The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-02
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we are getting tired Of e -Selected.
roo MANY CLERES.
AZ the 1907 session Of the Florida
legislature III attaches and clerks were
employed, % the expense 20 the State
70 help the 100 members Of the senate
and house DO the work Of the session.
This force consisted Of II regular at.
tacbes Of the senate and q Of the house;
% committee clerks Of the senate and
II Of che house; extra engrOssing
clerks Of the senate and z Of the house;
II extra enrolling clerks Of the senate
and Of the house. For their services
the State paid s26, 1856.
The attaches Of the senate received
from the state S., 415, and the attaches
Of the house g, S56-a total Of Sl1, m.
The services Of most Of the attaches
were really needed for the proper trans
action Of business. Some Of them,
however. could well have been dispensed
with. For instance, the recording sec
retarieS Of the two houses are entirely
useless, and their work might indeed
prove detrimental Their duty has
heretofore been TO transcribe IL long
hand IN books provided by the State
the corrected journals Of the respective
houses. In these days Of printing
presses and typeWriters there Is no
need fot such long hand records. The
records thus kept may not be reliable,
since no one ever revises the work Of
the recording secretaries 70 assure tie
correctness.
The legislature Of 1907 spent So, go
Of the States money 70 pay 80 commit
tee clerks, though ten clerks at q cost
Of $500 could readily have done eli the
work and IOafed half Of the time.
The legislature Of 1907 went to high
water mark IN liberal spending Of pub
lie funds. The legislature Of 1907 also
appropriated several hundred thousand
dollars more Of money than the State
has been able TO pay. win the legisla-
ture Of 1909 heed the lesson by cutting
OF at the beginning extravagaucs in
the conduct Of Of Ice own business.
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One edition Of Poe's poems brought
81, 800 the other day. And this Is the
same Poe who "bummed" drinks IN
third-class saloons and begged strangers
Tor the price Of q sandwich. - Tampa
Times.
And the same Poe which is today
lauded by many Of the most brilliant
men and women Of che country.
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Jacksonville has cent q delegation to |
CLEVELAND 10 attend the National Can
ner's Association, with the hope Of Sc
curing that meet for the Florida me.
tropOlis next year. II this Il done the
Association may be able to show the
people Of Florida how profitable Il
would be 10 locate ssveralhundred cam
neries Ia the State.
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The Tampa Times dospaIru Of legisla-
tive action upon sn important matter
IN this wise:
THE Florida geological survey con-
nrms the alarm sought % Be sent out
By the Times years ago. It then said
that the legislature should take charge
81 the arte8ian waters of the State and
make q Unlawful forun nrtoaian well q
stand uneapped and lee waters wasted.
AZ the present rate 81 progress and
negligence there won't Be 4 flowing we'll
n the State III Cen o. fifteen years. The
'0ming Legislature might make ilself
,ndear0d % the future generations by
,nncting the necessary laws. Bat 4
won't. 10 will - too much occupied
With county division and prohibition and
oo8enlng taxes and ehutflng che dough-
lag sgainst the schools and . fow other
lhings Of that Sort
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There are many millions Of feet 81
'aluable hardwoods coatigpous b Tai
ahasses. and Tho Tree Democrat wants
3 zee them made into apcoiallIus right
here raiher thau - oone North - -
Iold a small profit then % be eold bark
. YloFldiana a. 3 largs profit % ne
manufacturers. ms y a. ecoaoAic
nistaks t1sglaiens hzFe ben guilty q
, 4alioes nnee tx Yeals nna wtieh t1s
nmes-UnIee hea psetNie1 sel1sl.
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