The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-06
BROWARD THE
PEOPLES MAN
He Faithfully Performed Every
Promise to the People
SAVED THE EVERGLADES
The South's Leading Statesman Appeals
to the Voters to Stand for Their Rights
in the Primary Next Tuesday

A few of the things that Napolean
B. Broward has done for the people of
Florida, is told in the following:
Saved Everglades from corporations.
Inaugurated the drainage of the Ever
glades.
Had paid into the school fund first
money from the sale of public lands
outside of receipts from the sale of six
teenth sections of school land. Al
though the school fund contained every
sixteenth section of land in Florida
1912, 600 acres) he has so caused the
value to increase by Everglades drain
age work that the tenth of it remain
ing is worth as much as the other nine
tenths was sold for, to-wit: one million
two hundred thOuand dollars.
The school fund equity in public lands
in the Everglades, other than school
sections, after expenses Of reclamation
has been paid, will, within five years,
be worth five to ten million dollars.
There was constructed during his ad-
ministraton greater number of public
buildings than had been built in the
history of the state, tO-wit: University,
College Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Hospit-
al for the Insane Governor Mansion,
and there was still others provided for.
The Coast Line Canal was to be ter
minated at st. Augustine, but con-
tract was secured requiring it's cOnstruc-
ton, without additional cost to the
state, into the st. Johns River near
Mayport. Within three months the
whole eastern portion of Florida from
Kew West to Jacksonville will have in
land water transportation. As soon as
canal number one of the Everg ladies'
drainage system of canals is completed
from New River to Lake Okeechobee,
Fort Myers and Kissimmee, now con-
nected by three hundred and nine miles
of inland water, will also be connected
by inland waterways with Charleston,
Kew West and Sanford.
If the people stand for their own in
terests they are bound to win. III they
permit selfish corporations to divide
them they will surely lose.
This country belongs to the people.
1t is better that the people administer
the affairs of the government literally
or even generously toward the corpOr-
ations, when proper to do so, than to
permit the corporations to administer
the affairs of the gove' nment and for
the people to depend on the corpora
tions being generous to the people,
The people when wronged suffer the
pangs of hunger and great mental an
guish from oppression and every misery
that want and discomfort may bring
upon them. If th.' corporations are
hardshipped they can appeal to our
courts and get relief. The, average
person is too poor to defray such ex-
penses.
Suppose your children are deprived
of an education during the period OF
childhood on account of the lack OF OPP
portunity. Though you become rich in
after years it will be too late for the
school age of the children has past. Do
your duty by your family today, do it
tomorrow and tomorrow.
Harm no one. Your rights end where
the other mans rights begin, but re-
tain possession until you know where
the line is.
The scripture says it is easier to keep
a strong man out of the house than 1t
! is to put him out after he gets into the
house.
The law making halls are yours. See
to it that they are occupied by your
representatives. :,
DO not be satisfied with crumbs that
fail from the table. You are, a full
heir. Your place is at the banquet
board. -,
Napoleon B. Broward, as a candidate
for United States Senator, is pledged
to secure the opening of Santa Lucie
inlet, for commence, and the op en-.
ing of various small inlets along the
coast for the benefit of the fish in
dustry, and as means of protecting
the public health. He states that he
will camp at the war department and
engineers office until these things are
secured for the people of Florida.