The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-01
PRESS COMMENT
Legislature Soon Asieurns.

with adjournment Of the biennial
session of the Florida legislature only
a matter % days away no doubt the
people Of the state viii begin 20 take
more particular note 81 the proceed
inga and many will wonder n the mass
OF bills that has been introduced viii
set attention. The session has been
marked generally BY steady and sensl-
bic work on the part 81 the member
little time has been given 10 nlibusfer-
Ing or efforts 60 enact useless or IN
necessary legislation. Some measures
that reappear a. each session have
been disposed Of with less than the
customary waste % time. and many
matters Of more or less importance
have received attention due and found
their places. either IN the discard Or
on the statute books.
From = cgrsory glance over the
work accomplished up 20 the present
Il can scarcely be claimed that the les
islaturo OF 1891 has done anything
wonderful: IN fact the CRATER part q
the new laws could have waited a
while without serious injury 20 thu
state. those creating new counties be-
ing uppermost In mind a. We say thgs
But the constitution provides that ey-
cry two years = SESSION be held by rep
representatives and senators chosen
from the state. and this means the
proposing Of thousand and one plans
for the bcstermene ~ some people
some sections and perhaps. sometimes.
al sections.
There are a. set. as always happens
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tied. and Il q therefore time when The
keenest interest viii be fixed upon Tai
lahassee. Much can be done IN a few
days when Il Il understood that there
Il a time limit and the limit nearly
reached. II may be argued that things
done hastily are not always done wel
but legislators a. well as the common
people have been thinking along mnes
o. proposed changes for a long time
and because important matters are
solved quickly. a. the close Of a session.
does not necessarily mean that there i
snap judgment" or compromise vot-
ing.
A. this time Il does not appear that
the legislature viii be remembered on
account OF any very drastic laws enact
ed to force the ideas and opinions Of
few upon the many: II does appear
that some very wise and sensible mea-
Hures have been endorsed that win tend
toward economy In the state govern
ment. The state Is prosperous. vigor-
Gus and growing Ga every desirable
way. The best governed state 81 theI
least governed. and law makers whoI
avoid the temptation to play 20 the
galleries and remain conservative and
reasona bic are remem bored FOR their
wisdom and praised for their conser-
vatism. Il would appear that tie legla-
lature ~ 1921 was probably 20 be re-
corded as conservative.--Tlm Union
Another Case 81 inflated Values.
NJ. Georges Carpenter. said to be q
polished French boxer. but who may
not now be polished as he VIII before
his return. has reached these shores
10 contend with Jack Dempsy. the
American heavyweight. Each is the
champion Of his class ia his part oil
the world. The proposal d 10 let
them battle for the heavyweight
championship % the world All tals0
is a. IL Is. And All viii remain as
q IL Just 50 long as no effort - made
- E&f1A&AN k&H N&NisA u.s. muse men
are anything but What they are. I've
professional pugilists. Let u re-
there.
Immediately before the Toledo AZ
fair a careful publicity campaign pic
tureG Jack Dempsy as a carefree low
err 81 the open road. a romantic sou
an unpublished diamond. whom fortune
wouid never spoil ana the luxury X
effefe civilization never lure. But the
public generally soon came 70 the con-
clualon that Dempsy was . tough bird
who parked = terrific purca. ana lei
IL go "a that
Now again TIE public y being fed
siyIv with stgff designed 20 GID these
titles Of the squared circle. Mr.. nemn-
scy's hansheF characteristics are belng
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