The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-03

Tallahassee, Oct 2-The senate to-
day finally progressed with it's work
far enough to bring the Jacksonville
bills to a vote. Senator Stokes op-
| posed the bills, which provided a way
for Jacksonville to reimburse the state
| and counties for the expense of the
| legislature in this extra session. The
senate divided on these questions
| about eighteen to eight. The house
met the question in the shape of a
concurrent resolution, declining to ac-
cept the proffer of Jacksonville to pay
| the expense. The resolution was voted
| on only indirectly, but showed the
house would vote for Jacksonville to
pay and just before adjournment to-
| night the house passed the bill for
| the counties to be reimbursed.
ANGLE UNSEATED.
At 8 O'Clock the Angle contest case
came up again and Angle gave up any
further fight. Angles seat was de-
| clared vacant and Brown was seated
The house extended the privileges of
the floor to Angle. Later in the after
noon the question Of paying Angle for
the time he occupied the seat brought
on discussion. The house, following
l
| days.
The real oratorical fireworks were
set off in the house just before ad-
journment by Dougherty and Floyd.
D. sugherty opposed the bill permitting
Jacksonville to reimburse the state
and counties and Floyd argued for the
bill Both speeches were somewhat
dramatic and after the peculiar style
l1f
| lar session of 1911. could always be
counted on for entertainment The
house, by close vote, adjourned at $
o'clock until tomorrow morning at 8,
which will no doubt prolong the ses-
sion into tomorrow night. It is very
likely that the session will not be able
to adjourn before midnight tomorrow.
Both President Cone and Speaker
Jennings voted against the measure
permitting Jacksonville 10 reimburse
the state and counties for the expense
of the session.
SENATE NIGHT SESSION.
The senate was called to order at s
O'Clock and senate bill No. 8, on third
reading and final passage, was passed
| 81 to 0.
A senate resolution was taken up
| for the extension OF the primary sys-
tenn by voting for federal appointive
| offices in primaries. A motion to lay
| on the table was lost 10 to 13. The
resolution went over until tomorrow
! by Stokes changing his vote and NOV
ing for g. reconsideration.
| The senate adjourned until 10 to-
morrow.
MORNING SESSION..
| House proceedings: The house was
| called to order at o'clock by Speaker
Jennings with a quorum present
| For a full thirty minutes the house
was working out of dilemmas Of par
| liamentary procedure brought on by
| the report of the committee on privi
| leges and elections which was filed
| under a waiver Of the rules and which
| recommended that Mr.. Angles seat
| be declared vacant and that ]. c.
| Brown be seated. A motion was made
| by Angle to defer action on the re-
port of the committee until 8 o'clock
| this afternoon. The speaker, after
/ calling for the opinion of a number
1 Of the members ruled that Mr.. Angle
had no right to make a motion or vote
on any question pertaining directly to
his seat. Fee of st. Lucie made
similar motion to Angles which pre-
vailed and the question was postponed
until o'clock this afternoon.
The house then recessed until IL
| o'clock On reconvening at IL the
speaker announced that during the re-
cess he had looked up authorities and
| found that Mr. Angle would have
right to make any proper motion on
| any question and would be allowed to
vote until his seat was declared va
cant
| The committee on resolutions on
| the death of Hon. Peter T. Knight Of
Key West, reported and the house
adjourned until 2 O'Clock this after
noon in respect to the memory Of the
Hon. Peter T. Knight, late member
| of the house.
| THE SENATE.
| The senate met at O'Clock with
| President Cone in the chair. Fsou call
showed Is members present with
others IN attendance at the special
session in committee rooms. Prac-
tically no business was before the
senate until reports from the commit
| tees were received on the Jacksonville
| bills and recess was taken until 1890.
| On reconvening at 10:5 so the commit
| tee on judiciary A, to which had been
referred senate bill No. 3, giving Jack
sonville authority to own and operate
| municipal owned docks and to issue
| bonds TO the amount OF 81, 500 600
1 therefor was fayOrabIy reported and