The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-12

to 10.
Senator Wilson's bill creating
county repositories similar to that
presented by johnson in the house,
ard drafted by the board of county
commissioners, was reported unfa-
vorably.
Several of the bills introduced by
Senator Jones early in the session
were reported favorably today.
Among these was that requiring the
written assignment of mortgages,
and also the bill allowing a guardian
to grant rights of way through prop
erty of the ward
His bill providing for the resigna-
ton of the administrator or executor
of an estate was reported favorably,
and also was that relating to coro-
ner's fees.
Senator Mathis memorial request
ing congress to fortify ST. Andrews
was passed unanimously.
Debate a Lively One.
After a spirited debate in which
many amendments were offered the
Wells bone dry bill passed its second
reading in the senate this morning,
and sent to committee for engross
ment. 1t had come before the senate
yesterday, and ordered placed on i
special calendar for this mornin~ al
II o'clock. When it was called the
fight started by Senator Gornto, Of
the Twelfth, offering an amendment
to strike the enacting clause. This
was defeated by 8. vote of 81 to l.
Senator Davis, of the Tenth, in
support of an amendment offered by
him, said the bill as it stood, would
defeat the ends of the constitutional
amendment passed by both houses
yesterday. He stated that he favored
prohibition, but believed that it
would be lost by passing two such
measures as the amendment and the
bone dry law.
Defends the Bill.
Senator Wells, of the Eighth, author
of the bill, took the floor in defense
of his bill against an amendment sub
nlitted to Increase the amount OF
liquor allowed to be shipped, from
prescribing quart every thirty
days, to a quart at any time, with
out qualification He said that a
quart month was enough for any
gentleman, and he didn't intend to
take care of the hogs. On the vote
on the amendment, the result was %
against, with three voting for, these
being Calkins, of the Sixteenth,
Jones of the Second and Davis, of the
Tenth.
Senator MacWilliams, of the
Thirty first. offered an amendment
to prohibit the shipping of intoxicat-
ing liquors into dry counties. DIR.
Fogarty, of Key West, in support OF
the amendment, said that if a
county decided that it would pro-
hibit the sale of liquor, it was unfair
for the other counties to permit it to
be sent into the dry county for sale.
He pointed out another provision of
the bill which he said was discrim-
atory, that in which provision is
made for person to purchase a
quart of liquor month. He said that
if he moved to Leon county, which is
dry, with his small family, he could
get only few quarts a month, bIlt
that man having ten members of his
family could get quart for each
member. He also said that he would
stop the sale of some patent medi-
cines, which contain a large amount
of alcohol The amendment was de-
feated by 13 to II.
Four Quarts Month.
Senator Gornto, of the Twelfth
then urged the adoption of an amend
ment which would allow each person
to secure four quarts of liquor 9
month, instead of one, and pointed
out that an amendment to prohibit
shipment into dry counties was de-
feated, as was one to allow unlimited
shipment, and said that his offered
middle course. This amendment
lost by big majority.
Senator Jones, of the Second, ther
moved the adoption of an amendment
to strike the clause of the bill which
provides for fees for the confiscatio1
of liquor by county officials, and re
quested an explanation from the au
thor Of the bill, as to the reasons foi
its inclusion. The amendment lost.
Jones Offers Amendment.
Senator Jones then urged the adop
ton of an amendment to make tn,
time of operation from inlmediatel!
on passage to October 1st 1917. Il
urging the passage of the amend
ment, Senator Jones said that he wa.
guided solely by conviction that tina
clause would work an injustice on tn.
dealers who paid license for the en-
tire year, but we're prevented from