The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-02


for their acts under the proposed Con-
stItutiOnal Amendment in creating
drainage districts, Ievying and collect
ing taxes and spending the collected
tax money Is they see At, unbonded
and unaccOuntable, We will now remind
him Of the occurrences at the State
Capital that proves without doubt that
In two instances, outside slick trick
sters did get two Office holders into
some trouble. In one case, that Of the
State Treasurer, facts have proven
that he did not benefit by 1t In the
least, and that he did not know what
he was led into until the awful truth
was brought home TO him. DO not II
Floridians remember what slick pollti-
cal friends onee did for the Hon. c. B.
Collins, State Treasurer for Florida,
and what the slick trick, besides ruin
ing a good man, but one who trusted
his supposed friends to lead TO, in a
great loss to Florida. Does not that
past history stare Floridians in the
face as to what scheming scoundrels
can do when they set out to have
things 90 as they please? In those
days, and now, most people believed
that having officials bonded made
everything secure. Yet scheming trick
STEERS got the States money and good
State officer and a Christian gentle.
man was ruined and crushed.
Again, while It was never made pub
lie, q Commissioner of Agriculture, DR..
Mitchell, through some influence and
power, got mixed up and short in pub
lie land matters and moneys to large
extent, and to prevent a big scandal
and showing up much wrong-doing, his
brother, then Judge Of the Supreme
Court and afterwards Governor, had 1t
TO settle, and a number of brother cabi-
net officers and several clerks in the
capitol were heavy losers by lOaning
DR.. NJ. money, which his brother re-
fused to make good. Both these ex-
officials are dead, and True Democrat
does not wish to go into these matters
their full depth. We only wish to
show that such things have happened,
and can happen again, Governor Brow
ard and his gangs claims TO the con-
trary, notwithstanding. We have no
desire TO dig up these old Rffairs--just
simply mention them that the people
of Florida may wake up to the fact
that even II Napoleon Bonaparte
Broward tells re and his angels can do
no harm, that there is a possible and
big chance that they can, and when
they sacrifice the time the people are
paying them to stay in their Offices to
look after public business, so anxious
for 20 much supreme power, the peo-
pie had better be careful what they do,
or some day some bad history may be
repeated and Florida made to suffer
some more at the hands of unbonded
and unaccountable officials. Now, do
not mistake US; we do not charge that
Broward and officials have done real
dishonest acts. We do not know such
to be the fact, but we, like other
FloridiRns, have a good right even now
to be suspicious Of them when they are
spending so much money from l. l..
funds and are refusing TO publish item
lied statements Of such expenditures
at least once in six months, II not
monthly. Is there any honest, legiti.
mate reason why The public should not
now be taken into their confidence and
advised Of their acts even to the
minutesti II they treat Florida 20
now, what may we not expect II we
pass their constitutional amendment
and make Mogul Cars Of themi Vote
it DOWN ooooo-o---1.o-o.oo.,.
Does the abuse Of the Times Union
INDUCED In by Governor Broward be-
come q real. actual, sure. enough gov.
ernorf IL Il not that his thirst for
power has made Of him ward Dolti.
clan again end turned him back 10 the
days when he shufiied the political card
In Duval Times Union Short Talks.
Does he not abuse everybody and
everything that does not fall into his
Sohemss Tor schemes Of shrewd trick
sters being worked through him). any
and all who win not toady to and faWn
at their feet because they are officials
with scheming axes to grind II is re-