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

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pugned and he moved 70 recall the
general 6sh oyll which hsd gone to
| the governor. Mr.. MacW1lliarns made
the point Of order that the bill having
passed both houses was no longer sub
! ject TO the recall Of the house, and the
point was sustained. The incident af-
tord1d a momsntsIy ripple OF amuse-
ment. Hendry is a very serious rep
resentativs, while everyone hss learned
! how to regard FToyd's attacks. A few
: days ago he sSi6 that he would view
the suicide of Representative Gornto
with eoaantuGity, because he was
lawyer arC the fewer lawyers the
more business. He aiighted on Corn
to's back again yesterday, but the La
fayette member Is not the least per
turbed by the Franklin members as
saults
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY.
Three SESSIONS a day with the tner-
mometer registering well up in the
eighties is getting the better OF the
members, and the adjournment will be
welcomed. The night sessions Of the
! house offer material for the pen of
the humorist. The members are per
mitted to take their ease at these SEES
sions; coats are shocked, the house is
| filled with tobacco smoke and confu-
! sion, no member sits in his own seat,
| If he can get in anotehr's. Confabs are
going on between members while some
other member is speaking te ears that,
while hearing in a dull manner do not
distinguish or understand. Under such
conditions the laws of Florida are
being made during these latter days
at least, some of them are.
ANGLE is GRATEFUL
Representative Angle was a very
happy person last night, after the
senate had passed his bill abolishing
the convict lease system.
Thank the press of the state for
me-" he said, for most OF the credit
belongs to the newspapers OF this
state"
APPRoPRIAFIoN BILL
The house today took up the appro-
priation hills, passing the bill for cup
port of Institutions Of higher learning
for the next two years to the amount
of $426, 900.
The house defeated wstson's pro-
posed constitutional amendment for
direct tax of one half mill for the
support of rural graded and junior
high schools Though the vote in ia
vor of the resolution was larger than
the vote against IL, the measure failed
to get the constitutional three-fifths.
The house passed Colson's bill re
quiring men between the ages OF
twenty-one and forty-five to work on
the public roads or to pay tax. Tho
bill was passed with amendments ex-
cepting those counties that are work
ing under special acts.
NIL. -.
! judicial circuit bill for the purpose Of
avoiding confusion. The governor had
vetoed the bill and 1t passed over his
veto. Under these circumstances II
would become operative only after six
ty days. It was necessary to re-en-
act the bill, naming a specific time for
the bill to become effective. which was
June 10.
The senate passed the Jennings bill
establishing trust companies upon a
| legal basis in Florida The bill was
engrafted with twenty seven amend
ments which came from bankers in
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Ocala-
The governor signed the bill giving
the railroad commission jurisdiction
over telephone companies and also the
bill to regulate the granting of new
trials and setting aside reversals of
judgment This last is one of the
governors pet measures.
It is rumored that the governor will
] veto the convict lease cbolishment bill.
AS the measure was passed by more
than a two thirds majority in both
houses, however, II is likely that the
veto would not be sustained. A mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which
the initiative and referendum vote
passed the senate failed today. Il
will be submitted to the people for
ratification at the next general cleo
ton.
4 REINFORCEMENT BILL.
The unsettled matter Of apporbOn-
ment Of the representation in the
Florida legislature is still unsettled
and it does not look as If 1t will be
settled at this session
Mr.. Stringers resolution was de-
feated in the house last night 1t pro-
! posed a constitutional amendment
which provided a senator for each
county and a representative for every
ten thousand of population, or major
part Of that number, provided that no
county should have more than four
and none Less than one. The vote by
which the resolution was defeated was
rather surprising. in view Of the I'm
portance OF the subject The Stringer
resolution is very much like or iden-
tical with the measure proposed by
Walter Kehoe some years ago. The
view taken by some of the members
last night was that the constitution
made it mandatory to apportion the
representation every ten years and
that no legislature except that one
could act. The legislature of 1887
made the first apportionment under
the constitution of 1885, but no legis-
lature since has followed the mandate
Of the constitution. The position OF
these members was that the legisla-
! ture of 1897 failed to act and that OF
1907 failed to act, and hence there
could be no action, or should be none,
until the legislature OF 1917. There
are differing views of the matter.
Some regard it as a continuing duty
so long as II remains unperformed,
but with this subterfuge or excuse or
reason there is little to hope from the
present legislature. Under the Wat
son bill. which offers the only hope