The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
BY Fred M. Alien.


Tallahassee, Fla. April with
toe nearing Of the date for the open
ing of the 1909 legislature Tallahas-
see is taking on d busy air. The
hotels and boarding houses are get
ting in shape to handle the crowds
and the town is generally taking or
ivelier appearance,
Desks are being arranged and ~
erything Is being placed IL shape fo-
the opening of the session on The
upper floor of the state house Ths
railroad com mission is moving out
and will have Offices down on Monroe
street, the main thOroughfaTe of the
capital. The last legislature ordered
that the third floor of the building
should be cleared entirely so as to
give the two houses and the var
ious committees all the room posi-
BILE.
That it's going TO be one of the bus
lest sessions in the history of the
state nobody has the least doubt.
For besides the amendment TO th,,
constitution for statewide prohibition
there are many other bills of probablvI
as much general interest 20 the stare
as that general for introduction.
The indications are that here are 20.
ing 10 be enough bills Introduced OF
nearly every possible SUBJECT that a
legislator can think about within the
first ten days TO keep things hustling
the rest of the time,
Prohibition s5oG u DE- 81 isfi-a 4. Iifst.-
ment, tae guarantee Of hauh deposits.
the WALES claim the state primary
law, Teapportlonmeat and migration
are just few of the Important ma
ters that promise 20 keep things stir.
ring a. swift clip through he entire
sixty days. There are some deter
mined county division fights scheduled
also. which will demand time and af-
tCntioD.
TO BOND STATE,
\ proposition for the bonding of the
state for S2,0G0,O00 for good roaIs
has been Incorporated into bill ~
the Arcadia board of trade and II is
pretty certain that this bill will he
introduced. Il is receiving the en-
dorsement of the boards Of trade o.
several cities i'll the state and II VIII
be strongly urged before the legisIa-
ture.
\ state system of good roads is Do
posed under the plan. This system
would cover practically the entire
state and would bring the different
sections into close touch where no
good roads now exist. The system
includes good roads from Jackson
vile TO Pensacola, from Tampa TO
Plant City, from Plant City 10 Lake
City and Gainesville. from Gainesville
70 Jacksonville, via Palatka. from
Jacksonville TO Miami, via St Angus
tine, from Plant City 10 d point on
the Jacksonville and Miami route
near New Smyrna. via Orlando and
Lakeland, Palatka. via DeLand inter
secting road from New Smyrna II
Orlando. Barlow Junction to Fort
Myers via Barlow. Arcadia and PntS
Gorda.
1t Is proposed thar the route
through each county shall be selected
bE the county commissioners and that
the work shall be done by the county
though under state inspection. If the
read comes Up TO specifications. tH,
county shall receive $500 per mile
from the state out OF the bond fund
and $3.50 viii be paid for each mil
that IS up TO requirements, but not
on the lines of the state system.
The last legislature turned down a
bill for the placing Of state convicts
upon the building of state roads cor
meeting Jacksonville and Miami and
Tampa and PeuSacola. Il Is q sur
thing that some good roads IeaisIa-
ton viii be passed this time
NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.
acknowledgements OF ttH negro -
going 10 be a warmly discussed uur--
lion again this session. II is ok
pected that Senator Don c. AIcMulI=r
viii introduce the bill Senator John
:. Beard OF Pensacola. Introduced such
measure IN the last legislature and
the way he fought IT right through
the house was nothing less than spec
tacular But things We're differeE:
when Il reached the senate and il Waz
killed
Some claim that under the primary
system the negro Is no longer a far-
tor in politics anyhow except IN cities
where no white primary s held N
municipal elections and that U-ll
enough should be lef- s,loue. Boz
there are others who want 10 make 4
clean job OF il and put the negro Or
OF II for good and all
Senator McMuIlen is also going ~
introduce . bill for the state gua-au-
tee OF bank deposits. The plan foT
such d guarantee on > national scale
was originated BY William Jennings