The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-22
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What Is Doing
At Tallahassee

ground out number of new laws and
(a) mended old ones, at the same time
a large number of bills met their fate
between the upper and lower mill
stones, as one member of the lower
house puts 1t. The Senate started in
Monday and set killing pace during
the week, 25 bills, with more in
the lower house, fell into the Senate
mill hopper, ground 10 dust.
There are three subjects which are
sure to lring on fight as soon as
mentioned-whisky, divorce and PEN
slons The first one is an ever pro-
life subject, and comes up in all man.
ners, stages and forms. There is a
bill in the House to reduce the price
of a drink of whiskey to FIVE cents
this is strictly temperance meas
urc) The introducer argues the
question this wise: If a drink of whis-
ky is reduced by law to i've cents
no restriction as to size then the
drinker will get his Jag cheaper and
would leave something for grits and
bacon tor the folks at home. The in
PRODUCER is in earnest about it, too.
To date both houses have had under
consideration 20 divorce bills, that isF
to say this number have been intro
duced, and rs little bills, erstwhile
b lis, mark the untimely graves.
The subject of pensions has taken a
large part of the time in both houses,
with no result to date, the evolutions
OF pension bill are rather interest.
ing. The Senate {, nm tee on pen.
si)ns stole all the thunder and glory
OF the members having pension bills
In the Senate, and reported a sub.
stitute; the House committee saw
their chance and went them one bet
ter, they simply took all the Senate
and House bill is ami built up a bill of
their own, which ma lc its appearance
under House Bill No. 81, and to fore.
stall any action by the Senate, rushed
the thing through, if anything can be
rushed In the House. The Sen lte
committee on pensions brought this
bill up in short order with the inten.
ton to amend substitute to their
own bill, to the surprise of all another
substitute made its debut, and worse
yet, for both the pension committees,
the Senate adopted the nterloper,
but the victory was of short duration;
the Senate committee on pensions at
once proceeded to load it down and
up with all sorts of amendments, aud
it is now-while still the substitute of
House Bill No. 32l-in the Senate on
third reading to be given over to the
tender mercies of the House next
week, and it is safe to say will be
handed back to the Senate in differ.
ent shape, and it is very doubtful
whether the parent will be able to
recognize his offspring.
Any bill to build governors man.
sion Is sure to have hard road to
travel, for which the unpatriotic PEG.
pie of Tallahassee are entirely to
blame, they want too much and give
nothing. Bills varying from $4,000
to $4,000 have been introduced, and
one and all have died. No site could
have been bought for less than $4,000,
so they told the committees of both
houses. One member of the Senate
used a rather drastic expression when
he said he would not give $4,000 for
halt of Tallahassee, and he can find
many who have the same opinion.
Not until the governors mansion
faded clear out of sight did they come
to their senses. They now propose to
give a site, and a committee of both
houses has been appointed to view
the site or sites. 1t is very doubtful
whether the Legislature will furnish
the money to build house for the
governor, only because the people of
Tallahassee are In the grab any and
all the time.
The ghost of capitol removal is
still at large in Tallahassee, and that
is the only motive to stir the people
of Tallahassee to do something. There
Is a great deal of hard kicking about
the present capitol. There is no room
for anything,th the halls of both houses
have wretched acoustics, both |
chambers have been strung with wires
and restrung and still it is hard to
hear anything at any distance.
The DeLand bill has passed the Sen.
ate and Representative Charles Smith
will zee to it in the House, and may
be relied upon to do the right thing
at the proper time.
The Daytona charter bill has run
the gauntlet of both houses and ava ats
the signature of the Governor.
Senator Sans has passed his game
protection bill in both houses, and is
hard at work on the various fish bills.
The oa n n tor Ia a fri and &c Goh