San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-21
AUSTIN LETTER.

AUSTIN, Tex, April co. Special cor
respondencel -Representative John o.
Connor's metropolitan police bill has just
submitted TO little dental operation and
is now resting easily. The prospects are
that it will rest more lightly in the near
future and the affable, popular John
OConnor will wear a regulation crepe
about his hat in memory of the Ill fated
little thing.
The dental operation to which the bill
was submitted consisted in extracting
some few ugly fangs and plugging num-
Der Of decrepit ones. The compromise
by which some important changes were
made, was effected yesterday. The
amendments agreed on rob the bill OF its
Objectionable features, the salient points
OF the amendment agreed upon being:
Firstly, the election of the commission
erS by the people, beginning with the
next election, instead of their appoint
ment by the governor.
Secondly, the council II be given power
| o remove the commissioners for miScOn-
duct.
Thirdly. a form of civil procedure to
be observed in the appointment of police
officers.
The Callaghan men some days ago vir.
tually recognized that the chances for the
passage OF the bill were very slim, and the
Callaghan delegates dropped away one by
one, leaving the bill to its fate as 1t
were. The trouble with the meas
ure lies in that it cannot be taken
up out of it's order without a two thirds
vote, and the friends OF the bill despair
of getting that number of votes on the
matter. This fact may in great meas
| ure have prompted the supporters OF the
| bill 10 submit to the great mOdifca-
| tionS made TO it, but even with such mod
! iticatiOns and consequently less opposi-
ton, 1t Is confidently predicted on all
hands that the bill will not be passed at
| this session OF the Legislature. Thegop-
poDents OF the measure, however, seem
TO have fortified themselves against
chances. and thus probably have modi-
| tied the bill so that iE case II does slip
| through in some strange manner, II will
90 on the statute books at least robbed OF
its obnoxious features.
| Austin-that is, a few Of her people who
hate 70 let a good thing slip by-iS still
hanging on to the project of holding a
great regatta. The good old way OF get
ting the monied men and merchants tC
put up subscriptions will not go this year
and so stock company is spoken OF. Cap
tain Jack Crotty is willing to make the
effort TO organize the company, and II his
| push anu enterprise can 40 IL, the slOCt
company will materialiZe, and Austin
may after all have its usual grand re-
gatta.
The arteSlan well that is being dug OF
the old Turner hall property on Lavaca
street is making good progress, 1t Is eq
pected TO strike the warm sulphur anC
iron water that was tapped by the capito
well, and in that case the Turner hal
building will be turned into a great no
water natatorium.
The railroads announce a $3.50 round
trip rate TO San Antonio on Sunday, anC
a large crowd of excursioniSts can be ex
pected from this place.
The school of geology of the Untversit!
of Texas will make geological excursion
to the famous Granite mountain distric
on Monday.
A large CampbeHite excursion leave
this city for Marble Falls on the Austil
and Northwestern railway Monday.
The large dynamos Of the power hous
at the dam are receiving their finishing
touches, and the prospects OF lightins
Austin by electricity some time in thI
next twenty wears, are promising.
Alderman Richards, Captain John b