The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-24
VICTORY FOR
PROGRESS|vES
IN THE HOUSE
PASSAGE OF THE INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM RECALL REsoLU-
TON WAS PLEASING ALIKE TO
SPEAKER AND ACTIVE PRO-
GRESSIVES.
BY FRANK l.. HUFFAkER.

Tallahassee, May 23-Passage OF
the initiative and referendum recall
| resolution through the house by vote
Of SO to 2, Parker Of ST. Lucie, and
Mickler of Pasco, being the only mem
Speaker Ion l. Farris, introducer of
the resolution, and for progressives
generally in the house. The same was
the case with the recall resolution, in
troduced by Brown of Polk, which was
adopted by fifty to fifteen.
The principal fight for the initiative
and referendum in the senate will be
made by CaIkins of Nassau, assisted
by Stokes, Cone and other progress
sives. The committee on privileges
and elections has already reported ia
vorably on the amendment. When the
resolution came over from the house
Tuesday, Senator Calkins moved that
1t be placed on the calendar without
reference Senator F'inlayson opposed
this, and the Calkins motion was lost
by tie vote-15 to Is. CaIkins then
moved that it be sent to the commit
tee on privileges and elections, Finlay
son demanding that it go to the COM
mittee on constitutional amendments,
which would have reported adversely
Ca1kins won out of the doughty reac-
tionary. however, by Is to 10, and then
got the favorable report. He can be
relied upon to make a brilliant fight
in the senate for submission Of the
amendment.
Farris Being Congratulated.
Farris is being congratulated on all
sides for his victory in the house, and
hope is now expressed that in view
of the heavy house vote, the senate
will give the necessary three-hfths.
The Farris resolution is said to be the
strongest Of the kind ever submitted In
any state in the Union. and the belief
IS General that it will be adopted if the
So called 'plute' element in the senate
will let 1t go to the people.
House Press Committee.
Because of the bounding given the
house by the corporation serving press,
that body found it necessary to appoint
committee to send to the weekly
newspapers definite information as to
bills passed and killed by the house.
This was done by resolution Of Rep
resentative Marcy 3. DarnaIl editor Of
the Key West Citizen, and other editor
representatives on the committee are
r. r. Tomlin, editor Plant City Cou
rier; VIM. A. Russell, editor Palatka
News; E. A. Williams, editor Bombay
Advertiser, and W. H. Mapoies, editor
Laurel Hill News.
inspired Editorials.
Widespread distribution Of inspired
editorials by such men Peter o
Knight, corporation lobbyist, who has
overlooked coming to Tallahassee this
SGSSlOI1p Is the pIlIlC1pedl CduSC u Ii4E
appointment of the committee. Knight
has not felt like coming to Tallahassee
since Claude L'Engle chased him and
his red top rye and red band cigars
out of Tallahassee" said Mr.. DarnaT, |
and now carries on his warfare after
the absent treatment method He in |
spires or writes editorials for the |
Tribune and other papers, and |
then sends them to the legislators and |
weekly newspapers Of the state. These (
editorials are always unjust in charac- |
ter, which is natural when one con- |
siders the source from which they en- |
anate, and they have served to cause |
criticism of the house from weekly pa
pers that would be just if not deluded. |
If Knight has any particular business
with the legislature, why doesn't he re-
cover his nerve and come back to Tai |
ahassee occasionally? No better thing
was ever done in the history of florida !
politics than to drive him out of the
capital and smash his influence with
legislators of a susceptible type"
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