The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-01
MPROMISE
NAVAL STORES
BILL PASSES
Senate Spent Busy Day Dis
posing of Much Legisla-
ton, Mainly of a Routine
Nature.
MAY FIRST FINDS
CLEAN CALENDAR
Senator Stokes Asserts Sher-
ifs Fees in Escarnbia Suf-
f1cient and So Fixes Sem
ate Bill.
lRy HERBERT FELkEL.l

(8y HERBERT FELKEL.)
Tallahassee. April 3o.-With but one
vote against it the compromise naval
stores bill, fixing seven days as the
limit an operator must hold his pro-
duct for inspection, passed the senate
today. Senator Russell vigorously op-
posed the passage of the compromise
bill and cast the SINCE may vote.
When the original bill was reached
on second reading, Senator Singletary
succeeded in having it read by title
only. secured the adoption Of the com
mittee substitute, and asked that the
rules be waived and the measure placed
on third reading and f1al passage.
He stated that a complete agreement
had been reached in the committee
and he anticipated no opposition to
the measure. Senator Baker also
secured the adoption of the commit
tees recommendation and the passage
of the substitute bill.
Senator w. A. Russell surprised the
senate by speaking against the bill,
branding it a a piece of compromise
legislation in the interest of large cor
porations and not designed TO benefit
the actual producer OF naval stores.
He said it was the kind of legislation
that resulted in Bolshevism and social
ism and anything but democratic
Americanism.
Senator Singletary today introduced
a bill to abolish the hotel commission
and Office OF state hotel inspector, with
all employees of that department.
May. i will hnd the senate with a
clear calendar except for local bills
and a half a dozen general measures.
More progress was made this after
noon than during any one previous
session of the 1919 term.
Reapportionment was discussed in
the senate today when the Turnbull
joint resolution to submit the people
a constitutional amendment was
reached on the calendar. An effort was
made to indefinitely postpone the
resolution, but the motion was with
drawn Senator Turnbull's resolution
seeks to give each county a senator,
and under it some of the larger coun-
ties would have as many as five mem
bers of the house of representatives.
Stokes Fixes Eseambia.
When the bill to increase the fees
of sherifs was before the senate to-
day on second reading, Senator Stokes
amended it SO that no provision of
the law will apply to Escambia
the amendment being SO
worded as not to destroy the validity
of the bill. He said the sheriff of Es-
Gambia county was his friend, but the
compensation of the Office is at present
sufficient.
Film Bill Defeated.
THE cor, To rNy,ay,aiffoo ~,
neous legislation, Senator Andrews,
chairman. met this afternoon and
voted to 1 to report unfavorable
Senator Bakers bill providing for a
state censorship of motion pictures. |
The chairman cast the minority vote. |
The bill makes the judges of juvenile |
courts. or county judges, the censors
and provides for fine of from $50 to |
$500 Several representatives of film |
concerns and theatres appeared be- |
fore the committee.
Court Reporters Get Increase.
Senator Johnson's bill increasing the |
compensation of Official court reporters |
paid for copies of testimony the same |
Is at present, passed the senate. They |
low receive So at home and s6 when
serving away from home.
The temperance committees bill to
amend the general prohibition measure
passed during the extraordinary ses-
,ion for the enforcement of the state
vide amendment was made a special
,r6er for 1880 O'Clock Friday morning,
md the concurrent resolution providing
or submission to the voters of the
question as TO whether or not a con-
,fitutional convention should be held,
vas made a special order for tomor-
.ow at the same hour.
The senate received a telegram
signed by A S. Deyane and J. w.
Hampton, committee, to the effect that
{ was the sense of a mass meeting Of
he citizens of Polk county that the
legislature make an appropriation for
radication or Citrus canker.
Senator Cash introduced a bill to
stablish two normal colleges in
florida. both of which will be co-edu-
ational one to be located in soutr or
entrai Florida and the other in north
II west Florida, and neither to be
n the same town with any other state
Institutions of higher education.
Senator Wilson moved that the vote
y which the senate on yesterday failed
Q pass the Carlton bill, to place the
tate's correctional institutions under
board of charities to serve without :
ay, TO be reconsidered which motion,
nder the rules. went over Till the
ext legislature day. II