The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-16
FLORIDA AND THE FAIR.
The Senate Passes a Bill to ApprOpri-
ate $4,000.

A Hard Fight to Be Made to Get It
Through the House-The Railroads
Called Upon to Give S25, 900 in Ad-
dition TO the Legislative Appropria-
tion-The Other Business of the Day
in the Two Houses.
Tallahassee, Fla, May Is "A dull day
with heavy rain and light Journal such
is the story of the day in Tallahassee.
Tho Senate put in the morning in con-
sideration of the usual routine, though
MIR. Williamson, the railroad commission
| champion, created passing ripple of ex-
citement by calling attention to the re-
port of his speech ON his commission bill
in tho Jacksonville Tlmes-Union Thurs
day, in which he was represented as say
ing the railroads bad entered the supreme
court and corrupted it, which was duly
corrected in the issue Of Sunday, from
which the gentleman read in question
| Of contingency rather than of fact.
Mr.. Roseborough introduced resolu-
tion asking that Miss Caledonia Mccall
be retained in her present position in the
United States pension bureau, which was
adopted.
| A number Of new bills were introduced,
among them being one by Mr.. Borden to
| provide limitation of the time in which
to perfect tax titles and one by Mr.. Marx
| taxing dogs
A large number of committee reports
and House bills were received
MIR. Marx called up the Senate bill for
raising fund to provide an exhibit of the
| states resources at the worlds fair,
| which passed by one vote. This measure
provides for an appropriation of S25, 900 by
| the state and the same amount by the
| railroads, the total to be expended among
! the several counties in buying exhibits in
| proportion to their assessed valuation. A
| strong effort will be made to get this bill
! through the House and rescue the state
| from the rcproach of an empty building
at the Chicago fair.
The bill to punish tho establishment OF
| lotteries also passed
After going into executive session the
Senate adjourned for the day.
IN THE HOUSE.
The session of the House was charac-
terized by a long, dull debate over Mr..
| ClarlS's liquor bill, repeating such sections
of the revised statutes as require petit
tion to secure license. The bill was on
third reading, but on being put back to q
second for amendment, was, after pow-
erful speech against it by Judge Nolan,
| lost.
| A resolution was adopted permitting
! each member on the roll call to call up
one bill on second or third reading.
A motion was carried appointing conn
mittee TO visit the quarantine station at
Mullot Key.
Mr.. Fletcher introduced several inn
| portant bills one relative to removing or
| injuring private property by right of way
without proper compensation; one au-
! thorizing the municipality of Jacksonville
to issue bonds and provide for the pay
ment OF the same; another enlarging tho
| powers of that corporation in reference to
the manner of collecting taxes, etc.
The House held an afternoon session, at
which a bill providing for the preserva-
tion Of the records of tax collectors
Offices was passed, together with bills
prescribing the qualification of jurors Of
circuit courts; that providing for the pay
ment Of such jurors, which was amended
to the effect that mileage and fees OF
jurors in civil cases shall be taxed as
costs. The party demanding such jury
may be required to deposit sum suf-
hcient to cover the cost.
Representative Hooks of Lake fell
and broke his leg at the ankle joint yes
terday and is in for long confinement.