The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-26

McLennan county They get hear.
ing tonigh, from both the house and
senate conui. ees.
The F aux Mayo mbination pie =
sented Davy Crockett o foe house
here, the a1ilaDce oelag we'll pleased
with the performance Mayo's voice
has los: noting Of is psthos. and his
bone face adds wonderfully to his i'm.
personation OF the character. The
play appears at Waco Thursday.
Hon. Johnsthan D. Rudd. who ably
represents Harrison county in the leg
islature. is chairman Of the dem ooratic
executive committee in his congress
.ion,l district. HIS presence here
reminds the writer OF an Incident Of
the late campaign. Chairman Baker
was urging organization in sli dlrec
tons, and among Others, addressed
Chairman Rudd, urging the impoTD
auce Of concerted action MI Rudd
replied tina, there was no need Of
Organization ia Harrison county.
Baker urged its necessity for effect
elsewhere, even if noI needed at
home. Rudd asked thai Harrison
county be let alone and finally ceased
to write. lhe night following the
election tie state committee head
quarters at Waco were removed to
The EVENING News Office. on ac-
count Of its better location, and be
cause Of the llnmsnse throng VINO
were crowdiog around eager to secure
the very latest returns. News flom
Harrison county was eagerly watched
for. The first dispatch announced
that Harrison would give Hogg one
thousand plurality. a later telegram
put it at fifteen hundred; then two
thousand. Finally telegram from
Amory Starr stated that later Advices
indicated plurality of twenty FIVE
hundred. Every body was wild with
enthusiasm, but the climax came when
a telegram from Jonathan D. Rudd
was read announcing that Hogg's plu-
rality would reach thirty FIVE hundred
Cheer after cheer went up for old
and when the enthusiasm
had somewhat subsidized, Chairman
Baker remarked: ~ ell send out no
estimate on the state result until we
hear from Harriso again.
The house com mittee on state affairs
will report favoraby Moody's bill for
the appointment of an advisory board
OF pardons.
Representative Mills of McLennan
today introduced bill providing for
the submission Of constitutional
amendment, comforting upon the legis-
la,ure the power to authorize the char
tering of state banks and banks of
islle as we'll as to DO general de-
posit discount and exchange business
The proposed amendment will pro-
vide for regul alton by the state, also
the depositing of bonds and securities
with the comptroller of equal market
value with the face of the proposed
currency, and further provides for La
bility upon the part of each stock
holder 10 sum equal in par value OF
the stock, ia addition to the stock
itself. This is perhaps the best of all
the proposed amendments on tnis
subject. None Of the bills so far in.
trodu led provide for the guaranteeing
of the currency Of the state.
The house committee on education,
AS the result of meeting attended BY
nine members, decided by vote of .
to to report favorably the Text
Book bill Of Rogers of Anderson The
four members opposing have been
joined by the eight absentees, and Z e
anomaly is now represented OF ma
jority report signed by five and q
minority report signed by twelve.
Sergeant at Ann, Sargent, OF the
house leaves tonight for Wood and
Rains counties with attachments for
tho judges of election and the ballot
boxes at four points in Rains d fouv
in Wood counties. Thes, attachments
grew out of the election contest Of
Cain versus Cam for a seat in the
house, the popullst brother holding his
seat on prima facie majority OF Z
The attachments are returnable before
the committee on privileges anc
ele ctlons