Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-05-01
KEY WEST RAILWAY
BILL PASSED SENATE
Senator Hudson Supports the Bill
as Amended.
MANY NEW BILLS PRESENTED

Appropriations Adopted - Senator
Brown Accused Of Using Free Pass
on East Coast Railway. Etc.
Tallahassee, April N.-The Senate
was occupied with the general appro.
pFiatIon bill at Its opening session yes
terday. The committee on Spproprl-
atIops presented ItS bill through Chair
man Adams, accom- panied by q mi
noFity report upon the subject Of the
fund from which money should be Dor
roWed with which 70 pay the pension
rolls. There IL q deficit of $4,000 in
the pension iund. The majority re-
port leaves II 10 the State government
20 pay this deficit from the general
revenue fund. Senator Adams con-
tended that there was no money in
the general fund to meet this shortage.
and he, therefore. submitted a minor
icy report requiring that the pension
fund deficit be met with moneys In the
tuu9 ituth tuo uiTo VI pNhto CouNIchp'
Senator Adams minority report
brought out considerable discussion,
Senator Grill coBtending that the mi
noFity report proposed shifting the
burden Of an honorable pension roll
from the State TO the counties.
After debate yeAs and nays we're
called, and the minority report was
adopted by vote Of II TO 10.
Ysas--MeSIrs. Adams, Afford, Bal
ley. Brown, Canova. CLARK, Crane,
Crews, Davis, Faulkner. Harris, Mac
seq, Nsel, Newland, Scott, WadSWorth
and zIm-i7.
Nays-Mr, President, Blount, Garter.
CvIll, Cullen. Hudson, HUMPHREYS,
Lee, MeOrsary. Raney, Sans, Wet
and Wilson'S.
The Key West railway bill, ~
amended, with all the words after
''Key West" In section cot out, was
taken up.
Senator Hudson said he thought the
bill IN lie amended form WAS not OBJ
ieetlonAbls, but asked another day to
consider IL. Motion lopt and bill was
placed on Ice third reading and passed.
On roll-oAll the vote wac,
Yeas-Msssrs. Adams, Afford,
Brown, CauoVA, Garter, Crane, Crews
Grill, Faulkner, Glllen, Harris, Hud.
sOn, HdmphrIeS. Lee, McCreary, Mas.
sey, Neel, NewlRn, Raney, Sans, Scott
WadsWorth, West, Wilson and Zim
20.
NAys-Ths president and Senator
Blouht; paired, CLARK for aud jackson
against. Absent, Bailey and Davis.
On motion Of senator Harris the bill
was Immediately certified to the
House, whore II vas referred 10 the
committee on railroads, after the pas.
sage Of . motion by Mr., BuekmAn. or.
derlng 100 copies prIuted The bill
will be referred back TO the House to.
morrow.
A sensation was caused when Sen.
atoE Bailey Of Jefferson etunIy intro.
duced q resolution providing for the
appointment Of q committee Of i've
Senators 90 investigate aud rrport
upon che facts In the case OF the
charge that Senator O, NJ, Brown has
accepted . free pass from the Florida
East Coast Railway. When the presi.
dent OF the Senate put The question
on \ viVe VOOe vote some SENATOR
soted 40, bnt upon = vising vote, II was
ordered unanimously that the matter
be Investigated,
Senator Brown made y lengthy ca.
planation. In which he sought TO en-.
eoss himself ON the ground that he 10
employed ~ sa emigration agent by
the Florida East Coast Railway.
The following new bills were intro.
duoed,
Senator Masssy-To amend the law
relating 10 she carrying Of firearms,
senator Nsel-Ptoviding for the al.
xision OF Holmes aud the formation ot
BloKkAm county,
Senator CEane-Relatlag TO the
crossing u railway tracks.
Senator NeWlAR--To prohibit certain
game and spoFts on Sundays.
Senator Bailey-AuthoFit,nE the
state Beard NJ Pensions 10 enroll the
nsms OF joseph Gilmore on the zen.
sion roll.
Committee o. Appropriation AP-
pEonrinllon bin Cor she slx months Of