The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-30
STATEWIDE
PROHIBITION
Proposed Constitutional Amend
ment Passes Both Houses.
" FOR AND q AGAINST
Distinguished Orators on Both Sides to
Address Voters Throughout the State
Measure Finally Settled Nov. 1910

A Tallahassee dispatch gives the fol-
lowing account of the passage OF the
constitutional amendment in the House
of Representatives last Friday:
The action taken by the House IN
passing the resolution to submit the
Statewide prohibition amendment to
the electors of Florida means long
and bitter contest.
The day was marked with much ex-
element and the discussion was pro-
longed for hours. :,
The "drys" were organized and held
their forces well in hand. The pro-
hibitionsts have the best politicians IN
the Legislature, while the ''antis"
have shown lack of generalship.
1t was 10 clock in the morning when
the resolution was taken up on a special
order. Hon. w. A. MacWiiliams, of
St. Augustine led the opposition to the
resolution, but when the vote was TAX
en- he supported it, in order that he
would be able to make a motion for re-
consideration.
For five long hours the debate was
continued and Representatives Chase
and Farris, of Duval county, made
vigorous and impressive speeches
against the proposition.
Others who opposed the measure
were Representatives Bynum, OF Ham
ilton: Davis, of Madison, and Dupont,
of St. Johns.
Representatives Miller, OF Lake;
Hilburn, of Putnam, and others sup
norted the resolutions. The crisis fin
| III, orr;,,ad opd WAS aS follows.
Against the resolution: Speaker Far
r;s Representatives AGREE, of OsceOla;
Phantom. of Madison; Butler, of Dade;
Bynum, of Hamilton; Calkins, of Nassau;
Charles, of Lafayette; Chase, OF Duval;
Davis, of Madison; Dempsey, OF Su-
wannee; Dupont, of st. Johns; Hatcher;
of Columbia; Knowles, OF Monroe; Ma
lone, of Monroe; Smith, OF Jackson;
and Wells, of Leon-l6.
Those voting for the resolution were:
Alexander, of Volusia; Bond, OF Jeffer..
son; Brown, of DeSoto; Carter, of
Alachua; earn, Of Marion; Cash, of
TAYLOR: Clarke, of Jefferson; Conway
of CLAW: Cox, of Polk; Doke. of Levy;
Godfrey. of Lake; Grace, of Citrus;
Hardee. of St. Lucie; Hilburn, OF Put
nam: Hodges, of Columbia; Hull, of
Manatee; Kelley, of Baker; King, of
Orange; Knight, of Bradford; Light,
of Marion; Littell, of PascO; MacWil-
liams, of st. Johns; Mahaffey, of Gads-
den: McCaskill, of Santa Rosa; Nc
Kenzie, of Putnam; Mckenzie, of WASH
ington: Miller, of Lake; Moore, of
Franklin; Neeley, of Leon; Newton, of
Orange; Ogilvie, of Nassau, Page, Of
Wakulla; Pattishall, of Hills borough;
Peaden, of Santa Rosa; Register, OF
Hamilton, Richbourg, Of Walton; Rob
ertson. of Suwannee; Sheppard, of
Gadsden: Stewart, of Brevard; Stokes,
, Escambia: Stringer, of Hernardo; Tay-
lor, of Hilsborough; Terrell, OF Sumter;
Thaggard, of Liberty; Thornton, OF
Volusia; Tidwell, of Jackson; Trammell
: of Calhoun; Wall, of Bradford; Wat
ford, of Holmes; Virgins, of Escambla
Wilson, of Lee-j9.
: The Statewide prohibition amend
: ment was passed in the Senate TWO
days before its passage in the house.
The following shows the vote:
Yeas-Mr. President, Senators Ad-
kins, Baker Goth DISTRICT Baker (29th
2 District Broome, Grill, Cone, Cottrell
t Davis, Dayton, Flournoy, Girardeau,
, HUMPHREYS, Johnson, Leggett Massey,
McCreary, Mcleod, McMullen, Miller,
Sloan, West, Williams, Withers-24,
Nays - Senators Beard, Buchanan,
Harris, Henderson, Hosford, Sans,
Zim--7.
The local optionists are firm in the
belief that the voters of Florida will
, reject the proposition. A systematic
campaign will be made in every county
and of course the ''dry" element viii
be also awake. Distinguished orators
: on both sides will be pressed into ser.
! vice, and Florida will witness the most
= exciting contest in the history of the
. state.
!. The passage of this resolution by
{ both houses means that the people OF
q Florida will vote on November, 1910
: on the question of whether local option
. . shall prevail or that the State adop
q Statewide prohibition. If the prohi
9 btionists win in that election it means
! that the law will not 60 into effect un
!, til six months later.
c "The Tarheel," Charles A. Porter
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