The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-02
LAWMAEIyC IN FLORIDA.
Important Bills Pressing for Passage
in The Last Hours.

The Revenue and Appropriation Bills
Among the Measures Remaining 20
Be Disposed of The Election Law
Not Apt to Be Amended in Any I'M
portant Particulars.
Tallahassee, Fla, June As usual in
the Florida legislature, a dilatory policy
has led 10 the postpouement Of the most
important legislation to the closing hours
of the session
The House and Senate have to-day been
struggling desperately with such
weighty measures as the revenue bill, the
appropriation bill for 1898 "a and the cleo
tion law. The former was taken up in
Senate with the House amendments.
many of which were not Coucurred in.
with a result that the bill is flying about
between the two houses. and at the
eleventh hour finds itself in the hands of
joint conference committee, from which
it can hardly escape until tomorrow. The
House is firm in its decision to adhere TO
its amendments.
The appropriation bill came up in the
House this morning as a special order in
committee of the whole, was passed as
amended and sent to the Senate An
amendment offered by Mr. Berry of Es-
Gambia to strike out the appropriation for
the governors stenographer was sup
ported by Mr.. Dell in flaming speech, in
which Gov. Mitchell's pledges of economy
made during the campaign were referred
to with certain superfUous illusions to
old and decrepit" officials. The House
was against the amendment. however,
and supported the employment of the
necessary clerk by tabmg the amend
ment AT the evening session the bill
came back from the Senate with many
amendments rejected, to which the House
demurs in a manner that indicates the
appointment of another conference com
mittee.
The election bill also came up during the
evening, giving Mr.. Fletcher of Duval an
opportunity to make an eloquent appeal
for justice and liherality in the mode of
conducting elections The House, how
ever, was evidently not with him and lit
tie change need be anticipated in the pres
ent one-sided election law
In the intervals between the considera-
ton of these heavy bills a number of
small measures managed to Slip through
uAAC llOuct1 dlIOIlE lllClll DtltiR lilt lOllOW-
ing: Authorizing the governor 10 hold an
annual encampment of the state troops
at Chicago this year; enabling city coun-
ellis TO make contracts with gas electric
light and water works companies author
ling the governor to license James Nc
Kay and other captains of mail steamers
as pilots, measure which would have
enabled Senator Mckay to have carried
point involved in his famous anti-COmpul-
nilOt9Cr hill for CT aa of al
he commands. This bill was also passed
by the Senate, but so amended as to prac-
tically kill it,
The Senate adopted Mr. Alexander's
resolution calling for a congressional in
vestigation of Charles Swayne, United
S tates judge of the Northern circuit;
passed bill providing for the removal of
cases from the circuit to criminal courts;
rejected Mr.. WilliamsOn's preposterOus
resolution providing for such a constitu-
tiOnal amendment as would create a
board of transportation to consist of
three members clothed with powers
peculiar to the railroad commission
A vigorous attempt has been made here
for reasons believed to be largely personal
to abolish the criminal courts of Lake
and Nolusia counties, but to-day the bill
in the case of the former was killed and
the other will never be heard of again
At meeting of the board of state in
situations to-day E. B Bailey was once
more awarded the lease of the state con
victs, this time at S26,500 per year, the
largest sum yet received from this doubt
full source of revenue.
THE swAYNE RESOLUTIONS
Following is the text of the Swayne
resolutions passed by the two houses:
Whereas Charles Swayne. United States
district judge for the Northern district of