Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-03
THE EXPOSITION BILL.
Debate on the Final Passage-A Little
Useless SkirmiShing.

Special to the Gazette.
Austin, February THE New Or
leans exposition bill came up for final
passage to-day, and with the exception
of two slight amendments, triumph
antly passed the house. Several
friends of the measure were absent at
the time, and fears We're entertained
by more than one for its success. 1t
received the requisite vote, however,
and now all that is necessary to make
il become law is to have the senate
approve the amendments and the gov
ernor sign the bill. Several legisla-
tors fought hard to have that portion
of ii making members of the present
legislature ineligible to serve as paid
commissioners stricken from the bill,
but the efforts were in vain, and the
clause was retained by vote of forty
one ayes to forty noes.
Mr.. Foster of Limestone then moved
to have the salaries of assistant COM
missioners fixed at $l00 each, instead
of S4o0 as fixed by the bill. He was
opposed, he said, to voting away in
the salaries more than third of the
entire appropriation, and thought that
the money could be better spent in
making a display or exhibit
| that would be creditable to
Texas. He held that all that
was needed was one commissioner and
clerk, and he was willing to see
them paid fair salary, as their entire
time was needed to attend to the duty,
but he protested against $400 each be-
ing given to men who would 90 TO
New Orleans, whether appointed COM
missioners or otherwise, as they all
knew that even if they were paid they
would 90 there to have a good time
| rather than 10 work.
Mr.. Nash, in order to have an op-
| portunity to speak on the subject,
moved as an amendment that the sal
airy OF each commissioner be
liked ut fifteen cents. In support
OF his amendment he took occasion to
criticise the policy of the member
from Limestone, which, while profess
Ing friendship for the poor man,
now sought to prevent the possibility
ri any such person being appointed
commissioner. He held that if MIR.
Fosters proposition was adopted, no
man other than a man of wealth could
afford to accept the post, and in this
! way the most capable and competent
though poor person would be barred
/ .'N'' pN'uS apHDlnltu tOllllllisSiOueP.
In concluding he withdrew his own
amendment.
Mr.. Foster-l am as much interested
in the poor man as any member
on this floor, but no man Of this char
acter, no man who handles the plow or
shoves the jack plane is going to be
appointed.
Mr.. Chenoweth-Do you speak with
authority ?
Mr.. Foster-I speak what | believe,
and am responsible for what / say.
Mr.. Mckinney moved to make the
salary of the assistant commissioners
5000 each.
Mr.. Armistead favored 5000, as he
did not think it right. out of an ap-
preparation of $4,000, to pay over
$1,000 in salaries.
The substitute of Mr.. Mckinney
liking the salaries at 800 each was
then put and adopted.
On motion to have the bill as amend.
ed placed on its final passage, there
voted AZ ayes TO 80 noes. The only
changes that occurred in the voting
from the divisions published Yesterday
were Benavldes and McAilen. who
formerly voted against the measure,
now voted for 1t, while Messrs. Jones
Lindsey, Merriwether, Moore of Me
Lehman and Tilson, who formerly sun.
ported thSbill, now opposed it.