The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-08-23


That e25, 90 which the .slataas u
1906 allowed Colonel WaiIea Toy b. II
dian War Claim is still lying n khe
State treasury uncalled Tor. II loolke
mighty good 10 us, and Il Z had been
appropriated 10 our use and bencoG even
Is q Just debt scalded down, tts facina-
tons could have sidetracked al resent
ment and we would have gone after g
with almost indecent haste. Get the
money and keep up the kick afterwards,
Colonel. The State Of FLORIDA appar-
entity intends to permit You unlimited
licenee 10 that direction, and you can
kick with more JUNCTION after the out
rage has been finally contaminated BY
your receipt OF the money than now
when you perhaps keep Q faint hope
still In stock. We might think az Col
onel WALES does II we were In his place,
but holding our present attitude to-
wards that SIS, 900, II seems TO Us q
peach Of divine proportions and perfec-
ton that we would reach for IL II we
had 70 hire q special train TO get there
quick. Live Oak Democrat.
The Democrat recently had an edito-
rial paragraph concerning the SIS, 900
Appropriated by the legislature Of 1908
TO paw what Is known as the Beard and
WALES Indian war claim against the
State, and which has remained unclaim-
ed In the State treasury ever since.
Col. Wales has addressed q cOmmuica-
ton 70 as on that subject from ITALIA
hassee, and after quoting our paragraph
he says:
kindly grant me the privilege Of
correcting the impression which you
appear to entertain concerning the ap-
preparation to which you refer. My con-
tract with the State, under which my
claim for commissions on the collection
of the Indian War Claim arose was
made In 1879, and was confirmed and
continued, by both the State officials
and successive legislatures, through
every succeeding administration until
the money was actually IN the State
treasury.
"Under it was to pay all expenses
Of prosecuting the claim, which did,
amounting to more than $40, QUO as tes-
titled before the senate committee by
the late General Robt. Bullock, after
an exhaustive examination of my ac-
counts A part of these expenses COM
prised the personal expenses of the late
Col. w. X. Beard, who as my assistant,
spent many months in Washington and
elsewhere engaged in procuring and
preparing the evidence, etc. His ser
vice began in 1879 and ended with his
lamented death in 1882, so that during
the period of my connection with the
claim before its payment, something
like % years, | had the benefit Of Col.
Boards aid for about three years.
THE $751; appropriated in 1903
was not allowed to Colonel Wales, as
your article indicated, but was specifi-
cally disposed of in the act, by an equal
arbitrary division of the amount be-
tween myself and the Beard estate,
Sl2, 500 only, to me, in utter disregard
Of the terms Of my contract with Col,
Beard. This act was the result Of a
secret caucus OF forty members of the
legislature who met at the instance Of
Governor Jennings and pledged them
selves to him and to one another to
support no other measure or plan Of
settlement.
From the foregoing you will realize
the reason which has impelled me to
take no notice of the appropriation,
but to wait as patiently as may, until
just and upright men come into power,
when my rights in the premises will be
promptly recognized, and justice will be
done
"All that have asked Of the legis-
latures Of 1905 and 1907 was to be al
lowed TO go into some one of the courts
of the State that privilege was denied
me, why? | do not know, unless they
know that no court could be found that
with such a contract would deny me
justice.
Very respectfully yours,
rs. |. WALES"