The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-12

of the supreme court of the aite q
Safes. Bal, McGehee and " bite,
Of Brs %, spoke upon these propo.
-itions f,vorablr while the cause Of
the commission vas championed By
Messrs. Onion of NTH, aad
Rogers, of Anderson. The amend
ment and srb:titu,e were pending
when the committee arose and
a.kedr leave to sit again TOMORROW
morning 81 le o'clc *.
Q1ite a number Of enacia.ed =
members in the house stabbed the
ambient atmosphere with their
-taSca voices this afternoon on q
proposition 70 adjourn sine lie on
April 18th. Cough, who Is one OF
the ables. and most consei Al. g
men j. srs Of the house, asked if the
house PROV led to fix time for
&C 7urnmen; snd send It to the sen
a:e, with the prospect OF having
the appropr A:lon bill IN
passed when the time arrives. He
also thought that the 70! < Of the
house in the matter Of the impeach.
mant proceedings would de with
ao ournnent, and that the matter
would have to be begun over again
upon the assembling Of the body in
special session.
Mills, Of McLen1 al made q tel.
ling speech il favor Of referring the
resolution to the~ committee on
state { f airs, as did also the speaker
who a, a.ed the chair for the pur
pose. The motion to refer prevail
Ell by vote OF 20 to ~.
The committee representing the
McLennan county bar meeting Of
yesterday came in tonight to pro
test against the appointment of
Hon. Sam. r. Scott az district
iadge of the new 54th district.
1t is note worthy fact that the
attack upon tie appropriation for
the ra Eay comm sslon in com nit
tee Of the WIZ 2 in the house today
came entirely from Clark men and
democrats who were c ak men be,
fore the Houston convention and
vas confined exclusively to those
who have always opposed "the'
railway commission of Texas. The
gentleman from Arkansaw, Mr..
Ball, who mad.the original attack,
vas a wild eyed Clark mar who
used to az awake nights trying to
d.vlse some new lines along which
to serve the little y-unt, but after
the Houston convention made bob
If the head and ran through as
democrat. NJ, Gehee, who followed
up the attack OF Ball by a substi.
tute providing for a suspension of
the appropriation until the federal
supreme curt had acted on the
commission appeal, is a full blooded
Clarke of the deepest oye. WHIT,
of Br; I Is, who imagined himself in
the race for lieu enant governor at
Houston, but who cot only about
three votes out Of a possible 9i5,
also lifted up his voice today and is
another democra. with Clark ante.
cedents. Likewise Bayne, of
H uston county who had a q1es.
ton or two to ask. The move is
believed to have been part of pre-.
concerted plan by consistent enc
mics Of tho commission to do what
they could to cripple this child of
the people. 1t won't work, how,
ever, for the uuterriied are on
guard and will prove fully able to
cope with all such opposition.
1t is understood tonight that J.
j. Faux has been retained by Nc
Gaughey in his defense. and that
Euck Walton, who has rendered his
services free of cost to the accused
commissioner, will be aFscc ated
with Faux, ard that an effort wi
also be made to secure the services
of Hon. A. w. Terrell, at least to
the extent Of one speech. Walton's
/ generosity IS exciting no special
comment as a report is current to
the effect that he has been employed
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