The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-13
BY LH. Reese.

Tallahassee, April 1.-THE Hosford
pilotage bill passed the senate on sec
ond reading today. It calls for re-
duction Of pilots to fifteen on Pensa-
cola bar and gives the pilotage COM
mission authority to suspend and to
grant unlimited leaves of absence.
Stokes championed the bin and en-
gagged in a sharp discussion with w. II.
Miller over the section limiting the
number.
Stokes's three-cent rate bill viii be
up on third reading tomorrow, affect
ing the p. & A division of the L. & -.
Numbers OF bills will be passed by
the senate tomorrow and sent to the
house. The new rule of placing bills
on third reading before those on sec
ond reading is working well.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT.
The income taxSamendment to the
federal constitution will be made q
special order for consideration in the
house next Friday. Favorable action
upon the amendment was recommend
ed by the judiciary committee. A bill
calling for a state constitutional con-
vention was favorabIy reported in the
senate today.
Among the bills introduced was a
measure In the senate designed to
regulate fre insurance business Of
writing policies. and in the house
giving additional powers to the state
railroad commission to fix rates and
another In the house appropriating
money for a Florida room in the Con-
federate museum In Richmond.
In the senate considerable discus
sion was devoted to the bin providing
for nag day IN the public schools with
the result that the bin was indefinitely
postponed.
In the house, Ward Of walton, moved
q reconsideration Of the Chase teJe-
phone bill which was railroaded
through yesterday. The judiciary corn
mittee asked that the Singletary bill
for abolishing the fee system be trans
ferred to the committee on finance and
taxation This was done upon request
Of the author.
Two measures regarding the famous
WALES claim against the state repro
senting q sum due him for the collec-
tion Of the Indian war claim from the
federal government, one by Dougherty
being an act to enable the claimant to
sue the state. the other resolution
by Wells asking an investigation Of the
claim, were presented.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey wired SEN
ator Dayton that he had engagements
for the week and would not be able to
address the legislature on the income
tax amendment.
The ShsrifPs Convention.
The sheriffs Of Florida are in con-
vention in Tallahassee, that Is to say,
some OF them are, for there are only
fourteen counties represented. But this
number Is taken to be a goodly dele
cation in consideration of the fact that
this week Is court week in several
counties Sheriff Robert jackson, Of
Hillsborough, Is president of the as
ISOLATION and presided at the ses-
sions. Others present were P. G..
Ramsey, Of Alachua, vice president;
]. P. S. Houston, OF Leon, secre-
tary: A. 3. Gibson. Of Franklin; A T.
Coleman, Of Sumter; James w. Smith.
OF Wakulla: ]. H Parker. Of Tay-
Ior; ]. H. Collins, Of Santa Rosa; F,
B. Tippin, Of Lee; z. L Smith, Of Vo-
Iusfa; H. c. Freeman. OF DeSoto; w.
e Dennard, Of Columbia; T. B. Johns.
Of Hamilton; D. B. Byrd, Of Jeffer-
son.
The sheriffs are very much oppos-
ed to the Singletary BILL but they
have hopes that 1t viii be defeated.
They think that their cause is so just
that there will be little chance for
the calary bill to pass. The meas
ure was freely discussed in their ses-
sions, and it was declared to present
their claims to the committee with
the purpose Of showing that it would
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