The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-25
House Gives a Death Blow
to State System of Good
Roads.
NEGRO QUESTION
AND CHILD LABOR
Prohibition Hopes Killed. in
House by Lack of Vot-
ing Force.
PROPOSED REMOVAL OF STATE
CAPITOL BY POPULAR VOTE
PASSES TIL EHoUSE-VETo OF
JACKSONVILLE CHARTER SUS-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
REVENUE BILLS.
BY A. 4. Roberts.


Tallahassee, Fla, May 24.-After
several hours of debate the senate to-
day passed the Crane drainage act
by a vote of 20 to u. Those voting
aye were: Afford, Baker, Canoya,
Clarke. Cone, Cottrell, Crane, Crews,
Davis. Girardeau, Hudson, Jackson,
Leggett, McCreary, Massey, Neel,
Trammell, Withcrs, West, of the First
and Zim.
Those voting nay were Senators
Adams. Beard, Browne, Buckman,
Grill, Henderson. HUMPHREYS, John
son, Sans, Willis and West of the
Fourth.
A companion bill by Mr. Wilson
(Hernando) has a favorable report
in the house.
Mr. Trammell offered an amend
ment in the senate on the revenue
bill that railroads return the value
of their franchise to the comptroller
was lost on viva voce vote.
The general appropriation bill. as
amended in the house, went to the
engrossing committee.
No Prohibition.
The bill by Mr.. Crawford (of
. Orange) for constitutional amend
msnt providing for state prohibitian.
was lost in the house this morning,
y
the required three-fifths majority.
Only one speech was made. by Mr..
Williams, of jackson. in behalf of the
measure, and the previous questioned
was then demanded by Mr.. Rich
bourg and ordered.
Good Roads.
The death knell of state system
of good roads was sounded in the
house tonight by the indefinite post
ponement. 36 TO IL. of the joint COM
mittee bill and practically the same
vote on the Farris. Parkinson, and
MacWilliams bill. The Smith bill
was killed, 32 TO Is. and the Mcken-
zie bill indefinitely postponed by a
viva voce vote.
Child Labor.
Senator Harris's child labor bill,
under charge of Mr. Farris, was taken
up in the house this afternoon. and
an amendment by Mr.. Griggs. reduc-
ing the age limit from IA to u years,
was adopted The inevitable negro
question bobbed up, and the amend
ment seriously crippled the bill
Capitol Removal.
The DUPONT bill, to submit to the
next general election for adoption or
rejection. the proposition TO move the
capitol to some place east of Suwan-
nee river, passed the house on second
reading. 81 TO %. and was sent to the
engrossing committee.
The house by a vote of AZ to 6, sus-
tanned the governors veto OF tho
Jacksonville charter amendment, at
the request of Mr. Farris, intrcducer
OF the bill, who stated that he would
prepare one to meet the objections
and believed Governor Broward was
sincere in his disapproval of the bill
HIS colleague, Mr.. Melton. however,
criticized the action of the executive
very severely
The house spent most of the morn
ing considering the general appropri-
alton bill, and the senate the general
revenue bill
Judge c. H. Laney and Hon. c. NJ.
Jones, of Pensacola, were here yes
terday.
Extra Session.
There seems TO be good ground for
belief that the governor will call a
special session If legislation on GER
tain subjects is not enacted
The fair bal was not called in the
senate today, on account OF other i'm
portant business.