The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-18
The SUN SUsPENDS PUBLICATION.
Associate Editor ]. II. Reese Writes Of
IL In the Last Issue.


is TO be suspended Il does not carry the
meaning or significance that THE sun
81 70 die never to live again.
There are bodies celestial and bodies
terrestrial, and THE SUN is OF the
earth. When It is resurrected, 1t will
not be In the cerements of the grave
nor will Il be in the seraphic habili'
ments OF another world-it will be
when its strength and perpetuity shall
not be dependent upon ephemeral earn
ings, but will be backed by people
enough and money enough to make the
publication Of an honest journal an
entity Of the real world, and not an i'm
possible form OF ideality.
Such thing may be realized; such a
thing is not impossible; what is
needed to make it possible is a revolu-
ton In the thought and methods per
tanning to the operation OF our bust
ness and political system. The singular
form Of the noun System may be used
with correctness, because II one con-
Siders the subject with care he must
conclude after knowing something o.
conditions in Florida that the political
and the business interests are 80 inter
woven that they are one and INSOFAR
able. When l say that what is needed
to make the publication Of an honest
Journal possible, and by that selfsup-
porting and Of influence for good, I do
not intend to convey the idea that there
must be such radical change in COM
mercial and mental processes that peo-
pie must undo all that has been done
and make a new beginning. II that were
required, then 1t would be utterly i'm
possible to build up a Journal OF the
kind mentioned. But what do intend
20 convey is the idea that the Individual
b4siness man must free himself from
the letters Of bossism; so must the in
dividual voter, and not lend himself to
a political structure that IS not honest
or TO business monopoly that is de-
Btructive to individual effort and helD.
ful to tobbery and special privilege. To
AL In position to take hold Of this idea
IL is unnecessary to explain its mean
Ing The politicians and the newspapers
deal In 80 much language that has no
clear meaning that It is sometimes
hazardous to attempt to shoot home bv
employing mere words. We talk of
monopoly and think OF the Standard
Oil Company, but we do not think of
the monopolies that thrive in the State
or Florida; we do not think Of the
special privileges that are possessed by
in our own communities,
and 1t is required that some person
must bare himself to the censure of
his neighbOrs to take a stand bold In
denunciation of these evils I could /.
make my meaning perfectly clear to all |
II ] should relate in detail the history /
or THE SUN as I know It. but this .
would be done at the risk Of rehashing !
? story that is already known we'll to .
the readers OF THE SUN. and Il would |
proht little to print in THE SUN some /
thing intended for the eye of people .
who don't read the paper and this lit .
lie space I shall use in doing some
meager Justice to the editor Of the pa
per through its rather turbulent career. /
Ia his personal being and the environs
of domesticity surrounding him, he is
one or very limited number whom I I
regard as fortunate, and this must be
apparent to all who are acquainted with
The facts, but In the achievement OF
his ambition he has been subjected to
such discouragements as would long
lgo have written defeat upon the brow
Of one less worthy, resourceful and
courageous.
II Is not only my desire to write
these words In recognition Of the .
Draiseworthiness of his ambitions and .
the inhexibility Of his determination, |
but the very condition which he has .
fought makes It necessary II Justice
would be done, that some one having
knowledge of the difficulties encoun-
tered and the injustice 80 frequently
done him by the press and the people
should speak Of them now, for there
will be great Joy In small souls when
It is known that THE SUN is no more.
1t is not Ia any great measure sur
prising that THE SUN has failed to
gather a subscription list large enough
or an advertising patronage Of suffi-
Client volume TO warrant its continual
ton. Nobody has been misled as to the
Of the obstacles I'm ac-
these objects. The one is
dependent upon the other and II It had
been possible to put enough subscribers
on the list the advertising would have
followed as a matter Of course, for the .
away from home is interest
ed in knowing how best to reach the .
people, and he will employ that vehicle .
which promises the best results. Our .
hope was in getting subscribers in .
enough 10 be able to guar
antee the advertiser the largest circu-
lation In the State, and this did not .
seem impossible when something Is
known Of the circulation Of other pa
pers. After the Jacksonville advertisers
boycotted the paper, there was little |
hope Of building up a home advertis- |