Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
Agreed Upon and VIII be Re-
ported To-Day.
CONSIDERED VERY LIBERAL
lie Ladies of the Worlds Fair Association
Angry at GaIyestOn's Demands.
Broun's Brl VIII Meet with Opposition
How Mckinney Would Fix the Three
Places for Courts of Appeal
About the Lobbyists.
Talk of Laws.
sv.cial to the Gazette.

SPECIAL to the Gazette
b AUSTIN, TEX, March 23.-There appears
4 70 be a strong sentiment in the house
iavoring the enactment of an alien land
iaw-not such a law as MIR. Gossett
4 hthered at ne regular session, but one
q exempt froI4 all of the Objectionable
features Of that one The committee is
. arriving to frame such a bill as will en-
4 rouuter least objection in financial circles,
4 Ind that will reduce to a minimum the
. alleged evils Of alien ownership. Nothing,
is safe TO say, will be admitted into the
bin that will operate against the free in
gre5s OF foreign money, the need for which
ga competitor with domestic capital is
/ fullv recognized and admitted by all There
sre those, however, among the members
who favor very strongly the idea of throw
i lng all the safeguards possible around the
thoughtless and improVident who are al
ways ready to mortgage such land as is not
i exempted for ready cash. which their own
j thriftjessness makes it impossible for them
70 ever repay. This element in the house
will probably contend for more stringent
features in the bill than can be Incorporated
In it,
While the house will probably pass some
sort Of a bill, its fate in the senate is not as
promising as its friends could desire.
It now seems improbable that anything
will be done with the resolution calling up
the International receivership matter. No
one apparently, outside of Judge Gerald,
feels any interest whatever ia it, and if they
all did. there viii be no time to read the
lJOO or 1900 pages of literature printed
concerning it, a knowledge of which is
necessary to a proper understanding of
what should be done, if anything. The
whole thing has been regarded from It's in
csption as purely POLITICAL and there is a
decided repugnance among members sto
- - t.
may be, however, that Judge Gerald will
insist on doidg something with it, although
that seems doubtful at present. The IN
deaiable truth of the matter is, there is
evideuJ among the members very little
trace of the anti-adminIstration feeling
that displayed itself near the close of the
regular session a year ago, when the re-
ownership Investigation was on the carpet.
Col Browns bill regulating and limiting
the issuing of railroad stock and bonds is
not going to have smooth sailing in the
house. The bill limits TO $40, 600 mile the
amount for which railroad company may
become indebted for constructing and
eQuipping road The committee amend
meRt allowing an increase of bonded in
de0tedness where proof has been furnished
the commission that more than $4,000 is
necessary for the purposes specified, will
mot suffice to make the bill go down with
certain members. 1t seems quite sure that
the maximum fixed by the bill will be in
creased in the house to perhaps $50, 000
The resolution offered in the house yes
terday by Mr. Wilson of Harrison, elimi-
mating from the work of this session the re-
organization of the judicial districts, does
not appear to meet with general favor
among the members. They are strongly
impressed with the idea that the Judiciary
Stands in special need of reorganization,
and that it should by no means be neglected.
The members of the legislature will be
invited to a reception at the university Sat
urday night where they will be addressed
By Governor Hogg and some member of
the board of regents.