The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-12
RACE TRACK men
TO IGNORE LAW
Claim That Legal Technically
Will Defeat Bill Recently
Passed.
Other Measures Before the Legislature
This Session.

This SessIon.
Mr.. w. #. Bauskett, the live wire
representative of the Times Union at
Tallahassee, and from whom nothing OF
importance in the way OF news at Ialla-
haSSee is likely TO escape, says that:
"a rumor has been current here for
some DAYS that the race track people
would attack the validity of the bill on
the point made by Representative
Dougherty some days ago, viz: That its
title related to two subjects not related,
one making certain contests between
man or beast felony and the other re-
peaIing a law the practical effect OF
which was to extend the charter oil the
state fair or race track association.
at is impossible TO confirm the rumor
here as there is no one in Tallahassee
authorized 10 say what the race track
people will do, but heard today that at
a recent meeting directors of the State
Fair and Live Stock Association in Jack
sonville il was decided 10 go right ahead
in preparation for the next meet just as
if nothing had happened in Tallahassee.
heard also that il was also figured at
this meeting that decision on appeal
could be STAYED off for the necessary
sixty days for the meet and that the as
sociation would not be restrained with
fines aggregating even so high as ,OO0
"The Imprisonment provision accord
ing to the report was also discussed but
il was not pleasant topic and was put
cf as one of those bridges TO be crossed
when you come 10 il.
1t will be remembered that when the
race-track bill came up for final passage in
the House last week that all opposition TO
the measure on the part of the race track
promoters was suddenly Withdrawn and
that its most bitter opponents in the
House voted for the measure they had
been engaged in fighting.
One of the most important pieces OF
legislation of the past week was the pass
age by the House of Senate bill No. 5,
which is an act to provide for the acqui-
sition of site and the erection, build
ing and furnishing of building thereon
for the use of the Supreme Court, the
Railroad Commission and for library.
This bill which originally made an APP
preparation of $500, 600 for the new build
ing was cut TO 500, 600 in the House.
Another important measure TO pass the
House last week was the bill TO establish
PinelIas county from territory cut from
Hillsborough county, bill that was
strongly opposed by the citizens OF
Tampa as well as the entire Hillsbor-
ough delegation in the legislature. This
bill passed the House by "a vote of 81 TO
70. MIR. Mckenzie of Putnam voted for
the division and Mr.. Middleton against.
House bill No. 145 entitled an act re-
quiring carriers TO honor passenger tick
els sold at regular rates any time within
one year from the date OF sale and pre-
Scribing penalty for violation thereof,
had its real purpose killed by an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Mckenzie OF Put
n i'm county, whose amendment was that
limit be fixed al lone month" instead OF
zone year" The bill was in the inter
est of every purchaser of railroad tick
ct. After being ruined by the Mckenzie
amendment the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
House bill No 3SS, which permits the
authorities of the city OF Palatka TO loan
or deposit money of the city where it
can get the best rate of interest was put
through the Senate by Mr.. Hilburn with
out trouble.
Gov. Gilchrist on Tuesday signed the
anti-race track bill.
The House passed the Senate bill pro-
Viding tor the payment oil premiums lohS
since due and awarded by the managers
of the State fair at Tampa.
There are bills and bills yet TO be con
Sidered Mr.. BauSkett says that thus
far there have been introduced in the
Florida legislature 400 measures-over
900 in the house and 500 in the senate.
A few of the measures are good, but
about IS per cent are the inconsequental
embodiment of smother of half-baked
ideas, usually drawn TO fit some isolated
experience of fact or Imagination. They
have right-of-way in order of seniority,
of course, and it is therefore certain that
many good bills will never come 10 a
call of the roll, but will die on the cal
endar. To consider / 1,4OO measures
properly would require at least year OF
careful deliberation."
Even the chaplain has recognized the
impoSsibility of human help in bringing
the membership TO sense of their re-,
sponSibility to the state, for in his
prayer Wednesday morning he said;
''Whatever the members of the body
may lack in wisdom and discretion we
beseech Thee, Oh Lord, to supply the
deficiency"