The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-16

full measure to the interests of the
people of his district and the state.
In the House.
The sixty-nine members of the
house of representatives, while their
material is no better than that in
| the senate. though doubtless equally
as good. presents a larger number
| 10 choose from. Passing over the
| speaker, Mr. Matthews or Starke, and
| Mr.. Knowles of Monroe, speaker pro
| tenn, concerning whom considerable
| has already Oeen written, the mem
bers on the floor are yauegated and
very able lot of representative men,
| in fact apparently as we'll as in name
Owing to his brilliant parliament
airy victory, which smashed a pro
ceeding which might be termed un.
| der some circumstances an appHca
| ton of the gag rule" Mr.. Calkins OF
Nassau occupied the center OF the
stage in the house for the last day
or so of the session Up TO the time
he preached his parliamentary point
| which led to snatching victory from
defeat in the house on the Beard
amendment the gentleman from Mas
sau had never said anything on The
| floor of the hOuse,-and his only
speech since that time has been one
Yesterday asking to be excused for a
week on account of legal business.
He evidently believes in saying
nothing and saving wood and no
body knows what will bring him to
the center next time, out 1t is be-
Heved that when he does come for
ward again, there will be something
doing" as there was before
Judge Carter from AlaChua has
held his own well, in spite of the
rheumatism, and had the honor of
seeing his resolution for the l. l..
Fund Investigation accepted in place
of the one which was introduced in
the senate and passed prior to the
introduction of his own, and without
any amendments Objectionable to the
author of the resolution
Mr.. Dorman of Suwannee, seems to
make a speciality of resolutions, and
has one or two on the calendar now,
the most important one, that for call
ing a constitutional convention, hav-
ing been yesterday reported favora-
bly, He spoke good deal the first
week of the session, but has had lit
tie to say the second week.
Mr.. Farris of Duval, of a classical
countenance, has given the best SAM
pie of oratory so far heard IN the
house, and his remarks have carried
conviction with them as well as elo-
uuence. Uncle Steve" Melton, his
colleague, the only original Uncle
Steve Melton" is chairman of the
house committee on city and county
organization, and is the only member
of that committee who has nobody
in his county clamoring for division,
or who is not too eXhaused to clamOr-
Judge Griggs. of Franklin, is char
man of the Fisheries committee, and
is said to be fishing" in the Congress
sional mill-pond as we'll The day
light is broken, but not ObsCured, by
two knights, from Citrus and Column
bia respectively, and -singU ar to re-
late there is but one Smith,-Dr.
Smith of Lake, chairman of the COM
mittee on public health. Mr.. Long
of CLAY is well named and is more
given to acting than to talking Put
nam county has two editors in the
lower house. MeSSrS. Mckenzie and
Russell. who have been in the edi-
toriaI field long enough to learn not
TO saw ANYTHING unless it is neces-
sarv. Mr. Wartman is one of the
mowers in the house in the faction
il such it may be called, for faction
alism has had very little to do so
far-which first supported the unani-
NOUS choice for the speakership, and
Mr.. Matthews of Marion is strong
colleague. Judge Mcclellan of SUI