Florida Historical Quarterly Volume 75 Number 2 Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume Article 1 75, Number 2 1996 Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 2 Florida Historical Society
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[email protected]. Recommended Citation Society, Florida Historical (1996) "Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 2," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 75 : No. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol75/iss2/1 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 2 Published by STARS, 1996 1 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 75 [1996], No. 2, Art. 1 COVER Most of Florida’s 1891 legislative session was consumed by the U.S. senatorial elec- tion in which Wilkinson Call was seeking a third term. When it appeared likely that he would prevail, 17 anti-Call senators left town, hoping to prevent a quorum and thus a valid vote. When the sergeant-at-arms failed to find them, the Florida Times- Union reported that they had gone to Georgia to escape his jurisdiction. In the same article the newspaper dubbed the absent senators “The Babes in the Woods.” Shown here are 15 of the 17 absent senators who have since been known by that appella- tion. Photograph courtesy of Florida State Archives. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol75/iss2/1 2 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, Number 2 The Florida Historical Quarterly Volume LXXV, Number 2 Fall 1996 The Florida Historical Quarterly (ISSN 0015-4113) is published quarterly by the Flor- ida Historical Society, 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935, and is printed by E.O.