The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-12

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the cry OF the people demanding .bas the
office be taken cuL Of politics, DC insisted
that the best way g accomplish that end
woE'd be 20 lake il 90. al the hands NJ the
executive ana place il IN the state o0nVeh-
non and then place II before the people ny
is done ia vue .uso Vi The other stale
officials.
He was followed by Senator Kimbrough,
who touched w the railroad lobby now IN
Austin, Individually aru collectively he
r. terred 10 a distinguished gentleman nv
ing up on the Br4zDs, and others who were
now in Austin for her health. Ihey 0lo
! not Constitute lobby for the railroads. On,
no. But continued he, while they have
been here In Austin for their heal h they
have changed the climate Of thls fair city
until it has become exceedingly unhealth-
| ful for the present administrations he
| spoke of Farme shaw ana some recen
changes that have been made in the policy
of his paper. He said; that he had even
heard 1t charged that The distinguished
gentleman from the Br zUz was even now
occupying the editors chair in the
office Of the Texas Farmer He ais"
toward the latter part of his remark
| referred to the motives OF the gen
| tlemen who favored al electric commits
SION and slated that be thought they were
more influenced by the railroad corpora
tons than by the cry of patriotism and
peoples rights.
IF the gentleman imputes such mo-
tives to me he imputes that which is not
rue and that. he dare not do" Said the
senator from Red RIVER
The gavel of the speaker descended; the
gentleman from Dallas was declared 10
have the fl ,or and the speaking proceeded
Senator CranfYrd was the next orator,
and crate he didin favor of The elective fea.
Lure. He referred to the remarks OF the
Gentleman from Dallas as being entirely
uncalled for and unjust to the OPPOSITE II
whose convictions were equally as pure a
The convictions of those gentlemen who
favored the appointive commission.
The senate then stood adjourned until
o'clock in the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
As soon as the senate convened after din
ner Senator Pope started the commission
ball rolling again by offering a substitute
for the substitute offered for Section l. BY
Senator townsend in the morning. Hi
substitute was intended as a compromise
measure and provides that the governor
shall appoint the just commission anu
tt zen, if the next legislature fails TO provide
for the selection OF thelr successors, the
Governor shall again appoint the COM
mission after which the commission shall
be elective. senator Pope took the floor
and made an able and furcible argument in
favor of his substitute. He SAID while ht
knew the people of the State demanded all
elective commission he was in favor of al
lowing the governor to appoint the tirsr
commission. He then turned his re
narks to the senator from Dallas, and with
clear argument and sharp sarcasism paid
his respects o that gentleman.
Senator Crane followed and offered all
amendment intended to perfect the substi
tute of the senator from Harrison. He for
ciblv ventilS led his sentiments on the Nv,
kinds of commission, thinking that the
appointive commission was the one wanted
by the people He did think that the sub
stitute of Senator Pope should be adopted
for the sake of harmony.
Senator GarwOOd was the next speaker
and he too paid his respects to Senator
Kimbrough. In fact nearly every speaker
iuring the course of his remarks had some.
thing TO say III regard TO the remarks of the
gentleman from Dallas.
Senator Pope'S substitute having been
withdrawn tn question then required on
the substitute offered by Senator Townsend
out before a vote could be taken Senator
Simkins, the peaCemaker of the senate.
took the floor and tried to smooth over
the unknd things that had been
said during the foregoing discussion.
His talk abounded in strong argument
ana sparkling wit. In reply to Senator
Potter's question as to where the forks of
he creek" were, he set That distinguished
senator down with dull, Gull thud by re-
nl'i' @ that 'it is in your district, my
friend"
senator Kearby desired to place himself
fairly and squarely on record ON this issue
he wants an elective commission.
Senator Simkins then offered an amend
| ment to the effect that the first commis sion
| should be appointed, and that the next
| Legislature should have the power to change
the mode of crea ing the commission
| The distinguished senator from Smith in
sisted that by giving the power to the gov
| -rnor to appoint the commission, it was
MY allowing the executive one of his pre-
Senator Simkins Withdrew his
amendment and Senator Page.
| who Offered a substitute provir Ell
hat the commission shall be appointep
unit 1894, at which time and after it shall
be, elected. Pending the printing of the
substitute IN this mornings Journal the
senate stood adjourned until 10 O'Clock this
morning.
The MAJ ority Of the senator's seem to he
in favor of an elective commission and it il
likely tnat when the vore is taken on Sen
| ator loWnsenus bslltute this morning
The hi use bill will be changed in thai
respect. The house seems TO be almost
unanimously in favor of it,
eng appoir tive, so when the
| bill is returned to that bodv
it is more than probable that they will re
fuse to concur That being the case and
the senate being equally determined, what
| will the outcome be2 Is it possible thai
| the remainder of the session will be taken
/ i'm -ntIs OH l.,