The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-05-05
FORMAL OPENING
OF NEW MANSION
Governor and Mrs. Broward
to Give Housewarming
Wednesday.
Feature Was a Parade of
Capital City's Many
Goat Teams.
COUNTY DIVISION CONTINUES TO
ACETATE THE LEGISLATURE, A
PARTICULAR. FIGHT is BEING
MADE OVER HILLSBOROUGH-
VICTORY FOR THE !. {. FUND
TRUSTEES.
BY jefferson Bell.

Tallahassee, May 4.-The feature
III the May Day celebration in old
Tallahassee was a parade of the goat
teams so numerous in this place. The
good old English custom of celebrat-
Ing May Day has been. kept up in Tai
lahassee, although for some reason
three days of grace this year have
been added to the date. For many
years Lewis Park has been the scene
OF this fete, and under the splendid
oak, known as the May Tree; success
siye Queens of the May have been
crowned, generation after generation
lending some fair maid TO reign for a
day Through the corridors of mem
DRY they come trooping, these play
queens, crowned with roses, dimpled
and rosy with girlhood's grace Many
of them are gone-some are witheI ed
and old-some are now budding into
wcmanhood. Sad it is that
Beauty all must fade, even sceptres
Roses and queen must crumble into
dust
Yet through the shadows, once again
Their ghosts steal forth DER memory
10 reign"
Executive Mansion Opening.
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Executive mansion Wednesday with a
large reception to the legislature AMI
TO the people of Tallahassee The
mansion is not quite completed hut
the governor and Mrs. Broward had
long planned to entertain the legisia-
ture in the new home The first floor
Is completed and presents a very
handsome appearance.
1t took eighty-one years to convince
49,. -
of Florida should have an official
home. and the legislature of 1905 de-
serves the thanks of the state for it's
action in providing such a home.
County Division.
County division still continues TO
agitate the legislative mind at ITALIA
hassee. Hillsborough division has
held the center of the stage. the other
bills for division being held in abey-
Rnce until this particular one is
passed upon. The divisionists this
session have come in unusual num-
bers. Three counties are proposed to
be made out of DeSoto, two of Dade,
two of old Volusia. two of Hills
borough, with others yet to hear from.
The fact that Mr.. Dudley, of Hills
borough, is opposing division and Mr..
Decker also of Hillsborough, known
Ras the sponge king, is fighting for
Pineallas county, developed Il rather
amusing situation in the House when
the matter was at white heat. The
vote Wednesday upon the indefinite
spostponement of the bill was 90 to SO
and indicated how closely the lines
are being drawn. Mr. Parkinson of
Nolusia made a clever reference TO
secession in his speech against in
definite postponement which doubt
less caused those who were wavering
to rally to the support of these latter
day secessionists and the bill was
saved by close margin.
Bar Examinations
Mr.. Calkins of Nassau, Mr.. Willis
OF Levy, and Mr.. Matthews of Marion,
for, and Mr.. Carter, of Alachua,
against bill TO provide that eXamin-
atoms for admission to the bar shall
be taken before the supreme court,
entertained the house several hours
Thursday morning Although there
was a very determined effort against
the bill 1t passed through the ordeal of
Indefinite pOstpOnoment and went TO
The engroSsing committee.
In the senate Mr.. TTammell made
n valiant fight for his franchise bill.
which met with the most determined
resistance. Mr.. Trammell is bright,
able and ambitious-that he has a
world OF determination is shown by
the fact that he has gone up against
2 proposition like the proposed meas
IRE to tax franchises.
Victory for Trustees.
The Trustees of the Internal I'M
provement Fund have scored a very
marked victory in the United States
Circuit Court in the Injunction suit
brought against them before Judge
SWayne by the Southern States Land
and Timber Company. Former Gov
ernor Jennings brought with him
from Pensacola a copy of Judge
Swayne's order which cannot be re-
garded otherwise than as sustaining
the position of the Trustees. Mr.. Jen-
nings, as counsel for the trustees. has
made a brilliant and determined fight
10 sustain the position he held as gov
srnor and as a trustee and now IS
local advisor of the present board