The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-23
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Tallahassee. April 22.-The first
commission form OF government bill of
the session was passed today, being
the Pensacola charter bill, it having
gone through both houses. 1t passed
the house unanimously.
Tonight the st. Petersburg blu was
passed In the house. A bin establish
ing a county court for Palm Bea ach
county passed the house and three
bills validating bond issues and chang
ing the charter OF Plant City passed.
short order. all but three members
voting on nearly a1l the measures.
The Seminole county bill passed the
house tonight amid great applause In
the galleries. A large delegation Of
Sanford people are celebrating.
A little bill Of less than a page In
length. by Mr.. Floyd. OF Franklin, pro-
posing the appropriation of ten thou
sand dollars for the purpose Of erect
ing Mt Key West monument to Henry
NJ. FTagler, threw the house Tuesday
morning into an earnest but orderly
debate such as would cause all the
press correspondents In the gallery to
move toward the rail and take notes.
1t was indeed spectacular debate:
there were tears In the voices Of Wor-
.ey. OsNeaI, Floyd and McWIlliams.
The bin was introduced under the
regular cali OF counties and Floyd had
Il read IA full rather than by IT'S title
only as ia the custom on first reading.
Mr.. Hendry OF Lee. moved the indef-
mite postronement of the bill before
the speaker had opportunity to COM
nit II. This brought McWilliams to
his feet He reminded the house that
Mr.. F7agler lay on his dying bed. ana
eroe II fA ~ Sf Ar1O
tine. the town that F1agler has desig-
mated as his last resting pace. would
rather Mr.. Floyd withdraw his bill
than have one man vote against It and
Mrs. F1agIer read OF the proceedings
in the papers. He said that such hasty
and unfriendly disposal of the bill
would be keeniy felt by the people of
his town, st. Augustine. Floyd fol-
lowed McWilliams and said he had a
suspicion that the hostility OF certain
progressives toward this measure and
toward Mr.. F-lagler was akin to the
emotion that makes the pauper want
to put knife into the man who has
something. He said F1agler had build
ed a greater highway than Rome's.
that he had proposed the bill seriously
as he had proposed all other measures.
that the time would come when the
legislature would pass such a bill IL
not this one. and he declared the kill
ing OF the bill without committee con-
sideration would not reflect upon this
Commercial poet"-Flag gler-but would
merely reflect the ingratitude OF the
house OF representatives Mr.. O'Neil
of fernando. In trembling voice de-
c.ared the old veterans need money
more than FIagier. that the state owed
too many honest debts to give money
away TO perpetuate the name of this
"T shall never. as long as
/ live" he said, vote to pay tribute
to comn1ercialisrn."
Mr.. Worley OF Dade. who has al
ready distinguished himself In this
session as an orator of no mean ability.
the members of the house. He
said he would vote against the bin
when IL came up, but he would not
vote to cable It or any other measure,
thereby cutting Off debate. and he
would certainly not vote to kill this
bin in such short order as proposed
and send to Mrs. Flagler another un-
kind thrust while her husband is on |
his very bed OF death. He said he
would not vote for ten thousand for q |
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