The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-02
What WIN Message
Of Governor Contain


Of Florida has the Covsrn0r's biennial
message BEEN 90 eagerly looked Toward
10 as Ia the case Of the document row
being prepared BY Governor Albert VI.
Gilehrist for presentation b tho two
houses Of the legislature to be convened
at the State House next Tuesday.
Governor GIchrist has astonished.
both friend end foe by che moaletlg
manner In which be baa grasped fha
reins OF government, and the 0rnne
and Rcumon be has shoWn Ga headnl1.
istTatiou Of affairs. FlOFidinas ere bt.
coming fully convinced that there 81, "a
bis case, no power behind The throne
. which their present governor plays
the part Of puppet. No issue seems Coo
great Tor him % master; no deisifloo
small to receive HE personal attoniico
Among those measures that oI1 oi
most vital interest 60 the people %
Florida, there are three which wlll Be-
come isaues during the coming sessioo,
and e 10 stated that agentn sent out hg
interested parties both f0r and nE1lnet
those measures. have been making heg-
eulean efforts % gain "a advance hears
Ing from each senator and represonta-
tive, and q pledge Of bic vota.
The Statewide prohibition 01ealtoo
10 probably receiving the largest amount
Of attention and Wil call forth the boz.
test warfare between che opposing
forces. The women al over f|olidn.
headed by the Woman's Christian fsrl-
perance Union, have prepared pedt'qlg
asking for q careful consideration ol
the question, with q view % coun1tlns
tional amendment, and Z. B. Robcl1on.
Of SuWennee county, u announcing hin1'
self 60 Prohibition candidate for speak
% cf The house, a. agalnat Ion EllfIc
Of Dugal, who, e Il claimed, ID pledged
20 the opposition. Much tie larger Doe.
ton Of Florida b 'dry, and the rrca.
ent oppoeitiOn 30 prohibition u found
princIpally m the larger cities. IN inck.
sonvillo, for instance, TIE export tk
liquors into Alabama, Georgia. anf
Tennessee hes pat int circulation 81
that city hundreds Of thousands az dol
lars. Last Christmas week II Wna'nldrIs-
cd, that there was employed by The *
preeg companies Of that city, IRON one
% three extra clerks n each liquor
house just for the purpose Of hantlirg
tho jug and eases sent Out into those
States and Into the dry parts Of or',
M.F az WV " NNI... N".I.r H..... |||.|I
it Is expected that che SIGHT agalnet
Statewide prohibition Will y vel su1-
tanned, end Duyal county eXDectl Cd
gain q strong vantage ground ~ hay.
ing one Of her Representatives inside
speaker
There are two ether candidates fef
speaker besides Meusrs Roberbon and
karrig, both Of them men Who have
k.oss .ss.ns,.fr...S l. Cfakm ....IIlirn 49,
many years, Judge sgd. T.. Carter, of
Alachua county. and James B. AleEnn,
der, Of VOiusia Judge Carries Wns
chairman OF the famous COMMITTEES 40
pointed two years ago 90 INVESTIGATES
the doings Of the Internal Tmpgogomo
Fund Trustees. MF. Alexander %
possible candidate for guhernatorin
honors next election.
The second measure hasRrOWn ont az
the unsatisfactory workings az the pres
ent primary 1hlem. The lawsuit and
bitter fractional fight that arose &C TIA
last primary election between the sup
poftorB Of the Opposing candidates Tor
Congress from the 3rd District Of f|ff-
d, has aroused much questioning Of tie
practical utility Of che Law a. it noW
Stands, and general sentiment u ia g.
vor Of amendment. The free scoops
given Tor the ilIegitlmata and indiecgInl-
mate uao on money nt these primary
elections, cunstitutas thu most obiec,
tlonable feature Of the system, and
moot of the suggestions offered for
emtndment are aimed especially b that
direction
Following are eome 81 tho auQgealloua
offered By one of Tallahasseo'a leedinQ
lawyers who intends framinE them into
3 BIZ % be presented By Icons repre-
scntatives:
l. Remove lhs poll tax prerequisite
for voting In the primaries, and compel
Ire tax collectors 90 colloct lhis tax N
NE same way that they collect th1'l
personal taxes.
II Compel each candidale o. pub
'ieh. two weeks prior 30 and fwo NtalH
after each primary, tie amount e1n,
a1ted @ be campaign expeng1a I1
.be name ~ re contributor. and iI1
lelsfion existing between them 1EeIn
10 end 4 iiat 81 campaign txpond|tao
made By him with ltt auotnt np1n, ~
'af1 % eocciId lcrI,InsIk rIrr
'nck a. Hlofatore. lstgeI'ar 9Irl
lablic meollng1. cle aUl eI'eN
n D. 6pent io9 10 otlcI pErn #IN
llg1oI poraIiio6 fog g|o'aI'at tIarr CT
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