The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-30
THE CURRENT
TOO STRONG
Anti-Prohis Give up Fight and
PrOhis Win Overwhelmingly
BILLS OF IMPORTANCE
The Primary and Bank Guarantee Laws
viii Cause Much Observation-Disclosures
Likely that will Protect Depositors
Tallahassee, Fla, April "a, 100,

Tallahassee, Fla, April "a, 1909.
Editor TRIBUNE:
After weeks of caucusing, advancing
and retreating, sidestepping and dodg-
ing, the opposing factions of submission
met in battle array on the floor OF the
House of Representatives last Saturday
to test the strength of their respective
sides. From the start it was plainly
evident that Submission was going to
win, but it was not without struggle,
for the Ants had some strong support.
ers, and attempted by amendments and
other tactics to befuddle the issue; but
the current was too strong and every
attempt to storm the stronghold was
met with solid broadside from the
Submissionists until the opposition gave
up the fight and surrendered to the
overwhelming force of the great moral
demand of the people of the State.
In this fight l faithfully carried out
my promises to the good people Of st.
Lucie county, and am proud of the
good company that joined me here in
Tallahassee to accomplish the end.
1t has been a seige of nervous strain,
not only as regards the Submission fea-
ture, but for the reason that with the
unrest that accompanied it, there was
nothing else that could engage the at
tention of the legislature Now that it
is over, the atmosphere has cleared
away and we now hope to get down to
business and grind out some laws, which
will probably come under the head OF
good, bad and indifferent-if nothing
worse.
The primary law is going to be the
source of much discussion as there are
several bills and intended bills on tap.
The Bank Guarantee law is also going
to come in for good deal of attention,
and it looks from present indications,
that some law will be passed in the in
terest of the depositor who has been in
the habit in the past Of handing in his
money to the cashier and receiving in
return, as security, polite thank you
and a pleasant smile, which does not
seem to have any cash value when the
doors of the bank have closed, as re-
suit of the aforesaid cashier helping
himself to the aforesaid depOsitor' s
cash, together with the capital stock OF
the bank, if there has been any paid lr
(Which, by the way, is not always the
easel. =,
AS said in my former letter, ! think
we have good body of men in this
House, and / think they realize the ne
cessity of throwing some strong pro
lection around the depositors in banks
which from the very nature of the bus
mess and the incompleteness of the in
spection under our laws, prevents TN
depositors from distinguishing as be
tween the good and the bad. find, o
course. some who cannot see any goot
that can come of Bank Guarantee, while
from my standpoint, it is all good,
have been too busy to find the lone
someness that / expected to find from
the experience of others as told to M
in fact, with so many interesting PEG
pie as find here, do not see how it i
,, poss. BILE for anyone to be lonesome.
There is a beautiful country aroun'
Tallahassee, equal to the mountains u
beauty, if not in grandure. Never Il
.. nv life have ! seen the quantity 0
beauty of roses as seen here. In
, country however, shows the lack 0
, productiveness; thousands Of acres
fertile soil lying idle, and the city is no
growing as the result of the neglect u
, the country, for it is historical fact
that no city, except one OF manufac
, turing interests, can grow and prosper
if her surrounding productive soils ar
untitled. W. ~ nARDEE'