The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-30

Is OPTIONAL
ASHERETOFORE
AFTER MANY DAYS OF ARGU-
MENT AND FINAL PASSAGE BY
HOUSE COMPULSORY LAW
SLEEPS IN SENATE.
(RY HERBERT FELkEL)

Tallahassee May 2.-The statewide
compulsory cattle dipping bin which
had passed the house was killed in
the senate after being so amended as
to be valueless, and after the senate
had adopted all OF the committee
amendments, including one making the
leyying of the tvvo-naill tax optional
with instead of mandatory upon the
county commissioners, Senator Brad
shaw offered an amendment to make
the time for dipping every thirty days
instead of every fourteen days, as pro-
vided in the original bill, and Senator
MacWilliams proposed an amendment
exempting all dairy cows or other
cattle under fence.
When both these had been adopted,
Senator Russell moved that since the
teeth had been drawn from the vicious
bill the senate e1ectrocute the remain
der of the animal by indefinitely post
poning the bill' This motion carried
by a vote of "a to s. The upfriendly
amendments We're adopted by close
rising and viva cove votes which, of
course. were not officially recorded.
This means that the present law I'M
der which the State Live Stock SAM
tary board operates remains intact and
local option dipping, as at present. is
provided for. Statewide compulsory
dipping is dead for two years. An eff
fort will be made to take care of the
expense of the Live Stock Sanitary
board for the newt two years by an
amendment to the general appropTia
ton bill, it is stated.
All the committee amendments were
readily adopted without discussion, the
motions being made by Chairman
Lowry of the appropriations commit
tee which had reported the bill favor
ably with amendments recommended.
Senator Rowe then offered an amend
ment striking out the word State
Urea surer" and inserting in lieu there
of Attorney General, the senator
claiming that the treasurer already has
sufficfent duties and responsibilities.
This amendment was successful after
q brief discussion. The Bradshaw
amendment providing for thirty-day
dipping was then presented and adopt
ed by a rising vote.
Senator Bradshaw said cattle could
not be conveniently dipped every four
teen DAYS at this season of the year.
Senator Lowry declared the federal au-
thorities would not cooperate en-
thirtyday basis, and Senator Single
tary warned the senate that the adop-
ton of that amendment would kill
the bill. Senator MacWilliams then
succeeded in amending the measure SO
as to apply to any dairy COW or other
cattle under fence. Another amend
ment to insert .'Adjutant General" in
stead of Attorney General was about
TO be submitted when the motion TO
indefinitely postpone was made.
In support of that motion Senator
Russell said it was not the dipping but
the compulsory dipping that he OBJ
iected to- 1.-THE word compulsory is
hateful to the average American, he
said land 1 take this stand with full
knowledge that if this bill were sub
mitted to the people of my county
they would vote for it, because for two
wears they have been fed on propa-
ganda and literature, and plead guilty
to having fed a lot of it to them
through my paper. l published the
stuff
There is an Ethiopian in this bill.
I don't known whether you have seen
him or not, but I see him clearly.
Have you received any protests against
this bill from the FLOODED cattle raiser
or the beef trust? 1 don't think 50
This bill is too previous. The Live
Stock Sanitary board has lobbied since
the day this session opened for their
Jobs This bill will put the small
cattle man out of business. We have
drawn the teeth from the vicious ami |
NAL now lets put the bill out of its
and electrocute what remains |,
of it. 1 move that it be indefinitely |
postponed.