San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-17
AUSTIN LETTER.
Home for Fallen Women-Female
Lobbyists - Constitutional
Amendment Proposed.

AUST IN, Tex, March Is, 1898.
Special correspondence TO the LIGHT.
The Legislature, or at least the House,
has passed the bill providing home for
fallen women to its third reading under
the most favorable circumstances Most
all OF the speeches made so far on the
subject are in favor of it. The anti
people will come to the front, however. on
the final consideration of the bill, and the
chances are very favorable for a good
amount Of fur to fly. The opponents of
the bill have some very cauStic little ad-
dresses saved up for the next Introduction
OF the measure, and you can bet some
thing is going 10 drop. The chances are
highly favorable that that which vii;
drop will be the bill itself. One of
the opponents of the bill advised
that the home be moved to Dali
las as better field of operation.
But other colleagues asserted that
Fort Worth was about the right place.
AS | have said before | am strongly
opposed to the measure on every possible
ground. Relieving not in its consistency
nor the benefit TO be derived there from.
The matter will probably be settled with
in the next few days and then it is ear
neStlv hoped that female Lobbyists will in
future stay away from the legislature.
DR.. Pennington the haplan of the
ilpuSt, L tAS'tulbSIS SIdu w say, ul1
the bill some damage in his prayer on the
subject today, and there are possibly
twenty members who were on neutral
ground that now oppose the measure
One of the members Of the House faci-
tiOusiy remarked yesterday in the lobby
thatit would only take about two thou
sand dollars to build the home and that
if very attractive set of women were
admitted it would prove self sustaining
and hot her the state no moro
But then you know that would be "a
state institution then and other birds OF
the same class might rise in arms on u
question of "privilegc." The gentlemen
of the Legislature had better vote this
measure down. If they were acquainted
with all the facts they would do so, and
now that they are, as ii were, in doubt,
they had better defeat the measure, for
they can rest assured that there are
enough houses where SOiled doves abide
without the states building one.
Tire folio wing are the provisions of the
joint resolutions passed by the House,
proposing TO amend the constitution rela-
tive to authorizing the establishment and
maintenance of a House for INDECENT and
disabled soldiers and sailors who served
in any of the wars of the Republic of Tex
as The amendment reads AS follows:
The Legislature shall have 10 power
to make any grant or authorize the maxi
ing Of any grant Of public money TO any
individual, associations of individuals,
municipal or other corporations, whatSo-
ever: provided however, the Legislature
may grant aid to the establishment and
maintenance of a home for INDECENT and
disabled soldiers and sailors who served
in any of the wars of the Republic OF
Te> as, or any Confederate soldier or
sailor, who is or may be bona tde
resident of the State of Texas, under such
regula tionS and limitations as may be
provided by law: provided, that such
grant shall not exceed the sum OF $4,000
for any one year; and provided further,
that the provisions of this section shall
not be construed so as to prevent the
grant of aid in any public calamity; or to
prevent the grant of pensions to INDECENT
Confederate soldiers and sailors who are
unable to earn living, and who are not
| inmates of the Confederate Home, and
| who are bona fide citizens of Texas on the
first day of January, 1888
This provisions of this bill require IT TO
| be voted on by taxpayers at the next gen
| cra election to be held on Tuesday, after
the first MONDAY in Nov. 1894 This DILL
has many warm friends in DO tn houses
and few enemies, and its passage in the
house was attended by much patriotic
elOQuGnce. SMOOT