The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-25
BY J. n. Recess.

Tallahassee, May 24.--An unexpected
hitch has occurred between Speaker
Jennings and Senator Stokes, which
will have to be Strengthened out If the
Pensacola charter bill is to pass at
this session. Mr.. Jennings. with his
colleague in the house, Mr.. Harper,
passed the charter bill week ago as
it was drawn by the city attorney Of
Pensacola. This afternoon Jennings
offered a resolution recalling the bill
from the senate for amendment. 1t
came over tonight and Jennings offered
graphs two and three of section 18,
which gives the regulation OF all pub
lie utility corporations to the city and
other additional powers.
The bill was passed in the house as
amended and tonight Stokes passed
his bin In the senate without the
amendments. Stokes faces the Jen-
nings revised bill in the senate and
Jennings faces the Stokes original bill
in the house.
The situation is that Jennings is un-
willing to let the bill go through un-
less amended and Stokes won't have It
that way. 1t is likely that both gen
tlenen will begin to hear from their
constituents.
ANGLE GETS ENCOURAGEMENT.
Representative Angle, author of the
convict lease abolition bill. which has
passed the house and will probably be
reached In the senate tomorrow. re-
ceived a telegram from Arthur G.
Jackson, president of the National
Good Roads Association In convention
In Birmingham saying that strong res
olutions were passed by that body Rp-
proving the course OF the Florida house
in passing the bill and hoping that the
senate would do likewise The. tele-
grams states that Governor Emmett
O'NeaI Of Alabama, was presiding
when the resolution passed.
The senate passed the resolution for
an amendment to the constitution for
the initiative and referendum. The
measure passed the house several days
ago.
The senate passed a resolution pro-
vidipg for the insertion of the grand
father clause in the Florida constitu-
tion to rid the state OF the ignorant
negro vote. The bill goes to the house
The senate passed Zim's bill provid-
ing for bureau of labor statistics and
a commissioner of labor. The Williams
forestry bill was defeated in the sen
ate.
McKenzie's resolution for a constitu.
tional amendment was passed to the
foot of the calendar in the house nndeu
a rule adopted yesterday that wher
members were not in their seats upor
reaching their bills on the calendar
that the measures would be so treated
This is an expedient to save time anC
keep the attendance close, as 1t very
effectually disposes of the measure
The senate refused to consider a pc.
tition sent by W.. H. Milton of Ma.
rianna, former United States senator
asking that a primary law similar t.
that in effect in Oregon designed t.
reduce the expense of primary cleo
tions. be passed. After the first para
graph of the petition was read IL
which Mr.. Milton stated that he woult
he a candidate for governor. Senate
Calkins moved that the letter be re
ferred to judiciary A, and be kept of
the pages Of the journal, which wa
carried.
The senate passed the bill putting
telegraph companies under the railroad
commission for regulation.
FIVE SENATORS ALONE.
The Initiative and referendum claus
was passed in the form of resolution
to amend the constitution by the sen
ate this morning in one of the closes
battles witnessed during the presen
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