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Tallahassee, May 12.-"Six days
shalt thou work and perform all thy
labor The fret part OF that COM
mandment was fulfilled to the letter
during the week just closed. Six days
the members met and laboreo. IL tney
did not do ali the work they had to
do it was not their fault. 1t was just
the blessedness OF human nature which
prevents large bodies Of men from
agreeing on all things. The blessed
ness OF disagreement is sometimes the
emergency brake that holds the world
back from a downhill slide to per-
dition.
Speaking of disagreement, it IL I'M
possible for the members Of the mouse
to determine yet who got licked IN
the long fight on the compulsory Dip
ping bills. The bill passed, but be-
fore it got the right Of way Tor the
final squirt on the home stretch, those
who have never learned to bow the
knee to dictation nor welcome the al
vent Of dictator, had laid down the
terms by drawing most of the teeth
OF the bill NoW both sides are claim
ing victory.
There is considerable rejoicing at
the capital over the report or the
committee on public lands, on the Sim
gietary bill whether true, or not true,
is net known, bit 1t seems to have
been the impression among many OF
the legislators that the bill was full
of camouf1age, and the invisible some
thing they connected with it was not
a pleasant thing to contemplate. The
committee amendment leaves nothing
of the old bill but the enacting clause.
The eArmarlzs of the BILL too. have
undergone a complete change.
The legislature has now entered
upon the last leg of the session. II
you are a law making enthusiast just
watch the results of the home stretch.
Hon. w. Y. Watson, formerly a state
senator from Gadsden county, has beAl
among the visitors at the capital this
week. He is a brilliant limb Of the
law in Tallahassee's neighboring iowa.
and takes much interest in all law
making matters that affect the general
public, hence he makes several trips
over here during the session.
State Labor Inspector j. G. Privett
stopped in Tallahassee during the week
to look over the progress of the labor
bills, and do what he could to boost
their passage.
The fishermen were here F,ridav
night. Like all other people, they
were not all of one mind, but they
convinced legislators of one thing.
They are interested in the kind of
a fish law passed for them to work
under and unless improved upon they
would prefer the old one to remain
on the statute books. They have some
fixed views, too, about what would be
an Improvement.
Speaker Wilder declares he will not
recognize a member who rises with
out his coat on TO address the house.
This was at the very beginning OF
the practice. and it was abandoned
promptly.
Much speculation is going on as
to what will be the outcome OF the
committee probe into the differences
Of the state chemist and the COM
missioner Of agriculture.
The first time the 'lie" has been
used in debate at this session was
on Friday. 1t was used in denuncia-
ton of the claim that Lake county
has been benefited by the large sums
of money she spent for tick eradica-
ton, and the epithet came from Mr..
Edge.