Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-22

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Mr.. Hancock-F'rom citizens of Brown
| county against the county being exempted
| from the animal inspection law
M. Uwsley citizens of Denton
/ county asking for q railway commission.
Mr.. Mills-From citizens of McLenran
county asking that voters be required TO
| produce tax receipts.
| Also from citizens of Waco, protesting
against the bill for separate railroad
coaches for eolored persons.
The speaker signed senate bills Nos.
60, SO and 1874.
Resolutions were introduced by Mr..
Dunlap referring all bills on the subject
of the game law to special committee.
Adopted
Mr.. Jones-Requestin the sergeant
alarms TO furnish The reporters the
use Of desks or tables with drawers.
Adopted
Mr.. Ellison-For adjournment sine die
Match o. Laid over under the rules.
Bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Connellee-Amending the act of
the present session designating the coun-
ties of the Twenty ninth judicial district.
Mr.. MOses-Appropriating $4,000 for
the erection of new governors man
sion Of granite.
isdiction of Travis county
Mr.. Mays-Amending the law as to
jury service.
Mr.. Pickett called up the motion to
reconsider resolution number twelve in
structing the attorney general to sue for
violation of copyright to the supreme
court reports. He did this he said on
account Of information new to him and
doubtless new to the house. He was
satisfied that there had been fraud in the
matter and the parties concerned live
among US, so it was not necessary to
make as large an appropriation as had
been proposed to defray the expenses.
Mr.. Brown DOM see how this will
remedy the matter. The violator is in
st. Louis and the matter complained of
by the gentleman from Wise exists here.
The public printer is not the intermediate
violator Of the copyright, but Of his duties
as official printer. As a matter of
fact, Mr.. Gilbert of St. Louis
does not deny publishing the report.
He sells the reports under the regular
price of the state and so lawyers buy
from him instead of from the secretary
of state.
Mr.. Pickett at Mr.. Brown s suggestion
had his motion tabled for Mr.. Brown to
draw up a resolution of inquiry and
investigation of the act of the state
printer.
The railway commission bill was taken
up on third reading as the special order.
Mr.. Gresham offered an amendment that
the commission shall also fix maximum
wharf rate and regulate wharfage.
Mr.. Brown hope that amendment
will be voted down. There is no provis-
ion for such machinery in the bill. 1t
will disjoint and disarrange the whole
matter. If the gentleman s proposition
had been presented in committee the bill
might have been adjusted 10 embrace it.
Mr.. Renfro reciting the story Of the
Grecian horse, said he feared the Greeks
when they made presents and he qppTe-
hended this amendment was such q
present from the gentleman from Gal
weston. The bill had but one purpose, to
regulate railroads, not wharyes. Let
the gentleman present his wharf measure
at another time.
Mr.. Gresham-The gentleman may see
the time when he viii not want to shut
out such a measure as he calls a wooden
horse.
Mr.. Rentfro-If should escape hope
to carry Anchises (meaning Mr.. Brown
out with me.
Mr.. McComb-The whole bill may be
Trojan horse. If it is good as whole it
should extend to such matters as the
amendment proposed.
Mr.. Hamblen spoke, showing accurate
classical knowledge and contending that
the gentleman from Cameron and Ath-
ems had stolen the palladium of the OPP
ponents of the bill
3Ir. Rentfto smiling-I don t arrogate |
so much to myself, but l am opposed to
the bill and after consulting all the au-
thoritieS / could find l am satisfied as to /
the constitutiOnality of commission.
Mr. Kincaid offered an amendment |
making it the duty Of the commission TO |
examine the books of express companies /
and fix express charges. He said the |
Interstate commission had embraced |
such work in its duties. Lost
The previous question was ordered, |
Mr.. Frost made point of or
der after the roll had been called, but |
before the result was announced as to |
what was the main question. After
some discussion the speaker ruled that
the main question was on the passage of
the bill, and the bill passed by vote of
IS to 81. The vote was as follows: