The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-24
az FHANk Z HuFFAkEa


Tallahassee. April 23.-There was a
battle royal this afternoon over the
Stokes mental anguish telegraph bill,
In which the Escambia man made a
brilliant and telling speech In favor of
his measure, which had already passed
the house Overwhelmingly and has
been the object of steady attack by
slphbyfsta for ten days.
Stringer fiiAvoduced an amendment
reducing the penalty for failure to de-
liver kilograms pHomptly in case Of
death from twenty-five hundred to one
hundred. which brought forth a fight.
Davis made an able legaf-aygument in
favor of the amendment, Fin1agson and
johnson, also speaking briefly. John
son contended that no dollar vafue
could be placed on mental anguish.
Stokes is being congratulated on his
brilliant fight against odds and the
belief Is that he will win by a small
margin OF votes tomorrow.
John H. Wallace. OF Birmingham,
Ala. spoke in the house tonight in the
interest Of fish and game laws.
SOME REAL oRAToRY.
The first real grafton OF the Iegisla-
tive session came Tuesday night from
the lips of Represent tative Otis r. Par
ker, who swept the members Of the
house before him in behalf of the df-
vision Of Orange county, thereby Great
Ing the new county of Seminole. over
which great fight had been waged
by the warring Sanford and Orlando
delegations. with Sanford winning.
Judge Parker, who halls from Fort
Pierce In old st. Lucie county, and
who has been active in Florida politics
for many years. took the members and
visitors by storm. and his eloquent
and logica. speech was punctuated by
burst after burst of applause. His un-
expected impromptu plea for the
granting OF the will of the people Of
Sanford and that section OF Orange
county for the privilege of establishing
a government Of their own. was hkened
by many to the Grown of Thorns and
Cross of Cold speech of William j.
Bryan, which swept the national dem
ocratic convention in 1896
Judge Parker is a native Georgian
and Is one of the few members of the
house who resemble the old school
statesmen. Furthermore. he demon
strated the fact Tuesday night that he
had the mental qualifications of those
old timers, and his future oratorical
efforts are certain to bring out large
audiences. The st. Lucie countyite is
interested in a number of highly i'm
portant measures upon which he will
speak from time to time.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The house committee on constitu-
tional amendments, to which the wom-
an suffrage resolution has been recon-
mitfed. probably will give q public
hearing on that world absorbing sub
ject in the house Friday afternoon.
and a number of prominent Florida
women will present their pleas for
equal franchise.
Miss Jeannette Rankin, OF Washing
ton. the advance guard of the votes
for women army, has during two day
canvass won many senators and rep
resentattves over to her cause. ana
converts are being made daily. Miss
Rankin has the decided advantage OF
not being a suffragist of the militant |
variety, but she brushes aside self |
consciousness and womanly reserve
when arguing for the cause that Is
nearest her heart, and many have
found her pleas to be irresistible. |
What will happen when reinforce
ments arrive?
The only thing that stands in the
fCnpffn.fad IN Pa1a EoalrN