The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-28
GISLATIVE ODDS
AND ENDS
(sy JOHN c. TRicE.)

i Wy WITH
| Tallahassee, April 26-The DIRECTORS
to the weekend adjournments OF the
two houses of the legislature had their
innings this week Both the senate
and house held Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning session, and the
work-all-the- time members had the
satisfaction of '.going to it, to their
hearts content. And a good bit OF
legislation they passed along ION its
way" too, by the two extra sessions.
| The pension bill was the toughest
proposition the house has yet tackled.
After having been under consideration
| in the house on five different occasions
| it was finally passed by that body
| Friday afternoon. The changes in the
present law are: Pensions increased
from $500 to $4,000 a month; prop
I erty disqualification made to apply
to widows Of Confederate soldiers the
same as to soldiers; the remariage OF
widows of soldiers permanently bars
them from securing a pension. In all
other respects the bill leaves pension
matters as they now are on the statute
| books. Those who claim to know say
the increase will not necesiitate the
| levying OF an additional tax The bill
1 VI So0AS 30 Hos SOt " 30 " lI1c SCiIdtC
| yet. and there is no telling what
| changes will be made in it there.
The final coming together of the
opposing forces in proposed naval
| stores legislation seems to have been
| one OF the happiest getting together
events recorded thus far during this
session. At the beginning there was
| such a variance Of wants on the part
of the operators that it appeared there
was going to be strenuous few days
for the legislature to decide just what
was best to be done. But the con-
tending forces did that for themselves.
and the best of it is. everybody seems
to be happy over the solution.
The thing that seems to have alb
solutely vanished from the legislative
atmosphere at this early stage of the
session is woman suffrage. While there
is no telling what may happen before
the end, at present at least the dear
creatures who are fixtures here for
the sixty days seem to be good losers,
and go about their daily occupations
apparently without single regret that
the sun has Set upon another period
of their hopes and ambitions. If this
dttltuOe SuOuiu Always PICNdii, liotcdo
of the militant idea, there is no telling
how rapidly the cause might advance.
An obServant visitor to the capital
notes one thing in common between the
old maids and visitors to Tallahassee
at this time He says formerly the
visitor here went into a saloon and
called for his favorite drink. II it was
not prepared just as soon as he had
been used to getting it, he raised
sand. Now it is anything, Lord that
will serve the purpose.
Mr.. Glazier, Of Manatee county, has
a clear conception of matters. In ex-
planning his vote on the property
voted against excluding it for, the
reason he believed the purpose of the
law is to pension" and not reward"
the old soldiers.
"A watch dog of the treasury nearly
always hobs up during a session of
the legislature, but the appellation has
been notably absent the present ses-
sion. Until Friday. 1t was freely APP
piled to Mr.. Lewis, of jackson county,
on that occasion.
my torrential voice" is the way one
member of the house referred to the
flow of his own eloquence. the other
day. 1t is very appropriate refer
ence, too.
A gentleman in the house, the other
day, said he was sacrificing his politi-
cal future for the good of his country.