The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-04

the mouths OF their cannon. His association with
these men asphyXiated the independence of spirit
which was his by heritage anu induced him to
give them the benefit of his brains which came to
him by right of birth, and his legal knowledge.
wnlch ne acquired, provided he was allowed to
share the fruits of the victories a la Napoleon
Algy.-Thats quite an interesting little bit of
personal history pa, but where does the job come
In! You say these men were appointed commit
tee to come to Tallahassee to try to save the sit
uation, which looked bad from the standpoint Of
these sending them, by defeating the Trustees
plan for drainage What did they do?
Pa.-They didn't do anything my son. But what
they tried to do,-thats another question. They
didnt Try TO 40 thing but to fool the Governor
OF the State Of Florida.
Algy.-How was that?
PATHS was their little scheme. Coming up
on the train with them was former Governor w
D. Jennings, who at that time was as he now 10
attorney for the Trustees These three Crawford
Wisner and young LEngle, had little amend.
ment all prepared, which was one of that kind of
asen n, that can be compared to sugarcoat.
ed Pill, innocent In appearance and taste hut
powerful In Its effects, when incorporated into the
system They showed this little amendment IN
Mr.. Jennings and asked him to agree To recon-
mend TO the Governor to accept It, Mr.. Jennings
promptly told them that he would not recommend
IL; that IN MS opinion the amendment would de-
stroy the bill and stop all drainage operations
ana ne scraped OF the sugarcoating to this partic
ular PHI and showed them the poison which Law
beneath 1t. This committee of three concluded
that Mr. Jennings was good man TO LET alone
on that particular amendment Tho
next uay this trio called on the Governor In his
once once and told him that If he would consent r.
tnis same amendment they would do ali tbev
could TO pass the drainage bill. They didn't tei
MN tnat they had shown the amendment n tha
attorney OF the Trustees Mr. jennings and IN Mr.
bryan, VINO was also at that time an attornov
LOT the trustees In fact they forgot ali about
this little episode which happened the dav befora
ana entirely failed to remember that both M
jennings and Mr.. Bryan pronounced the amamd
h saen' sure death to the bill. Governor is a
Dusy man at all times but when the Legislature 10
~ session ne Is about the busiest of ali busv mon
GOV. broward, with his mind engaged nm NOV,
matters OF great Importance did moi brino 20 81.
ulssectlon OF this particular amendment that na
I'VE keenness OF mentality which even tbo .mS
sluizeu press gives him credit for. He wos GU.
lous 10 get the aid OF these gentlemen for hi. h,S
anu accepted the amendment at its face vol,,a ~.
SSuspecthg tnat these men would trv m dano,
nm. he believed them when thew told hin, th',t
he amendment would perfect the bill ana tha tn''
snau,e CONSIDERATION that he gave to Il was NOT
3Sn 10 disclose to him the real purpose n
rue rue amendment, which was, to DESTROY The h,SI
ne .oiu them that he did not object 70 the amand
h .ea. anu would send It up to Senator West WIZ
n"u vnarge OF the bill. AS soon "A Senator W.
saw the amendment he consulted with NIr TO e.'
hings and Mr. Bryan and the three Of tbso zen,