The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-03
Bill Has Been Made Sbecial
Order for II 80 Tuesday
Morning - Adjournment
Till Monday.
PENSIONS BILLS
THRESHEB OUT
Governor Said to Be Prepar-
ing Veto to Bill Providing
Supreme Court Aid By
Circuit Judges.
az HERRERT FELkEL.1

Tallahassee, May 2.-dblding two
sessions today and woriting nearly
twice as many hours asl the house.
the senate cleaned it's calendar of
bills on the third reading, except for
those whose authors arb absent or
asked that they be informally passed
over, and adjourned at $50 this af-
ternoon till 4 o'clock p. jim. Monday.
The prohibition measure that had
been made a special ord er was post
poned till next Tuesday ht 1870.
Senator Cash introduced a bill pro-
viding for manual traihing in high
school.
Senator Andrews wa5 excused till
Tuesday and Senator bradshaw was
excused because of thel death Of his
sister.
When Senator Hureyis bin to regal-
late and suppress veIerial diseases
was reached on second lreading it was
amended to make It less drastic in
many particulars, especially as 20 the
examination of any person suspected
of being diseased. Ahother amend
| ment requires the record. to be kept
| secret by the board of health, being
accessible only to Officers having in
charge the enforcemeiyt of this law
Reports of veneriaI dases must be
made in sealed letters instead of on
postal cards as provided in the original
measure.
Pension Bills Thrsshed Out.
When all the pension bills before
the senate came up tdday on special
order they were threshed out in less
than two hours.
When the house bin comes over,
the senate amendments and provision
I of the senate bills which are not in
cluded in the house measures will be
| written into one pension bill which
will be sent back to the lower branch
for concurrence. These require but
a few minutes. However. as the views
of the senate already Has been record
ed They are $40 a month for ex-con-
federate veterans and veterans wild
ows instead of SIS as lat present.
A property qualification providing
that no soldiers or widow who is
worth $1,000 or more shall draw a PEN
sion. that all the homeI guards or mill
tiamen of other confederate states who
served at least one year in actual
fighting during the C49il war and have
resided in Florida 25 years shall be
placed on the pension roll. It was
said there are but 5p or so of the
latter.
Anarchy CorAemned.
A resolution cond4mning anarchy
and pleading for th,J suppression of
Bolshevism in New York City and
state and recommending the deporta-
ton of the bomb mals4rs that threaten
to demoralize the country that brave
men of America have just fought and
died for to make it safe for democracy,
was introduced today by Senator Hull
ley.
1t went over under the rules till
Monday, although the author of the
resolution made two lefforts to bring
it up and pass it today.
BY a vote of IL tP IS the senate
today killed .HulIey's bill to vest in
the United States govfrnment the title
to proposed Seminole Indian reser-
vation in Monroe and Lee counties.
Cats Preparfs Veto.
IT is reported tonight that the gov
ernor has prepared b veto message
to be sent to the legislature Monday,
setting forth the reaspns why he will
withhold his signature from the meas
ure authorizing the Supreme court to
call in circuit judges to help in the
preparation of opiniohs and the dis
posal of cases. which bill was recent
ly passed in lieu OF the proposition |
to add a sixth justice to the supreme |
bench.
ed for expresses of THE board OF con- /
Senate today cut appropriation ask
troll from $4,000 to $4,000 and also I
cut out appropriation for central heat /
ing plant. laundry sIId athletic field. /
Objections were rnsde on the floor
to the creation of an additional posi-
ton held by Bryan Mack. MacWii-
liams and johnson l9ading the hight
On appropriations, toPk the position
that one man had previously done
The work Of secretary and auditor
md advocated combining these posi-
ions.