The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-01

5 were IN duty bound to divide tina
property with some man who had les
simply because he claimed to be
, bigger and better man than yourself
In other words, if Putnam count
came by its two legislative represen
tatives legitimately, is there any rea
son why it should yield one of then
to a larger, more populous county
simply because the larger count,
wanted him?
The News is able to sympathiz,
. with these larger counties in thei
unequal representation, but because i
sympathizes is no reason it shoulc
wish to step forward and advocate s
donation by Putnam county of par
OF its representation.
The question of constitutionality
which Mr.. Tilghman raises is not q
new one; it has been raised in practi.
cally every legislature for the past
thirty years. And it has been settled
in practically every legislature for
the past thirty years, as it was set
tied by the mature wisdom of the
present legislature-just opposite to
the plan advocated by Mr.. Tflghman.
The late DR.. E. S. Grill, without
doubt one of the best legislators
Florida ever had, together with Hon.
II. A. b. Mckenzie and the writer,
represented Putnam county ten wears
ago-19O7 being one of the ten year
neriods for eapportionment- ha d
the same question to settle. DR.. Grill.
who generally carried his conscience
TO Tallahassee with him, told the w~i.:
ter that reapportionment was not
obligatory under the constitution. but
in order to satisfy the writer, urged
him to consult legal authority, which
he did. He talked with man whose
opinion was considered Good-a mem
be" Of the supreme court.
Now if Mr.. Hickman insists that
the constitution limits the Legisla-
ture to 30 senators and 69 members
Ct the House, then everv legislature
for manv wears naet hos been IN IN
constitutional body, and every act
passed has been an unconstitutional
act
Con Mr.. Tilrhman MONT to anv act
Of these Overloaded" legislatures
which the Cr~remn Court has held to
he u""0ns+' trtional for the reason
that It We "Qssed by an unconstitu-
tioro1 ho1r?
IF +ho To"ic'nt,','o- O. F'o-'7o o,,o~
since = roor7Aereh'~ nx7oo7ed tho
oonst'"nticr"1 limit hr~ hoo, or NJ
body. -vN~ = = traA
come If The verv aN'a "'to~rave o.
+ho S+.,tn 10 not ro;c0 40 noin+o
De''one NJ Ti1r',,,,~r oan 4o'1o
"hn c1itor o. THO News !, ,,~+ n
Inwvc~, but in al +hp wears he he's
been doing business with . wicked
and perverse generations he has been
in the habit Of consulting LAWYERS
when he wanted to know the law.
He did that very thing when he was
personally confronted with this prob
lem Of reapportionment-several Of
them, in fact, and every enc Of them
advised him differently than Mr..
Cats commanded or Mr.. Light of
Marion adiured in the name of all
the holy prophets. Neither of these
men are burdened with legal knowl-
edge but both have political axes to
grind.
The News is not going to cite con-
StitutiOnal amendments to Mr.. Thigh
man; he can look them up for him
self They can he found in any vol
,me Of General Statutes of the State
Of Florida. The News would make
moor evn0sition Of the technic91itios
If the law under which these amend
nents relaaee the Legislature from
he obligation CegaD Of making re-
,pporti0nments. and urder which the
cts of oil the numerous overloaded
cpisIatrrcs Of thc mast are constitu-
-iona1 acts Mr. TiIohman is senei-
i've He is q member of +ha Iegis-
aturo and as such his acts are nronar
subjects for criticism He has hot
}een misropresontad, Only the facts
,ovo been stated The News has
,riticispd him but LITTLE. thonob there
,rp many times when il should have
lone so, We have ALWAYS liked Mr..
riIohmon nnreonaI1v. hut This nannr
ever has and never CON like his
,rand of notifies. if didn't like Thorn
iuring oil the veare ho was affIia+-
no with the rannhIican n9rtv in thie
own and countv and since ha ho-
amp domocro+ IF +ha earrc+ ordor
,rand wn bovn liked +hnn ovor lass
To hos The nan,n o+ Tallahassee If
oinm ono of tho MOI, in +bo 1o1is1o-
nrn who doncas avo,.v tin,o Co++e
racks his whin This roonnortion-
,en+ moaenrn was q C.+ts n,oasTro.
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