The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
the LEGISLATURE
BEGINS TO GRIND
With Fred Cone of Lake City
President of Senate
And T. A. Jennings Speaker of the
House.

House.
The 1911 session of the Florida Legis-
lature has gotten down to business, the
real work OF the session beginning with
the swearing in OF the members on
Tuesday morning.
Chief Justice Whitfield administered
the oath to the Senators, and Associate
Justice Parkhill of the Supreme court
did the same for the House members.
Following this the two branches OF
the legislature formally elected the Off
GERS who had been selected at the eau
cuseS on Monday night.
At the Senate caucus Senator Fred
Cone of Columbia county was unani.
.mously elected president. He had
been opposed by Senator Charles Davis
of Madison, but Senator Davis finally
withdrew from the race, leaving clear
field for Cone.
The battle for the speakership of the
House was not settled until the ballot
The candidates were E. S. Mathews OF
Bradford, T. A. Jennings of Escambia
and A. ]. Angle of Polk. The latter
withdrew late on Monday, and for g
time both the other candidates felt Ger
tain of election. AT the ballot, how
ever, Mr.. Jennings was nominated by 6
vote of 81 to 80, when on motion o.
Mr.. Matthews, Jennings nomination was
made unanimous. Mr.. Jennings was pu
in nomination by Hon. w. r. Dormar
of Suwannee, and Mr.. Mathews by Hon
w. A. MacWilliams of St. Johns.
There was no factional contest what
ever, and this made il the harder TO de
termine in advance the result OF thu
ballot
The other officers and attaches of thu
senate are: Secretary, Chas. A. Finley
assistant secretary, Jack Peters; bill sec
retary, Chas. o. Andrews; reading sec
retary, r. D. Smith; assistant, Z. K
Poppell; engroSSing secretary, II. J
Peters; enrolling secretary, A. E. Leslie
journal secretary, Miss Rosa Baggett
surgeant- alarms, E. A. Douglass; mes
senger, R. H. Seimm; chaplain, E. H
Reynolds; doorkeeper, E. G. Eubank
ianitor, w. B. S. Critchlow; pages
Tracy Baker, William B. Hopkins an'
Brown Setterlin.
The officers and attaches of th'
House are: Speaker, T. Albert Jen
nings; speaker pro tenn, G. M. Terril
[Mr. Terrill and Hon. Chas. Daughert.
each received IS votes for speake
pro TEN, but Mr.. Dougherty Withdrew
in favor of Mr.. Terrill.l Chief clerk
]. G. Kellum; assistant, Chas. 0. Rivers
bill clerk, C. C. Epperson; reading
clerk, Nat Walker; assistant, w. B. La
nier; engroSsing clerk, Eli Futch; en-
rolling clerk, C. w. Edwards; record
ing clerk, Chas. H. Gray; Sergeant.al
arms, L. M. Griffin; messenger, J. w
Edwards; chaplain, Rev. J. r. Taylor
ianitor, Eugene Hawkins; pages, vi,
Russell, William Richard, Carson Wal
ker, and Paul Stokely.
Gov. Gilchrists' message was distrib
uted in pamphlet form TO the member
of both houses, and on Wednesday, tn
Governor appeared in person before tn
House and read the message.
So far there is much speculation as f
what important measures will come be
fore the legislature. The members vii
get some ideas from the governor, som
from the press, some from the Inter
ests," and some from reformers.
In few days the two bodies wi
have gotten their bearings and then tn
music will begin.
Hon. Henry S. Mckenzie of thi
county and Hon. Mr.. Gray of Gadsder
both newspaper men, share the honor {
being the youngest members of th
House. Hon. w. S. Middleton, also {
Putnam county, is said by some to b
one of the most dignified. The affair
of Putnam county will be we'll locke
after by them.
l.. D. Wall of Bradford county,
brother of Hon. John P. Wall, is tn
. oldest member of the House.
Hon. w. A. MacWilliamS of ST. Johr
county is the oldest in point of Servic'
Representative Goldstein of Fernal
dina is the "dude" of the HouSe-tf
best dressed.