The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-10
OUR SENATE
LOOKS GOOD To
REPUBLICANS
VOTED DOWN MEASURE TO GUST
THE PRESENT OFFICE
HOLDERS.
Other interesting News Of the Do.
ings Of the Lawmaking
Bodies.

0OQle8.
Tallahassee. April 10.-By a vote
Of 2l to 10 the State Senate defeated
U resolution calling ON the president
t. remove all Republicans now hold
ing federal office In Florida. This
took up q good portion Of the days.
proceedings and brought forth lively
discussion.
When Farris delivered his speech Of
acceptance upon his election a.
speaker of the House Tuesday he left
little doubt concerning the character
Of some of the legislation which will
DC introduced during the session OF
the Legislature just beginning.
While the speakers speech was
brief and was by no means review
Of the legislation that may be Of
fered, he stated at the outset tha.
the Pre- ,rcssivcs had organized the
Legislature beyond doubt, and the
fact that he was without opposition
indicated the thoroughness of the
majority In the House. lie hoped
that there would develop no faction
alism in the body, but promised i
fair administration in any event. Ho
touched upon few of the most
prominent questions that will de-
mand legislative action, among them
the initiative, referendum and re-
call, the Everglades matter, the con-
Wet lease problem. When he men.
toned the initiative and referendum
he was loudly applaudcd. In ap-
pointing his rules committee Mr..
rarris said that he wanted to scrva
rs eX-o0cio member Of that commit.
toe, for he wanted to see one or twb
rules adopted that he had favored
fer some time. One WAS that there
SuOuIu UC uO SCNlCl ilNtNlh, " thy
committoc cf the House and another
was that tho clerks of committees
should record the votes of commit
tccmen as to the disposition of bills
and that the record OF such votes
should be repCrtcd to the ilouen Wlcl
bills were returned to the House for
action.
Tho ceremonies attendin- ITO '"er
session were impressive. even # thcv
are autiquated. 1t sccms ncrd,ceG il
rot absolutely idlc, to 20 e. -.
with the fcrmality of elcctn tho
officers and attaches by tho tedious
process of calling the roll after all
the turmoil Of the nomination CT the
night previous, when the entire nat
ter was thrcshcd out and whom the
NJ limitations are the equivalent OF
elections.
The Senate caucus was cut and
dried and was shortly done with.
but It was different in the House.
Oratory, If not eloquence. b ihhlcdand
bci,ed, fretted and fizzled. rumb'cd
and roared; 1t was the only chance
that some Of the members would
have during the session, and they
were not going to lose II. To hear
the nominating speeches for some OF
the pare candidates cne would think,
without previous KNOWLEDGE o. what
was coming that no l'ss q rereHna g
than a prince or a kni"ht crrnrt WAS
hidden somewhere behind tho "crecns
and was to make his ap2cHranc'
forthwith, upon the c'rc'rsion OF
the forensic effort. Thr-r were
tventy-seven candidates fer naTe.
and each one had to be no'''inated
and the nomination seconded In
flowing speeches, some of them Sd
flowing that they exhausted them.
selves to the frin Time was no cb-
icct, and It WIS three or the morn
ing before tho last page had been
nominated. ard thcn the next day
al, Of them hi to be elected. Yet
some think thHt we are not slaves
Of custom, and precedent. because
Il has alwavs been done that way it
must continue to be done So. The
present system is bad in many ways.
The greatest objection is found in
TIE large number of small boys who
come 10 the capital with their hopes
al; aglow. and II follows that most
OF them are disappointed. The same
applies to the larger and older boys
The system employed in the Senate
Is much better, and II Is unnecee-
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