The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-05

WIN the OTusn lie IepedIeu u himself:
God bless the man invented sleep,
But mpaGer far than p'sen
hate the felltr VINO
Invented early rsin'."
He hun ed up his needle and thread, ano
as he pulled the ba ST lnenl of his pant aluon,
around in front and proceedt d to repair tn,
damage done there bv six weeks energetic
| legislation, he continued:
"Se tin in he legislator, in ca cuses ano
SIGH, is
Mighty rryin' on the narves an likewi Z
on the breeChes
In good time he betook himself to tn
breakfast room, and sticking one corner OF
his napkin into his shirt collar he shuv, d
his chm out contentedIy above it as his
eye fell upon the steaming viands awaiting
his onsl ught
Alre ady he could fancy his teeth sinking
into the juicy steak which graceG the big
platter before him, and his mouth wat cred
in anticipation of the toothsome morsel.
The first mouthful more than fl fl led his
most .picnrean anticipaliOns, and feeling
of content ami complete satisfaction per
vader his entire being.
With cup of coffee sending its delici IT,
aroma up to his nos rlls, and "a bit of juic,
steak poised upon his fork, he said 10 hlm
self:
"rhey can legfslate agin US
In house an caucu meetin';
They kin never nope to win us
From the fun there is in eatin'."
Hardly hat he chewed this toothsOme
bon mot into his beefsteak and It we'd il
away, when message came TO hi u from
the state house, and glanc!ng hastily at his
watch, he sighed and turned his back on
the balance uf that tempting breakfast.
He was late, and they needed hun at the
house
He hurried to he hall, and when he ar
rived the speaking was going on in ful
force. Some We're pitching into the cducu>
and some upnul,ilng 1t He was some
what sleepy and just u lrifie hung y, but "a,
lhe feast of eloq'.e CT untuldrd before him
tie made hims, if comfortable as possible
| and remat ked:
They may rob him of his sleep,
An' stint him in his eatln',
The Texas Legislator
| Can still speak out in meetin'. "
Aud he took consolation FIR an empty
| stomach and sIeepless night in a speecl
| If Z 'Od old orthodox length, when he 20
the chance
Mr.. Adkins opened the fight, ad Iressinl
the house and saying: MIR. Sueak-r,
shall address mys' II to the question of III,
appointment of The railway commissioner,
pro, ided for in TINS bill, as it seemsl 10 be tn,
main point of attack Of the opponents o
the mtas.r-. But Def re do SO will TAX,
occasion 10 say Lha whi.e am a commits
sion man and in favor of an APP oinIive one
| admire he n amer of the gentleman from
Harris, Mr.. Hamblen, who though buc-
"a .eer upon the commission high seas, seek.
ing Ia run down and DIES roy this nitH> ure
sails boldly under the pirate black flag Of
no quarter ana does not attempt to diss uisy
tbs opposition ~ the commi>s on idea. W,
COMMUNIST men would a thousand Zines
rath meet ucl foe than the foe who
pr tending to sail under the commssio
flag, has concealed up his sleeve u StilletC
with which 10 knife The bill
The opponents Of this measure say that
it will retard the bu lding of railroads. in
Texas. | deny this and say that II,
it now stands no combination
of small capitalists can on Id
short lines of roads III this stale al d con
1T CT Them with the big trunk lines for the
reason that lie trunk lines will charge the
small roads such an enormous rate on tn,
freight received from them at the pOin
where they connect to the destination al
the freight as to absolutely preclude tn,
idea of shipments on these short lines, aLC
mat is the reason why we have n, thinL
but enormous trunk line rair ads in Texas
dept Il commission that will make the st
through lint S charge Il reasonable Iale on
lterShL received by them from the shor
line, and we will have short and tap lin,
roads spider webbing every county in lht
STATE, which W II be feeders to these
Z ormOustrunk line As to The appoiniv,
| feature of tins bill that | only intend Il
discuss, | lay down this broad doctrine
thav all Legislative and executive otiictr
should be elected by the people and ia
| dClal officers appointed. The legislarIv
| officers are sent from the people OH "a mis-
| 81 III To III Ike laws demanded by them
| he executive officers are TO execute tn -
| laws, while the judicial officers are 10 hOIC
the scale equally balanced and deternin
| The rights between man and man undo
these laws, and should never be sent Il
their high p' silions under obIigali ms L
any number or class nf voters For tina
r, ason favor an Sppointive commi sion. II
| the provisions OF this bill COMPEL the o N
mlsslOners TO bear the Complaints OF all
person, hrm or corporation against a.
| railroad in This state, under This act, and l.
investigate such complaint and to drternl
| inc its merits
1.-The governor is chargeable with tn
proper administration OF this law, and no,
can he have it efficiently enforced if il i
| placed i'll tn hands Of three men electe
without reference to their fitness for IN
POSITION and entirely antagoni,tic to HI
views on the commission idta2 1t willtak
men of peculiar talents and fitness TO max
al way com missioners, and the gogerno
should have the whole state to pick from t.
the end that he may self CT the best men f,
| hat position, and the commission
| should ever be C Opposed of men VIII,
have been boosted by the person al friend
aud foisted on the people by stock, con
ventons, without the slightest regard tt
heir peculiar fitness for this most Difficult
position first, because they happen to b
good Ma,ons or good Odd Elbows, or ma
| fellows well met" To those gentlemen
who say thai they want an elective com
mission b cause 30 appoint them is not il
accordance With j. tfersOnian Democracy
| let me say that when the constitution 0
he United States was adopted Thomas
jefferson was III the zenith OF his powe
and controlled large degree he legisa
ton of that time and that co slitution pro
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