The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-05-02
Progressive Conservative,
Progressive and Reaction
airy in Order Named.
SPEAKER HARDEE
WOULD LIKE TO BE
Effort Will Be Made to Pass
q New Primary Law
Soon.
ri CLAUDE LBNGLE


Tallahassee. May LII comptroller
Knott should change Ms mind about
the changing of bis place In the public
service. Speaker Hardee would run
for governor. I say thls On suspicion
without a statement from either as %
what he thinks be win do.
Cephaa Wilson OF Mariana. win an
aounce Tor governor In a few days. n
he has not already done 50 before
+ this ia read He tod a friend -. who
told Il 70 me Mr. Wilson IL strongly
Identified with the rsactionary or con-
servatlve political porauation,
Mr. Hudson is strongly identified
with the praEfesslvsts and Mr. Knott
has been called both a conservative
progressive and q progressive-con
vative. There q no telling what
might happen r these three should
constitute q choice 20 the voters next
spring.
GOOD BiLL DEFEATED.
The old idea that has prevailed for
a long time that a mar la the state
legislature represents the county ar
aisEHlcg he ha1le Frt "a. ard must set
1oeal interests or feeling control hIs
vote on Al questions Is responsible Tor
the failure n THE session. II . state
wide Fish law designed 70 protect taa
fish and give every body IL Florida
bis share o. them, by taking those few
who catch and sell them for the bene-
. fit 81 all
This same IDEA has stranFiea lots q
good legislation n the past and VII
continue it's deadly work until II,
legislators can be made - feel tha
they are state Officers and not Coun
" Officers. As il Is tho leEisiaturt
! resembles convention 81 county com
p missionera ln most az it's official &c
Z tion--each man there 60 talk about a.
E general good but 20 vote for his COIN
4 tv when there q chance for his coun
8 ~ having g give up something % Ad
E vance the general good
& ! say al Of this In sorrow not 4
q anger
: DAVIS PACKAGE BILL.
: The Davis package surprised every
e body hy ita quick and safe tourne
through both houses The fact =. Q
was. that the anfi-liquor senfimar
was ~ large majority even II not. b
b one senate vote, large enough % sub
init the amendment 10 wipe booze on
of the constitution. SO when the ar
I. men got ready. they passed the woF
i around that the time had come for a.
tiou-and 50 the biH passed
The best the liquor selling advocat,
could Go was % offer amendments
I. take the teeth out q q OF % entaaK
Il ca the maiEes o. he courts The
were not offered % help the bill as
II Rood amendments ehuuld and some
y the arguments in support or them -
= weird Tn character aad neubunstic
substance For ex8mple-Afr HarF
son q Duvai. said that there was
drunkenness "a clubs. and that q
Poor mans family WOULD Ret ten o
e every fifteen cents designed - 4
hreadwinner Tor drinking purposes
he could by a glass 81 beer Tor p
!. cents instead ~ being obliged - q
bottle Tor fifteen cents. Mr CO
stein said thar he was against The 8
because the drinking mar who had
have his booze would 30 forced 20 b
~ a bottle. then - out on the streets
empty u and throw the empty bot
0n the sidewalk. where "a would hre.
and thus offer an esay way Tor I
~ barefoot boy 90 cut hts foot o. feet Z
ne Goldstein might have saved tire sm
ne boys feet and the bili. had Be ofnel
OF an amendment requiring booze v
So ders r. offer their wares u goat Ski
IKE his ancerters I'D. Mr. AnderJ
said that female employees Ia who
49, sale houses came no more in cont
with booze than dla the preasapnt
the n. NJ G. A. Senator Farrss
Jones pleaded for the girls, wives
widows who earned their daily 81
- addressing circulars. hat made q e
- FOR the sweethearta husbands
- brothers - other girls. wives
y widows 70 spend their hard ear
~ 4 for booze that they would spend
60 things the girls waves ard gvld
be- would IKE 20 have Representa-
We Davis ~ ST Johns wanted e. save
- Fast Coast Hotel bars and ara
- trat drinking s. otrisss ald not
50 any harm re even themselves s,
- tor Hines wanted g save the -
& and beers g. the Latin Americ
&c u.hs heEanEea 90 rIul1s En- TAmna