The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-06-02


board together rests with the Governor,
as president, who Is largely responsible
for the presentation to the board, when
in session, of matters which should de-
mand its consideration. Wherefore, It
was entirely possible for every charge
OF the committees report TO be true las
they must be presumed 70 be until evil
dence 10 submitted to disprOve theml
without the existence Of any reflection
whatever upon the hOld-Over members
Of the present board.
On Thursday the consideration of the
communication from the Board of State
Institutions came up in both houses on
resolutions reported by the special COM
mitteeS to whom the communication
had been referred Each house adopt
ed the resolutions reported by It's spec
ial committee, both being in the same
language, showing that the two COM
mittees had conferred together on the
subject. The vote in each house on the
adoption Of the committee reports was
practically unanimous. Here follows q
copy of the House committees resolu-
ton, that of the Senate committee be-
ing substantially identical in language:
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. &c.
Be it resolved, That It is the sense Of
the House of Representatives that the
communication from the Board of State
Institutions transmitted by the Gov
ernor to the House of Representatives
on May 80, 1905, is in its language and
tone lacking in the courtesy and re-
spect due to the House of Representa-
tives.
That the Chief Clerk is directed to
send to the Governor a copy Of this
Resolution, and to return to him said
communication in order that he may
transmit it to the Board of State Insti-
tutions.
But since the House of Representa-
tives is willing to accord to said commu-
nlcatiOn publicity equal to that given
to the report of the joint committee of
the Senate and House of Represent
atives to which it purports to be an an
swer, the Chief Clerk Is directed to have
said communication printed in the jour
nal Immediately succeeding this Resolu-
ton.
Such a public rebuke, 30 dignified and
self-respecting IN tone and substance,
so manifestly deserved, and so pro-
foundry humiliating in effect, was never
before administered to q chief magis-
trate or an executive board of the State
governmental least, not in the history
of Florida.
In effect, the whole body of unterri-
fed legislators say to the board: "You
wantonly insult a joint committee of
this Legislature, and by so doing, in
suit the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives and every individual mem
Der thereof, the same constituting a
coordinate branch of the State govern
ment of equal, if not greater, dignity
than yourselves or your organization.
You constitute yourselves, or your board,
the champions of preceding State ad-
ministration in whose integrity and
probity no reputable citizen can believe,
in the face of the revelations which
have been made to US by the committee
whose official action you seek TO dis
credit, as we'll as by the action of other
committees and through other channels
Of intelligence. We resent your unwar-
ranted action in the only manner posi-
BILE TO gentlemen and return your COM
munieatiOn, according to it, by stretch
Of courtesy which it scarcely deserves,
the same publicity heretofore given to
the committee report which 1t purports
to answer. In the exercise of an ordi-
nary discretion it will doubtless appear
best for you TO address yourselves TO the
purpose of maintaining the reputation
of the present administration, and let
the former one take care of itself, and
stand or fall by the record it has
made"
At the night session of the House
yesterday Mr.. Noble, chairman of the
second hospital investigating commit
tee, presented a report, the purport Of
which was slightly to modify some of
the expressions of the previous joint
committee report. 1t was accompanied
by the testimony taken, all of which
was ordered published in the journal
AT the night sessions last night in the
Senate, a very rich and handsome sill
yer service was presented to President
Trammell, and in the House a beautiful
loving cup to Speaker Gilchrist, by the
members; also fine walking-stick, by
the attaches.
L. - q. L.