The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-11

such resolution framed and passed
Representative Goldstein of Nassau,
is discussing a bill which he thinks
win go through with a. whoop, for he
has held a conference with the gov
ernor and has received assurance from
that official that he will not veto the
measure. Mr.. Goldstein also conferred
with Representative Dougherty and
has the promise of the Volusia mem
ber's support. Mr.. Goldstein's bill Is
a measure taxing bachelors. The age
limit will be forty years and upwards,
from ten to twenty-five dollars per
bachelor, according to age and mar
riageabIe opportunities. Goldstein is
himself a bachelor, and with two such
champions of the bill as the governor
and Representative Dougherty, both
confirmed and hopeless bachelors, he
thinks there is no doubt that the act
will be passed. He proposes that the
revenue raised under the act shall be
devoted to the support OF the orphans
homes in the state.
KEEPING A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE.
2 Among those nominees for office con-
hrmed by the senate Friday was Chas.
o. Andrews to be Judge of the criminal
court of record which sits at DeFuniak
Springs Judge Andrews has been
Judge of the court since June, but his
nomination was not confirmed before.
He has made an excellent record on
the bench and the court has been self
sustaining under his jurisdiction, but it
seems that the people had decided be-
fore he was appointed that the court
was failure and that they wanted no
more OF It So one of Representative
Wards campaign pledges was that he
would introduce q bin to have the
court abolished. Heshaa carried out his
pledge and the bin has been introduced,
Being a local measure 1t IS likely to
pass. and now Judge Andrews and Mr..
Ward, who are the best Of friends, are
in something OF a Quandary to know
what to do to save the situation and
the court
TO INVESTIGATE LAND SALES.
A concurrent resolution has been in
troduced in both houses providing for
All investigating committee to be COM
posed of five members from the two
houses, two from the senate and three
from the house to visit and inspect
the Everglades reclamation work The
resolution is rather lengthy and covers
a good deal of ground under blanket
verbiage, but an object of the measure
is said to be the investigation of the
various land companies selling Ever
glades lands. There is no specific Ian
guage to this end, but 1t is thought
that such an investigation may grow
out of the primary work of looking into
the progress of the drainage work aud
the cost to complete the drainage sys-
tenn
TO PREVENT POLYGAMY.
One effect Of the recent magazine
agitation of the polygamous practices
among the Mormons is seen in a reso-
luton offered in the senate by Mr..
Dayton. Senator Dayton wants the
United States constitution to be 10
amended that congress shall have tile
power t. enact laws to make the prac-
tice of polygamy impossible in the
Union. To this object. 1t Is resolved
that application be made to the legis-
lative assemblies Of other states to join
in calling a convention to formulate
such necessary amendment to the con-
stitution and the secretary of state is
directed to transmit copies OF the reso-
luton to the congress and to the Flor
ida representatives in congress.
NEW BUILDING NEEDED.
Senator Flournoy's bill for an annex
to the state house may possibly
squeeze through this time. but it viii
take hard work to do it. The annex
has been needed for a long time, but
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