The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-24
BY J. n. Reese.

Tallahassee, May 23.-The house
this afternoon passed the judicial cir
cult bill over the governors veto but
at the request of the governor himself
The senate passed the bill over the
veto yesterday and he was called upon
by members of the house to recede.
He could not under the rules with
DdraW his veto, but he sent a special
message asking that the house take
the action. 1t is now settled that
the governor will sign the bill, which
creates three additional circuits.
The governor today signed the state
uniformity of text books bill and the
Pinellas county bill, also the bill re-
quiring railroads to have electric
headlights and bill providing an in
spector for nursery stock.
The senate defeated the measure to
abolish the Office of county treasurer
and passed bills for g. biological sta
ticn on the gulf coast and reducing
the number of supreme court justices
to five, and a bill to increase the sal
ary of state comptroller to $500. The
five minute rule limiting debate was
adopted in the house as it was in the
senate yesterday and special orders
were made of the appropriation bills
for Friday.
West introduced a bill eliminating
the second primary.
Ward, chairman of the special prim-
ary bill committee, has been unable
to get his committee together, but
thinks the committee will also have a
bill. He is author of the inheritance
tax bill which has passed the senate
and win be made a special order for
Thursday.
The senate rules committee report
ed a special calendar of thirty-two
bills, each senator having the privi-
lege of selecting one bill and these
will be given precedence over other
businss until the end of the session.
The senate spent the afternoon read
ing Adams's oyster bill of twenty
three printed pages. Members took
turns at relieving the reading clerk,
and the bill passed the senate. Sena-
tor Henderson introduced a bill au-
thorizing the governor to offer G re-
ward of five thousand dollars for the
arrest with evidence to convict of the
Lake City lynchers. Consideration
was deferred until tomorrow, when it
will likely go through and be imme-
diateIy presented inthe house.
THE PRIMARY BILL.
Representative Tom West, of Santa
Rosa, today introduced a bill which
seeks to make a second primary un>
necessary. The text of the bill fol-
lows:
A bill to be entitled An Act Provid-
ing for the Discontinuance of Second
Primary Elections in this State
Be 1t enacted by@the legislature of
the state of Florida:
Section 1. That hereafter there
shall be no second primary elections
held in this state.
Section 2. That where more than
two persons are candidates for nomi-
nation for the same office in any
primary election held under the laws
Of this state, each elector casting his
ballot in such primary election shall
express his first and second choice for
two of the persons running for such
office by writing the numericals 81"
and %" before the names of the per-
sons of his f1rts and second choice
respectively, for that office to be fill
ed, and no ballot shall be counted
where two or more persons are candi-
dates for the same Office unless the
elector voting for persons for that
Office marks his ballot for his first and
second choice; Provided, that the fall
ure to do so, shall not vitiate the bal
lot as to any other office where there