The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-03

but it will have strong advocates IN '"'
legislature.
HAIR dozen prominent Florida poll
ticians looking over list o. the newly
elected members of the state Legislature
The. other day. entered into discussion
as to who would be the most ptoui'ie"'
leaders on the floors of the two houses
The lower house came i'm for most OF 'h'
consideration. for as one of the party
remarked The senate will nave lhir'S-
two members. all leaders.
The membership of the new mouse "l
representatives is attracting much a't'h-
lion because of the prominence and abi-
ity of 50 ge proportion OF 'he SlN's
eight For instance there are ZION
,,corp. T. Ranev. of Tallahassee, who
was attorney general for eight years
and then a Justice OF the supreme court
for nine years. being chief justice the
last five wears: Hon. II. H. NJ. DaVlusoh'
of Quincy who represented Tue hfS'
FIorbln district in congress Tor Ioui
teep wears. Hon. Thomas l.. Clarke, OF
Monticello. one Of the ablest lawyers IN
middle Florida Or John {. /. Ensie' Oh
jacksonville. one of Florida leadlhE
financiers. Captain z y bendry. OF Lee.
a veteran legislator er ueNtiul.
or of far southern : Joseph -
porter of Kew w, as an inter-
natiou.I renutatfon .Jrida's great
state health officer: zion. William L.
Palmer. of Orlando. son Of north Geor-
gia. who has built up a big reputation as
"a lawyer and an orator IN this state
former Uuitcd States District Attorney
J. Emmett Wolfe. of Pensacola; sheriff
Napoleon y. Broward a mos iuiluenuai
jacksonville politicians: Judge i. T. {.
4 sri. fsaf
Edwin N. Hopkins. "a highly successful
Tallahassee attorney: state Attorney ).
Walter Kehoe. of Mariana, Hon. W. -.
Zewadski of oCaia. q leader IN the house
in the last Legislature. Judge Daniel
Campbell. Of Dcluniak Spring Colonel J.
". Watson. a. large merchant Iu NlSSlm-
NEE. Hon Ernest Amos. who rs power
in Santa Rosa politics. Hon. William 4.
Fulton. of fernando; Hon. John J..
Young. of hiiishorough. and Hon. Frank
McRac. of Putnam- Other members OF
the lower house who are expected to
make a marked impress on that bodys
proceedings are Mcssrs. r. IL. Ruford,
of Calhoun; &. Moreno Jones. of Escam-
bla. w. IT, Gum, Of Liberty, T.. W.
Russell. of Monroe: John e. McGinin.
OF Nassau: II. L. MCRae. Of FaSco; John
+. Wall. Of Putnam; John III. ilarvell. of
Santa Rosa, and J. {. b. kooucr, of sum
ter.
For more than half century there has
been talk about a scheme for the annex
alton of that part of FlOri 4 west OF the
Apalachicola river 10 Alabama. II has
never amounted 10 even serious talk and
there is no present prospect that il ever
will That strip is one Of the richest and
most fertile sections of Florida. II con-
tains the seven couties of EscHmbia. SAN
a. Rosa alton. Washington. Holmes.
jackson and Calhoun. about 400 square
miles with AN aegrcgatc assessed valua-
tfs of
"a population which has increased 80 per
cent ion the last ten years. being now
about 100000. Throughout that whole
section Alabama sentiment is only found
in few spots.
1t is "a section of Florida in which the
people pay their taxes and eleriif's sales
of property for taxes are rare. The peo-
pie of Florida. who have "A decisive voice
i'm this session To Alabama business, can
be depended upon not 10 turn loose that
valuable strip of territory for any sum
which Alabama would want 10 pay for it,
There is an interesting story connected
with the present renewal of this talk
Ii is said that the Jacksonville politicians
who tried 10 move the state capital to
that city this year made "A deal with the
Alabama auucNafiouiStS In extreme west
Florida that IL the latter would furnish
Jacksonville with a respectable vote from
west Florida. the Jacksonville politicians
through the next Florida legislature II
was not many weeks. however. before
that deal was called OF because of
charges and counter charges of bad faith
Much activity is noticeable in Florida
republican circles since the re- election
OF President Mckinley. y fight is on be-
tween the "outs and "ius' tor re-
distribution OF federal appointments iu
this state. Colonel Matt AIacflrlaue.
of Tampa. the republican candidate for
governor. received only G. i3S votes i'm the
whole state in tho recent election. stiil he
led the state ticket as a vote-ectter. Mr.
Mckinley received Z, 900 votes, against
II esS which he q in 1896 II is said that
the decreased republican vote this year
does not mean so much that there are
fewer republicans In the state as ii means
general apathy i'm the rank and file OF the
party owing 20 the close corporation ma
ture Of the organization
Judge y 6. Long, OF ST. Augustine and
Washington. ID. c., is in supreme control
Of the republican organization in Fiori-
ia and Joseph T. Lee. the negro collector
of internal revenue. Is Longs prophet.
Judge long is United States consul gem
eral at Cairo. Egypt ana is now at his
post lie writes mis- Florida friends that
hc viii be- with them some time next
summer. which they interpret As meaning
that ne is then coming lome To fix up a
new slate for the federal offices i'm FlOri-
da 10 present TO the president. Until that
is done the present officials will all prob
ably hold. and indeed, only q few impor-