Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-25
SOME IMPORTANT BILLS
That Will Probably Come Up This
Week.
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION BILL
That Provides for Forced Railroad Re-
ownership
ARBITRATION BILL
VIII Have strong and Hitter opposi-
uon-The Obstacles in the Way of
hedistricting the state-whnt
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jester sa,,,


The Joint committee of the house
and senate selected to redistrlct the
STATE Will being work in earnest Tues
gay and prepare a bill which will be
reported to the house fifteen DAYS later.
II is believed. Lieutenant Governor
george t. Jester said to the writer be-
fore departing for Fort Worth: The
state can be redistricted in fifteen days.
can do 1t myself" There are law
makers here who do not believe II,
and declare the strongest lobby that
mas visited Austin this winter will loom
up mere next week. Governor culber-
son believes that ten districts can be
dispensed with and the work greatly
divided between the forty-five remain
ing Fort Worth. Dallas and San An
tonic each have two civil courts and
harris county is clamoring for another.
foft Worth. Dallas and San Antonio
VIII vigorously combat any attempt
10 deprive these towns of a court. The
Fahhandle country Is another hard
nut to crack. The country is sparsely
settled and the representatives assert
that the judges are the hardest worked
men in Texas. Several of the districts
each contain a large number of conn
TIES ana u small number of inhabitants.
a Judge travels In blackboard and II
Keeps MIN moving to hold court two
weeks IN each county of his district
10 hn,, .ne year In Eastern Texas 1t
IS peheVed that several districts will
pc eliminated. One district, 1t is under
stood, In that neighborhood, was or.
sdhlzeu 10 provide soft lob for a
lawyer who had pull. After toInor-
row morning sessions only will be held
by the house and senate in order TO
give the committee on redlstricting
time to work in the afternoons.
Chairman U. $. Morrison OF the
finance committee is confident that he
VIII be able to report the az .opra-
ton bill to the house Thursday or
FRIDAY, perhaps earlier. 1t is sub
ject OF comment here that President
Ross Of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college at College Station,
was given about all that he asked by
the finance committee. The Reforml-
tory at Galveston will also be libei ally
provided for this year The medical
branch of the University located at
Galveston. did not fare so well. This
week the bill giving the University
regents control Of the university lands
viii be acted upon by the house. The
bill has already passed the senate. The
special committee appointed by the
speaker to prepare a fee bill has held
no meeting yet Hon. w. Il. Armistend
Is i'll and several members are out Of
the city. Morrison and other members
of the house are not satisfied with this
committee, regarding its membership
as inimical to their Views of fee re-
form. Morrison made an effort to have
the entire matter reconsidered, but
nothing came OF II. Some sort Of fee
bill VIII be reported and passed 1t
will be in line with the Wayland bin
which is radically different from the
Drinkard. the Drew, the Wester and
other bills detailed In these columns.
Col. Armlstead believes that all excess
fees over and above certain stipulated
amounts as salaries for county officers
should be turned into the county
treasury, Wester, Drew and other
economists wanted the excess in fees
TO be turned into the state treasury.
The lltlgant would foot the bill as he
has been doing In the past. The
scheme is not to reduce the fees and
save costs for the litigant, but to force
the county official to henceforth dis
gorge for the benefit OF the state. There
are he here who believe
that the litlgant should be
considered In the proposed legis-
lation. The extremists on this
issue are certain to kick up a row I'M
less the special committee makes an
early report.
The Rogers arbitration bill viii come
before the senate tomorrow and is
In, 60 NO "A lssH m lie
and the newspaper mouthpieces OF the
railroads have begun to lombard this |
bill, which is the McGann bill under
another name. Carroll D. Wright, |
labor commissioner OF the United |
States, has given this bill his endorse |
ment. Senator Ben +. Rogers, the
gentleman who Is pushing It in the |
senate. is well-lnformed and very |
practical man, a farmer by profession, |
with great deal OF experience. Section |
10, which provides that where corpora
tions refuse to arbitrate with their
employees he Encouragement can
institute proceedings to throw the
property into the hands OF a receiver, !
has excited the ire of railroad man |
ayers. There will be a bitter fight |
waged upon this bill and II Il passes It |
will be amended to meet the approval
and command the support OF the more
cautious members OF tue mouse OF lofus- /
Two members OF the brotherhood Of |
locomotive engineers are here pushing |
the bill. Labor measures have not |
Jared well this session Bills have |
been favorably reported to the house.
and remain on the calender, The truth 1
Is the house is swamped with bills. |
Instead OF killing the great majority |
on committee. they are reported |
favorably to the house to be slaughter
I'd or block the way OF merltorious
The Agnew general assign
nent and collection bill will come up
Tuesday or Wednesday for final pass
age. Agnew claims two majority for
mo bill There are three gentlemen
who voted to send the bill to engross-
Inent who say that they are not in
ove with Its provisions and may
cote against It on the next round.
senators Emory and Smith Will re-
MN from Denton county tomorrow and
his admirers say that he will make
he speech OF the session against the
III On final vote 1t Will be nip and
iuck." The Chambers venue Dill will
,Iso be taken up this week, It is
ihought. seyesi prominent members
- ~. saoate unite In declaring tffat