Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-05-25
|rHE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
MET IT'S WATERLOO In
THE HOUSE
HRf DRAINAGE AMENDMENT
crane's Drainage Amendment Passed
the Senate-Legislature Down to
Rusiness-Extra Session Possible

,most two to one, more than enough
submit a constitutional amend
nent the senate of Florida yesterday
fternoon passed the Crane drainage
kill amending the present law so as
4 hiring it within the provisions of
he state and federal constitutions.
Another chapter has been added to
he unbroken series of drainage VIC
ories in the legislature this year, and
be passage of the bill by the house
representatives is regarded as GER
ain That Governor Broward will
pproye the act seeking to make con-
kitutional the methods in vogue for
arrying out the scheme which has
aunted his dreams and received the
eepest consideration of his waking
boughts ever since he entered the
bee for governor goes without say
Il. The passage of this act comes
at an opportune time for the
ustees, since Federal Judge Swayne,
ho was impeached by the national
puse of representatives some months
10 and acquitted by the senate on
hat was almost strict party vote,
hs sustained the contentious in the
lst day or two of one of the suits
Eainst the trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund, and while
Eayne's court is not the tribunal of
st resort. its decisions necessarily
Embarrassed the trustees to a certain
tent in executing what they con-
rue as their duties In regard to the
! ust imposed by the acceptance of
3 swamp and overflowed lands
pm the United States government.
pe Crane bill, if enacted into law,
+ 1t probably will be, and If sustain
j by the courts, which no human
: ang can know, but for which the
= ends of the reclamation project de-
u utly hope, it will enable the trus-
. : to collect an acreage tax of five
I, PTS In the drainage district, for
= Pinag purposes.
Is NJ. Crane, Of the eleventh, introd-
p r OF the bill, made a good fight
y. ~ as Is best shown by the results.
= asted by Senator Trammell, he de-
- aed II yesterday from the attacks
Senators Beard, Buchanan,
!. One, Henderson, HUMPHREYS,
aston, West of the Fourth, and
ms Mr.. Crane himself did very
talking, but what he said went
and the house of oratory spent
we gentlemen on the other side,
" aueo one of the palmy days of
alalnage campaign of 1906, were
'snng against the determined
made by the senator from the
sA'n, VINO was a member of the
.ot e0mmittee. which recently ms
~ .ne drainage operations for
- ss'slature, and could speak from
ven as faith. Another warm
y = '1'ef OF the bill was Mr.. Hud-
|, = " Inc thirteenth, whose district
es tnree of the six counties
a : 0io drainage district, Dade,
acle and Brevard. So:
u s senate spent a large portion of
1alng discussing the bill re-
y the committee On finance
uon for the assessment and
VI revenue About the only
'ny Of note was the effort
meil to get in a fran
provision, which was lost
soce vote. As before
Massey bill now before
! a. = IN some essential res
susl'y a franchise tax. The
Issued consideration of the
8 sp'0priation bill on second
II - ]. WIN few amendments,
. 'ne engrossing committee.
-. soted down the Craw-
= QIOQl0lfinn
q - sas more than three to
~. Of the resolution, 1t
votes Of having a suf-