Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-18
THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
THE SENATE TIED UP on THE ANTI
TRUST BILL.
THERE WAS ALMOST a FIGHT AT AID.
JouRNMENT-.THE HOUSE HAD a
WARM TIME OVER THE FEE BILL
AND 1T HAS GONE TO A COMMIT
TEE OF TEN.


!
AUSTIN, April Il
After roll call this morning con-
Met was preeipitated by a motion to
excuse Martin OF Kinney There was
| objection to this. The fee bill leaders
called Tor the yeas and nays and Mar
| tin was excused.
smith OF Milan moved that Mills OF
I MeLennan be excused for today on ac-
| count Of Illness. There were loud cries
/ or No Blair OF BeNar made a strong
| appeal for concessions on both sides
He hoped that the redistrlcting bill be
| taken up on tomorrow and thnt both
sides VIII be ready to meet on one
common ground. The fee bill reformers
interposed constant interruption and
attempted TO drown the voice Of the
1 statesman from BeNar. lie closed by
saying; II Will stay here TIL the pisants
carry me under the doorway before 1
! shall submit 10 be bulld0zed."
Representative Henderson moved
that hve absentees (naming them) be
excused.
Representative Dashiell asked: us
THIS the program Of the Populist caucus
last night?'
Representative Fyocman-I will say
In reply that my friend peshiell pre-
/ -.
liill and addressed himself to Populists
on that occasion.
Representative Dashlcll--That was
not an administration measure. The
libel bill was under discussion.
The members grew hilarious and the
fee bill advocates were IN high spirits
They toked and gnycd and poked fun
at their opponents and the house was
in terrible uproar for full thirty min
utss.
The call Of the house was made and
the HIST Of absentees announced.
Representative Henderson moved
that the absenteeB be excused
Dashicll and a number OF colleagues
called for the yeas and nays. Hendcr-
sons motion was lost. Ayes. Is; nays,
Pending business. M1rrlsons motion
| 70 reconsider the vote by which the
fee bin was eugrossed, was called up
by Representative Henderson.
Representative Dashiell moved call
of the house. This monutonuus pro-
ceeding followed. Representative Fea-
Ein for the fee bill contingent. moved
10 excuse the absentces. The motion
was lost by vote Of Is to SO.
Representative Fengn moved 10
postpone action on the redlstrictlng
bill until next Friday This bill was a
special order for today, Representa-
tive Feugin said that Representative
I Morrison was not satisfied with the re-
! distrlctlng bill In It's present form, and
/ II would not be fair to take 1t up dur
[ ing his absence.
Representative Blair opposed the
Feagn motion, The bill. he said, was
1 the careful work Of the committee. lie
/ did not consider 1t perfect 1t was sub
/ jeet TO amendment and the committee
| expected that 1t would be amended by
/ the house. 1t was also an adminlstra-
| ton measure, and should be taken up,
/ considered and disposed Of
Representative Davis was I'm favor of
/ postpuning action on the redlstricting
[ bill because the two representatives
I from McLcnnan county We're absent
/ They wished to amend the bill
| Representative Ruy-Alr Speaker:
| Mr.. Mills is not absent l saw him
| walking in the corridors a moment
ago,
Representative Davis subsidized. This
shot hit him in the vitals.
| Representative Bailey made a pow
/ ertul speech in favor of the redistrict-
| Ing bill. III this bill is sidetracked to-
day said the speaker, at VIII lose its
place on the calendar and Will never
again muster sufficient strength to en-
able It's friends to call it up"
Representative Kennedy said that
the Democratic party the governor,
and the platform pledged a lien law to
] the wprkngmcn Of Texas. II had been
sidetracked from day to day, and he
saw no disposition to carry out party
pledges In the name Of the working
bill be considered. The time has come
for action" said Kennedy, land / want
thus house TO 30 ON record
preventative Fcugin's motion to
postpone the redistrlctng bill iii next
/ Friday was carried. Yeas. 66. navs. 80
tn