Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-14
ENGROSSED.
Further Debate on Railway Com
mission Bill Clicked off.
Lively Hits-Annual Meeting Of the John
B. Hood Camp of Disabled COnfed-
crate Soldiers.
Appropriations Required for the Capitol
Grounds Johnson to Introduce
a Libel Bill
ENGROSSED.
JOHN B. HOOD CONFEDERATE CAMP i.

| JOHN B. HOOD CONFEDERATE CAMP.
| Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Feb. 13.-The annual
meeting of John B Hood camp of dis
| abled Confederate soldiers took place to-
day. The following annual officers were
| elected: Fred Carleton of Austin, COM
mander; f. T. Roche, first lieutenant
commander: NJ. J. Doyle, second lieu
tenant r. c. Shelley, third
Heutenant-command VIII Lambert,
adjutant; A. j. Jernican, treasurer;
Clarence NJ. Tate, quartermaster; J. d.
Roberdion, officer of the day; Val G.
Giles, vidette The following gentlemen
were elected members of the camp: q. T.
Fillmore, G.. N. Beauchamp, M. J.
Doyle, J. L. Blaine, DR.. Galley. Adju-
tant Lambert presented his annual re-
port; showing warrants drawn by him
for the Confederate home for the year
amounting to S28I9. There are now $50
members on the rolls of the camp. The
directors subsequently held a meeting
and ordered hospital to be built at the
home i'll the western part of the city.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED.
Engineer Johnson to-day before COM
mittee made following estimates of addi-
tional appropriations needed: Furnishing
electric light for new capitol complete,
$50, 900; fencing and walks, waterworks
and fountains, S58 900; total, SIS 600
This is in addition to what has already
been appropriated.
VOTE REACHED.
There were some lively scenes in the
house to-day The debate on the commits
sion bill ceased early, and the caucus whip
began to crack and the members to
dance, some because they liked to
keep time to It's rhythmic swish, swish;
others to escape its singing lash.
The fun opened up when McGaughey was
ruled ont of the discussion of the merits
of the bill, pending the first amend
ment offered by Strong. Mr.. McGaughey
had previously been cut off by the
previous question and he in
Weighed bitterly against the gag
law attempted to be enforced
by the majority. The amendments
agreed upon by the caucus had been
written out on typewriter and divided
out among Brown of Grayson, Strong
Of Dallas and Jones of Pamela, who
took turns in Offering them.
1t was plainly seen in the
outset that resistance was
useless Seyenty-six members stood at
the back of the caucus spokesman, and
there never was break in their ranks.
a very lively time occurred between
Brown of Grayson and Dunlap,
when the latter gentleman offered
his amendment making it the duty of the
proposed commission TO have suit brought
to invalidate watered stock. Mr.. Dun
lap declared in offering the amendment
- Col
view of meeting the demand of the Dem
ocratlo platform.
Mr.. Brown charged, him with bad
faith in offering the amendment.
Mr. Dunlap said he had always been
taught to respect gray hairs, but that
since the gentleman from Grayson bad
seen fit to impugn his motives, he desired
to call attention to the fact that the gen
tleman had in committee OPP
rosed every bill which proposed
to regulate railroads in a practical man
ner.
Mr.. Brown replied that he had always
had the courage to combat any measure
he thought wrong, either in committee
or in the house, and had always made
the fight openly. He was responsible for
all his actions and no man need consider
his gray hairs.
Later in the day Connellee and Brown
had spat. Connellee offered an amend
ment requiring the roads to carry $50
pounds of baggage for each passenger.
Becoming irritated at the way he was sat
upon he referred to the caucus and
declared that the way members did the
bidding of certain gentlemen reminded
him of the officer, who, in drilling COM
pany of negroes during the war, tied q
bunch of hay TO one foot and bunch of
straw to the other of each recruit and
made them keep time by calling out,
ebay FOOT, STRAW FoOT. -
Capt Brown confessed to the caucus
and said organization was necessary.
''But - he said, ''the friends of this
bill did not meet in the rooms of the
Driskin surrounded By railroad lobby
as its enemies did.
''Strawfoot, down. said Mr. Con-
MELEE as he rose to reply amid the ap-
plause that greeted Mr.. Browns
speech. He declared he had met in no
caucus. His amendments were prepared |
by himself only, had been seen by |
nobody else and were offered in good |
faith.
His amendment was defeated, as were |
all others not proposed by the caucus, |
except the one offered by Owsley and one |
by Frost. The vote on the engrossment |
of the bin was 6S to %, much larger |
majority than anybody anticipated.
SENATOR JOHNSON
will tomorrow introduce libel bill and /
will make an active fight for it. If 1t |
does not pass it will be matter of sur
prise, for the brilliant young senator
seldom fails in anything he undertakes. |