The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-17
DoINGS AT TALLAHASSEE.
APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITOL CUT
TO $4,000.

The Greater Tampa Bill to BE Re-
ported Acknowledgements cues
ton Discussed but No Conclusion
Reached-The mental Anguish
nil. for Recovery of Damages
From Telegraph Companies, for
Delay in Delivering Messages,
KfIIed-The Effort to Repeal the
IncurabIe Insanity Divorce Act
Fails.
Tallahassee. Fla. May 1.-the feature
of to-day's legislative proceedings was the
consideration Of the second reading by the
House OF the Senate bill approprating
100000 for the enlargement and repair OF
the capitol building. After a heated and
lengthy discussion, the bill was passed to
It's third reading, after all proposed
amendments Objectionable to its support
ers had been defeated by majorities rang
ing from to IS votes. The friends of the
measure accepted amendments, reducing
the appropriation to 5000. and throwing
safeguards around the supervision Of con-
struction. and stipulating that no further
appropriat ton must be asked for.
Continuous efforts were made TO kill the
bill by indefinite postponement, in which
Representatives Harvel Blanton and
Zewadski led The bills most active
champions were: Judge Raney, Judge
Griggs Messrs Broward, Wolfe, Dowden,
Wall, Campbell, Jacoby and Fulton. 1t is
generally understood that there will be no
further opposition to the measure, and its
present provisions are satisfactory to its
, introducers.
The House had assigned this afternoons
session to the consideration of all fea-
lures of the troublesome question of the
future disposition of state convicts. AL
though several hours discussion was had,
practically no progress was made. The
whole Afternoon was devoted to the con-
sideration of Mr.. Chambers resolution.
introduced yesterday, expressly requesting
the Board of Commission Of State Insti-
tutions not to lease any state convicts
to be worked in phosphate mines. An
attempt was made to show that convict
labor in phosphate mines was running
the industry by making it impossible to
check the output. This view was opposed,
but the chief objection to the resolution
was that it would not be binding and
offered no real solution to the convict
problem. II was finally withdrawn by Mr..
Chambers.
Other business transacted in the House
was unimportant.
Tomorrow the discussion Of the convict
problem will be continued, and If reach
ed, the primary election bill will also be
considered again.
The Senate to-day passed a bill pre-
scribing the mode of conveying lands
granted or held by the state for educa-
tional purposes, and a bill to aid home
for disabled Confederate soldiers and sail
ors.
The Senate killed the House bill pro-
posing to allow recovery of special dam
ages from telegraph companies for men
tai anguish" occasional by delay in de-
7ivering messages. The House bill re-
stricting issuing of warrants or contract
ing any liability by County Commission
ers in excess of amount heretofore, pro-
vided by law was killed. The Senate also
killed Senator Broome's bill to repeal an
act passed this session, making incurable
insanity ground for divorce.
The House Committee Of City and Coun-
~ Organization to-day decided by a vote
of four to three to report adversely the
bill to create Greater Tampa by incor-
porating into the present city the suDur-
ban towns of East Tampa West Tampa
and Fort Brooke. This is the bill, the
hearing of which attracted such absorb
ing interest each night this week,