The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-08
ev 8. n. Reese.


Tallahassee, April IA bill provid-
ing for q constitutional amendment
election to change the capital OF Flor
Ida from Tallahassee to St Augustine
was introduced in the legislature to-
day. II is thought that any attempt
to remove the seat Of state govern
ment viii start a spiried fight
The legislature got down to real
work today. as the various commit
tees have been filed and committees
and committee clerks have been ap-
pointed.
Representative Acree OF Osceola has
introduced a bill which will bring on
more talk. It is ''an act to provide
for the payment of the expenses of
holding q primary election within this
state" The provisions are briefly,
that the executive committee OF any
party that cast forty per cent of the
total votes poIled at the previous cleo
tion IN state. congressional, senatorial
district or county shall call q primary
election the expense OF holding the
election shall be paid in the same man
ner as the expense of q general cleo
tion. Representative Acree moves the
passage Of the bill He says that he
has been q personal sufferer at the
hands Of the primary system as 1t is
presently Conducted, holding in his
pocket q receipt for fifty dollars which
fl cost him to get his name on the
ticket IN the second primary after he
had complied with the requirements
OF giving up i've per cent of the salary
Of his once to qualify. There was no
money IN the treasury Of the county
committee 70 condutc the primary and
he had 10 help with it Mr. Acree
says he sees no good reason why the
hIn should not pass and there are ssv-
srzT Beod reasons why Il should.
RACE TRACK BILL.
Senator sloan. who was the fore
most champion of the anti-race track
bin In the last senate, has reintro-
duced the same bill for passage AZ this
sessin- Representative Glenn Ter
reH has done the same thing IN the
house. The bill is fndentical with that
Of the former session. After care
fuI scrutiny It was determined that
no better bfIf could be passed. It is
well understood that the cause for re-
introducing the bill when a similar
measure exists on. the statute is the
question Of constituionality which has
been raised because OF irregularities
attending the passage OF the bill at
the other session
Even the best friends Of the measure
were not aware that II had passed the
house under one title and the senate
under another. Senator Sloan him
self took great care to follow the bin
through Us journeyings from house to
senate and reversely. and when the
Job was done II looked Ike a perfect
bill, but since being in Tallahassee this
time those who were interested have
taken the trouble of looking up the
record and they have discovered that
the bin was passed under a sham
title IN the senate, that the title was
amended In the senate and made long
er than It passed c second reading
in the senate under the long title, but
that on its third reading in the senate
Il was passed under the original title;
fits passage In the house was under
the long title throughout. Senator
Sloan and the other supporters of the
anti-race track bill will see to it this
time that the passage is regular, and
they have no doubt that II will go
through. for 1t Is asserted that the
friends of the meaAure are more num-
erous at this session than they were
before.
It Is likely. however. that an attempt
win be made to amend the bill so as
to impair its effectiveness. or that a
race track measure viii be introduced
with the fair feature apparently para
mount. The rack-track men are said
20 be determined not to give up with
out making a strong effort to make
the sport permanent-at least until
another session of the legislature.
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT.
The resolution providing for the rati-
fication Of the proposed amendment to
the federal constitution relative to an
income tax has been made the special
order In the senate for Tuesday at
o'clock The resolution was introduc-
ed IN the house by Mr.. Jennings of