The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-26
1fABSTRACT
PROPOSITION
p. Hardee Replies to }. t.
f,dtz's Communication.
APPEAL TO REASON
..es Having the County Furnish Cap
al and Paving Salary for a Clerks
Abslrsa, Company.
Ionsrn. Fla. April 22, 1907.


or TRIBUNE
Il now comes the main beneficiary
ounty abstracting 81. +. Fultz),
an "AppcaI to Patriotism and
eches the good people of st. Lucle
|tv to let him dip a little deeper in
he public treasury. A footing up
u fees he received from st. Lucie
tv together with his salary as
for the board Of county commits
rs for the month Of March was,
lusiye of regular fees for recordlng)
rdinp to an itemized statement
shed in the News, the neat little
|of $40, - for work that could not
bly have taken IA very slow pen
TO exceed. six days - equivalent to
A l.6 per day, and still he is crying
more!! lie says he thinks 1--WE
had enough of criticism and abuse
he abstract question but in my
lon not one word of real argument. y
have been the only one who has
len ANYTHING on the anti-abstract
of the question he Of course refers
e, and | will say, that | have not
hpted to produce any arguments. y
h presented facts and quoted the
from the last edition of the Re-
Statutes. Mr.. Fultz has not
|ered single one of the facts
h | presented hut calls upon "all
BIT citizens to refrain from abuse
be future and honor and respect
who honestly differ in opinion
you.'
e time was, when Mr.. Fultz
eht and expressed great approval
huch more drastic articles from my
than lhave written on the abstract
bsition, but then, it was the other
W that had the office and wanted a
er dip into the treasury; now Mr..
can see nothing in what | have
ten. No doubt the prospect Of the
bf an additional draft on the county
ices has blinded his perception, but
people have had their eyes opened
Fan see things without having their
impaired 10y the prospective loss
n additional salary to an officer
Rdy overpaid.
! have unjustly criticised or abused
Pne or miSrepresented any facts,
did not Mr.. Fultz point out such
presentations? His wall about
flsm and abuse is an appeal to try
Flvert the minds of the people from
Facts of the matter and instill into
nlnds of the citizens that | am act
pnfair in my dealing with the sub
but as he presented no facts and
Appeal to Patriotism" has the
Inc political twang to it, | scarcely
his article will carry the weight
Pndly hoped to see it accomplish.
Nv let us look into Mr.. Fultz's "ar-
Phts.' Tie tries to make light of
tatement that, mot a dollar in
fa IN this enterprise would ever
back to the treasury, stating, that
"so'called argument was surely
ght original idea." ! disclaim any
T. as 1t was not an idea of mine,
on the other hand, a plain state
OF a fact which we find in the law
e State of Florida, for which l am
responsible. He tries to make it
ar that because no part of the
paid for other county work finds
lay back into the treasury, that
Iustltes the abstract scheme. while
one recognizes the absolute neces-
'or the county work now done, but
~ other hand a majority of those
interested in the abstracting (Mr.
eScepteO, We're those who now
mat they did not understand the
working of the plan at the time
signed the petition, and in discus
TINS feature Of the matter a few
ago with one of the grand jurors
eed with being an accessory to
e"ga political document" present.
ne stated, that there were ,thir-
out OF the eighteen grand jurors
nad signed the petition, but who
now to the last man, opposed to