The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-07
BY FRANK L. HuFFAkER

BY FRANK L, HUFFAkER
Tallahassee, April 6.-Senator John
+. Stokes, of Escambia, reached here
today, and tonight announced that
after canvass of the senate and house
he has secured a sufficient number Of
votes to pass his telegraph liability
bill which he proposed to introduce
early in the session.
FARRIs WILL BE SPEAKER.
They're off,
Tuesday at the noon hour, one hun
dred and two real legislators and Har-
ry Floyd, of Apalachicola, viii begin
their biennial imitation of Paul Revere
in the state saving race, and they'll be
going over the hurdles for sixty days.
Then the good folks of Tallahassee
will be left in peaceful contemplation Of
the Cherokee roses and other beautie~
of nature for two years more.
Ion Farris, of Jacksonvif
again ascend TO the speaker
without opposition, and ino
still are that Fred NJ Hudst
Miami, will preside for the second
over the destinies of the upper h
However, Hon. s. J. Drane, of Es1ss9N
land, and Hon. a. y. Adkins, of Starke,
are stin in the race. and there is a pos
sibility that Mr.. Drane may win the
race by an eyebrow There is quite
contest on as to whether Hudson or
Drane will get a majority of Mr.. Ad
kins' votes. the able young gentleman
from Bradford county being third in
the annexation of votes prior to the
sojourn to Tallahassee.
FLOOD OF BILLS.
That the hoppers of both senate and
house win groan with the burden Of
laws, good. bad and Indifferent, is al
ready evident, as nearly every member
is primed to explode one or more
bombs in behalf of the public welfare
Furthermore, 1t is expected that n
large majority of these bills will either
be passed or killed, as a determine
ton to break all past records for ac-
tivity is noted in the progressive ranks.
mo loaf1ng allowed will be the motto
Of the house, eff my dreams are real
ized,' says Speaker to-Be Farris, and
the gentlemen who are struggling for
the senate presidency are of the same
do-it-now type. Let us hope!
POLITICS ALWAYS WITH Us.
While discussing provisions Of pass
ing laws, wise and otherwise, the ex-
ponents Of legislative wisdom also find
time to discuss future movements OF
individual politicians, or statesmen.
with the saving of the state in view.
find a growing belief that West Flor
ida has not In a long time had a
square dear In the matter Of select
ing state and national servants, and I
believe that section will be given more
consideration hereafter. Attorney
General Tom West is being discussed
as a governorship possibility. four
years hence, and the name of Cephas
Wilson, of Mariana, is also men
toned. also find that the PROPOSE
ton for establishing the state Of West
Florida is not regarded as an impossi-
bility. In fact, many people argue in
favor Of the plan.
INVESTIGATIONS GALORE.
The investigation fever has wander
ed down from Washington to Talla-
hassee, and unless some anti-toxin
remedy is offered soon legislative
probes will be sticking into everything
and everybody. Management of the
drainage work, past per-
formances in the convict leasing line
and failure to strictly enforce the
states excellent pure food law may
feel the surgeons inquisitive instru-
ments. However. all these rumors may
prove to be mere political zephyrs and
therefore vanish into nothingness,
Many complaints have been record
ed because of the failure Of the agri-
cultural department to enforce the
pure food law, ii is understood, but the
claim is made that the laxity has re-
suited from a desire not to inf1ict hard
ships on merchants who had bought IN
large quantities Of affected goods be-
fore the law became effective. One OF
the first bills to be introduced is one
which win make the state pure food
law conform with that OF the general
following the passage OF
which the pure food inspectors win be
to be strictly on the job or re-
tire In favor Of inspectors what will
It IS hoped that three inspectors viii
be allowed the agricultural department,
their headquarters to be at Pensacola,
Jacksonville and Tampa. The mini
mum penalty for violation may be fixed