Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-30
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Fight on the Agricultural Department
Appropriation.


Austin, Tex, March 29.-After roll
call and prayer a number of unimpor-
tant matters were disposed of. Way
lands bill taxing insurance companies
was made the special order of next
Monday at . o'clock. and Ragsdale sent
up resolution asking that Thursday
and Friday Of next week be set apart
for the consideration of important
school bills. No action was taken on
the resolution, but the school bills will
be taken up and disposed of at the
proper time. Ragsdale made strong
argument for school legislation, and
declared that the time mad come for
the Democratic party TO redeem its
pledges to the people. The public
schools should be made more efficient
and six months terms should be granted
the people in order that illlteracy be
wiped out and every boy and girl in
state educated Ragsdale pointedly al
luded to certain antagonisms existing
between members Of the legislature
and the head of the department of
education, but he said he did not be-
lleve that the school interests of the
state should be made to sulfer for this
account.
ton of the general appropriation bill,
taking in appropriations, recommenda-
tons OF finance committee for the de-
Dartment of insurance, statistics, agrl-
culture and history.
Bumpass OF Kaufman moved 10
strike out appropriations for salaries
of agricultural and historical clerks.
Sebastian was In favor OF paylIr these
gentlemen $500 instead Of $780,, III
lard of t'rcestone declared that $lOOO
year was sufficient for the clerks,
Henderson Of Lamar made telling
speech against the proposed amend
mcuts, and, in the name Of the farm
ers. asked that the recommendations
of the finance committee be adopted.
Williams of Ellis, chairman OF the
committee on agriculture, made me
best speech Of the day In defense oil the
transformations, and appealed to the
lawmakers to stand by the farmers
and assist the department or asricul-
ture in spreading the light from me
gulf to New Mexico and from Browns,
Vile TO Denison. Williams deciaIsu
mat the farmers influence created the
denortment of agriculture and the
farmers demanded that II shouiu NOT
be crippled by its enemies ,,..,.,
Ureyy nf Kaufman moved DIVISION
90 the motion made by Bumphss IN
order that one clerk might pe iet out'
He declared that the reports OF ttie ue-
nartment relating TO agricultural sta-
,Istics are misleading and Inaccurate
He submitted the following hsudres6ooo m
Gathering data..,..'' SSS 40
Printing reports. 9S9 az
Blanks .....,,,'''.''''''''''' q50 M
Shlary VI ~, 40 500 90
.S9S, $40 90
M Drew said that this did not ~
o,ude ASSESSORS blanks, when COST M M
oral hundred dollars anhuaHg
snaalter said he represented nv - 49,,
81 and he knew what they WAn ll'l
ei preacher Davis of Falls, speaNlng
sor me farmers, declared thni ~ WI
an outrage to cripple the agt' IN, an
| dcnartment in any way now s' ~
eminent farmer has been p' ~ warned
.,.,'aaI FOR the first time. ne WatIeu
MneSt - "a 20 slow, as there WIS y
the s"r mine at the forks OF the CreeN
NV uM.u ,,,ight explode II the farmers NC
that m,,h Is interfered with In any
way. .,,,,, da,iared himself to
81 s.srr,ar and representative OF tle
~ s.i,,,,ars He said the uepa t ~
,.ns worthless and of no nensn i, y .aii
oSrieultural classes. 80 ,,asr ana
e5ivey. ''do not make ssVo ysai' t S
these Fellows in the uep s, me farm
W 100 lazy to work on We 80, =
are w draw $3.50. want EN- cut,
WIN iiii..l ~ Cd ~ kaufman, sPeaklhs lrpll'
nun VI ndnoint and as an eNponei,.
a lesa .,.it,,t,onaI law, declared tnat ~
oil hs..,,,neble violation OF the SUI
was = ,o nav these clerks more 'nun
etnnn n wear, r.aad tho "a n