The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-28
REJOICING AT AUSTIN.

REJOICING AT AUSTIN.
Governor Hcgg Invites TIE
Boys" Over to the Mansio 4.
Austin, May 26.-Tbers as
great rejoicing about the capitol
this afternoon over the news that
the supreme court of the United
States had declared the commission
law constitutional. The governor
received a private telegram from
Washington about O'Clock and
quickly the news spread over the
big building. The governor held
the telegram and read it over several
times, and quickly quite crowd
had gathered in the executive office,
including Judge Reagan, Secretary
of State Smith, Chief Clerk Curl,
Private Secretary Levy, State
Health Officer Swearingen, Railroad
Commissioner Foster, Ed M. House,
of Austin, and several others. The
governor was probably the happiest
man in the building, because the
law was his own creature, and as he
said he had cotton "more unjust
abuse on account of the fifth Sec
ton of the law than any white man
in America"
In response to congratulations
the governor said: cit is a glori.
Gus victory and all that, but Pm
used to victories and we must not
crow over it. l have never yet re.
joiced over the blasted hopes of
others, although l have had my
knowledge as lawyer assailed from
one end of the state to the other on
account of this law. This is a
grand day for Texas"
EYES," said Judge Reagan, who
had now joined the party; "this is
grand day for Texas, and the
union as we'll, but a good many
men in Texas will be wearing Grape
over it,"
YES" replied the governor, "but
we must not crow over the victory
Texas is now just getting over the
shoals and new era of prosperity
is dawning that will make her the
greatest, as she is today the grand
est state in the union. l am per
fectly satisfied to retire from public
life, now that l know that my
children and the children of my
friends and the children of thos,
! who have fought us in the matte
will not be made poems by tn
rapacity of those who are foreign tt
} Texas and her soil. What othe
great event happened on this dayl'
queried the governor. ~ feel lik
J the day ought to be celebrated" h
: continued.
: "Suppose you issue a proclama
: ton, governor" suggested some
7 body.
ono, by gatlins, we won't d
4 that" said the governor, "but 20
, boys come over to my house tonigh
AhN WO VIA CClCUIdGc lts
: Turning to the press gang, Judg
8 Reagan expressed the belief that tn
. decision would quadruple the mani
featuring enterprises in the stat
within year. Judge Reagan sai
e he never doubted but that the 8,
d preme court would hold the law
9 be constitutional, but that he W.
u glad the matter was now settle(
0 He said that it would not be Ion
e before the railroad commiesio
o would resume it's functions.
e When stopped by the injunction
9 the commission had put int fore
e commodity rates, aud since TIL
time the work of getting into shaE
merchandise rates had been con
is pleted. The decision, he sait
% might make it necessary to alt'
10 some things that had been agree
81 upon by the commission, hut ma
X ters were in such shape as that IL
os defects, if any, could be quick
ss remedied.
n The friends of Attorney Gener'
i. Culberson are jubilant over tt
I'D vict .:y, which they claim natural
So rebounds to his credit. He ha
" " pitted against him in this case IL
n. biggest and most eminent corpor
cs tion lawyers in the United State
on They say that he has ever since tt