The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-11-09
IS 10 RaMn OrFICIArs.

the 10Otilgnts on the stage OF pfogui-
nence. Hardly day passes but that
we read Of some bank officials who AZ
ter lOoting the depOSi6Ors by padded ac-
counts or outright thievery, either skip
the country or commit suicide leaving
the poor depOSitors 70 suffer. We have
had pure food inspections, insurance IN
vestigatiOns, and what not, and the
next move by the government should
be the strict enforcement Of rigid In
spectiOn rules whereby closer account
can be kept on the bank officials, and
protect the inspecting depositors. When
a mans earnings are placed in the bank
for safe keeping such confidence on his
part should not be considered so lightly
by bankers. If there cannot be honesty
in their dealings-let there be more in
vestigation, and when wrongdOing is
found let there be punishment.
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The inuendos cast at Hon. w. r..
Dorman by the Live Oak News in it's
last issue, Is somewhat of a reflection
on the people Of its county. In three
successive elections they have chosen
him as one of their legislative stand
ard-bearers, and it looks as if the good
citizens of old Suwannee have not lost
confidence in his ability or honesty.
No man has more friends among the
legislators at q session of the Legisla-
tire than Riley Dorman. We've been
there and know.-Lake City Index.
There seems to be a sort of fatal inn
pulse on the part of one or two new pa
pers which have recently been started,
with the apparently sole purpose of adj
vocating the pet measures of the Brow
ard administration, TO villify and abuse
the best and most esteemed Democrats
in the State. 1t is a clear case of the
bottom rail striving to get on top by
seeking to discredit those who have
heretofore been the leaders and chiefs
of the party organization. The old
time Democrats, who bore the heat and
burden of the day in the work of re-
deeming Florida from the terrors Of
carpet-bag rule thirty years ago are
now nearly all gone, but their descend
ants and admirers, as we'll as a few of
their fellow-wOrkers, still survive, and
in remembrance of those fearful days
they should forbid the attempted wreck
ing Of the party and it's complete sur
render to the forces of the new element
which seeks to set up for it new stand
ards and to destroy its ancient pres
tige.
The statement that is being system
- II Il, LII
corporations to the effect that the l. /.
fund has made a compromise with the
l.. and N. r. r. and given them large
body of land in settlement of their
claim against the State is false. The
editor of this paper has seen Messrs.
Melin and Groom, two members of the
board, and they state that the asser-
ton is untrue. The L. and N. offered
to compromise two years ago, but the
offer has never been accepted. -Madi'
son Recorder.
There is some kind of falsehoOd
out, somewhere, then, for one of the
members of the board, in at least con-
versation with one of Leon county's
representatives, and perhaps others,
has given it out for fact that such a
compromise had been offered and prob
ably would be made, and this news
paper has it from good authority that
the compromise had been agreed upon,
perhaps now, the election is over, the
people will be taken little more into
the /. l. officials confidence and the
whole truth will be told about the L.
and N. business.
The Southern Stockman and Farmer,
a large "a page, neatly printed maya
zine, has arrived at this Office and we
take pleasure in adding it to our ex-
change list with the advice to our farm
ers and stockmen to subscribe for it.
1t surely will be a valuable addition to
your reading matter.
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The drainage issue is now up to the
Legislature. Let that body, a large
majority of whose members are already
pronounced opponents Of the defeated
scheme. now begin the work of undoing
all of the mischief that the schemers
have committed, so far as q cure is pos
sible. Why not repeal the internal
Improvement Act" and place the rem