Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-11

crimes has been committed here, and
IL the true perpetrator were known he
should be In the penitentiary. To-day
there is a single man enjoying the
( fruits of their crime. We are here IA
) the representatives of the people, and
we owe i, to them and ourselves To
correct this error of crime. He doubted
the propriety of any man holding
the office under such circumstances.
and did not think any m mber of the
house would DO so He thought the
law should have been disreyarded In
selecting man for the position. He
was perfectly willing to unite with
the gentleman from Dallas ia raising
a committee of investigation hut ne
Thought the house should express
itself upon the subject, whether the
governor aruuicsced or not
Fry nlicr said IL appeared to him,
from the remarks, as though this
were a personal attack upon him and
those who made The appointment.
He thought that charity dictated that
! in the absence of any evidence
/ 10 the contrary, the change should be
attributed 10 mistake and not to
| fraud. He referred To other errors of a
like character which occurred at the |
regular session, that were purely cleri. |
cal mistakes, as was shown at the |
time He referred 10 the statement |
that there is but one man in the state
eligible under the law as it stands to |
the position of superintendent of the |
insane asylum, and sad that DIR Will |
son, one of the ablest physicians in
the state, had re-. ided in
that institution for five
years He thought that
instead of paying attention to per
sonal interests, thcy should be looking
after TIE neeCs of the unfurtnuates in
tue 81 lum. He said the present in
cumbent was good man. When the
appointment was made, there were
two men who were qualified in the
ate, and the whole United states TO
draw from The law is good one
AS it stands to-day, and he thought
the resolution should never pass. nj
would he lime enough when
the regular session meets To
consider lie propriety of changing
IL, but III did not believe ii would be
done even theI.
Graves said that DR.. Wallace was
not member of this legislature and ,
he did uut under stand that he was at
tackled ut all. He thought DR.. Wal -,
lace coed mau for the position he uc. ,
1
OF the house 10 Vindicate itself in this
matter. If il were legal mistake, LET |
it e rectlfied; if IA crime, the perpe. !
trat~r should be punished.
Dr. Camp said he Thought they had y
hem treated to AN tliapathic dose of |
and moved the previ us u
question, which being ordered the a
motion was adopted by vote OF =
tiny-nire To tbity.six a.
hing of Wilson presented memo !.
rial vInbo,iy ing Il series of resnlutlt Ms :,
adopted by mass meetings of the cit -
zens OF Ata'c 'sa county dcnOuncing, =,
tnue cutting in unn.easur,d tetns r.
and requesting the le i-!ature TO make -
u felony; also II memorial lr III the :,
:itizens OF karnes county of The same ~
iurport, ard in addition requesting :,
tSslation 10 prevent the Enclosure Of :"
lr lands OF others, the fencing up uf J.,
lelShnoruo"d roads. etc; also oppos- T.,
ny nerd law, but requisite 4 owners III
'f pastures tu Ike, p their stock within ~,
heir measures and leave the open 81,
'ange to owners. A.
Metal Y presented n numerousiy- Il,
signed memorial rom the citizens of au
i's tHuadalupej county, reciting the q
WIS Resulting from improper incl"s- +, 4
lFes anu iequesling legislation To pre- n,
vent lands not owned by the party n,
rom being fenced up, and to prevent
ne iencinE up of roads an / walter priv In
leges, TO forbid large enclosures and IA
provide for the opening uf mes, ssary n
highways. The memorial goes ON 10 81
'ay That when the public interest is no
u above, the cause of fence *
'uttihg VIII be removed. and then We
idVl-e the punishment Of al such n,
awiessness by heavy fines and inn 4,
80
Mex nney-Bill TO provide for the ii
lection OF district attorneys in certain fr
districts. -,
Townsend--Bill to provide for the "
eVy and collection of an annual ad vo- a,
oreu tax by counties, cititsa and towns u,
or road ana bridge purposes a,
scott--Bil Ia authorize the levy and n
collection of "a special tax in counties a,
where IL may ne necessary to liuuiiate a
Indebtedness iucurr d - :,
Subsequent to the 18th of April. 1876, G.
by annual expenditure for local coun y,
government. =,
La6ati-bill making an appropiia- =,
non Tor deiici-nces set forth IN the il,
of the governor for IA sue :,
cial session. y
Denuis-Resolution requesting our n,
"'i representatives. IN cum ai
sfess TO urge the passage at tie rill tn
law pending, having f. T. It's Object the ~
granting of The right.of-way through 4,
n ihaitn Tcrrit Try tn the Gull, Col ~
'rado d ) ANA Fe railway. o. o.
Nhsh-l5ili TO amerd tie road laws ~
ma provide better facilities for public ~,
highways. ~ ~
Cochran-B'll providing for the in -
.fsthent OF the permanent school iii
uh ~ provides for investment in h,
, n,teu states, state and county bonds, y.
md Uonds of Towns and ci,,ps h,viu,f >.
POI u ion of 1000 or more. rhe n
rare Il to DE responsible for all invest
nents. -
fenaieton-Bill to amend the penal il,
o1c III references IN the ailIul killing
r ihjurihg of domestic animals a,
Lindsay Bill TO prey mt the oc. "
upatinh or iiic!o-are OF lands by per- a,