The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-17
GULF BEACH.
:: : WAY BILL
INT REDUCED
Senator Jones Gets Local
Measure Through Sec
ond Reading
MORE AMENDING
OF BOOZE STATUTE
Nepotisrn Bill introduced
Drunken Legislator Letter
Of Governor Explained
STAFF SPECIAL.

AI IO4<a4@s
Tallahassee, Fla, April 16.-An
amendment to the constitutional
amendment for submission of the
prohibition question to the voters
passed by the legislature last week,
was submitted by Senator McEach-
ern, chairman of the senate commit
tee on temperance, today, providing
that dealers, who by the law would
be forced out of business on January
/, 1919, would be refunded that por-
ton of their license for the rest of
the year. Other provisions of the
amendment are that druggist may
sell alcohol only on a doctors pre-
scription, and cannot refill without
another order. 1t provides pen
atty for druggist selling to persons
addicted to the use of alcohol, and
embraces all liquors containing more
than one and one-half per cent.
Gulf Beach Highway.
Senator Jones introduced into the
senate today bill authorizing the
board of county commissioners of Es-
Gambia county to expend $1,000 on
the Gulf Beach Highway, and to pay
the same amount upon the compile
ton of the road, in accordance with
agreement. The act also legalizes
and validates the right of way and
the road already constructed
1t is probable that a like bill will
be introduced in the house at an
early date, and immediate action is
desired. Senator Jones moved to
waive the rules and place the bill on
its third reading for tomorrow. It
will probably pass and Immediately
pass the house, affording the relief
desired.
Some of the most important bills
passed by the senate. today were in
PRODUCED by Senator Jones earlier in
the session, these being as follows:
An act requiring the written as
signment of mortgages; an act au-
thorizing guardians to give, or grant,
rights of way over lands of their
wards for public roads or streets;
an act relating to and fixing the pay
ment of coroner's fees; an act per-
hitting administrators or executors
of estates to resign, and bill limit
ing the time in which suit may be
filed against municipalities FOR per-
sonal injury to sixty days.
Drunk" Legislators,
Explanation was made to the SEN
ate today by DR.. Fogarty of the de-
lay In receiving the communication
from Governor Cats relative to his
alleged remarks concerning "drunk"
legislators. The question was brought
up by Wells, who asked why it was
that the latter had been published
before it had come to the senate.
Senator Mcleod, member of the COM
mittee, explained that he had received
the letter Saturday, and thinking all
others had also, said nothing about
1t. The message states that it was
said that any member of the legisla-
ture who attempted to vote on the
prohibition amendment while drunk
not say that any member whom he
caught drunk would be put in Jail.
Anti-Suffrage.
Indicative of his opposition to suf-
frage for women was the action of
Stephens, of Hamilton. today when
he opposed adoption or Wilder's
resolution extending an invitation to
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan to
address the legislature in the house
| of representatives at II o'clock Tues
day.
Mr.. Stephens said members of the
| house are able to take care of them
! selves, and he saw no necessity for
taking up time which should be given
to the transaction of business.
Dawson, of fernando, came to the
rescue, saying that it has been GUS
| tomary to invite distinguished peo-
| pie to address the legislature. "Theee
is no more distinguished woman in
America than MEs. Bryan" said he,
"and if there is any reason on earth
why we should not hear her I don't
| know of it."
A resolution finally was adopted
in the house, but time for the address
was changed in the senate to
o'clock Tuesday night.
Nepotism Bill.
Among measures introduced in the
house today were bill by Jennings
to prohibit nepotism, applying to all
state and county officials and barring
relatives to the sixth degree, and an
amendment to the constitution re-
curing educational qualifications of
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