The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-07
GOVERNOR CULBERSON GIVES
THE LEGISLATORS A TERRIFIC
LAMBASTING FOR
NEGLECT OF DUTY-HIS SECOND
MESSAGE CITES
The Fact That the Legislature Has Paid
Little or no Attention to His First
Message-Other Items and Notes
of Interest.

Though the legislature has now been
in session nearly 60 days the able solons
have paid little or no attention to Governor
Culberson's message sent in at the early
mart of the session. In truth, the little at
tention that has been paid his message
was simply to kill whatever measures
were introduced in compliance with the
reouests therein mentioned. Represent
totive Henderson introduced an anti-free
pass bill in compliance with the Governor S
message. The bill was killed in the COM
mittee room. Representative Henderson
being on that committee succeeded in get
ting the bill before the house, however,
by making minority report, but he had
all his trouble for nothing, as the house
refused to have the bill printed and 1t
accordingly went to the waste basket.
Representative Bramlette introduced an
onti-railroad consolidation bill in COM
pliance with Governor Culberson's re-
auest, The bill was submitted to Gov
ernor CulbersOn and declared unconsti-
tutional 1t was redrafted and sent III
again and once more was found to be too
sweeping. 1t was pulled back, patched
in the hands of a subcommittee. The
many fee bills which were introduced
at the request of the governor have gone
lettering to an ignominious death by los
ing their place on the calendar. These
measures are but exemplary of all other
administration measures that have been
introduced.
True, the codifying and redistricting
committees are complying with the gov
ernor's request, but he has received an
intimation that their work is simply a
bluff and that the redistricting bill es-
pecially will never get through the legls-
lature.
In other words, Governor Culberson is
now in a position where he is compelled
TO acknowledge the humiliating truth,
that the legislature has paid no atten'
tion to the wishes of the chief executive
of the state. He practically acknowledged
this ignoring of his message in his action
Yesterday in sending in a second mes
sage to the legislature, urging that they
give some heed to the recommendations
made in his message sent in at the early
part of the session. 1t must have been
| painful to the governor to call the atten-
| ton of the able solons to the fact that
though GO days had nearly passed since
they met here they had paid literally NO
attention or respect to his message and
now at this late day he was once again
compelled to call their attention to meas
ures that he wanted passed. The gov
| ernor has no doubt ere this realized fully
the fact that the able solons are an indie
pendent set of "cusses" who heed NO
ones wishes or advices.
In his message yesterday the gov
ernor gives the fire insurance trust slap
Prays for the passage of an anti-free pass
| bill, an increase in taxation to 70 cents
the passage of bill against trusts; an,
other against railroad consultations and
| urges the redistricting.
The sum and substance of the message
sent in yesterday is that Governor Cul
berson asks the passage of about 10 laws
or in other words, he has mapped Out
| enough work with the imperative business
now pending to lengthen the session AZ
or 60 days, if his wish is complied with
1t is the general opinion in the lobbies OF
both houses that the legislature will pay
| little or no attention to the measure
That they will adjourn when their present
| line of work is finished and that in case
Governor Culberson wants these PEE
measures of his acted on he will be com
PEELED to call an extra session for tina
purpose.