The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-12
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| ABSTRACTS
R,.doo Takes Exceptions to
EDITORIAL in the News
IfffNDS GRAND JURY
!. A,G,le Proving the Abstract Question
Dangerous wa, Based on Cold
facts Not Hot Air.
Jensen, Fla. April s, 1907.

Jensen, Fla, April 8, 1907.
dtor TRIBUNE;
If the editor of the Fort Pierce News
h;s editorial of last week had wanted
orliohten the citizens of st. Lucie
,ntv on the abstract question, he
midi have produced some facts and
hires gathered from some trustworthy
,rce TO have refuted the statements
nj | made in my letter; but instead
this, he says editorially in this last
no that his former editorial was
Ierv weak in all particulars and
kther, that "For that insignificant
weak article we have been COM
ended and condemned, etc. -
Now there are plenty of people in st.
Gle county who fully agree with the
Tvs editor, that his editorial was just
hat he says himself that it was, Every
lax in all particulars" and as he
fther says, insignificant But we
rdly expected the editor of paper
come out and announce that his edi-
'al column is space reserved by an
tor to publish weak and insignif-
1t" articles. the mere vaporings of
uniformed mind on an important
beet effectng the welfare of the
ole county. His editorial admissions
weak and Insignificant should
en the eyes of those placing any re-
nee on his editorial department. He
ties that he repeats his former asser.
h, to the effect, that he does know,
ut very little about the abstract
siness, while our friend Mr.. Hardee
Us, he knows all about it," In addi-
n to his writing things which he says
weak and insignificant he has
20 fallen into the habit of absolute
representation Ito put it diplOmati-
Ivy, as is evidenced by the fact that
says, "Mr Hardee says he knows all
put it," never made any such
ltement verbally or otherwise, and
rand the statement as absolutely un-
le Next he says, however we
Ve been unable to find that we made
assertions in that editorial" |
tie agree with him, but he did what
s worse, he tried to create the i'm
Pssion that it was money making
neme for the county, by saying, "if
labstractire) pays private concerns,
should not it pay the county?'
Jam he says, "our article was like
Hardee's we talked a lot and said
thing"
o this ! take exceptions, for | will
admit that any editor who COLI
'es that he uses his editorial page to
|e weak and insignificant" articles
put asubject Of such vital Importance
competent to pass on a cOmmunica-
pased on Facts dealing with that
plect' My article was a statement
Facts and if my statements are not
proven, it must be admitted by all
e and sensible men that | did say
Nhlng | can and did furnish facts,
cannot furnish people who write
sak and insignificant" editorials
!" Drains to understand facts after
are presented. Locking a little
'"er' We find his editorial contains
Ss''y statement, "Mr. Hardee takes
''e'f too seriously when he thinks
was the whole grand jury, for every
e''geht man knows it takes eighteen
70 complete that body. But on the
s'"ahd' lf-as Mr. Hardee would have
'eauers believe he was the whole
seSe and prepared that recommends.
himself, it relieves the other
queen members of that body from
responsibility of facing the oft.re.
,eu cnarge of making the grand
presehtment a political document. :"
VOW l ask the News editor on what
'unas he makes the statement that |
~. moment thought or acted in
~ s 70 warrant him in the assertion,
nardee thinks he was the whole
= ~ jury | was one of eighteen
'''at comprised the grand jury,
! ,t sa'm no more credit for any &C.
mat was taken, than any other
De'' and the News EDITORS insinua-