Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-06
HOUSE.


Austin. Tex. April -(SpociaL) The
house met with Speaker Cochran In the
chair.
Prayer by Chaplain Pennington.
The report of the free con-
ference committee on the senate
bonds and substitute bonds az lower
rate Of interest. The report was adopt
cd, which fixes the interest Of new bonds
at 3 instead of 4 per cent.
House bill $40, empowering county
commissioners courts TO fill Temporary
vacancies In certain county oihces, was
ordered to be engrussed.
House bill 2S6, which provides Tor cor
rection and revision Of abstracts of To-
Gated titles and patented land or lands
assessed to unknown parties, was en-
crossed and passed.
Representative Goldep'a bill 10 protect
employees aud laborers Ia their right TO
belong to labor organizations was CON
Mr.. Henderson of Milan offered sub
stitute.
The substitute was accepted by Mr..
Golden and was ordered TO be engross-
cd.
amendment. which he said protected aii
alike employees and employers, union ana
non-uuion. The amendment prohibits
members Of labor organizations from IN
terforing with the employees OF any such
corporation not members OF such organl-
cations and provides a fine Of from SlOO
TO 500.
Not acted on.
The bill was finally engrossed Gnd
postponed as the special work for Mon
day.
Mr.. Pickett called up the substitute
by the committee for sundry resolutions
to create Il smelling committee 70 act
during vacation TO Investigate aud re-
port on the management Of state de-
partments and institutions.
The report was adopted and the sub
stitute was considered, which provides
for committee Of three members Of
the house and two senators 10 act with
the state revenue agent and report TO
the governor with suggestions Of sal
aries and necessary officers and employees.
Mr. Fnubion moved TO postpone tho
bill indefinitely, which led TO discussion
by Messrs. Rogan, Greer, Morrison, Tam
kersly Onion, Gossett and Moody, the
last speaker contending the work should
be done by State Revenue Agent Hafri-
son
BY Mr.. McFall-An amendment that
one Of the committee shall be q POpulist.
Mr. Faubion withdrew his motion to
| allow Mr.. Wheless 20 present II substi-
tute, but after il was read objected 10 1t
as not german and the speaker sustained
the objection.
The motion ~ poe'no~o wr- 80" --~oa
The substitute provides for two as
| sistHnta as experts TO asslst Tao rt,,.J
revenue agent to do the work.
The motion In connection with the
merits of the resolution was discussed
| by Messrs. Picket. Greer, Henderson of
Lamar, Sheriff. and others, mainly m
favor of the resolution.
Mr.. Sheriff. said he did not think rs
| inum0ted that this resolution was In
| the interest Of any one as candidate
| for Office, or aimed specially at any
| official, but as a matter of fact he had
| heard II charged that the state treasurer
had from 100000 to 100000 deposited
Ia banks instead of in the state treas
| ury.
| Mr.. Onion In reply TO this said he had
a note from State Treasurer Workman
that this was not true
Mr.. Morrison-Mr. WORKMAN told me
that he sometimes had from 100000 e
| SloO,OOO cash balance TO the credit OF
the state In the Austin banks / am
responsible for this statement,
The motion 10 postpone indeRnitely
| pevailed--nyes 81, nays 49,
Adjourned till o'clock.