Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-23

Wishes Of Business Men of Dallas Count
for Naught With Mr.. Kimbrough.
If the Bill Passes 1t Win be Considerably Al
tered-JOhnsOn's Libel Bill TO be
Reported FavOrably.
WISHES NOT VOTES.


Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, Ten. Feb. 22-In the senate
this morning Senator Kimbrough pre-
sented q petition from over 600 business
men of Dallas asking that the commits
sion bill be defeated. The petition
strongly urges Kimbrough to vote against
the bill. 1t sets forth the fact that the
signers are the men who have made
Dallas a city and declares that the crea-
ton of a commission would tend to retard
its progress. The document was signed
by the leading merchants and business
men of Dallas, scarcely name promi-
nent i'll the history of that city being alb
sent. Senator Kimbrough in presenting
the petition said the commission bill was
an issue in his campaign; that he was for
it then, is for it now, and will vote for it
\ good many of the senators are hear
ing from their constituents in regard TO
the commission and the business men are
generally against it. There are some
members Of the senate who confess they
are still i'll doubt as to how they shall
vote, a fact that makes the result doubt
full. 1t is believed, however, that there
will be eighteen votes against it in that
body. II it passes it viii be SO amended
that Capt. Brown himself would not
know it without its label.
THE OCCUPATION BILL.
had tight squeeze on final passage this
morning, going through by a vote of 80
to 49,
The road bill was again the subject of
much discussion in the house and was or
dered engrossed
LIBEL BILL
The senate judiciary committee this
evening unanimously agreed to favorably
report the Johnson libel bill with few
minor amendments not calculated to
affect the desirable features of the bill.
Friends of the measure do not anticipate
any trouble in getting it through the
senate, and its greatest danger i'll the
house will come from want of time and
rush of business considered of more i'm
pOrtance.
The charter for the Fort Worth and
Albuquerque railroad was fled this after
noon IN the Office of the secretary of
state.
PARDONED BY GOV. ROSS.
Last October John L. Congreye and
his wife, who are Northern people, came
to Cisco, Mr.. Congreve assuming charge
Oh Inc local paper cdhGH IuS huHu-C y.
Some unpleasantness occurred between
Editor Congreve and City Marshal
John J. Thomas, who had ar
rested Congreve for fast driving
Thomas mentioned Mrs. Congreve
and used some vile epithets toward her.
Congreve heard of it and, meeting
Thomas, demanded n retraction. It was
refused, and Congreve pulled his little
pistol and shot Thomas, but not fatally
For this lne was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary. He has been
inside the walls about four
weeks. In the meantime large and
lengthy petitions were gotten up to Gov
ernor Ross for his pardon. Nearly every
body in the county signed. One petit
ton contained the name of every woman
i'll Cisco. So to-day Governor Ross
signed Congreye IS full pardon, and it
was about the only official act he did.
The executive committee OF the State
Alliance met here to-day, prominent
citizens from the different parts of the
state being present. They passed a
resolution to make a dignified but firm
appeal to the senate to pass the commits
sion bill