The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-04
Both Calendars Heavy When
Sessions Were Call
ed to Order.
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT MAI
TIERS DISPOSED OF, BUT NO IN.
CIDENTS OF GREAT INTEREST.
EITHER LOCALLY Or GENERAL
LY-LoNE SOCIALIST SCORES.
BY A. n. Roberts.


Tallahassee, May Both houses
held two sessions yesterday to dis
pose of portion of the immense
volume of unfinished business which
has accumulated during the i've
weeks OF the session. The senate
calender in the morning contained
thirty-twO pages, and the house caleu-
der forty-three
While a number of important mat
tors were considered and one or two
| disposed of by one house or the other.
there were no incidents of intense in
4 terest either local or general The
senate held an executive session in
/ the afternoon, but none of the pro-
ceedingS behind closed doors, which
were very brief, were made public
| In the senate the three special or
ders for the morning were passed over
until this morning, when they viii be
considered These special orders are.
Mr.. TrammellS franchise tax bill, Mr.
Hudson'S bill providing for an exten-
sion of the state capitol building. aud
Mr. Sans bill for the erection of A
sci al ate building for the supreme
court, and other state departments.
Two telegraph bills were disposed
of by the senate. MI Trammell's fix
lilS q IidAlluuDl rate Oh twenty-five
coEts for the first ten words and two
cents for each additional word, which
was lost by a vote of 25 to 5, AMI one
| by Mr.. Crane with committee amend
mentS imposing a penalty of tea dol
lars for failure to deliver messages
within a reasonable time. whicn was
passed with only one dissenting vote
Senator Neel There was little dis
cussior over the Crane measure. but
considerable debate on the Trammell
bill. The Senator from the 7th spoke
iii defense of his measure, and was
seconded by Senators Cone and
Beard, the latter arraigning corpora
tiOn5.
II was opposed by Mr. Cone. who
declared it would raise telegraph tolls
in some places; Mr. Broome, Nh
Buckman and Mr.. Harris, who called
Mr.. Hudson to the Chair, and he made
a speech from the floor against the
measure, which he declared WAS
prompted by prejudice against cor
porations. An important bill that
passed the senate was one introduced
by Mr. Adams providing for the
proper care. maintenance and protec
ton, inspection, rules for regulation
and control of county prisoners, the
manner of their discharge, and in !
tended to prevent abuses which have |
crept into the county convict system !
in this state from time to time. Mr. |
HudsOn's bill. amending the divorce |
laws, was indefinitely postponed.
In the House.
Mr.. Pettigrew, the lone Socialist in |
the legislature, was successful in Sc !
curing the adoption of two important |
concurrent resolutions in the house, |
requesting congress to call conven- |
ton to propose amendments to the |
federal constitution providing respec- |
direct vote of the people, and for a /
tax upon incomes and inheritanceS.
Among the numerous ''Whereas'S' in Z
the second resolution is one Teciting |
that taxes upon incomes and inherit |
ances would tend to secure a more |
equitable distribution III wealth in the .
country. Mr.. Pettigrew disclaimed !
that the proposition was new one,
and consumed but little time in ar
guing either. There were no speeches ,
against the resolution, though few
voices in opposition were heard when
the questions were put.
An important bill passed TO third /
reading was a substitute prepared by |
the committee on finance and taxation /
increasing the salaries of the cabinet |
officers of the state from $4,000 TO
81 900 a year, which was amended TO |
include the adjutant general at $4,000
and the state chemist at $2.5 a year.
A bill by Mr. Knight of Citrus also
passed to third reading. fixing the
salary of the state auditor at S2,500