Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-11
|,,..axrrSG oosMITTEE Is
~ 10 HAVE A COUNSEL
|uxItsT OVER QUESTION
.sS~rsns Amendment Which
- Again Broashs Before
Hsase and Loss

y,shassee. April ll.-Fne sur
/. the House yesterday morn
~.s the vote to reconsider the
Concurrence with the Senate
Smeut, TO House Concurrent
I,,s,on No. 1. which were agreed
i asy before after pending for
nrSs Of a week, and the action of
pouse taken Tuesday had been
led FINAL pretty generally.
rS<s~ and Vote i'm the House.
rrcst surprise apparently was
NJ An the House by Mr.. Calkins,
ssmu, a young representative
heretofore had not opened his
M except to answer to roll call,
the quiet young man from
AN arose and offered a motion
Ike up from the table the motion
econsider the House concurrent
the Senate amendments to
u Concurrent Resolution No. l.,
Ming for a joint committee OF
10 investigate the affairs Of the
lee OF the Internal Improvement
as requested by special mes
IRON the Governor. 1t will be
lied that on the day before.
the house. voted ito concur in
Benate amendments. Mr.. Watson.
kde. made motion to reconsider
vote. and to lay the. motion to
nsides on the table, which pre-
4. and the matter was regarded
rmanently closed.
Iere was surprise therefore when
gentlemen from Nassau arose
offered a motion to take up from
liable the motion. to reconsider
occurrence with the Senate
6nents. Mr. Watson was on
gset with an objection that Mr..
fns was out of order, and there
some little discussion between
q to what the proceedings of
lay before In regard to the mat
Feally were. Mr.. Calkins reading
the Journal IN support Of his
entions- Speaker Matthews, af-
listening to a brilliant argument
parliamentary law from the op-
PC forces. In which several join
ruled that Mr.. Calkins was in
.. and put the motion to take up
TIE table the motion to recon
Mr.. Wilson. Of fernando and
70 requested a roll call, which
ordered, and the motion prevail
~ vote OF 33 ayes to % nays,
n being absent or not voting. The
on was then made to reconsider
concurrence with the Senate
PIGMENTS and on this for nearly
Our the battle of oratory begun
ne hrst round, ragged more and
Whether or not IL was a coin
pee. or whether ii was exactly
same alignment, is immaterial,
vote TO take up from the table
motion 10 reconsider was exactly
s2me as the first test OF strength
eek ago. In connection with the
resolution. IL seems most likely
ave been a coincidence, because a
Der who were present at the first
OF strength were absent today.
~ Calkins spoke several times or
motion. most of his remarks In
nrst place being directed toward
parliamentary side of the ques,
though he also strongly opposed
orizlng the Joint committee tc
ioy counsel to assist in the pro
Pa investigation, holding as ex
Psed by Mr.. Carter, of Alachua
os OF the House resolution, thai
n were enough lawyers in the two
yes to serve on the committee.
r. watson. OF Dade. opposed The
Pon to reconsider in a strons
en- He declared that the com
zee must be empowered to emplo,
ne assistance 1t needed, If tn in
sauon were to be a thorough
and the committee was to repor
[eanired to the present session O
legislature.
= Carter asserted that II tn,