The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-15
BY J. n. Reese.

Tallahassee, April 14.-The restric~
tive legislation which was predicted to
be presented against the saloons and
the liquor traffic has begun to appear.
There are several bills, one making it
illegal to solicit orders for liquor in
dry counties, this being designed to
prohibit the solicitation through cir
culars and price lists, as well, there is
another to prohibit the shipping into
dry counties, and still others along the
same line. But the bill in which the
saloon men are most Interested, per-
haps, is that of Representative Eugene
Matthews, which proposes to close the
saloons at six o'clock in the evening
and not permit them to open before six
the next morning. The official repre-
sentatives Of the Anti-SaIoon League
have been in Tallahassee almost con-
tinuously since the opening of the ses-
sion. They are diligently at work. and
are hopeful.
Another bill looking to the restric-
ton Of saloons was introduced today,
Senator Sloan being the author. 1t
would keep all saloons entirely open
to view and provides that no music or
tables shall be kept in saloons.
REGISTRATION BILL.
measure in the senate which proposes
a revision Of the registration lists Of
Hillsborough county, and the senator
hopes to see it passed, needless to state.
He says that the registration rolls in
that county are in bad condition. that
| there are thousands Of names on the
lists that have no business there-soms
of the voters so enrolled have been
| dead for years, and some have moved
away. He says that the lists contain
about fifteen thousand names, and that
at least six thousand of them have no
place on the books. Seldom is 1t the
| case, he says, that more than five
| thousand vote. So it appears that
there is considerable margin, and Sem
| ator McMullen proposes to scale IL
down, get it on a clean and workable
basis and in this wise make q stride
| toward cleaner politics and reduced
| expenses incident to the registration.
| When he was asked why he didn't
make the measure one Of statewide
| effect, Senator McMullen said that such
bill was defeated two years ago, ana
| he had been informed that the same
! condition did not exist in the country
| counties. This, however. he appeared
| to doubt, for he said he had investi-
gated the matter in his own county
| through some Of the country precincts,
and he imagined that virtually the
same condition existed in the counties
of the country towns as in the country
| precincts of the city counties. The
books were about as badly out of date
and confused in those country pre-
cincts looked into as elsewhere. yet he
| took 1t that it would be difficult TO
pass a law applying to the whole state.
and he proposed to do the next best
| thing and pass the law applying to his
own county.
PERKINS AFTER THE TRUSTS.
Senator Perkins is after the trusts
with an earnestness that means trouble
| for somebody. His antitrust bill Is
one evidence OF this pugnacity and hts
| bill against the Southeastern Tariff As
sociation is another. AS to the latter
Senator Perkins is more determined, if
possible, to secure its passage than be
is in regard to the other. IF there
ever was a trust" he says, "it is the
insurance trust. don't see why tho
insurance companies that are mems
bers of the Southeastern Tariff Asso%
citation could not be successfully prose-
cuted under the Sherman anti-trusee
act. The insurance companies which
attempt to do business independently
is compelled by this trust to stand uus
der the odium Of being labelled az
Continued on Page Seven.