Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-11
HOUSE rnoCEEpINes.
Mullins of Tnrrant Elected foHt-
mnatcr-Choice of II Chaplain.

HOUSE PROCEEDINGS,
Mullins of Tnrrant Elected Post
mnatcr-Choice Of II Chaplain.
Austin. Tex. Jan. 10.-When Speaker
Smith Appeared on the floor Of the
house this morning lie had the looks
of care of man thinking Of commit
tees and of a multitude Of friends, each
with conviction OF his unusual ca
uacItv of a certain committee, He
shook hands with his friends but looked
Z Aforementioned. Ho called Cough TO the
chair and retired to the speakers pri-
( waite office, evidently to think about
committees.
Yesterdays business Vas taken up
( and II. S. Rich. or C0munche, was elect
ed enrolling clerk over I, b. Credile'
OF Camp. by 73 votes to By.
J. II. Dunlay, OK Dewitt, the one
begged eX-Confederute, for two sessions
doorkeeper OF the house, appeared TO
! have an iron-clad cinch on It's friend
ship, being elected door-keeper over
\ r. Phares, of Colorado, by a vote Of
/ 81 to IL.
\ J. q. Thomus, of McLennan. made
a verV happy speech In noinnatAns j.
q. Adrian for assistant door-keeper.
Mr.. Adrian was described rs having
4 the patience of Job and the fidelity OF
st. Peter, warranted not TO let the
former quality run down at the heel
or under any circumstances admit the
woman book agent. "Mr. Hdrlan Is
great" said Mr.. Thomas, being born
! in Smith county" Qaughter)
Great, hailing as he does. from the
I home OF Coke and Ross and Baker and
--myselfv'
me senate at this point sent word
: that II had perfected It's organization
and was ready Tor business and hoped
the house was enjoying the same great
4uf hta Ntyu Iva
humor ana ready to listen to lengthy
nominating speeches which finally loft
: fve candidates In nomination for the
house TO select from: j. c. Adrian j.
I W. Anderson, $. W. Farrow. II. n,
Prater and J. Bowen. Prater was elect
/ ed by 81 votes over Adrian a.
The man who Is to handle 100000 let
ters and about Ave times that many
papers In tine poatofiiee OF the house,
was then elected Frank Mullins. who
enjoys great popularity with the mem
bers, was placed IN nomination. All
members OF the Twcnty-third Legislature
( arehrank'B personal friends ana the new
comerE have been nagjdously cultivated
Z by the clever cripple OF Fort Worth,
I #. II, d. Andrews, of Tarrant, seconded
his nomination.
Rhodes. OF Van Zandt county POpO,
got up eXclaiming that he had ''oceu-
pied his seat without stirring until it
had bccupis positively painful" He
< alluded " The generosity with which
+ Democratic have been treated In coun-
ties Popullstio ana bespoke for his
nominee, John r. Mays. OF Navarro.
\ CPopl, a reciprocal courtesy lie made
a vehement speech with hands alOft
most OF the time as IL trying to re-
cuperalte by recourse TO athletics from
the painfulness OF the sedentary habit
of which he had complained. Mullins
was elected by vote of % to Mays lG
{ NJ VFYut L. MI I'D
Rev. DR.. II, b. Lee, OF Austin, in noml-
I nation for chaplain. urging among the
dlvinSs qualifications that he was no
y political preacher. Revs H. w. Dodge.
OF Bell. j. a, Jackson, OF Cas- county,
Z II. A. Cox, OF Bell county, j. O. Peunlng-
ton, Of Williamson, u. w. Soloman,
of Travis Samuel Morris. OF McLennan
aud Garrett Finney OF Grayson, were
\ also nominated
Byron Drew OF Kaufman, in nomn-
attng Rev. II. w, solomon OF Travis.
prefacGd HIS remarks by saving thai
If he had his way he would abolish the
oilcc Of chaplain, There had been
much loud talking aud inattcntion up
10 THIS point, but Mr.. Drow's utter
4 anee attracted immediate attention and
z created quiet, IN tho wake OF which j.
-EJ. Davis or Falls. styled the abe Lin
+ colin OF this legislature by reason OF
I his picturesque facial and physical re-
semblancc TO the pictures extant OF
the great tobacco-chewing martyr
president, pricl<ed all ears by stating
fhat In making his nomination he
! would have to "montion things un-
pleasant He then proceeded to point
out that the Democratic members who
had spoken In nomination OF different
reverend gentlemen had in no instance
lad the temerity TO cite that their IA
vorite was an active aggressive advo-
cate OF prohibition.
There was intcrmlnable talk IN nom
mating and seconding prenohers for
the chaplainship. HAD st been the aim
servant on-loolSer the null or mo
preacher In politloH, certainly no more
excellent plan could have bnen ndopted
! than tho lengthy oratory, the waste OF
words and time sustained. while the
pasi2ting was going on Chairman
I Enith resumed his gavel. A motion 10
\ adjourn until 2 o'clock before votln,
was done was promptly defeated and
the election OF one OF the aight divlnes
each possessed Of paramount fitnoHs
J ,or daily invoking the wisdom or
1 heaven upon the heads or Texas'
! twenty-fourth aggregation Of solona
4 was proceeded with. the frat ballot
resulting In Lee 30, Dodge II. Taekson
y. Cox II, Pennington 70, Morris &
! 1lnney and. solomon 4 Dodge and
( r,inney,s names wcr. Withdrawn and
morton. The bailotne was coniinned
Rev, }. a. Jackson of cass county
4 we9 iinaliY elected Chaplin Of the
4 house after many ballots
\ Afternoon Session.
I Astounding hnanciering sstut-ness
H WAS deve'oped by the house this ngtar,
I noon. 'Hetrenchl retrenchl re.renchp'
4 WAS the war whoop. and wl,iie these
4 earnest Statesmen were solving how 10
/. sAve one % lsr for the state from the
r salary OF fhe csnnittee clerk and nftl