The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-27

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will suffer a decrease Of one member.
and they will naturally oppose it, ana
there are many others who seem will
ing to allow things to run on as they
are, although the legislature is COM
posed Of two more members than the
constitution provides for, and with the
creation OF Pinellas county there win
be still another.
RE-ENACTED JUDICIAL BILL.
Senator Massey today offered a bin
-enacting the judicial circuit bin.
which was passed over the governors
veto. The object of this was to avoid
any possible confusion which might
have arisen under the provisions OF
the original bill. which employed the
usual form, that this act shall be-
come effective Immediately upon its
passage and approval by the govern
or" The governor vetoed the bill, and
under the constitution in such Contin-
gencies, the act becomes effective six
ty days after its passage. The judi
cial system OF the state having been
changed almost entirely so far as its
territorial boundaries were concerned, /
the lawyers were quick to see that IL
the law did not become effective until
sixty days hence that 1t afforded a
technical point upon which great delay
and confusion might have arisen. The
original bill was re-enacted by the,
senate with the insertion of a clause
making the act effective June 10.
The bill was Immediately sent to the
house and passed by that body.
FURTHER DELAY TO REWARD.
The house failed to act with that
dispatch upon the Henderson senate
bill authorizing the governor to offer,
a reward Of $4,000 for the apprehen-l
sion with proof to convict the Lakel
City lynchers. It has taken Senator
Henderson three days to put II through
the senate and it came over from that
body this morning, and Representative
Wells moved that the rules be waived
and that the bill be placed upon its.
passage. The house refused to do
this; then the motion was made that
it be allowed to take its place on the
calendar without reference to COM
mittee; the house refused to ac-
uuiesce; then it went to the COMMITTEES
on appropriations. This looks like an
effort to kill the bill. The object In
getting quick action was to get expert
detectives on the trail as soon as pos
sible, with some inducenlent for them
to work. But this purpose has
already been serious interfered with.
FLOURNoY PUT BILL THROUGH.
Senator F1ournoy put his state nor
NAL bill through yesterday, in spite Of
it's decisive defeat the day before. He
obtained a reconsideration, and the
bill passed the senate. 1t will be an
other matter in the house Mr.. Angle
| has a bill to re-establish the South
Florida Military Institute at Barlow.
| This was one Of the institutions abol-
! ished by the Buchanan bill, which Sem
! ator Flournoy so roundly denounced
| in the debate over his normal school
| bill. 1t will be many years, no doubt,
| before the people settle down to a
calm and quiet acceptance of the con-
ditions existing under the Buchanan
act. Both the college at Tallahassee
and the university at Gainesville are
| f1ourishing and are growing better
every year, and this must after while
make its appeal so effectively that the
representatives will be willing to ad-
NIT that it is better to have the in
terest in such institutions centralized
than scattered.
LAWYERS WILL NOT GIVE UP.
Speaker Jennings has introduced a
resolution, which passed the house.
providing that a commission be elect
ed to report to the next legislature on
a system of practice and pleading to
be introduced in Florida in the place
of the present system. This commits
sion is to be composed OF three house
members, to be elected by the house,
two sensye members to be elected by
the senate two supreme court justices
to be chosen by the court, and two
members Of the Florida Bar Associa-
ton. to be elected by that body. This
is a practical substitute for the bill
whic1 provided for commission to
be elected by the legislature for the
same work. Since the act, which
was recommended by the governor,
has passed and which the lawyers do
not thoroughly approve, some such ex-
pedient was the only resort left the
lawyers to see their preferences car
ried out.