The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-30
ALSO IMPUGNED THE
MOTIVES OF OTHERS
House Committee on Tenn
perance Decides to Make
no Recommendation on
Bill Seeking to Close the
Moving Picture Shows
and Amusement Parks on
the Sabbath.
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Tallahassee. April 29.--RepreseEta-
tive Har~~ Floyd this afternoon stated
in the b. 3e that he had violated the
rule against indulging in personalities.
which he regretted. and said he hoped
the speaker would call his attention
It Immediately in case he did SO
gain. He did not apologize to the
session, however.
Gov. Tram1neu today signed the bills
allowing the internal improv en1ent
board and the drainage board TO bor-
arow money to continue the Everglades
work on promissory notes. The senate
spent the day discussing the blue sky
fish and forestry bills.
The house committee on temperance
this afternoon decided to make no
recommendations on the bill seeking
to close motion picture shows and
amusement parks on Sundays.
Forty six Representatives have signed
for the trip to Pensacola and it is be-
Heved at least twenty senators will
make the trip.
FLOYD ATTACKS MEMBERS.
Following a verbal attack on him
se.f and various Representatives and
lawyers made in the house this morn
Ing by Representative Harry Floyd.
State Senator Charles Davis met Floyd
diately after the house adjourned and
slapped Floydss face several times
The Franklin county legislator did not
resent the attack or was prevented
from doing so by friends and by
stahders. Representative Gornto also
considered resenting statements made
about him by Floyd. but refrained from
doing so. stating that he did not con-
slider Floyd to be responsible man.
The incident resulted from q heated
discussion of the Acosta eight hour
bill. which Gornto declared should be
indefinitely postponed. He stated that
the farmers of his district were forced
to work twelve and fourteen hours
daily and he did not feel like letting
their employees work only eight hours.
Floyd inquired, sarcastically, if Gornto
was not speaking for the railroads as
well as the farmers, and in an acri-
monious speech impugned the motives
of Gornto, who became almost speech
less with rage and declared that any
man who intimated that he had even
been approached on the subject was
fassiher. Floyd replied that he WAS
the man who made such a statement.
and named John L. Doggett, w. 5.
Jennings and Morton Riddle, OF Jack
sonyiile, as men who were working in
a manner so sinister as to cast shame
on all lawyers, and that their in
fiuences were beginning to show in Tho
action Of certain members. He also
referred 10 Hendry of Lee, Taylor of
Gadsden, and others causing Taylor to
cross the floor and deliver q strong
denunciation. Taylor then went to the
senate and informed Davis that Floyd |
had reflected upon him. Davis came |
over and sent word to Floyd to come |
nut into the rotunda, but the Franklin |
county man did not do so. Upon ad- |
iournment. however. Davis approached |
him, with the above result.
KILLS BILL BY MAPoLES.
6rhey teased and tortured it, twee-
dfed and twiddled it, romped on and |
ruined it-that is briefly what hap |
pened to Representative Bill Mapoles's |
pure shoe bin Tuesday morning |
when it came up as the special order
for the day.
The bin provides that all materials +
in imitation of leather used in the
manufacture of shoes should be so |
made known to the buyer by a label I
stating the character of the material /
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