Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07
CAPITOL TALK.
Secretary of State Smith Makes
a Discovery
ABOUT THE TEXT BOOK BILL.
State Geolosist Dumble in Trouble-State
Chemist Herndon Makes Charges
Austin Ladies Coming to
Fort Worth.
Special TO the Gazette.

AUSTIN, Tex, May 6.-The discovery
this morning by Secretary of State smith
that the enacting clause did not appear in
the enrolled copy of the uniformed text
| book Dill, caused good deal of talk around
the capitol and the news of it will be re,
ceived n the country with considerable
| chagrin and disappointment AT late
| hour on Monday the governor sent the oil
| with several others to the secretary OF
! state, he not having noticed the hiatus in
| the bill. To-day when the clerk in the
| last named Office took up the bill
| printer he saw the enacting clause was
wanting As the constitution requires the
| presence of this clause in every enrolled
| bill in order that it may become a law, 1t
| seems that the text book bill is dead
| cock in the pit. Superintendent Pritchett
| was very much worried about the matter,
| and sought the Encouragement to ascer-
\ tain II the omission was necessarily fatal to
| the bill The attorney-general will examine
| the law and deliver an opinion on the sub
| jett, perhaps, tomorrow.
The general opinion is that the bill is
worthless.
The bill passed by the Twenty-frst legis-
lature empowering Jewish rabbis to solem-
riZe the marriage ceremony failed to pass,
it is said, for the same reason,
| and another bill for that purpose was
passed at the last session.
While such errors do occasionally occur,
they ought not to, for after every bill is
finally enrolled it must undergo the
the examination and scrutinity of enrolling
fore going 10 the governor. This was one
OF the most important bills of the
session, and one which great
amount CT thought and labor was
spent in both house and senate. 1t was in
troduced in the latter body by Mr.. Page on
the first day of the session and did
not finally pass until the last day. AS
passed the bill bore little resemblance to
the original introduced, but it was his
bill, the one of all others, he felt the keen
est solicitude. jealousy did he wait IS it
made its way through the mill, and now
after all his anxiety and waiting
and hard work, and after he
had Steered it around innumerable
breakers and brought it safely to port 10
see it killed by carelesSness of the clerk, is
pretty hard. But let US wait for the opin-
ion of the encouragement
Volume 81 of the supreme court reports Is
now in print and ready for distribution.
The public does not appear TO know"
says the secretary of state, that the general
incorporation law does not go into effect
until after the lapse of ninety days from
the close of the legislature
L. L. Foster left to-day on business in
Georgia and Alabama.
All is not pleasant in the Office of State
GeologiSt Dumble, charges against MIR.
Dumble having been filed with his su-
perior the commissioner of agriculture, by
State Chemist Herndon, young man.
The charges relate chiefly to Geologist
Dumble's competency and qualifications,
and may lead to an investigation Mr.
Herndon's resignation was asked for
to-day by his chief, but re-
fused on the ground that the demand
was made informally and besides should
have come from the commissioner and not
from Mr.. Dumble, who was only fellow
employe of that official. There appears to
be matter for g very pretty row. Mr..
Herndon is graduate of the university and
has been state chemist in that department
for nearly three years.
Chartered--The Ladonia artesian water
wols company, capital $500
The fifth annual convention of the bank
ers' association of Texas meets here to-
morrow and continues three days.
1t is rumored here to-day that
controlling interest in the gas works has
been sold to Philadelphia parties, who will
take charge next week, those selling being
Messrs. Eugene Bremond, judge and S.
Watts, the last named being ST. Louisan.
a meeting of the ladies was held here this
afternoon and a number appointed to attend {,
the World S fair convention at Fort Worth,
May Il. The ladies appear to be much
more enthusiastic than the men. A num-
Der of ladies will go to Fort Worth Sunday