The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-07
VACANT CHAIRS
MARKED SESSION.
OF MONDAY A. NJ.
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Tallahassee, May 6.-At the house
session yesterday afternoon there Were
many vacant chairs, the occupants not
having returned from the weekend
visit home, but there was a good work
ing quorum and everything moved
along smoothly, with the result that
much business was done during the
two hours session.
A letter was received and read by
direction of speaker from x-Presi-
dent Taft. It stated that the writer
had just returned from a speaking tour
Of the West and read the invitation
of the legislature to come to Florida
and speak on the league OF nations.
He wanted to thank the speaker and
the members for the invitation but
his entire time, he said, was taken up
for the month, hence it would be i'm
possible for him to accept
At the suggestion OF Mr.. Epperson
of Levy county the speaker was au-
thorized to employ an assistant Jani-
tor.
Several important resolutions were
presented and adopted. They will be
found in separate stories OF today's pro-
ceedings.
The speechmaking machinery of the
down or been exhausted from the over
working of that feature of last weeks
proceedings Not speech Of more
than two minutes was made on the
floor during the whole of the session
of today. and that was in all cases III
an explanatory way in presenting some
measures.
With only seven votes against it Mr..
Woodruff of Orange introduced and
passed an equal suffrage bill for Or
1ando. He stated that an election was
to be held in that little city during the
present month and he requested the
house permit hi INTO waive the rules
and pass the bill today SO the women
could vote at that election. As noted
there was little objection and the re-
quest was complied with.
The Hamblin school physical inspec-
ton bill was up on second reading.
A number of amendments were made
to it before it finally went to the
engrossing committee to be put IN
shape for third reading. The most
important of the amendments adopted
this afternoon was one cutting the
salary of the examining physician from
six hundred to three hundred dollars
a year, and another permitting only
doctors holding regular practitioners
license to be engaged to do the work.
The sheriff's compensation bill was
reached on the calendar, but it was
passed over informally, holding its
place. This action was taken on ac-
count of the absence of the introducer
of the bill.
The state budget bill introduced some
time ago by Mr.. Williams of Leon
county, was reached on the calendar,
and had close call for its life. 1t
had been reported unfavorably and
under the rules of the house it became
the duty of Mr.. Epperson, the chair
man of the committee on finance and
taxation to move its indefinite post
ponement.
Mr.. Williams opposed this, stating
that at the time the bill was before
! other things he did not have an oppor-
explanation the house voted not to
indefinitely postpone the bill. and it
went to third reading without further
discussion.
When the time arrived for the adj
justment the house had under con-
sideration a motion to strike out the
enacting clause of the bill allowing
more money to circuit judges, the
motion was made by Mr.. Futch of
Lake county, who stated that was
plan to pay circuit judges more SAL
airy. Of course 1t was not called sal
airy he said. but the effect was the
same The house had already refused
similar proposition in the interest