The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-05-21
SLIGHTLY HrsREPREsENTED
Was the Little Spat Between Speaker
Farris And hF. HilhuFn.

The little incident in the house last
week, between Speaker FaFris and Mr..
HilbuFn, the gentleman from Putnam,
has been misrepreaented by several
State papers, among them The True
Democrat. which obtained It's informa-
ton from hearsay. This PAPER has a
very exalted opinion Of Mr.. Hilburn,
believing him TO be one OF the sblest
members Of the house, and regrets that
there was even a slight inaccuracy in
our report.
The truth Of the affair is best told in
the following clipping IRON the Palatka
News:
Mondays proceedings in the House
Of Representatives was enlivened by q
little, unimportant tilt between the
Speaker and Representative S. j. Hill
burn, Of this county. The Times Union
referred 20 IL simply as the "HIlburn
incident" and the people in this city
and county, while given 70 understand
that there had been some trouble, were
left in the dark concerning its nature.
One man said II wonder il Mr..
Hilburn has been getting m a scrap.
Just like him-he'd fight q buzz saw II
necessary"
But 1t wasn't that, Mr.. Hilburn, who
was in the city yesterday, was asked by
the News 10 relate the incident. He
said
The affair was in no way as impOr-
tant as some Of the papers have tried
20 make out. Some Of them have had
unfair reports, but the facts in the case,
.ad ,-rkfoh I a., vrrfllfnrr IN aayaae ~ aro
these
1.-THE House had Just voted TO recon
slider the vote on the Beard resolution,
which | opposed, and Mr.. MeWDhams
moved % make this resolution q special
order for q certain day. ! addressed
the Speaker, was recognized and moved
TO lay Mr.. McWilhams' motion on the
table, which was seconded. Some one
on the other side Of the House made
some kind Of q motion, and the Speak |
er's attention was directed to that side |
Of the House, and after some little con- |
fusion, the Speaker said The question |
now recurs on the motion Of the gentle
man from Sc. Johns, stating the mo- |
ton. arose, addressed the Speaker, |
and raised q point Of order ~ the effect
that the motion 10 lay on the { BILE took |
precedence. He said 10 me, harshly az
/ thought, that no such motion had been
made. / replied that such z motion had
been made, knew, as made 10 myself.
He replied: i did not recognize you.
Il did not think this sounded parliament
tary) replied The chair did recog-
nize me- He replied 20 me You are
put OF order / replied 4 am not
out Of order. He replied Take your
seat. q felt that this remark was
personal and very harsh. | replied
i will not take my seat until I get
ready He replied: IN have you ar
rested, and ordered the Sergeant-at-
Arms % take me into custody. Az this
point Colonel Nat r. Walker, a friend
u mine, hurried 20 me and said Hill
Jurn, cay you recede. ! then said
/ recede. Some one quickly moved
hat the gentleman from Putnam be
excused, which was put and unani-
nously carried. was not asked 30
lpOlogiEe. but after the matter was
Iettled, told the House | was sorry Il
| WAS not adjudged or held In con-
empt. and ! was not arrested. Fur.
her, the House Is not satisfied that the
speaker has the power 70 order the ar
est Of q member who Is present on the
loOr, and the House passed a resolution
yesterday afternoon appointing 4 com
nittee to inquire into the powers Of the
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