The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-23
By }, n, Reese.


Tallahassee, April 22-The state
house administrative officers were
called before the appropriation COM
mtttee today to explain the needs of
recommendations made in their report
to assist the committee in reporting
the bill for the support Of the depart
ments, which will be taken up early
during the coming week.
A plan is on foot for the senate and
house committees on public highways
to have joint session and hearing.
The Jacksonville and Tampa boards of
trade have given notice that they wish
to have delegations present to urge
the passage of the convict lease aholi-
tion bill proposed by Angle of Polk and
the creation Of a state highway COM
mission.
1t is aUthoritatively reported that
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Parkhiu will resign IN January
| TO become a candidate for congress.
A part of the Tampa delegation left
today, but others will remain to work
| against a division of Hmsborough
county. Tampa will have another fight
| before the legislature when the char
ter amendment bill comes up. The
| changes will provide for the present
| city officers to hold over for two years
in view Of the recent chaotic political
and industrial condition. Order has
| been restored and it is desired to cir
| cumVent an upheaval which munich
| pal election might bring about.
| Members of the State Press Associa-
| ton will begin to arrive tomorrow for
the annual convention. The first ses-
! sion viii be held in the college audi
torium Monday night.
DEFEAT PINELLAS BILL.
| Although the Pinellas county bill
| was reported fayorably by the commit
tee on county organization the an
| tagonists of the measure assert that
| the measure will surely be defeated in
| the house; if it comes up and goes
| down in the house there is not the
| slightest doubt that the senate will
! concur by doing nothing. Senator
| McMullen is against the measure, and
| it is said that he refused to intro
duce it. The delegation from Tam
pa opposing the PinelIas bill is still
here, and is doing good work against
! the bill. Tampa has a good working
team when it comes to doing things
| for Tampa. Among the crew Is Willis
B. Powell, who halls now from Tam
| pa, being the secretary Of the Tampa
Board Of Trade. He was at one time
and not very long ago editor of the
! st. Petersburg Independent, and was
here four years ago working for the
| very thing that he is now working
| against-Pinellas county Powell was
the foremost rOoter for Pinellas now
he is equally energetic against it. But
| he explains his change Of action in
| this wise: when / was here four
years ago working for Pinellas county
I was just as much in earnest as I
| am today working against the diVis-
! ion. At that time we had no hard
| roads to speak Of on our side OF the
| county, and all the money was being
spent in other portions while We were
| paying the taxes: l used the division
| idea as lever to get what we wanted.
| Now we have an almost perfect sys-
| tenn Of hard roads betting the penin-
sular with Tampa and now we have
| a railroad from Tampa to TaTpon
| Springs that we didn't have then. The
situation has been vastly changed. We
got what we wanted for the Pinellas
peninsuIar and having gotten 1t there
! is no longer any excuse or reason to
! talk for division" Mr.. Powell is do
! ing good work for the Tampa Board
| Of Trade; in an experience of a few
| years of the work he has come to
be known as one Of the best CONNER
! cial secretaries in the country.
DRAINAGE CANAL.
Hon. Thomas Campbell, tax collector
Of Palm Beach county, has been in
Tallahassee several days. one object
Of his visit being to appear before the
internal Improvement trustees and
place before the board the claim Of
Palm Beach county for one Of the
Everglades drainage canals hIr
Campbell appeared as the representa-
tive of a mass meeting Of citizens
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