is doing that p
lsincss leRitimatelv but we cannot be-
eve it would be right to spend it print n
x and mailing the kind Of drainage u
Ierature that is being sent broadcast D
yer the country, and which is used. or G
III be used as campaign thunder for ~
and we hope he will satisfy :
e people of Florida that he is doing +
} such thing. Beware Of some seem Il
K friends. who may be selfshly adj ~
sing you. Governor 8
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