The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-14
Amendments to the Measure
Caused Sharp Contest
In Each House.
Mr.. cALKINs. OF NASSAU, THE
GALLERY GOD OF THE WEEK
BECAUSE OF HIS SUCCESS IN
OVERRIDING PARLIAMENTARY
Lt1W-REESE'S STREET CAR
FENDER BILL OF GENERAL IN,
TEREsT.
BY jefferson Bell.

Tallahassee, Apr. 13.-The second
week of the FLORIDA legislature closed
Friday when both houses adjourned
over until Monday, many of the mem
bers going TO their homes Hardly
before has a Florida legislature in
the first two weeks transacted the
volume of business that the present
legislature has. After a turbulent
passage through the senate, Mr.
Boards Internal improvement FUND
investigation resolution fell by the
wayside In the house. Mr.. Carriers
resolution had an equally turbulent
voyage through the house and was
amended in the senate TO suit Mr.
Boards ideas as set out in his resolu
ton which died in the house. The
house again became the storm-center
when it was returned there for con.
currence in the amendments. The
first was concurTed in without obJec-
ton, and the second after a fight Mr.
Watson of Miami, who is considered
the best parliamentarian in the house,
moved to reconsider the vote Dy
which the amendments were con-
CURED in, and this being carried, he
moved to lay the motion to reconsider
80, the .salsls tagie seff Qztst 70 pres
vent the opposition from gettiHg the
amendments again before the house
Z Modest Mr.. Calkins-
Some are born great, some achieve
greatness, some have greatness thrust
upon them" To the second class be-
longs the modest Mr.. Calkins, of Mas
sau county, who up to the morning
after the concurrence in the senate
amendments, had taken no part in
any action beyond voting and answer.
L. IL
prise of the season upon mis- fellow
members by moving to take the mo-
ton to reconsider from the table,
where the gentleman from Dade had
succeeded in laying it the day before,
All authorities on parliamentary usa.
ges to the contrary, the louise took
kindly to r1r. CaIkIns's doctrine that
a majority could do anything they
pleased, the motion 10 reconsider
was resurrected, the second amend
ment providing for employment or
counsel to assist the investigating
committee was Topped off in the
twinkling of an eye, and a precedent
established that Will revolutioniZe
the procedure, at least in the present
house of representative. Having ac-
complished this fact. Mr.. Calkins
again assumed the alert, wordless.
VI Mudl was pdSSlDS
him, and except to answer roll call
or vote, has not been heard from
again, except to ask to be excused
for the coming week to attend court
Whether he does anything else this
session, he has been the gallery god
this week
"SuIking in His Tent"
In q clever editorial, one of the
cleverest Of the many clever things
from Claude L'Engles gifted pen,
Senator Boards refusal TO serve on
the committee named under the I'M
amended resolution is characterized
as Achilles sulking in his tent The
committee named is considered a fair
one and consists of Senators Buck
man. T. r. West and Joseph Hum
phreys, Representatives Carter,
Griggs, Watson and ReeseC
County Division. ~
All the big guns of Hillsborough
county, either for or against county
division, are concentrating at the
capital and although a purely local
affair. there will be a pig fight before
the ''secessionists'' are permitted to
go. Dade county delegations are also
at work, but are not so pronounced
as the HillsborOugh people They
are a prosperous looking lot, those
Hillsborough men-well-dresSed we'll
fed, well-kept and well-poised. Peter
o. knight, with is inscrutable smile.
as usual, is on the scene. That smile
Is an unsolved riddle, and is the mask
that conceals whatever is going on in
The busy BRAIN behind the specialized
eyes.
Reese's Fender Bill.
Mr.. Reese Of Escambia county is
very much interested in a bill he has
introduced in the house TO require
street cars TO be equipped with fend
ers that will prevent the distressing
accidents that are OF frequent occur
renee | understand that Mr. Blount
VINO Is counsel for the Pensacola
street Railway Company. has en-.
oorsed MI heese's measure. Whether
Mr.. Knight will make any effort no
defeat 1t, is matter that is agitating