The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-07-23

speech making The sepurt Of shE Con nitfee
on NiIafh vas rsseived; and some preliminary
skirmishing on the subjsci at The s>hscsson os
Circuit Judges occurred. resulting n ise sdop-
,ion of ~ nruu0sisic tina. they be- s1eched bs
Jud;c,.l (Srrp,,s The majority srpers from the
Committee on Judiciary vas then taken up. and
the remainder af the day was spent vi crusader
alton OF the Article
FRIDAY morning the first discussssn os any
consequence was called forth by inc nking up
of Article Y on Public Institutions 90 III fhsrc
reading, and was on the vexed suh9sc' 81 taf
establishment uf State penifents1ry Ar
Rogers offered IN amendment prusi'iins ih.i
the State prison be permanently iocaieG.
instead OF established" and spoke in suppssri
thereof Mr. Hooker made lev rsnarks otN
posing him After his amendment Was iabsse
Mr. Walker offered and vigorously adv ocaieo
q substitute intended 10 provide fuc tive p.rrna-
uent establishment of penien,,ary. Mr. tfask
set forth ms directions TO Changing ti1e ss-cien
and Mr. Walkers substitute WAS ioGi during
the discussion Nj Miller made CUTIE y goa.c
speech in favor of the establishment oil pen
teniiarv as did Also Mr. Mann. Ihr next
debate was caused by al addiiiuna sec't0p
proposed to Article " the object OF winch y as
10 provide th,tt repeal or amendment N
criminal Law should interfere with tiae pros-ca-
ton or punishment vi any crime committed
PRIOR 10 anv such amendment OF Ftyesll TIE
urSI section was fatDSI bUEIEFG. NuN obut-
members though; tina, it might be construed 70
mean more than was intended Thsx necessity
existed tor souie such provision, bui eha-c were
MANY opponents 10 the SECTION M-sSEs BAKER
and Mile expressed their Jews III h1lrtsision
t. II, anc were answered by NJ Mezhelisn and
o.nerS Tue section. - read. was tasseG hu..
d; The afternoon session. NJ BiouuS moved
reconsideration and offered q subs:F use, much
mure simple and dIrect Than Tue seciipn already
adopted and II passed
Another source o argument was iursnisned 10y
the Article I'D Private Co-poru.:ons-
Though the question OF the RECEIVING OF Dasst<
oy members of the Legisin TUE had already besu
pretty thoroughly discussed tine strise war ~
sumed when the subjec1 was again tEougfI
before the Convention some parES mentaTy
diminishing INDUCED Iii. IL TN. was oi
offering substitutes and amendments, and tneu
;ue = LACE ine pass system Was at~'Dec Us
telling sl,eecn rom Mr. opeer Nj Misnn sp"S.e
in larsr o d substitute offered oy hlni, occurring
rar,,a gran; Tree passes - AL o.ass otilceTA,
anu brought forward some gnId ret-tsas III SUP
port OF nis posIttuna, NJ. oneais Altered a.
an.ndmen intended 10 exclude Int Slase 4li
pe-inienoent OF Instruction II Jm the free-pas=
proEioiion. anC supported X 10 lev Teuinr17.
bui IL NO purpose, aud the secllOn unconj'
:IonAily prohibiting lne tssuing Vi 1aAsses 10
s.iaried state officers adopted.
The onl u-day morning session oIt2ed Will
slight discussion al the new rule offered The day
before Dy Nj MckinDoD, prohibiting anaeuu-
meni 10 bills Iier third reading, WINCH NJ
SOL closet bv the iatoling oi the prtsftoso ruiz
Then additional sections offered lAtbe Arss-
Gle On Private Corporations. one providing
agains u greater Charge being made By 3 raL-
road Tor u sbOr nauI than Tor foHE one 81
which Inc iess distance included AMI as-
other vacatnC AZ grants Oi land H. corpora
lions under which 00HG nae organization siiAA
no. have commenced, were tabled esitr shori
ip.. tt al
amendment 10 section l. IN the Articss on Ms
c,.!iaDeous Provisions. offered by M " AlEe..
.Jr.. and a3lv advocated Oy nIm sirIklag ouI tn-
Clause providing Tor removal OF the. seal OF
government from Tallahassee and ieaTing tina:
section DC The same footing win r.garo ~
amendment as other portions OF The Constiiu
non. M Sheats, though not pressing the
chains o. Gainesville, showed by nH remarks
ma he did not want many safeguards thrown
around the present situation o lie carfiaL NJ
Maxwell. il pretty little speech. ricr with al
uslons 10 Jht nrliowed memories enclGEiing he
present location Of the CAPITA. sCpp:fit.d NJ
Walkers position, and was ably sec AIDED by
M Garter M Sanchez, another supporter OF
Crainesvilies claims, opposed M Walker
amendment, as did also M WelimaR NJ.
Baker and Mess-s Landrum and Mcclellan al
spoke in supper, o! the amendment, while NJ
Taylor closed the debate IN the Interest o;
Gainesville M Fowler offered to Substitute
Palak A for Tallahassee, " nich was promptly
voted down Ny Walker. Jrs amepdmenl
was passed, and the amended section adopted.
Section 1 providing tina. the Sheriff and Cic.k
OF each county shali reside within two .niies Of
the county seat. freely discussed anti tht-
modifying Clause or have sworn depu'v
was inserted, giving pretty genera satisiacti''I
Section providing nat The STATE sinai. pay The
cost OF MI criminal prosecutions, wnerr he DE-.
endant is insoiveni discharged, received
rather exhaustive review Messrs- Biounl Ran
dali OF Duval and Blackburn opposed H. anG
showed that while tine intention was TO -eiieve
the county Of these expenses us real effect was
TO make tint poorer counties assis; in bearing the
burden OF those more pOpuous MessIs- Nc
kiunon aud Campbell made remarks IL
defence of the section, and MI walker. Jr,
offered an amendment providing tina, the County
Commissioners approval should b. prerequisite
10 the payment OF I'll bills for COSTS This
amendment lid on the table, and te Con-
ven,iOn adjourned without taking definite action
on section 3
The Monday morning session opened quietly,
the first discussion being upen the consideration
OF section of the Article ON Miscellaneous Pro
visions, pending discussion OF which the Con
vention had adjourned on Saturday The sub
stitu,e was perfected by couple of amendments
and passed after slight debate. Section II pro
vlded that the Legislature should pass special
law in cases W here any general law might Se
made applicable Mr. Tonee moved To strike
out the section. because its provisions were fully
covered by sectinn in Article ", Legislative
Department Mr. Walker. Jr. opposed The
ton 10 strike out and made some remarks 10
that effect Nj Stills offered substitute Mr..
Love rose and explained he use Of the section,
out the section when finally perfected was
stricken out.
Quje Lively deOale occurred when section
IA providing ihai suretles Tor SAFE officers must
have sufficient properly within The State and
sure ties for county Ulcers sufficient in The county
where said officers Mucn opposlt son was
manifested 10 the section, and many Ruthless al
tetI,pts were made to amend Mr. Carter intro
duced an amendment allowing the sure,ies for
county offciuls 80 be found anywhere within the
State and advocated The measure Mr. Wilson of
Polk and Mana,ee, opposed h,m and moved 10
table the amendment; which WAS agreed TO-
Mr. Randall opposed the section while Mr. Nc
Ciean expressed his views in favor of it, There
WAS vigorous attempt io engrat an amend
ment allowing fidelity Companies 10 make the
bonds al State and county officials but il WAS
uDcompromisngy opposed Mr. Love speke
against such amenGment Mr. Hicks OBJ
lecled 10 The stcIiun Us il III n stood ard Mr.
Walker or. IN wed II strike out the whole section
and advocated hrs motion The section pvas al
last passed over I'LL Tuesday. Alter Discussing
and adopting several sections her cl,is! oc-
Cured when section 1S empowering the Liegis.
lalu to exempt property used for religious and
some other purposes from taxation WIS, con
sidered Mr.. Walker, Jr.. offered an amendment
authorizing the Legislature 10 exempt for 4 GER
tain number of years, the property Of any com
I'any winch would construct u ship canal sScroes
the Florida peninsula, and spoke abiy in gU.,nor