Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-24
STATE AFFAIRS.
Tho Proposed Prohibitory Amendment
Almost Sure to Meet Defoat
in the Senate.
The Governor Again Calls the Attention
Of the Legislature to the Iutqual-
iiy Of Taxation.
Trouble Among tho stockmen in Pro.
aldo Countrywide Rangers
Sont TO tho Scene.
STATE AFFAIRS.
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Special.
AUSTIN, TEX March - IL Is oon-
.iiered ceftain tonight that the pro.
hibitory amendment will be defeated
IN the senate The following senAtora
are put down In the opposition:
Me@ ore. Jones, Kinttel, pfeuiier,
Woods, Pope, Houston Of Bexar, iSlc.
berg, Fowler, Jerdone and Hall.
INCREASING ruE TAN RArE.
The committee on revenue snd tax.
alton thle evening reported bill
which levies u revenue tax of rs cents
and school tax Of lsl cents, aggrc.
eating So cents on the 800, or au In
crease OF u ccnts over the present rate.
NO STATE RlFoRMA1oRS.
The state roiormatory bill wan con-
sidered Ia committee Of the whole to.
night and the appropriation OF sT5 600
was stricken out. THIS practically
pnstponts the establishment OF the 10.
turnlatory until another Legislature
makes TN appropriation.
Mlltlaa NhuNINs
The hill or Atlpg the new county OF
Mills out OF the counties of Brown,
ComRnche, Hamilton and IsampAsas
was engTosred,
TnE GRANITE HILL
will probably be taken up In the sem
ate tomorrow aud The indications are
now that II will be- defeated.
ooMpTRoLLER SWAIN,
In communication e. tue governor,
aud by him transmitted 10 the legisla-
ture, txpr, eses the belief that II tho
g hool lnuds were leasad at four cents
AZ acre they would yield noariy u mill
lion dollars annually 10 the school
fund. lie thinks hat II this legisla.
turo enacts satisfactory leaso law,
which Will not provo oppressive, after
this year the school tax can ho abol-
ishtd.
INEQuALIrY on TAXATION.
Tue governor rent spouiul message
TO the legislature to-day, Ia which he
says: II again call your attention 10
the inequality of taxation now preya-
lent IN this state ~ has b,come "a
notorious fact that la certain sectiOns
Of this state there are Interests that
Yield 30 revenue comparatively 10 the
| HuUHNfA w Nilb KNNfIhiktuls ~ IiON
only ylelda but paltry sum compared
10 lie vast amount, but this ytry In
tereet Il sustained and grows upon the
property Of the schoolp, aaylums aud
university free, while all the
other sections are taxed 10
support thesr vaious Institutions.
IS notorious have these facts become
that in n circular recently Issued, the
bnast IL made that these lands arc be-
ing used free OF charge, aud In defiance
Of law. Tue tlnbor on LkGsy lands Is
being cut, hauled of aud sold and no
prosecution can be had on the prop.
erty protected, because Of the sparse
population, the unOTRanized territory
and other reasons
The governor u Rests that the lleg-
1nlufo establish sJudicial tribunal In
the territory spoken Of competent TO
enforce the law.
TiiE LkoToN or HONOR,
The grand council ~ The American
Legion ~ Honor conyeBes here to-
morrow, aud number OF delegates
have alIeady arrived.
TROUBLE AMONG THE STOCK MEN.
Adjt G-u. Kipg iHs received Intel
ligenoe Of trouble between the large
andsmall stOckmen In prcos aud Pre-
sldlo counties. which II "a feared will
lead TO serious consequences, As force
has ALREADY uetn employed. The
rangers viii DO dispatched TO the
Breue