The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-30
LEGISLATORS AND
LEGISLATION
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RY John G. TRlcE.

BY JOHN C. TRlcE.
Tallahassee, May 2e.-There was
some notable lodging Of members OF
the house the other day when the
question Of state division was 10 be
voted on. That charge cannot be laid
to all those who failed to vote. pc
cause some of them were out OF the
city, not through a desire to dodge
this question, but quite number
were in the capitol building and con-
veniently absent when the roll was
lcalied.
\ Capt. Edward Anderson. who is per-
haps one OF the best known men In
Florida, through his connection with
the draft service in Florida, OF which
he was the. head. left last night Tor
Washington to take up the new duties
of which he has been assigned In the
war department. Mrs. Anderson ana
the children will remain here until
after the schools close, after which
they viii join the captain at the ma
tiona1 capital.
A cry which never fails to stir the
souls of any congregation of people
1 is that for men, real men, men with
q capacity for thinking and will to
use their faculties. But this house
has just about put that cry on the
blink, according to the view OF those
| who think it necessary for every leg
! islature that convenes to pass laws
of every subject the members can
think of during the sixty days. Thu
number of thinking men in the house
| is so great, their views SO widely
varying and their determination SO UNI
changeable, that it has been hard for
them to pass any laws.
One thing makes this condition Of
affairs look like a blessing in disguise
| to some folks Buried in that mass
of legislation which can never see
! the light of day at this session ar,
some measures that ought to die. 1t
| is the opinion Of many that even II
| good legislation has to go the same
way. it is better that it should be as
it is.
! All new cattle dipping legis'a'i ion
having died with the killing of the
I, compulsory tick eradication bill in
! the senate, the state livestock sanitary
/. board as now constituted remains in
/, tact and the present local option COM
pulsory dipping law is still on the
Y
| ton for the board made in 1917 is
not a continuing appropriation. and
the departn1ea ut will be practically
without funds on the first OF July,
there not being sufficient money on
hand to distribute the hog cholera
/ serum. 1t is expeete dihat the general
appropriation bill, which has passed
the senate, will be amended in the
house to care for the livestock sani-
tary board.
The investigation of the state board
of health continued today, Senators
Igou, Oliver and Rowe being excused
from the refular session for this work.
iChairman Igou. of the special com
mittee. under whose resolution the
probe was inaugurated. stated that 1t
would be a week or more before the
Investigation is completed. 1t was
limited that some of the facts being
disclosed are intensely interesting
has succeeded in getting the house to
adopt his plan to visit the everglades
on trip of inspection Immediately
after the adjournment of the legis-
| lature. with very little objection. 1t
provides for the expenditure of $4,000
| by the trustees of the internal inn
] provement fund for this purpose, with
which they may arrange for a special
train of Pullman cars sufficient to ac-
commodate the members and officers
of the legislature and the trustees of
| the internal Improvement fund and
| their officers and assistants. It also
provides for the appointment of com
unittee OF five by the speaker of the
house and the president of the senate.
which committee shall make report
of the findings of the inspection trip
to the next sitting of the legisia-
ture.
The vote in the senate on the motion
to indefinitely postpone the statewide
compulsory dipping bin was as fol-
lows:
1 Ayes: Senators Calkins. Andrews,
Baker. Bradshaw. Carlton. Cash,
ICrawford Eaton, Hughlett, Hulley,
Igou, Johnson. King. Mac Williams.
Malone. Mcleod, Moore, Plympton.
Rowe. Russell. Singletary, Stokes.
Turner and Wilson. (24).
Nays: Senators Anderson, Butler.
Crosby. Lowry, Mathis, Oliver. ko-
land and Turnbull (s).
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