The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-07
FLORIDA IS LEGISLATURE.
The Movement for Removal of the
capital sure to he card of Again.

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even Rip Van Wrinkle awoko at last, and
Tallsbassee's turn hes come. The turn is
legislative one and it has-for certain ex-
allied spirits in the political wcrld-proved
revolution as complete as it 10 disastrous.
No legislature OF recent years has ruug
up ths curtain on more striking and effect
I've first act, and it Is, moreover, one from
which the intelligent and circumspect
| observer in the front row may easily divine
the nature Of the denouement.
IL is also one that indicates calm and
! settled determination on the part Of the body
! in question TO turn into the channels Of
| plain, prOsalC, everyday business such force
| as 1t may prove to be possessed Of. This is
a good thing for the members snd much
| better for state and PARTY: but it is death
| on the newspaper men. who must now deive
| in dry detail where they once reveled at will
| in the elephautine gamhols Of the irrepressi-
| bic and OK berant Austin Shuey Mann or
/ followed with joy the swelling and superfiu-
Gus periods Of the Hon. Frank Clark.
These statesmen are not here. Florida
! cannot just nov afford the luxury Of ten
| hour speeches. We have our orators, bat
| they can only relieve the general monotopY
! 10y occasional bursts. This Legislature IS
! here for business and its action in the
caucus Of Tuesday night Indicates its in
! tentiOn TO attend o IT,
The nomination, by reclamation, OF
Samuel Iesco for another term in the
| United States Senate lie has SO well adorned
means more thai another eat in the we'll
woa lGureIs of a faithful public servant. Ii
meaus-no6 as some would have II, that
the fierce fsvoc of factional hatred
has disappeared from the local democracy.
hat feeling still exists, upon one side, a
least, AID, a tue proper time aud under the
proper circumstances, IL will manifest itself
with truly religious tervor. The true sig
nlHC ence Of the ascO triumph is - bs found
In the fact that the dominant faction Ct the
democratic party in Florida has awakened
to the fact that no state-uo party Cal
afford in the face Of any such financial
problem Gs is now staring US cut Of coun-
teuance, to iudulRe in such luxuries the
senatorial contest which last session amused
the ungodly aud FcaudRliZsd the thought
full. The moral Of all OF which is-If any
body is sufficiently old-fashiOned 10 care for
such trlhes-thOt it is better TO be born
lucky than 10 die rich.
Little has AS Yet been done by either house
| beyond the confirmation of the caucus nom
nations The renAte held brief session
yesterday and also held its breath while an
unconsldered trihe in the way Of resolu-
ton providing for the Australian ballot sys-
tenn was spread before it.
The Senate chamber was hands omely
decorated yesterday IN honor Of the opening.
Flowers were every Where-howers of rhet-
0Tic were also in abundance
Speaker Johuston's words of &C
ceptance touched the right note,
The nominating speech of Judge Nolan was
a powerful and picturesque effort, and Sem
ator Jeff b. Browne never spoke better,
never appeared to better advantage, thAa
IL placing in nomination the name Of Pasco
But this IS not business. However, we shall
get down 70 it to-day and be fed on facts,
figures and statistics for two long months.
TIE resolution went over under the rules
but is likely to make the fur fly before it is
done with.
The movement to remove the capital from
Tallahassee is toleratly certain to be beard
OF during the session. The innovation is
one widely favored In South Florida aud
es bitterly opposed elsewhere. Senator Me-
Kline, the war horse of Jackson county, is
one of those who have taken up permanent
quarters with the opposition. The senator
is good looking, eloquent Gnd bachelor
which is perhaps one reason why nobody
but himself was surprised when the ladies
of the town placed upon his desk Yesterday
a beautiful basket of flowers. They may
move the capital, but they can't move Nc
Kline.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
Florida's legislature is gradually adjust
ing the harness it is to wear for the next
sixty days, and in the House this morning
twenty-five bills were put in. One Of those
provided for a railroad commission and
came hot from the fertile brain Of the alert
and brainy little Nicholson of Madison.
This, or some similar measure, will prob
ably crystalline into a law before long.
The rules having been adopted the speaker
announced the standing committees, the
chairman Of the most important being: Ju-
dietary, Judge Nolan; finance and taxation
Clarke; commerce and navigation, Vaughan:
railroads and teegraphs, Cochran; corpora
ttons, Shine; mining and phosphate, Bait
zell; city and county organization, Dell;
canals and drainage, Oliver; appropriations,
Nicholson.
Committees were also esta blished in the
Senate, the craftsmanship Of the judiciary
committee going to Senator Myers, finance
and taxation TO BayR, appropriations to st.
Clair Abrams, corporations to Calhoun,
commerce and navigation to Grady, rail-
roads to McKinnie, privileges and elections
60 Browne, city and county organization 70
Bristol, canals and telegraphs to Summers
The list ie generally regarded as strong
one and the composition Of the committees
on city ana county organizations derives
special interest from the fact that lively
fight may arise from an attempt that will
be made to repeal Jacksonvilles famous
house bill No. by those who found a legal
garment Of their own manufacture some
what too tight fit.
Senator Williamson's providing for the regu-
lation Of railroad schedules and tariffs, and
guarding against discrimination, etc 1t Is
in effect u till for railroad commission.
As the rules have not yet been ad opted
the higher branch adjourned early. An at
tempt will be made to start work in earnest
Tomorrow, aud it Is to be hoped tha5 it will
avoid the error into which the House this
morning fell with its eyes open. ,I II has long
been a custom in the Florida legislature to
expedite business by reading the title only
Of bill on first reading, but MIR. McKinnon
of Walton this morning sprung
a constitutional trap on The House
and in spite OF DR.. Gaskins'
heroic efforts to brush away the cobweb
succeeded in forcing upon the body the
painful necessity OF making a separate
motion to dispense with reading by sections
in the case of every bill. This consumes
time. 1t also amuses the third party cynics.
There are several OF these in town. One of
them is "Senator" Weeks Of Washington
county, who tried to be the Tom Watson OF
Florida. His scat Is to be contested.