Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-11
LEGISLATORS ExGuRT TO lLANO.
NOTWITHSTANDING RAIN MANY OF
THEM GO.
what Tom ochIItrcc Wants ncforc
Mackny win Invest In TcNas-Tbc
Caucus nils VIII lie Taken uD To-
day-who Pays the Pipcrf


1 NBN u Cldll ANlAfefhAhN'A'ff 49,
the drizzllng rain and raw condition or
the weather big crowd boarded the
excursion train bound for Llnno this
morning. Speaker Tom Smith, who Is the
life OF legislative solons on junketing
expeditions, went TO Hlllsboro last
night and hence the boys missed him
today. Colonel George II. Quinlan, gem
eral superintendent Of the Houston and
Texas Central. was In charge, and
made 1t pleasant for the excursionlsts,
as matter OF course.
John w. Mackay Is DESTROYS Of ex-
tending the Postal telegraph system
throughout Texas. He Is willing to
has been repeatedly stated. Colonel
| Tom Ochlltree is here representing
MacltHy and asking for certain changes
| In the laws OF Texas. one is that the
mental anguish" ldlocy be removed,
and the other that telegraph companies
shall not be mulcted for exemplary
l damages for failure to deliver mes
4 sage. Mackay's agent says his princi-
pal has no objection to paying actual
4
! exemplary damages he draws the line
I on. and will not invest dollar in the
state while the law remains as at pres
emit Colonel Tom Armlstcad, chairman
Of the house judiciary committee No.
!, Is In favor Of the bill now before his
committee amending the law, but Ar
instead Is III and has been for two
weeks past, Twice the committee has
postponed action on the bill Judge
John II. Reagan and his associate COM
missiOners were consulted on this
| measure. and It Is reported that the
governor does not object TO its proyls-
ions. Competition Is necessary in
| Texas in all lines Of business, and why
not in the transmission of messages?
There are subtle influences at work
| against the Mackay enterprise No
man opposed to the bill has given
reason or advanced an argument for
the faith that Is I'm him judiciary
committee No. should report this bill
to the house and give its friends an
opportunity to explain its mcrits II II
/ is killed legltmately all right. but the
hidden forces Of mono poly should not
be permitted to knife Il to death In the
dark.
As announced In these dispatches last
night, the enemies OF the Goss-Smith
land bin DIN which the citizens OF West
and southwest Texas have n vital In
tercsD have organized. and. lead by
Mills, Pcyton, Logan, Freeman Moore
OF Morris and others. will make q hard
fight 10 defeat the bill or 20 amend II
to such an extent that it viii be UNI
recognizable In the house OF Its friends.
The enemies of the bin declare that tho
lease price fixed by the bill Is too low
and that the selling price Of the land
ls ridiculous Major Bumpass "ls
agin' 1t, too, aud many Populsts. Sem
ator Bob Stafford declares that n the
bill passes the house It will never be
able to get through the senate. The
governor is quoted as being against the
blll, and IL Is also lutimatcd that Land
! Commissioner Baker favurs H. Goss,
Plcmmons. Turnoy Belll, Robbins
! Burmelster and other champions Of
| the measure are very hopeful, but they
realize that they have n fight on their
/ hands. That eminent Agricultural
! from Lamar county. Colonel Travis
| Henderson, wants the bill buried.
Senator o. r. Buwser Is reported as
| keenly resentng the hauling over the
! live Goals OF the law makers by Gov.
! Culberson. Senator Bowscr liz f.lm the
| home OF Gov CulbCrspn. Early in tho
( session he introduced bill calling for
| two sessions daily 1t was not acted
| upon, Six days later. to prod the
| conscience Of the senate. Bowser intro
| duced second resolution, calling for
| Two sessions daily, and It was sent to
! the committee on rules There Il ex-
| PRED, These things make Bowscr raw
| when he speaks Of the governors mes
sage ana the more he thinks the rawer
I he becomes,
Congressman Miles Crowley was hero
! yesterday, On route home from Fort
Bend county, lie said he had no feara
| OF the contest being waged against
| him by "Possum Faced" Rosenthal, as
he was fairly elected, and did not be-
lleve Republican congress would I'm
/ seat him merely FOR amusement. 1t
| may be matter OF news TO announce
that every scrap OF evidence affecting
the private ana public life OF Crowley
has been placed In the hands Of the
members of the Flfty-nfth congress.
There is u very active Rosenthal bu-
reau distributing anti-Crowlcy litera-
ture broadcast over the country. Who
is paying the piper?
Col. VIM. a. League. attorney for the
| Thurber Coal Company, Is here, fight
ing section 10 Of the Rogers arbitration
bill. As the labor legislative COM
mltiee agreed more than month ago
TO eliminate section 10 from the bill and
| also section ., II Is high time that GER
| tain newspapers and certain great PHI
lanthroplsts ceased their Jlm-jaminn
spasms The Objectionable features OF
| the bill have been eliminated ana the
cackling and growing and believing
! should cease. Col. league understands
the condition OF affairs here, and Is as
calm as a chappie at chrysanthe-
mum show. The Tltian-haired league
is never an nlarmist
Ben Howard aud II. II. Wilkins OF
Dallas are here. They have been here
all winter They viii remain until the
end OF the session. Just now they are
busy. The Peck uniform text book
hill has been reported favorably aud
Missionaries Howard and Wilkins are
| explaining to unaophisticnted and ru-
| Talistic members "inconEruitles and
! iulqultles OF the bill" There are no
| flies on the Howard family. They are
| endeavoring TO talk the Peck bill to
| death and will succeed II given half a
| chance. OF course these gentlemen are
not johnson grasscrs.
The caucus bills viii come before the
house tomorrow and will be given a
clear right OF way till passed or de-
feated, The boys declare that maEy OF
| the planks OF the Culberson platform
| can not be found IN the Democratic
| platform and have decided to give pre-
ference to all demands OF the latter.
| Then they will dispose of the demands
| of the governor
The Joint redistrlcting committee
VIII hold lengthy session Monday
night and pass upon the claims OF Har-
| ris county for two courts The sub
| committee Tuesday Will begin to draft
/ bill and IL will consume ton days'