The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-07
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THE GOVERNORS SUIT
AGAINST TIMES-UNION.
Jacksonville Times-UniOn.

We are sorry that Gov. Broward
takes himself so seriously. He inter
prets criticism of the Official to mean
an attack upon the ever-present ego
in the individual-eso the entire
powers for the official.
The arrogance involved in the coz
ceit of powers-the thought of self
in the thirst for power, causes men
suddenly elevated to high places to do
some very small things. n. B. Brow
ard. as governor of the great state OF
Florida, seeks to satisfy his super
sensitive nature, by bringing a suit
against the Times-UniOn for libel. %,
We gods and little fishes" what a sad
spectacle for the people to gaze upon
a governor bringing suit against a
newspaper in order to punish 1t for
it's right of criticism of the official life
and conduct of a servant of the people.
Capt. Broward, the citizen, was sud
denly lifted to high place This Is
all well and good, but the rapid flight
bewildered him and turned common
sense into self-plaudits. Even now,
with some experience, he is startled by
the thought of how it happened. The
people of Florida know how it hap
pened and the accident that produced
the result, so all the stilted talk about
the voice of the people as being the
cloak covering Capt. Broward in MS
official elevation, cannot change the
figures of ia. which was Broward's
small majority, but this is not the
question. Capt. Broward is governor.
the Times-Union is still published at
the corner of Bay and Hogan and will
continue to be in business long after
his administration has come and gone,
yea. and consigned to about a quarter
of a page in school history.
Now comes the governor of the state
of Florida and claims that he has been
damaged by the Times-Union, because
this paper saw fit to oppose, his pet
political schemes. exercising its right
to comment upon the acts of q public
officer and place its own construction
upon such public acts and print con-
clusiOn5 for the people of Florida, so
if the counsellorS and advisers of the
governor, think for a moment, that q
course of bulldozing will cause the
Times-Union to retreat or compel its
silence, they will be disappointed. The
Times-Union is printed for the people
of Florida, regardless Of what some
peanut politicians may say to the con-
trary. The small politician breads the
light-the smaller his brain capacity,
every minor act
We would like to ask. when Gov
Broward gets CD his $4,000, what will
he do with it? He cannot take any of
il for his personal use, therefore 1t
must go somewhere. Will it go into
the state treasury or will it be stored
into that mysterious hole in the wall
the internal improvement fund, for
which another dredge can be pur-
chased? 1t will be a pity for the gov
ernor not to have a slice of this for
his personal use, for about the time
it is paid 90 he will need it for his
old age. but it is as an official he pre-
tends to be wronged. so as the Official
has nothing to do with the individual,
this great and unexpected revenue TO
the state must naturally become the
lone of contention for future genera
tons.
II is happy thought. governor. that
we shall at that time all be dead, is it
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