Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-12

The Fee BIZ Again the Topic of In
terest.

mullen counties, was yesterday order
ed engrossed and asked to have that
motion spread upon the journal, and at
the same time gave notice that he
would call II UP tomorrow at 3 p. m.
Mr.. Burmeister called up the motion
to reconsider and moved to lay II on
the table. The motion to table was
lost The question recurring on the
motion to reconsider, Mr.. Monroe NOV
ed that It be spread upon the journal,
Adopted.
Allen of Dallas rose to q question
Of privilege. He said yesterday the
chair announced the vote on eNcuslng
the absentees as 20 to 30, an even two
thirds. The house journal this norm
Ing shows the corrected vote to be 60 TO
30. one less than the necessary two
thirds. Mr. Allen asked that the follow
ing point of order be spread on the
journal:
"The vote excusing absentecs. as
shown by the house Journal Of April 10,
1895, shows that the vote stood. ayes.
80; nays, 30; and the result announced
by the clerk was ayes, 20; nays, So; n
mistake having been made and the
journal showing that the vote was not
sufficient TO excuse the absentees. ] ask
that the action had on the fee bill be
annulled and set aside. and that the
bill stand as it did at the time the vote
was taken to excuse the absentees."
The speaker said he regretted that
the mistake had occurred. Representa-
tive Henderson said the proper thing
to do was to reconsider the vote by
which the absentees were excused and
the fee bill engrossed This led to live
~ debate, aud Evans of Hunt objected
to the wrong be righted,' saying that
II the friends OF the fee bill surrendered
one Inch OF ground won IN the fight
no fee bill would be passed this session.
After wasting considerable valuable
time Evans moved to make the fee bill
the special order for tomorrow at
o'clock This was after the speaker had
reversed his ruling that a motion by
Turner to reconsider the vote Of yes
terday and TO spread that motion on
the Journal had precedence The vote
on Evans motion to make the fee bill
the special order for tomorrow was as
follows: Ayes, co; nays, Al. Evans mo-
ton lacked the necessary two-thirds.
The leader of the fee bill forces was
make the fec bill a special order. It
was clear Knockout. Turner Of Rusk,
renewed his motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was sent TO en-
grossment yesterday and to spread the
motion on the journal. 1t was so ord
cred and the speaker laid before the
house senate bill No. l. the Bowser
libel bill
Two reports were presented. The
majority report, signed by large ma
tprity of the members of the judiciary
No. l, and a minority report mnfavor-
able by four members, Owsley, Feagin.
Love and Moore OF Lamar. Represent
alive Ward of Travis moved that the
majority report be adopted. Owsley
moved that the minority report (which
would kin the bin be substituted for
the majority report. Ward made a
furcible argument for the bill. Owsley
made an attack on u. Judge Patterson
Of Bell made a sta zig plea for Justice
for the newspapers. Judge W. NJ. Peck
of Grayson also made very brilliant
speech in support of the majority re-
port Of the committee. Turner of Rusk
moved the previous question and Fen-
gin of Polk. under the rules. closed de-
bate for the enemies OF the bill The
minority report was substituted and
the libel bill was killed by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Allen Of Colorado, Avery, Bass,
Beard, Bertram, Blair. Bramlette, Brig
ance, Brown. Bumpass, Burns, Carson,
Cooke, Davis, Drew, Edwards Evans
Of Hunt. Fake, Feagin, Foster, Free
man, Greer, Harrison, Huddleston,
Jackson. King, Langhammer, Lillard,
Lindsey, Logan, Love. Mcbride, Mcneil,
Moody, Moore of Lamar, Murchison,
Nix, Owsley, Peyton. Ragsdale, Rhodes
of Wood, Ritter. Robbins. Rudd, Seagor,
Simmons, Smith of Milan, Sowell.
SPECIFIES. Spivey, Stokes. Strange.
Townsen of Lampasas, Townsend Of
Angelina, Wester Whitacre, Williams.
Nays-Allen OF Dallas. Bailey, Bur-
meister, Cameron, Carpenter Of Fan
min, Cureton, Dashiel, Floyd, Giddlngs,
Cough, Graham. Halter, Kennedy, Long
Martin of Coryell. Mnrtlndale, Melee
AInprsfu
Morrison, O'Connor Orr, Patterson,
Peck. Radford, Rhodes of Van Zandt,
Sebastian, Smith of Colorado. Smith Of
BrazOs, Splllane. stubbs, Taryer, Thorn
as. Tompkins. Turner, Turney, Ward,
Wayland, WurZhaciS, Haller and Smith,
the two colored Republicans. voted
with the minority. Eighteen Populists
voted with the enemies Of the bill and
the victory Is theirs.
Blair OF BeXar moved to reconsider
the vote by which the minority report
was substituted for the majority and
to spread that motion on the journal,
Lost motion to reconsider the vote
by which the minority report was sub
stitute1 for the majority and TO lay
that motion on the table prevailed, and
the Bowser libel bill was as dead as
Hamlet's ghost.
Evans of Hunt gave notice that he
would call up the fee bin at 3 o'clock
tomorrow,
Recess til p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session. senate bill
No. 2ll, to authorize and empower the
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
company to acquire control and oper-
ate the Central Texas and Northwest
ern Railroad company, the Fort Worth
and New Orleans Railroad company,
the Austin and Northwestern Railroad
company, with pending amendment 10
strike out the Austin and Northwestern
railroad. was laid before the house on
third reading. Representatives Burns,
Monroe and Ward favored the bill,
and Bramlett opposed II The Bran
lett. amendment was defeated. Ayes,
20; nays, &C.
On motion of Dashlell, the house re-
fused 10 concur IN senate amendments
10 house bill. leyylng 20 cents school
tax, and a free conference committee
was ordered. The senate struck out
20 cents and inserted II 81.
The consolidation bill, ON motion of
Ward. passed TO third reading.
pashIell Of Leon sent up the fol-
lowing:
A Whereas. rule Sc OF the rules govern
ing the house OF representatives OF the
twenty-fourth legislature Is az fol-
"No member shall absent himself
from the sittlngs OF the house without
leave. unless IN case OF sickness, and
every member absentlng himself with