Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-04
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Reiger Returns From Dallas-Insur-
ance Men Flocking Here.


Austin, Tex, April a.-Hon. John F.
Reiger returned from DALLAS today in
excellent spirits. He went home TO
help elect Frank Holland mayor. Mr..
Reiger said: HOLLAND received a
heavy support from the working men
and fully 20 per cent OF the organized
workers voted for him. He will make
! an excellent mayor"
The insurance men, fire and life, are
fiociing here In large numbers. Colonel
| John Il. Trezevant. John S. Won Aede-
/ hon and Captain d. u. Grove came In
] from Dallas this morning and laid
sege to the senate forthwith. The
/ Nayland bin taxing Insurance COM
panies VIII pass the house by a large
majority and the Insurance rustlers
know that the senate is their only hope.
They must. win, II they win at an, in
thesenate. Louis j. WORKMAN nursed
the delusion to his breast that he had
I saved the insurance companies from
( increased taxation, but he chuckled be-
! fore he had emerged from tail timber
NOW, Louis and the boys will be COM
{ PEELED 10 nshI the batue over again.
Representative r. 3, Allen is very
much incensed over roast given him
by the Times-Herald, an afternoon
paper at dallas. The paper holds Allen
responsible for the defeat of the sprinlS-
| ling tax amendment. the tax title
amendment and the amendment pro-
| viding for the election OF aldermen at
| large by the entire vote of the city.
! Allen defeated the sprinkling tax
amendment and secure change In the
I tax title amendment providing for a
perfect title two years after sale In
! stead OF one year lie Is willing to
take the responsibility for the defeat of
| these amendments. The Dallas char
ter passed the senate and was sent over
TO the house with the ward system OF
| electing aldermen unchanged The
| charter amendment Endorsed by the
| Dallas Commercial Club got lost in the
| shutiie. However the members from
Dallas, in senate and house. favor the
| ward system aud there will be no
change made by this legislature. These
| gentlemen say they believe in local
eH,goVernment and they do not take
| Kindly 10 the Commercial Club amend
ment aud will never support 1t.
a. H. wilkins known to the third
housers'' as "Old Book Trust" came in
| from Dallas this morning to consult
WIN inc oracles. He Will remain until
sergeant-at-arms John ]. Doughtie
| ana Assistant Sergeant Morris arrived
substitutes.
II. V. Bentley, county clerk of Hall
| county, and his little daughter. are In
the city, watching the law matters
ana enjoying life in the capital city OF
! tie Lone star state.
Ine house committee on Insurance
! statistics and history has made a "a
| No.ahle report on the Bowser (senate)
| Dill Tor the encouragement Of home in
surance companies. This bill win he
| passed by tne house, where the old
me companies have not been able to
! hNPnpllze the law makers 'rhr ma lori
! ~ OF the members are not good sub-
! Jects for the hypnotlsts.
me school teachers of Mckinney.
Colin county, have adopted resolu
lions critlcising Senator DbrelI for ut
ternnees In the senate which appear TO
nave displeased them Now the school
teachers OF Mckinney are certainly In
error Senator Joe Dibrell Is one of
the most scholarly and conscientious
| members Of the senate. He IL the
| champion of the free schools. the
friend of the teachers and the out
spoheh ana determined foe of intoler-
hlice ana nlgotry. He wants the free
SCHOOLS or Texas to move upward and
onward until they shall have reached
the highest standard of perfection and
he has given uttprances to no words
| OF criticism. In the genate that could
be distorted by the widest imngina-
t,on INTO reflection on the teachers
OF CONN or any other county of Texas
Dibrell Is the friend OF the schools
lie Is the friend OF the teachers. and
they make a grievous blunder, and do
an act of injustice TO a high minded
and honorable gentleman, when thev
attack him In the public prints OF the
country, by resolution or otherwise
The writer has watched the daily do
lngs OF the members Of the state SON
ate ana II there IL a more eTrlent
member of that body than the geptie-
man from Guadalupe, he has not mt
in an appearance to this date. II paws
to be Just, and the school teachers
should be Just. The following mem
bers voted for the Jennings motion to
strike out all but salaries of railroad
commissioners: Allen OF Dallas, Bur-
ney, Chambers. Darrach, Drew. Ed
wards, Fake, Foster, Huddleston. Jen-
nings, Langhammer, Martin OF Kim
ney, Martin of coryell, McWllllams.
Moody Moore of Morris. AIurehison
Nix. Patterson, seago. Smith Of color.
ado, Speeches, Spiyey, Tarver, TomD-
klns' watkins, Whitacre. Drew and
Murchison are commission men ana
voted no because they considered the
salaries needed pruning. Watkins and
the great majority OF the Populists
and she four Republican vned vim
Jennings and Taryer. The railroad COM
mission Is permanent fixture IL the
vote t'day Is an in lex to public sentl-