The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-02

any sentence. clause 81 atliable that would
give 4 suggestion ~ rtaeqnable cause TOT
Eestl0n. then J ask the Senator % let
ua haVe fhe opportunity % hearing him
on that subject and hla solution % The
Jas b. the Insurance 81 personal prop
crty. some think u would operate a.
premium on dishonest inHuIeIa. ask
you, gentlemen. with due Difference 20
the Governor and % All bOW Do the name
0f common sense. justice, equity ana good
COINCIDENCE could it - operate on algh0q-
fhat n the tifIe b. not 10 the Insured al
fho time o. tho Issuance % the policy, you
can set 4 10 as defense, provided you
OF deceit u would BE- fraud II be insured
without any title. 10 absolutely and
clearly excludes the dishonest insurer.
N the man had no title a. distinguished
from n mere defective title, Il would. u
course. be fraud 20 insure and this de-
fense would Of course be available. No
one win deny that OT ~ the company
asks the party Insured. rs the title IN
your N be seks that and be replies yes.
when aB q matter Of fact Il was not, then
The BIZ does not protect any such con-
ditiOn o. AFFAIRS. Again, Mr President,
! said. and I challenge any Senator on
the floor 81 the Senate 30 show anywhere
IN this bill. a single expression, syllable
~ word 90 give the Governor the logical
right 70 send any such veto message
ssr. President ! have taken up three
fOuFtha more time than j expected 10, i
am a new member Of the Senate, and 4
Yielding. and listening % the older heads
who have had more experience than III
have had. That for two reasons, / am
not IN a position either with ability, ca
pacity or experience % do the people Of
the State Of FLORIDA ~ much good a.
these Senators who are here with much
more experience than J. however much
Interest ] may have IN the measure per-
sOnaily or however much I may believe
u may be for the good Of the public
Interests o. ne siat iys q orias FoT,aba
out my membeFship IN this chamber ana
II ~ not Indispensable now. ] am willing
70 let my proposed legislation take a back
the "hold-oversS u the Senate have put
into law that which they believe 20 be
90 the best interest Of the State Of FLOR
ida. That o. both fair and Just 90 those
who have been here before the speaker
and who may not have the like OppOrtun-
Wy agaln Ny desire N 10 do the best
good for Florida, and when ! say Florida.
rs the gentleman from the Seventeenth
said the other dny, | mean corporations,
insurance companies and the people OF
the entire btute. have no respect for or
confidence In TIE man who VIII stand on
the stump soliciting votes, or who will
stand on the hOOT ~ this Senate crying
against corporations for the purpose Of
securing some superficial recognition OF
the masses. ! want % see the man before
the people and on the floor Of this SEN
ate seeking the votes % the people, 20
stnnd for Whatever he believes 90 be right
whatever may b. the public sentiment !
want 10 hear him say, these are my ideas,
II you want them, enact them Into law,
vote for them. ] am az irOnclad To public
ClnmOr or sentiment ~ piece Of steel. |
! want 10 listen % people who DO their |
thinking IN spirit OF fairness, Justice |
and conalderatiOn, and when ] do that. /
feel inat ! have discharged my duty tol
u for that reason ! am devOting 30 much |
time 10 the consideration Of the Gov |
ernor's veto don't say that have any
directing my attention 10 the Governor,
his Intent or purpose, but the effect 81
the Governors message. ] ask you SEN /
have said only II have based the state
menta on logic, fairness and reason, and
u ] have said anything that might tend
orn0r OF Florida, then I ask that that ex-
precision b. considered IN the light In
which u was given. Whatever may be
ny personal regard t9r ne Governor a.
proper 10 b. discussed or TO be expressed
on this hOOr IN parliamentary debate.
Therefore, Mr.. President, I have net in
might have had OF the Governor lndlvidu-
ally, 30 far ~ that n concerned, my
public acts ana my connection with the
Governor VIII explain that, and he under
stands its pleasant connection, but I want
10 call attention 20 this senate 90 the
eject. not the purpose or Intent, Of the
lovernor.a message whatever may be
our duty when the Governors message
comes % the aonarl 90 carefully analyEe
q, consider u with fairness ana skill, and
deliberate Judgment and not on any per.
sunal confederation whatever. and I say,
hF President that any expression that
have made ought 20 be stricken from
the minds o. the Senators ~ we'll as from
The record, II Il might tend 20 30 reflect
ON the Governor.
Let 90 Bay due respect 10 that message,
bpt let us reserve ~ the same time. the
right 20 analyee u Just the same as he
To@la aHpK bs ~ 1 ysrs fr Ss the ssn6
OF any other Senator. and do Il fairly
and deliberately. We are sent here 10
discharge public duties. we are here 10
express pur thoughts clearly and fairly
and therefore simply dlvest myself
0f personal consideration and exercise the
right 90 give my honest construction OF
TIE uovernor.s message. .-.
In this day Of regulating insurance COM
panies, and other corporations, u seems
there has not arisen IN any other States
q neCohalty for any such law"
Whether or not this kind Of legislation
hae been passed by our sister States o.
euually ~ puerile a. Il the other as
stunned reason. ~. President. We. ought 20
BE- guided by the experience Of history.
Il Il the unhappy aEes Of history that
are the productive ones. when We en-
act new measure, We ought 60 nrHt
relS,iyS lksrsso h or lister T states ls SS1s
ione anything or enacted the law and Il
has proven satisfactory we can be rea-
sonably expected % do likewise. But aup-
10 Van winkls. they sleep twenty w ye arr
more, without stopping the leak Tor the
peoples protection, are We 90 at here
lna discuss local measures and leave this
1ne Of the greatest a. 1 anid the 0thnf |