The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-05-23

conducting the investigation, and not
1 the committee
In justice to all concerned. the com
mittee recommended that the inves-
! tigation be continued TO the end by
| the present joint committee. with one
more member from the house, and
| that $4,000 be appropriated for their
| expenses.
| The report was adopted and the
| speaker appointed Mr.. Knight of Co
lumbia as the additional member of
the joint committee. Mr.. knight is
! secretary CT the house investigating
committee, of which Mr. Wilson of
fernando is chairman.
When the appointment of a joint
committee TO investigate the fund
! was under discussion, fears were ex-
| pressed that IL would result in an IN
vesugaion by experts instead Of bt
the legislature. The testimony Of Mr.
Marin, the expert on the stand, seems
to bSar this out.
Ii is said on good authority that it
will be necessary for Governor Brow
ard to call a special session of The
legislature TO receive the investigating
committees report. As the governor
is chairman of the board which Git is
would be interesting and unique.
FAIRS Discussed.
The Tampa fair bill by Mr. Dudley.
of Hillsborough, was special order in
the house yesterday morning. Mr.
Dudley being i'll, his colleague, Mr.
Decker, had charge of the bill, and
presented the claims of the bill in
clear, logical manner Mr. Decker
makes no claims to oratory, but has
convincing manner of putting
things, and his speech on this bill
was really better delivered than t-e
one in favor of his own most cher
ished bill, the one creating Pinellas
county.
His speech carefully reviewed the
work of the Florida State Fair, and
presented solid wall of arguments
for his opponents to answer. asking in
conclusion special consideration for
the bill because of the illness of its
author
Mr.. Matthews of Marion moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill, on the
ground of economy, and Mr.. Reese of |
Escambia spoke in favor of the mo- !
ton, holding that the appropriation |
asked for was unconstitutional. and /
for the benefit of local private cor /
poration.
Mr.. Clarke also had constitutional |
doubts, and Mr.. DUPONT, who has q |
similar bill for an East Coast Fair, |
thought with Mr.. Reese that Tampa |
had received enough already.
Mr.. Alternately, Mr.. Parkinson. Mr.. /
Rchbourg, (author of the DeFuniak |
fair bill, who periodically declared |
his people wanted the Tampa bill |
passed even IL their own should fall |
AZ lio- rl<f@
the constitutiOnality and the wisdom
of the bill
The arguments against the bill
were as TO It's legality, the policy OF
making further fair appropriations,
and the impression that the TAMPA |
Fair Association was a money-making
concern, which was successfully re-
futed
On the other hand, it was shown
that the appropriation was to be used
in paying premiums
while the immense value of the fair
as an educational feature and as bene
hcial to the farmers and homeseekers
was strongly brought out. The bill
Will probably reach a vote this morn
ing, as a select order.
License Tax Talk.
In the house in the afternoon, prac.
tically all the three hours was con-
sumed in discussing the license tax
bill, prepared by the committee Oh
finance and taxation.
The house passed under suspension
of rules bill by Mr.. Kilgore, of Sum
ter. placing the physical properly of
railroads under control of the COM
mission. The bill takes tho place of
one which was introduced by Mr.. Kill
gore the first day of the session, and
after passing beth houses was losT in
some unaccountable manner. as was
a imilar bill which passed two years