The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-04-22

The editor OI tue fettY N44At4 -
n0unces his position on TIE senatorial
question 80 follows:
isThe Pensacola News believes ne
Herald Is supporting BBngle. Several
others have expressed the same bolieI
and N order that there may Be no nI8-
take about Il We viii state our Do4liIe1
/ lust as plainly as we know bow, ne
Herald is the property o. tie Editor.
10 one else having a dollar inpt 81
N. and whatever the editor cge1 20
be right and for the beet interests q
the State and its people tiie Herald
will advocate. The editor 81 th0rouEn-
~ and honestly conF,nc8 mat Sc "a -
The Interest 81 fht rfa II FLORIDA 20
defeat Senator Iailaferro and take
away from corporation interests the
70 Fosentstioa whleh Fiehtfuiiy belongs
% TIE people ~ = whole Therefore.
the HafaId b willing % DO anything
iu ~ power % encompass bic defeat
We ere pgEfectly willing 10 support
either q ne other candidates and the
editor Win cast bic vote IN the first
primary Cor the one whom be thinks
hee Tie best chance Of defeating Sena.
Tor TaliaferrO. IN the second primary
We shall vote for whichever one Of the
candidates e opposing the senator
n the Senator n in the second primary,
which n by 20 means certain"
We 90 not believe Senator TaiIaferFo
will be IN the second primary because
We think be viii have clear majority
over both his opponents In the first, and
the second primary win be for the
nomination OF men 70 fill places other
than that OF Senator. But our belief
IN reference 10 this Is not important.
II win not affect the result
But the charge that senator Talia-
feFro represents the corporations rather
than thepeopls az Florida is important.
What are the facta7 We 80 10 the
Congressional Record for them:
In the Fifty-aixth, Fifty-saventh,
Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth and sixtieth
Congresses Senator TaliaferrO intro
ducod over 400 measures, counting
bills, Joint resolutions and amend
mentH. OF these, only two were for
corporations and the records show
that they were aa follows:
In the Fifty-seYenth Congress 4678
--Auihorizing the United States and
West Indian Railroad and Steamship
Company 20 construct a bridge across
Mnnatee River.
In the Fifty-ninth Congress, e128-
Granting 70 the SCI Johns Light and
Power Company the right % way f0T
street railroad purposes through the
military reservation Of Fort Marion &C
81 Augustine.
A corporation must get the consent !
o. the Government before g can build |
3 bridge across q navigablo stream. %
course, = street railway must get the
Governments consent before AZ can
build itB line ecrOaa Government land.
These are the only two bills that
Senator TaliafarrO introduced FOG cor
poratioDs. would Governor Br0ward
Or NF. EBngls have voted against |
either Of themf ~ they had done %, /
what would the people south o. the
Hanatee River who, without this
bridge, could not have gotten railroad
transportation nOrthWard, have said
about itl What would the people liv-
ing beyond Fort Marion military rosoE- /
walton have said u the bill had ben
defeated and they had been compelled
10 walk 20 their work instead Of hav-
SAG an opportunity 10 ride on etrcot
carsf
The hrut bin was IN the interest o.
the people south OF the Manatee River,
and the second IN the interest Of the
people living M the suburbs o. Sc. Az
guatine. Would Governor Broward OF
DR.. L'Engle have voted against themi
When the railroad rate bill was IN.
trOduced the railroads fought Il 10 the
bitter end. Senator TaliaferrO voted
for H. Would Governor BrOward or
Mr. BEngle have voted for III 10 %,
they endorse Senator TaliaferrO's vote
n not, they--nOt he--wOuld have BEEN
corporation Senator'S
OF course. Governor BrOward ana
Mr.. L'Englo desire 10 90 10 the United
States senate. We do not blame them.
It 10 an honorable ambition, The posi-
ton h 30 high the. :. 10 on honor 20 be
even considered by the people Of FlOf-
Ida Ia connocslon with A. But neither
Of them can expect the people Of Flor
ida 90 elec1 him 10 the senate IN prefer.
ence % Senator TaliaferrO unless be
can shON some good thing that be
void have done that Senator Italia.
ferrO ala not DO or some bad thing be
would have opposed that senator
Taliaferro did not oppose We eau on
these gentlemen 20 drop generalitieo
aud come down 10 definite statement /
We call on them % pick out one Jaw
An senator TuliaferrO's reCord--tO ten |
on one thing that be did that they /
wouldn't have dOnei 20 tell % one
thing that they would have opposed
that be didn't oppose. When they DO |
thla, they viii raise an issue between |