The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-07-16


speech and Mr.. Blount moved that vote OF cen-
sure be applied TO the disrespectful delegate. In
this position he was supported by MeSsrA Lesley
and Maxwell. while Mr.. Walker. Jr., earnestly
advocated the cause OF the unruly member. Mr..
Hicks took middle ground, probably wishing
To act as \ mediator between the inhsrttr 'nious
elements The vote of censure Was pes poned
until Saturday, To give the recalcitrant m OPP
poriunity of spologizing tn the Chair.
Article l. being called up for final passage by
the Chairman of the Committee on Legislative
Department, passed by large Iasi"ri'y
prohibitory liquor law was called up. AMI Occu
pied the Convention for several honrs, The
first amendment offered sought to prohibit, the
sale las a beverage.
Mr.. Hooker opposed this, stating that as
general thing il was not use'i " rs q beverage,
bu, for the purpose of producing some desired
effect such as warming man when he L cold,
or cooling him when warm. etc. Mr. Rtndolph
spoke against the :" beverage amendtntsdt, and
wanted unconditional prohibition, adddoing. rs
an illustration of the facility with which law
with ch modification could he evais't, the
fact that he hal known OF quart bottle bc'ng
filled three times AZ A drug store one prsscrlI,
lion AT this stage al the proceedings Mr..
Malone called attention 10 4 masked ba;'ssy, IS
i, were III lhe Section; for should il be R4,iiiel
As II then read, no liquor could be 500 until
permission had been granted by vote 81 the
people Mr. HenIlcy offered an amet imeni
making the prohibition optional witst each
cotton district; Mr.. Humphries oiieee'l 40
ltnendmen, Substituting the @ori isseclnct
for district in effect, and both maize ren1sks ID
support Of lhcir views Mr. Parsons hsc: tD x
ttIe dor a.ansi prohibition, AMI cited IA: case
OF Mane To prove that prohibition does ~; pf"-
hbt and that ii j. impossible To leg'si1b Hen
INTO Temperance. He stated 'ha, uts'lrr The
benign Influences of prohibition, the, .lIquo!
rlffi in had a.
fiourishiug condition H. was in favor 81 high
license for wh,skey aud The Ike, and nj fcense,
or a nominal one. on wines and beer.
After some scattering Argument by The aroli
bitten. Mr. MonSal aiye Oifere = substitute Tor
The Article fprbiliIny. forever, lnteri-rtuce by
lie legislature with HE too! or irinf Ut The
citizens Of The STATE bur empowering il =: make
laXs for the punishment; oi drunkenn'F,s He
PROCEEDED % a.ivocae This substitute eG kim
some sens Die anl !oFcibl- remarks in tff .:ourse
Oi which 'Ic struck prohibition, o. whtle*sT -ie-
ces in il vital point. H. stated That ~ wcs,
in Il, workings ~ ~ present proposed. ont-sided
for The prnhibil.Dni,ts By carrying an Election,
could forbid their opponents 10 drink any !iqIrr
but their opponents, On the other hand, could
not If victorious compel the pr"hibii'sn!st- 10
drink The rule which wouldn't woYk both
WAYS" was therefore undemocraiic.
Mr. Spcer nude some pointed remarks In favor
nf allow lng each county, As whole, Il decide
Tor lt-PIl the Question MI YH3Np'rI
advocated that the Of liquor Tor melitsl pur-
poses be allowed. Mr.. Turn5uli rose and sl2ntet
out the question before the House, whtc1 as
no, whether they should prohibit the sale oil
liquor bnt whether they should give thu people
al opportunity ot deciding whether or t"t they
would have local option law. Mr.. Pars~Ss sad
that an efectual prohibition Of the use OF
liquor would tend to introduce the opiuinshabt,
and moved to include tn drug in the prescribed
lisi. This proposition WAS not received W;th Ia
gor Mr. Connver made some briei renls, ~ nT,-
posing prohibition An Amendment was intro
duccd excepting orange and other native ~ ines
OF the State from the section, whereuiEse Mr..
Wilson, OF Polk and M,natrc, made IL short
speech in which he stated the belief that !. was
" iser 10 exempt whi>key than orange wine; for
the wine would be used As = vehicle ;nr mean
whisHey and would be more injurious N its
effect than good article OF the ZEAL stua Mr..
Ormau replied to him, iay0ring the remlral of
the prohibition from n1tive fruit wineS< After a
little more discussion Article Il Was Iasse1 on
its second reading.
After the local option amendment had: been
disposed OF, Mr. Walker, Jr, moved that d 1sm-
mil,ce of five be appointed u ascertain why
certain matters occurring on the previouk d ~
had been omitted from The journal. Tna reso
luton Was laid over under the rules and, being
callel.up on SATURDAY morning. caused. together
with the main subject wiki which il was con
nefted long ami earnes, discussion. Mr. Nakcr
Jr.. III abe vigorous speech III defence III the
position be hal taken in regard 10 HE trtlublc
between Mr. B4ker and the President or: th,
previous day, AMI urged that his resolution OF
investigation be adopted and an examination
ma ic before Il vote oil Censurc be passed.. Mr.
Yonge offered a Substitute declaring the JiaErna
correct AMI the investigation unnecessary, Mr.
Mon>aIva'ge put IN a sort ol compromise sS0sti-
ute TO which he thought nei her side couAl Oh
jet, and M tker, Jr, accepted hi. saJsti-
Tut; TWO calls for the previous question Aad
motion 10 table were male simultaneously and
within about five seconds more points of.orier
were raised than could I've set lei in Ten m slntes
The yeas AMI nays were called on sevtra Mt the
quesion>, and 4 bard tyhi VAS made by thost
who favored An investigation AMI the correction
OF the Journal BIT large majority decided 10
sustain the Chair, and The vote OF ccnsu.t WAS
applied By ! large mIlnriy
Article IL on Eiucarion came up On is sec
ond reading on Friday afternoon, AMI elected
very free interchange 81 views, of considerable.
variety. The first disagreement was regsr,sing
tie ages of children who should be allowed the
privilege of the free schoDis Some were IN favor
ot fixing the limit II sixteen wears, We're
Tor eighteen but ihc majority preferred To lei
the limit remain at twenty one yraIs and si,sde-
cidcd. Then the question 10 whethet-thc
special tax OF one mill should be State tax. md
be ap,,oriionei by The State among the dtf4tent
counties in proportion TO the number Of children
or be lei; in the hands OF The counties where col
lected, vas opened by Mr.. Bleunt, who ialro
luce,l an amendment To the section in accord
ance With the latter method. and supported = in
some brief remarks Mr. P,rs MS opprsctjlhe
amendment and expressed his views 10 HAT
effect, rs did Mr.. Malone, while Mcssrs McCirl-
Ian and W aker, Jr., supported il, The amend
mcnt WAS not adopted The question of Silai
maximum and minimum limit should be fixed
Ia the county school tax, called forth cnnsidera-
be debate, and some rather noisy disputes when
one ri the speakers, advocating u compulsory
high county tax, reflected on Jefferson C unry
aud the delegation from that sec ion procee,h.i to
explain. Various high and low Limitations
were proposed, though the general sentiment
lm high, TO compel the assessment by
the counties OF IN adequate tax. and leaving
them large margin for an increase ii desired
Saturday m,rnine the Article on Education
again ,mr np, and The question oi abosiiing
the County Boards OF Pubic Instruction, and
comforting their duties on the b 'arlls of Collnty
Commissioners. Nes>rs. SWcaringcn and Nc
Cn>kIll both expressed themselves in favor If
such change on The ground of economy Mr.
Blouni spoke against the amendment hul,iinI
that The qualifications lor the different positions
were entirely dsSnilar, and to some extent. IN
compatible, in winch he Was seconded by Ms
Shcats. Mr.. Blackburn also spoke in favor If
the abolition of The Boards oi Public Instruc
ton.
Saturday afternoon there was a long debate
over the question o allowing the assessment tf
an additional district school tax by the voiefs ,t
the different districts, the impression of couser-
vallve members seeming 10 be that the ed,lca-
tional enthusiasts were willing to bankrupt The
State for the sake Of the public schools: while
4 Hat Il 81. Al.