The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-27
LIGHT Is MISLEADING
In His statements Regarding Edu-
catfonaE Appropriations, Says
senator Adkins

Tallahassee. May 20 Representa-
tive y G. Adkins, of AIaehua county,
has furnished the Tines-I'nion cor
respondent with the following signed /
statement for publication in reply to /
some erroneous statements appear
ing recently about him:
Ny attention has been directed to /
an article ia the Tampa Morning
Tribune. issue Of Nay p. entitled.
Light Showing Up Some Hard
Facts" IN writing this reply to Mr. /
Lights article, i, as chairman of the
committee on governors message
and administrative reports, did OBJ
tain permission Of the members of
the House to make a special order of
all appropriation bills making APP
preparations for the University Of
Florida. the Florida State College.
the reform school at Mariana. also
for the boys, corn clubs and the
girls canning clubs all of which
passed the House and Senate without
being reduced. am glad that ] as
sisted in securing the passage Of
those bills. and do not wish to say
one word in explanation of my vote.
Mr.. Light must not have noticed
the bills that the above committee
has placed on the calendar. The
above committee has placed on the
calendar twenty-four bills exclusive
Of the above appropriation bills. tt
is my intention to request the House
to make special order of all bills
embraced in the governors message,
and the several administrative re-
ports. might say further that sew
era1 members of the House have in
troduced bills embracing parts of the
governors message.
The appropriation bills were all
short, and before the passage, there
was placed on the desk OF every
member a copy of the board of con-
trolls report, in which was mentions
ed an itemized statement of every
dollar included in the appropriation
bills. Furthermore, / delivered to
Mr.. Light, in person, typewritten
sheet showing for what each dollar
would be expended, and every mem
Der was familiar with the recon
Inendations of the board. No one,
not even Mr.. Light, requested that
these bills be printed before their
passage. / have been, and am still
prepared to furnish anyone with an
itemized statement of the entire
budget. Strange it is to me- that
anyone should ask for these bills to
be printed now. Why should the
useless expense of having these short
bills printed be forced upon the tax
payers? My committee has introduc-
ed twenty-six bills, other than these.
appropriation bills, and Mr. Light
seems to think it strange that the
committee could only find appro-
priation bills in the governors mes
sage. Strange it is to me" that Mr..
Light could only find appropriation
bills on the calendar. | would like
to ask Mr.. Light if he has ever re-
quested that any appropriation bills
be printed? If not, why did he not?
Why did he not ask that the appro-
priation bills be printed? His right
and responsibility is the same as any
other member of this House?
When the appropriation bill for
the state institutions of higher learn
ing was under consideration, Mr..
Light offered an amendment strik-
ing out the appropriation for the law
building and reducing several other
items at the university. l opposed
these amendments, and with the as