The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-09
legislature
ADJOURNED
| ...;oo for 1911 Ended Last
friday Afternoon
SIIMMARY OF ITS WORK
MANY Measures of General Be"e-
Pss*' I,',, cd Down Others - Saloon
, ~" is Most Radical Enacted

,w,h parting benediction OF
"wNn nv children, you are the
'lse sov a,rT bid farewell last triday,
ne H. statesmen who assembled III
, ,, Inc see on April 3, representing
alIs ",h;ng geographically between key
fyeryu,'aas, ne Perddo, to say nothing
\ 1 ,hree marine leagues besides Sd i into
T. 'I legislature of 1911 has passee 'n nv
ae icy and the country is still safe de.
l; ;.o itt e.: ominous forbodings that II
p,. 'Ia i he destroyed root, branch ana
WV .!The hour of the passing was flve
I,.,ork standard time or3:3o iaiiahassee
;m a'e' but Tallahassee has always Dte Il
', a,,,s o slower and more conservative
,.'s snv other part of Florida and SO
s sa' a; IT,, of the hour as. recorded
y tho no. eapitol clocks and that as re-
p,yded BY standard watches is eXpnc.
Slo 70 those who have been Legislators
s ~, 90 and seen time fly back con-
,su;ently in its flight. The two Dod'es
's s did nothing of Importance FRIDAY
pyceot shake hands, crate ana 1eiiclt-
IN The dragging hours were waiting
Io s It had been planned to adjourn
I'm; yu die at noon as the resolution read,
Iut MT the lengthy appropriation bill ana
he ponderous general revenue Dill, 10
law nothing of those highly important
nvllat hills of local moment were TOO
, sst a tas / for the enrolling force and
kbe hour was deferred. A..
0The legislators of 1911 were tne
erce,t on the stump of any in history
md among the most conservative IN
recent times. True, it is said that they
brought forth that old mental anguish
etalking horse identified with all legls-
|atures since the early '7Os and demon
trated to the Western Union tnat
mental anguish for sixty days really
means. In like manner, they put on
the masks of iierceness and scared the
little bows of the railroads, the tele
bhones and the other public utilities
but they did them no serious harm.
True also, that the factors OF grea'
wealth were denounced. likewise the
predatory rich and the sOulless corpor
atons, but it must be remembered ina
This is a species of revelry and lntoxl
cation permitted in a dry county.
"rhe legislature of 1911 did not vot'
for an income tax nor an inheritance
tax. 1t refused to pass child lab0
bill or an employers liability bill. !
did place all telephone and telegraph
rates and service in the control OF IN
railroad commission, but the companle
sought that as a haven from the wrat
Of the city councils. 1t did not grant
license to Sunday baseball, but doome
90 three specific occasions the pie
from Jacksonville, from Pensacola. an
last from South Jacksonville. 1t wipe
the great game of kings off the map Q
Florida; closed the saloons at 9 o'clocF
did away with screens, music ana u
bes in the saloons; passed pure ioo
bill; adopted State uniformity IN te>
books, and passed an act directing, u
court to set aside no verdict on tecnn
calities of charge or evidence. 1t mao
an appropriation of $780, 900 for q 81
preme court library building in Tail
hassee. gave $50, 900 to St. AugustlT
TOR its exposition enterprise aud treat'
the State institutions of higher lear
Ing in most liberal style.
"The legislature was free from ia
tlonal alignment in both branches. l
Independence of thought in dlsregar
ing the views of the presiding office
In each were marked If the presldll
ohicers had good bills they were adol
Cd, but there was no hesitation abo
opposing such measures as seemed
any way open to criticism on matte
Of State policy or economy. 30
branches were impartially presld
over and both Messrs. Cone snd Je
nlngs 20 to their homes with the 90
wishes of the legislators and OF
people and press of Florida.
Just before noon both houses W.
thrown almost into panic of confusl!!
senators and representatives hurry
from one end of the building to
olner, and searching the commit
rooms for something which they seen
unable to find.
1T developed that Senator Sic
wnen he came to look for his bill p
aa,o'tng screens, music, chairs and
oles In saloons found that it had m
,Seerl.ousiy disappeared. Senators Slo
McMullen and Matthews were par
ularly active in the search, but the
could not be found. Finally, Rel
sentative Matthews dug up an old c.
u the house bill made state men'
.ne disappearance of the bill from
ee9I0l'lng committee, and said the no
VI the house demanded that it be p'
Gu Under waiver of the rules
PASSED 80 to Z, and was immedla
sertlhed to the senate. In the hou
number of those who voted against
measure originally voted for the
SxOfeHainO Al, M.t%ko ,rst ,,iou