Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-12
alliance of Jack county, farorirg a rail

alliance of Jack county, favoriIlg rail-
way commission.
Mr.. Stevenson of Parker, by. request
from ex-C0nnty Attorney Z. T.. Carlock
of 'Tarrant county relative TO services.
Bills were introduced: By Mr.. Handy +,
7 by request Amending article 1861 of the
code citingscauses for divorce.
BY Mr.. CocKIran-Amending the law as
Disqualification Of county commissioners.
BY Mr. Notwithstanding the stock
law as TO inpounding stock.
By Mr. Hays-Amending article 81 of
the asylum law.
By Mr.. Bishop, byrequ a
land certificate to T. r. Edwards.
BY Mr.. Hancock, by Eequest--Amend-
ing the law as to clerks fees in appeal
cases
Mr.. Smith of Travis-For leasing the
state 5 fish pond property
Mr.. Tolar-For the payment of bonds
soon to mature.
Mr.. Brown of Grayson offered reso-
luton adding another house member to
the joint committee TO attend the pro-
posed convention relative to the beef and
pork combine, Adopted.
BY MIR Allison Concurrent resolution
for purchasing Lone Star flags for public
buildings, including free public schools.
House bill 3S4, providing for holding
colrt in the FoTty-fi district, in JEFF
Davis county, passed.
Mr.. Mckinney called up house bill SO,
eXempting a number of counties from the
animal inspection law. It's consideration
was checked by the special order, the
railway commission bill.
Mr.. Nelson spoke at length in favor of
the bill. He argued that the very con-
of inc inH ~ on n
commission to meet the monopolistic ten
dency of railway corporations Having,
himself, introduced bill for the same
object, he fe1t.he would be recreant to
duty if he did not support the measure
presented by the committee. Mr.. Mel
son alluded to what he termed the incu-
bus of monOpolies, and said he was not
disposed to falter at the first cannonading
of the opposition to the bill He con-
tended that its provisions were not so
radical as some imagined. We are. only
following the dictates Of the Democratic
party of Texas, speaking through the
medium of the platform at Dallas
and the solemn echoes from
the people in the numerous
petitions which have been presented to us
asking for commission. 1t was no in
vasion upon the prerogatives of govern
ment, and as to creating a court, we
have the right under the constitution
especially when required-to save the
people from oppression. Applause.
Mr. Levy spoke at length against the
bill He contended that while il was the
duty of the legislature to enact reasona-
BILE laws, the bill virtually proposed no
real remedy beyond that already pro-
vided for under the provisions of the con-
stitution for regulating railroads, to say
nothing of the expense of not less than
$40, 900 annually. He recognized that
the legislature had the right to correct
abuses and prevent determinations by
the railroads, but he was opposed to the
race-horse methods proposed by the ere
alton of a commission for the purpose
The railroads were too large and i'm
portant an interest to the state to be made
the subject Of political machinery. The
duties of a commission should be admin
istrative, but the bill is unconstitutional
because it delegates to the commission
the duty of the legislature to fix
rates. Mr. Levy further contended that
the bill invaded private rights and the
railroads were persons in law or legal en-
titles entitled to protection from such in
vasion The powers which the bill pro-
poses involved the irony of despotism.
[Applause
Pending further consideration the
house adjourned till o clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The railroad commission bill was fur
Their discussed at length by Messrs.
Handy and Jenkins, both of whom made
strong speeches in its favor, after which
the house adjourned until tomorrow.