The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-27
By J. 3. Reese.


Tallahassee, Fla, April 26.-The ad-
vocates Of the race track have an
amendment which will be offered to
the Terrell bill. which they think will
allow a continuation OF the sport in
Florida. The amendment will allow
racing for state fairs for a period of
teirty days and county fairs for a
Period of sixty days. Representatives
Chase and Butler of Duval county. will
support this amendment and it is be-
heVed to be a popular amendment,
which will likely be adopted
Curly Brown, who is prominently
identified with the race track associa-
ton operating at Jacksonville, is said
a 20 be willing to make bond of fifty
thousand dollars to the state to guar
antee the erection of the necessary
buildings for fair, and Representative
Shase said tonight that if the amend
a ment is adopted the Jacksonville fair
VIII be the greatest state fair ever
held in the south. Mr.. Chase denies
-that all the business men in Jackson
willie are opposed to racing, but he saws
that many of them who at present on
pose the racing game alone will fall in
line with the amendment proposed.
PRESS AGAINST RACING.
The Florida Press Association. passed
resolutions endorsing the anti-race
track bill and also for the establish |
ment of an immigration bureau and
for an amendment to the libel laws. |
Speaker Jennings today introduced the
bill suggested by the editors
Walter Kehoe. former candidate for
eesls1ess feesla-t the Third district. Is In
Taifahassee. He says he win he
candidate for congress- if a folass,-------tt
trict is created.
The State Good Roads Association
meets here tomorrow and strong dele
cations will come from Jacksonville
and Tampa Angle of Polk has three
bills which the association will prob
ably endorse and work for. being to
put the convicts on the public roads, a
hond issue of ten million dollars for
good roads and the creation of a state
highway commission.
{ The state spelling contest takes
place at college tomorrow night.
The legislature attended memorial ex-
ercises in body here this afternoon.
The house committee win report the
child labor bill favorably with an
amendment making the age limit II
years.
NO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Senator Henderson's joint resolution
for a constitutional amendment Great
ing the Office of lieutenant governor
was lost in the senate this morning by
q close margin. The vote was 10 for
and I against. but failing of the con-
stitutional three-ifths. ii was lost.
4 Senator Henderson gave notice of re-
consideration. The measure met with /
little opposition on the floor, though |
Senator Cone punctured a few holes in |
the bubble pride in discussing it. He !
said that the constitution of 1885 had |
| been wisely drawn when the Office of |
lieutenant governor was left out. Pm |
willing" he said. ito submit all ques- |
tions to the people when there is a de- |
uand for them to be settled, but
don't see any need for the office of
lieutenant governor and have never
heard any demand for il. It's a use
less appendix to the political system.
II we have a lieutenant governor FOR
Florida We'll be in the same fix that
the people of South Carolina are; they
have "a lieutenant- governor, probably
for the purpose of providing title for
some broken down aristocrat, whose
only chance for glory is to be governor
If the governor dies and who prays
every night that the governor will die.
There's nothing for a lieutenant gov
ernor to do except play second fiddle to
the governor and who is there in Flor
ida who would want to do that; if we
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