The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-19

BtBA4 OH ~ 1h8N
Governor afd has bfouehl rni
agaiost TIE Iimes- Union for 81. on
tof 4ileHet libel based on articles ~
teI the management Of the n
Improvement Fund. II We ger,
governors place we would 10
Drought the suit, but "chacun !
80 Bout' tevery one 70 his taetel. Bul
what We particularly wished Ia aav 4
that al fair-minded people have -,
6sgusted with the way IN which ~
papers that have opposed the Governor
policies have conducted their figbt
against him. Many Of these pnbiiea'
tons have injured the state more fhar
they have injured him. Such publica.
tons are calculated to create in the
minds Of outsiders the impression thai
our principal state officers are Rfafters-
our state government corrupt, and that
rottenness reigns supreme. People are
not apt TO locate in a state where thew
believe such a state of affairs 20 exist.
Barlow COurier-Informant.
A pity tits, indeed, that '..such q state
OF affairs should and does exist In the
state, and the responsibility for Il all
should rest on the shoulders of those
who are absolutely responsible for It.
and not on those newspapers who have
been fair enough with the people Of
Florida to criticize and give publicity
to 1t. To say nothing more of Governor
Broward's gigantic drainage scheme.
which he has almost played to a waste
full finish, and which must soon come to
its death and burial, have newspapers
not been fully justified and truthful in
his denunciation of them as
corporation tools, hirellngs, being sub |
sidized, sellers of our space with scnti-
ment thrown in, and every other name
that could be called against those VINO
did not bow to his will and back him I'D
IN his plans or schemes Has he, or his
boards, ever furnished any good reasons
Tor selling lands in chunks at low prices.
and quietly, not giving the public a
'hance to pay more; has he and his adj
Users consulted the wishes of the ma
ority Of the people of the several coun.
les in cases when appointments or re-
novals were TO be made; have they not
aiken to themselves more power along
many lines than was intended for off
ials to have, and have they failed to
pply that power to hit back and get
ven with anyone who has dared to
ppose them; have they acted at all
ines as If they were the servants of
he people rather have they not "set {
up as Bosses" The True E
democrat has seen fit to criticize them G
Or all the above abuses, and perhaps p
Or more that we do not now recall or =
epeat, and we shall continue to do so ?
ist 50 long as there exists grounds for II
Ding 1t, but we do not now, nor have =
e, charged them with deliberate or 4
illful grating. We have been among j.
lose who have demanded, and who /.
I'll demand, a thorough investigation l.
affairs, simply that if extravaganza i,
I'd usurpation Of power has made it n
'ssble for grating to have occurred NJ
anything or at any time, It may be NJ,
fought to light and stopped. -,
If parties have been favored in letting os
IDS go TO them q number of times at Pc
,m 30 cents an acre under the Jen- gEa
lgs administration to the low prices s..
der the present one, and the parties sG
RY SOON resold at greatly reduced SSS S
ces, it gives ground for suspicion 70
It wrong has been committed, and Wa
It kind of business and those kind of wa
need looking into, and we
'sume the investigating committee
] soon begin work and get at the Ma Ma
tom of it all. We have no desire TO
single soul Of them show up bad,
earnestly hope they will all come
clean, but we do hope all affairs to
{ look cloudy will be cleared up. oh
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