The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-04-16
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Quorum and Treasury Both Broken by
Visiting Legislative Committees.
Light Tried 10 Head Them on

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Light Tried to Head Them on
Editor Star: The enclosed clipping
was taken from a Pensacola paper:
with Umpire Farris trying to keep
them in order the two hurried1y or
ganized teams in the Legislative
League this morning gave a very loose
and sloppy exhibition. The score was
low but the errors were numerous,
and the handling Of hot drives was
poor, very poor. The feature of the
game was the hot drive of little short
stop Harry Floyd through the Umps L
/ l. Farris, which scored cleanIy. He
tried another through McWilliams but
lit was cleyerly handled and Harry
died before he could get started. After
this fasco he retired to the bench for
the rema inder of the game. In the very
/ first inning Old Trouble Light balled
things up with a stinging shot into
both teams and for time il looked as
! If the game would be called on ac-
count of darkness. the darkness in
which Old Troubles opponents were
| engulfed Several representatives tried
to score on an unadvertised local
municipal bill, and then Light stepped
| up pulling out the rule book, the Con-
Istitution of Florida, declari 1g it up TO
his jumps to call an out. The jumps and
I a majority of the members defied any
lold rule book at all, not TO mention
minor league publication. 1t was then
that Harry stepped into the game us
1 ing his famous sob fadeaway and sac
tredness of oath fast one. There was
nothing to it. though, the outlaws
grabbed the game by score OF 81 TO
ON 70 1aac ono ma Or
nate to call it no game these defend
ers of the faith. Harry and Old Trou-
BILE. triumphed The Ty Cobb of the
game, His Nobs the Sec. of State, was
invited by wire to hold the indicator
| at future contests"
Yes, 1 am guilty of the charge, This
| is the way the trouble began. On
Wednesday, the 9th, upon the cali Of
introduction of House resolutions / in
ltroduced resolution No. s, viz:
Resolved, That the House appoint no
visiting committees in the next thirty
days.
One of the first things the House
usually does is. upon resolutions in
trodueed. appoint number of visiting
committees. In 1911 there were eight
such committees appointed comprising
| thirty eight members of the legisla-
| ture. and believing there would be a
| like effort made by this House, l tried
to head it off. OF course, it was laid
on the table, yet strange to say the
| first application made for the speaker
to appoint a visiting committee was
defeated. Though the resolution was
defeated the ball was started. l pre-
dict the expense bill of visiting COM
mittees will be less than half what it
| was In 1911.
| Trouble No. 2, House resolution No.
Is, by Light of Marion: Resolved, That
lat 8 D. m. this day, the House proceed
to elect seven committee clerks, three
of whom shall be typewriters and who
shall typewrite the bills of the mem
bers of the House; the committee
clerks shall report for duty not later
than a. m. and shall remain on duty
/ unless excused till House adjourns.
/ Amendments began to pour in and /
laid them on the table Then they laid
my resolution on the table, and as you
will see in the House journal of the
i11th, the House elected three steno-
graphers and by resolution appointed
ltwenty-t committee clerks. Neither
hell nor high water could stop the
stampede for committee clerks. The
total expense connected with the en-
ployment of these clerks will amount
to $1,000. Farris, myself and others
got busy and by resolution the whole
matter was referred to committee on
Legislative expenses, whom I believe
will report no more than the number
my resolution called for.
Trouble No 3, House resolution No.
10 by Light of Marion: Whereas, Each
land all of US have taken a solemn oath
that we would uphold, defend and obey
the constitution of the United States
and the state of Florida; and whereas
section 81, article 8, of the constitution
lof this state defines how local bills
may be passed by the House; there
fore be 1t resolved, that the House pass
no local bills that do not conform tc
the constitutional requirements in re-
gard to the passing of local bills
called for a second vote. 1 wanted the
Journals to show how each and every
member regarded his oath. l got the
record vote; ffty-one voted to disre-
gard their oaths and eighteen voted tC
|. Istand by their oaths. A motion wa:
made that this vote be expurged from
1.-THE journals. A majority said the vote
should stay on record. Yes, there wa:
trouble. am indeed troublesome
fellow. The House is on notice so fal
as I am concerned it is crime for Z
legislator to violate the law.
One hundred and sixteen bills th'
first call of counties, 165 and the rol
lbut half called on second call of read
ing. Both houses refused TO adjourn
from Friday till Monday. Sixty-on,
: members present in House at 1 p. N
; Saturday noon. Committees met All
( IbilIs approved Saturday. The House i
full of progressives. The surprise o
! taH was the waving of the rules an'
the passage of an anti-lobby bill n
. produced by Mr.. Spencer Saturday
? II am chairman of census and appoint
{ lment, second on finance and taxation
Z. committees. on roads and bridges, o.
; forestry and corporations, on appro
8 priations. This is going to keep thi
3 fellow busy
Z Mr.. Spencer is on a judiciary com
4 mittee, on convicts and another com
. mittee.
& But thirteen lawyers, not enough t
g supply the number of lawyers on IN
s. judiciary committee. Why, they hav
put flve farmers or other than lawyer
on these committees. Gee. aint W
progressive.
There are about twenty-five agricu1
turists in the House and I'll back IN
level-headedness and good sense
this bunch of farmers against an
tcombina fion under the donna of th