Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-07

isters aud members of organized fire COM
panies from jury service.
By Mr.. Notwithstanding article
1888 of the law as to clerks fees.
By Mr.. Connellee, by request
Authorizing the state land commission in
certain cases to change the numbers of
surveys made under alternate land sur
veys
Mr. wellhausen offered a resolution
which was adopted declaring in effect
that as combinations exist monopoiIZiug
the manufacture Of cotton and jute
bagging known as the ''bagging trust,
the penitentiarv committee be required
TO consider and report upon the advisa-
bility and practicability OF establishing
bagging factory for making cotton or jute
bagging or both within the walls of the
penitentaries and working the same by
convict labor, and the cost of putting
such factory in operation.
Mr.. Connellee's resolution providing
for two sessions of the house daily was
called up and postponed.
The house insisted upon its amend
ments to the senate concurrent resolu-
ton providing for Il joint committee to
visit the Agricultural and Mechanical
college and the Sam Houston and Prairie
View normal schools.
Mr. Moses, chairman of the committee
on stock and stockraising reported fav-
orably concurrent resolution providing
for committee of three members of the
senate and five of the house in response to
the resolution of the legislature of Kan
sas for convention of the committees
. Of the legislatures of the several states in
terested in securing uniform legislation as
to the Chicago beef and pork trusts.
The substitute house bill defining
trusts and providing penalties against
corporations, etc. connected with them,
and to promote free competition in trade
and business came up as the regular
order. The bill fixes penalty of from
$50 to $4,000 fine and imprisonment from
one to ten years in the peniteutiary, or
by either such fine or imprisonment.
Violation of any of the provisions
of the act is declared to be
a conspiracy against trade under the
penalty stated. Every days violation
of the act involves penalty of $50 for
felt to the state. Contracts in violation
of the act are made void. There was
considerable discussion of the bill par
ticipated in by Messrs. Stevenson of
Parker, Rentfro, Owsley, Hays, Moody,
McComb, Moses, Kincaid, Pope, Mills,
Strong, Williamson, McGaugheY, Robin
son of BeXar, and Frost.
Mr.. RentfrO argued the bill would be
blow at our own trade to which it did not
Justly apply, as most of the great bust
ness associations in Texas were not fraud
ulent combinations but legitimate private
enterprises which would be unfairly an
tagonized by the bill. 1t would affect
the Farmers alliances for instance.
tended and would not have that effect.
On the contrary the object was to pro-
tect the farmers associations.
Mr.. Hays moved to recommit, so the
bill could be made more specific in It's
definitions of trusts. He was not willing
to Cypress any interest to crush certain
monopolies.
Mr.. Rentfro moved to strike out the
enacting clause.
Mr.. Moody asked Mr.. Rentfro to with
draw that motion for motion to recon-
NIT
Mr.. Kincaid moved to refer to special
committee of five to be appointed by the
speaker.
Mr.. Frost-This is good suggestion
There is no use in referring it back TO the
judiciary committee. The only question
for that committee was one Of definition
and the committee had grappled with it
as they believed thoroughly. The
Kincaid motion prevailed and the bill
was so referred, the speaker appointing
Messrs. Kincaid, Hays, Clemens, Pope
and Jones as the committee.
The railroad commission bill coming up
as special order, Speaker Alexander
asked Mr. Brown, chairman of the COM
mittee on internal improvements, If he
insisted on its consideration.
Mr.. Brown replying that he did not the
bill was temporarily postponed.
House Bill No. 1874, amending the law
as to the appointment of receivers in
suits against corporations, was next con-
sidered. After discussion by Messrs.
Pope and Hamblen the house adjourned
till 10 o clock Friday.