The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-04-15

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''Oas of re main obieetions 20 ebs
tes sgptrn." asid Coyornos c1christ
''ip often that sheriff 3 forced % Iaok
~ small petty ozeaasra. nst for q
purpose az punlehing crins hut frr
puFpose q making naeney - rnaki.g &
living. whilst not increasing ro-reet
Tor the laws Of the stats. e oftsn a.
mOrnlizos labor. Il tends 10 dsaora1-
he and b pstrify he bstter feelings az
tie offenders themselves. The fees o.
tanned By the ahorias are bat q sman
part Of The expense incurred % the
county and State. For every dollar
TIE sheriff makes clear, the State and
county must pay many dollars. Thsy
Should Fosoivo saitabls salaries Inersso8
By feas Tor seryies IN criminal easas.
fees for feeding pEisoaeEs. and also fees
poasibly Tor certain GEavs ofEsnses1
The third and Last topic which Cover
nor Gilehrist discussed with the Assem-
bled Florida editors was that Of good
roads. The GOyernor bad received from
the clerk Of the Circuit Court Of alnost
ell Of the counties IL Florida . state
ment showing the numb0r Of miles of
hard roads. Graded roads. clay roads
and ahslled rOads n bis county. This
tabulated data showing that some coun-
ties had bullt several hundred miles Of
good roads while others had done prac-
tically nothing On this line was snbmlt-
ted. From such reports itappears that,
there are 212O miles Of hard, ga miles
Of graded and 800 miles Of Strawsd
roads IN Florida. and that an aRgrsgats
of u 800, 900 have been voted b. four
counties 70 be expended on hard roadB
IN the immediate future. This work
has been accomplished through the of-
forts Of Individual counties.
Several Of the entorpriuing men,
bers Of the press Of this State have ad-
VoeatSd Stats roads, extending through
out enc portion Of the State 30 the Oh
o.. From the foregoing Il would ap-
pear that abOut the only fair way 81
which such thOrOughfaFes could b
built would be By the counties proIong--
ing their county roads. The Beard 81
County Commissioners Of the varlous
counties could mutunIly agres 20 ogltl.
certain routes through their ecup Zee.
Il would be manifestly unfair FOR horns
Of these counties that have done %
much rOadbuilding TO be assessed q
State tax In order that q road might
be built hundreds Of miles from them.
II am trying'tO put some'of you gen
tlemen OF the press on q practical, soft
road 70 secure hard roads throughout
the State. Orange county has Get q
fine example In using her county con-
victs on her roads. The counties re-
eeiVe ell the money from the lease Of
State cOnyicts, why not have some Of
this money spent on the roadsf" The
Governor suggested the Availability Of
advocating a Law 70 forbid the leasing
Of county eonvicts, requiring their en-
ployment on county roads and stated
that the appropriation Of $50, 900 BY
the last legislature for the establish
ment Of q State priaon farm was an en-
tsring wedge toward the adjustment
Of the leasing Of State prisOnera.
81 have presented 70 you three great
propositions. How many Of You gentle
men Of the Florida State Press Asso-
cation win do Ike CaIo dld7 At every
practical opportunity, once a week OF
at least once a month, through your
paper, how many Of you win take up
some Of these proposition or some mod
Iicstlons Of themf How many Of you
win cay that our present ''due process
Of law" acts must be destroyed, ana
how many Of you win cay that the fee
system Cor sheriRs must BE- destroy-
edf" How many Of you win say that
our inadequate roads must b destroy
edf' Eternal persistent, wei directed
effort in . worthy cause g what counts.
OF ell the various agencies for good IN
the State, show me one that haa great
en- opportunities for aceomnliahmnnf