The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-07
PANAMA CITY,
ST. ANDREWS
HOUSE FIGHT
CONGRESSMAN MAYS MAKES A
SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF ST. AN
DREW FOR SUPPORT OF EN-
TRY-A LIVELY CONTROVERSY
RESULTED.

Bay, over the establishment of a sub
port OF entry which ended in victory
for st. Andrew, is thus described by
the Congressional Record of the house
proceedings of March 2:
Making st. Andrews, Fla, q Support
of Entry.
Mr.. Mays. Mr.. Speaker, I move to
suspend the rules, discharge the COM
mittee Of the whole house on the state
Of the Union from further considera-
ton of the bill Is. 10s59) to designate
st. Andrews, Fla, as a SUPPORT Of en-
try, consider the same in the house as
in committee, Of the whole, and pass
the same.
The clerk read the bill. as follows:
BE 1t enacted, ETC., That st. An
drews, in the state Of Florida, is here
by made a SUPPORT of entry in the dis
trict of Pensacola, and the necessary
customs officers may, in the discretion
! Of the secretary of the treasury, be
stationed at said SUPPORT with author
ity to enter and clear vessels, receive
duties, fees, and other moneys, and
perform such other services as in his
judgment the interests Of commerce
may require, and said officers shall re-
ceive such compensation as he may al
low"
The Speaker. Is q second demand
ed?
Mr.. Slayden. I demand a second.
The Speaker. Under the rule. a sec
ond is considered as ordered. The
gentleman from Florida is entitled to
20 minutes. and the gentleman from
Alabama to 20 minutes.
Mr. Clayton. Mr.. Speaker, desire
to offer the following amendment
The Speaker. The rules have not
yet been suspended. and the bill is not
up for consideration. The question Is
on suspending the rules.
The question was taken; and two
thirds having voted thereof. the rules
were suspended.
The Speaker. The bill Is now before
the house for consideration as in COM
mittee cf the whole. Without objec-
ton the further reading of the bill viii
be dispensed with.
There was no objection.
Mr.. Clayton. Mr.. Speaker, I offer
the following amendment, which
send to the desk and ask to have read.
The clerk read as follows:
In line 8, page 1, strike out the
words ''St. Andrews" and insert in lie1
thereof ''the port of st. Andrews Bay"
Mr.. Clayton. Mr.. Speaker, I hope
the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Mays), who has made this motion, will
agree to this amendment. I recognize
the fact. Mr.. Speaker, that the two
senators from Florida are in favor of
this bill in it's present form. But, Mr..
Speaker, must say that the amend
ment seeks to meet a peculiar situa-
ton there at st. Andrews Bay, and, in
my judgment, would be fair to all tho
parties now engaged in controversy
over this particular wording of this
particular bill. The controversy arises
because of the fact that there are To-
Gated on st. Andrews Bay, in the state
of Florida, several towns. Among
these towns are Panama City, st. An
drews, and Millville. This bin is so
worded as to make a SUPPORT of the
town of st. Andrews The matter of
sending officers there to meet the re-
quirements in the case of a SUPPORT
of entry is left in the discretion Of thu
secretary Of the treasury. The amend
ment which / have offered, instead OF
making the town Of st. Andrews the
port of entry. makes the port of ST.
Andrews Bay the port of entry. The
nearest port of entry to that part OF
Florida at the present time is Apa-
lachicola
Now, the proposition that I offer in
no wise initiates against the bill, in
no wise against the establishment OF
port of entry there, but simply en-
larges the port of entry by striking
out the words "St. Andrews" which is
the town of st. Andrews; and substi-
tutes therefor "the port of st. An
drews Bay"
Mr. Speaker, we have cases anala-
gous to this. We have one directly In
point, and that il the Port Tampa port
OF entry, Florida There were rival
towns there and each one seeking to
have the port of entry at the particu-
lar town, so that congress wisely set
tied that matter satisfactorily to the
treasury department, satisfactorily to
the public business, and satisfactorily
to the citizens there, and satisfactorily
to the diverse interests in the matter
of location. I call attention to the act
of February 2S, 1887. There, as I'M
derstand, Tampa and one or more
other towns sought to have a bill
passed which was framed exactly as
this bill is, in the interests Of certain
town, as this bill is framed in the in
terests of the town of st. Andrews. It
was finally, I believe, upon the sug
gestion of either a representative or
a senator from Florida, passed in this
form:
Be it enacted, etc. That the Port of
Tampa. HiIlsborough county, Fla, be-
and the same is hereby, made a port
of entry.
So that, instead Of locating the port
of entry at the city OF Tampa, or
some other town on Tampa Bay. con-
gress wisely and Justly to all those To-
cally concerned, made the whole bay
there a port Of entry.
Now, that Is all that the amendment
that I have offered seeks to do. do
not seek to defeat the passage Of the
bill making a port of entry there. for.
except the gentleman from Florida, ~
man in this house has a constituency
so vitality interested in the establish
ment Of g port OF entry down on s..
Andrews Bay as mine. Under an ap-
preparation made more than a year
ago. and with which had good deal
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