Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20
NOT ROSS POLICY
Senator Gregg's Bill TO Reduce State
Taxation for General Purposes
Will Be Opposed.
Greshinfs University Bill Referred to
the House Fiasnea Committee.
The Amount Of the Claim.
Geological Survey Bills Identical with tn 1T
Which Failed at tho Regular
Session Introduced.
THE uNIYERsITY ELL,

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, April 1.-THE universe
ty bill outlined in these dispatches last
night W.s offered to-day by Mr.. Gresham
AMI referred 10 the flance committee,
inst IS it was said it would be. Colonel
Gresham is very sanguine that his bill
will pass, as there ar good many mem
bers who opposed II last year who will
vote for it now.
Mr.. Hudgins, who also introduced a
bill providing for repayment to the univer-
sity OF the money borrowed from it,shows
considerably more Indebtedness than
Colonel Gresham bill, but he makes no
provision for the medics! branch, winch
is the special feature Of Colonel Ores
hams bill.
GEOLOGICAL BILLS.
The geological bills introduced b.
Messrs. Richardson anG Strong are sl-
most identical with the one which failed
at the regular session. Mr.. Richardson's
provides $50, 900, or so much thereof as
may be needed TO pay the expenses, and
allows the geologiss $1,000 salary.
SLroug's bill leaves blanks 10 be filed
with these figures. Richardson's requires
the geologst to prove mis- qualifications
Strong does not, There will be 8 hard
fight made for a geological bill, but its
passage is doubtful. Wnlle some OF tins
opposing element have been won over
ell hsve not, and he LEADERS Of the former
opposition still stand out against it.
GRKGG's TAX REDUCTION BILL.
Senator Gregg's Dill to reouce state
taxation for general purposes 10 l2t cents
will be met with determined opposition
by those who believe with the Governor
that il is not sue part OF wisdom to re-
duce taxation ct this time. They ssy
the present rate should be tried for an
other year, and if found to be too high
then it will be easy work to
reduce it, whereas If it should be reduced
row and found then 10 be too low 1t then
would be impossible to Increase it, and
the fight over this question promises 10
be long and warm.
NEEDED REFORM.
- Senator Woods bill requiring county
trsSsurers to report back TO the state on
thsiGrst Day Of September the money re-
maining in the school fund ard directing
susN smount to be deducted from the dis
fff6utsl fund spportioned TO such
county for thst year is
move IN the direction OF needed re-
form in the school law. l. is Sid that
some of the counties have used school
money spportioned them by the state for
paying jury fees and other charges upon
the general county fund.
THE UNIvERsITY's CLAIM.
lat special correspondence between
Governor Ross and d.. WooteD, president
Of the University regents, the claim of the
university sgHinst the state Is placed at
S43l 200, including interest, and shout
halt of this amount is on account OF
university lands sold for Confederate
money. None of this money paid for
university lands by authority of state
legislation has been restored 10 the
university. The question is whether the
state is under obligation to restore 1t.