The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PICK U PS

BY RONALD HALCnlM

TALLAHASSEE. May 4.-of
course no one plays politics in Tai
lahassee it's against the rules
but there is considerable spec
ulation over the approaching nomi-
nation of the next president of
the Florida Senate of course
you good Key West citizens know
that Senator Gomez has tossed his
hat into the ring and it's a /
good hat Other candidates are
Senators Hodges, Getzen and
Clarke :. all good men !. There
is rumor that Getzen viii drop
his candidacy in favor of another
senator "a. his desk is next door
to the Senator's from Monroe q.
South Florida does not cotton tot
Senator Hodges for several reas- !
ons, the least of which is that he
halls from Leon county, already
the seat of all administrative and
Legislative government in the land
of moonshine and showers
That leaves Senators Gomez and
Clarke as top dogs . Clarke
is rated as an unassaming and cap
able legislator so that he should
make good opponent for Arturo
-. The nomination will be made
by new senator's in caucus during
the last week of May z. election
of the caucus nominee is mere
formality next session.
Senator Gomez and Representa-
tive Albury will attend the big do,
ings at Waukulla Springs next
Saturday ~. this is the oldest po-
litical picnic in the state we
understand that no governor has,
been elected in 100 years who
failed to make his announcement
at the Waukulla picnic so far
no strong candidates for governor
have developed in the legislature
I. IS. guess they want to see how
"Our Dave" gets along for an
other year right now it looks
like Governor Sholtz may have a
hard time with some of his adj
ministrative measures There
is a lot of opposition to House Bill
$50 to centralize municipal gov
eminent 8. it is hot issue and
most of the legislators are laying
low until the bill gets committee
report &. The beer bin is in the
hands of doctors again to have a
few bones reset and it's face lifted
&. |. the doctors expected to pre-
scribe 3.2 for the patient public
but they can't agree on what color
paper to write the prescription ).
a case of too many brewers
or watched tankard never sudsI
its raining again at least
the City of Seven Hills is wet as
far as precipitation is concerned
we just bought an option on
one of these Tallahassee hills and
are going to try to sell it to the
Key West council as a playground
and clay yard There is quite
an invasion of squirrels on the
capitol grounds I. they seem to
know when the legislature is IN
convention
Senator Watson has introduced
a bill to prohibit the catching, pos
session. for sale or shipment Of
food fish with purge-scine, purse
gill-net or any other seine using
rings on the lead line thereof,
through which purse line is
/ drawn -. This is to protect the
smaller fisherman from a glutted
market by g type of seine which
1 was designed to catch fish for fer
tilizer and oil Bill Wood Of
Fort Myers has introduced an
Alligator Bill to save these rep
tiles from extinction a. it prohi-
bits sale of baby gators or killing
for hides of gators less than five
feet long ... it also protects the
scaly saurians during their breed
ing season Senator Gomez
again spent the week end in st.