The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-05

more importance 70 tnems tnaIB cneL a
legislation that affects the entii state:
It is recommended that an act bpassed
by which these various chartercan be
amended by the councils Of the artous
towns and cities, the same TO beubmit-
ted to the qualified electors as aeferen-
dunn. This is undoubtedly a beer plan
of safeguarding the interests ofne peo-
pie Of the various towns and CPS tnan
the usual manner Of passing ansoid DIN
as courtesy to two or three lfSla1ors
of a county. In many insta3s, the
courtesy" of passing the locs bin is
extended to q legislator who ds even
reside in the city or town. de us
ually receives his information I'm two,
three or more influential citizen
Employers Liability.
The governor advocates that pres
emit employers liability act won APP
plies only to railroads be anenG SO as
to include all persons or corratfons
operating machinery.
+ Local Bills.
II Is advocated that local bin which
lures time, shall be reserved e special
night sessions of the legislatfe held
solely for that purpose.
= Concluding the message saws;
Business Methods.
1.-THE following changes in theus1neSS
affairs of the state, during thpresent
administration, are summarized
Investing the principal of + state
school fund in bonds of counties nd mu-
~
cent, instead of In the bonds other
states bearing about per cent. Besides
increasing. as We hope, the indne LOT
the school fund, from this sou1s ABOUT
so per cent, we are providing sreadler
market for the bonds.
THE lands OF the trustees ofhe IN
ternal Improvement Fund AMOR tne
State Board of Education az being
graded, instead Of all being no at
fat price. The more worthless lsds are,
and have been sold at less. thanlhe fat
price. Even when the price b been
graded, none is sold IN blocks Oliver 300
acres unless the same is adversed for
sale, to the highest bidder, the rospec-
tive purchaser depositing and paing for
the advertisement and guarantelng TO
bid not less than the upset pric
heretofore contracted for, reervadon
is made of rs per cent. of phosphte and
other minerals, and so per centof any
oil; - n-.o..
and of the board of drainage oonts-
sioners has been better systoatized
through the employment. OF secretary
having no other occupation, and Tho can
"All cases coming before the Board
of Pardons are considered in e,eeuttve
session instead of in open sessia- Full
minutes of the board are kept State
carefully considered before aeon Is
taken. / am satisfied that thre are
several convicts whose service md be-
havior warrant a conditional pedon OF
sentenced to life charged with rape or
a negro woman of more or less QeSion-
able character, served about twenty
years before one of our inspecbrs dis
covered him. Had known of 1t, a spec
ial meeting of the Board of Pardon'
would have been called the first or sec
ond day of this administration for th'
consideration of same.
81 consider 1t fortunate that ne pres
ent chief executive differed with the twC
preceding ones, in that he took he posi-
ton. as declared by the supreme cour
of Florida heretofore quoted, relating Z
the powers of the legislature over and
which the two preceding governors hell
were 'irrevocably vested in the trustees
by the act of 1856" and that succeedinE
legislatures had no authority @ dispose
nor approved the act directing the Trus
tees to advertise the sale Of lands to tn
highest and best bidder, In tracts exceed
ing 800 acres. He also approved the &C
removing from the rs cents an acre pur
chase of so acres of land in the Dramas
district. In view of the decision OF tn
supreme court of 1910, this right to pur
chase 80 acres af the choicest lands Il
the lax Conditions imposed. might hkv
seriously inc0nven4e<sead the trustees o
the Internal improvements Fund,
although on g. rising market, thu Dee
contract for the hospital for the hsan
was let, during the present admHstra
| ton, for a fraction over g. cent abound
less than same was let. under. Il pre-
vious contract. This saving win akreat
| between 81, 900 and $500 per yed
THE state printing has been st 70
two years at a saving of fully $1,000 o.
over previous contract. think saw
| ing is greater.
ment Fund and the Board of Ihinag'
| Commissioners have employed Hin. W
| II. Ellis, former attorney general, b rep
resent them in all legal work ESalar,
| $500 per year.
Upon being inaugurated govfnor,
! decided I would write at least tp com
munications monthly to outside ppers o
magazines, relative to the manyadvan
tages of Florida. I have avera8d full!
| three per month.
an making appointments Of ofcers t.
| fill vacancies, have endavoredt to rep
resent the win OF the people, as oppressed
in all regular primary eections and b!
the action of the democatic comfy ex
| ecuttve committees"