The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-11
LEGISLATORS OF
TODAY CANNOT
LIVE ON So PER
Statesmen Find Hard Sleigh
ing to Subsist on Present
Pay.
From CLAUDE L.ENeLE.

, NUN GLANDE L ENGLE.
Tallahassee, May lg.-Six large,
round iron men every time the earth
rolls around may be considered quite
a large consignment q coin 20 be
transferred from the peoples treasury
o. the bank roll q each Of the one
hundred and i've representatives of
the peoples right 90 RUE, who, for
sixty lays every other year gather AZ
the seat ~ the government q defend
the constitution and fatten their bat
ting averages as the champions % the
right 20 the humhiest toller % the fruit
of hla toll but siA small samoleons
don't 60 So far when divided between
the folks az home and a formidable
list II regular and Incidental expenses
az the capital The DAY Is passed
when the statesman came % Tkllahas-
see. with j tlean shirt ana Two dol
lar bin. and leave ~ the sessions
close without changing either one The
high cost ~ statesmanship has kept
pace with the high cost ~ living and
nowadays the average legislator finds
Ia almost impossible not CD quit loser Ia
the legislative Same.
A. 10 the matter % earning their
pay they ail earn it who sit In the
halls day after day and listen 20 the
heterogeneous mixture 81 embarrassing
things that come lu fer serious con-
sheraton But those old boys who are
on the county organization commit
tees CD each house have earned theirs.
and then some up to now with 10
let - ID slsht Delegations for pro-
I posed new counties, delegations
against and delegations 20 head OF
proposals fer neW counties that look
1 like they mlght De proposed. arrive on
every train and have kept the COM
mittees iuulng 60 hold meetings fast
enough and long enough for all TO SAY
4 their say They are thsnking ~ offer
ing 8 concurrent resolution directing
4 The sergeant-at-arms 90 supply cots
. and h0t lunches ia the COMMITTEES
rooms
/ This is the dividenest legislature thar
ever happened one county has al
I ready gone through. another only
/ waits action by the senate q third
/ has 3 favorable committee report and
fourth u wei IN the way FOR final
+ committee action one old boy who
F saw his county about O. be cut in two
remarked thar they may as well give
+ The rest Of Il % some other county and
make q finish tob q t. put he could
not End anybody wiiiing % take wnat
was left
REAL AMERICANS.
\. ln the eight over the cutting OF a
section n Walton and santa Rosa. 20
make the new county 81 Oskaloosa
f tspeilinE not EaaranteeG1. we have
been favored with the sight - SOME
% the old reliable clean strain Florida
crackers. than whom there are n~he
better 20 mingle with on this ear .
They don't wear fussy little ribbons
on their hats. nor razor edge creaseH
iu their hrecches and II YOU were %
accuse one 20 them 81 having us
finger nails polished Rith perfumed
pink paste he'd shoot you on the spot.
but for good fellowship. good cheer
wholesome and hearty good nature
hair trigger readiness Tor frolic % q
tight. they are there wlth the bells Ca.
When theg come together ta present
their different views Oh local politics
each mar expresses his sentiments
without any qualifying adiectlFes
tended &c smooth the troubled water
on the subject on han4. then they
an 50 of together 20 81 around IN 3
circle and swap tobacco and stories
until the bell rings foy the next arEa-
tying round. There j. no mixture =
foreign blood in these boys They are
an the pure American stock thar
fought the Indians. the spanlarda. the
British. the Mexirans. TIE Yankees IT.
the Spanlards again For the right "a
run this country e. g country ~ llb-
erty loving people should - run
have been q their towns. have been
% their settlements. ! have been e.
their picnics. I have been 10 thef
homes and ! have mixed and mingled
with them. and lf 81 ny pride % de-
. yara thaf Z canE0t hope O. he seer
in better company until Z am seen II
better world than tnls one.