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AUSTIN LETTER.

AUSTIN, Tex, April 27.-(Special
CORES pondence.)-The House is to
adjourn next week and the legis-
latOrs are arranging for their de.
parture home. Representative
O'Connor will probably return to
San Antonio next Tuesday. He
stated to a representative Of the
LIGHT yesterday that on his re-
turn home he would enter upon
the practice of law. He has an eX-
Cellent offer of a law partnership
and will make the legal profession
his life work.
Since the stuffing has been COM
promised out of Mr.. O'Connor's
metropolitan police bill, that meas
ure will no longer be pushed by
him. Indeed. little could be &C
complished at this time, even il it
was desirable to push the bill, for
it undoubtedly would share the
fate Of much other legislation and
fail for want of time TO take it UP.
The charter amendment bill in
troduced by Mr.. WurZbach will
probably meet a slightly similar
fate as befell the police bill Of Mr..
O'COnnor; that is, it will likely be
amended past all recognition and
even then may not pass-at least
Judge Callaghan's representatives
here are working hard to that end.
Thursday morning John Kenner-
~. policeman of this city, severe
ly assaulted William Spence, re-
porter on the Austin Statesman,
for CrtiCiZing him and his remarks
in regard to enforcing the state
laws. kennerly, who claims that
he had been incorrectly quoted,
called Spence into a store and there
beat him up most numerically.
Austin. with the strict enforcement
o, her Sunday laws. numerous
churches and semi-Puritan horror
for the ways OF her more liberal
sister cities, has more shooting
and iulOniOus crimes perpetrated
within her limits than any city in
the state, excepting perhaps llous-
ton. and thu Statesman has been
gently raking the police over the
Goals for alleged lack Of duty.
The papers action in CRITICS.
ing the Police might be tOIer-
atrd in other cities but the
Austin police are quite differ
ent people from the "bobbies" in
other towns. They draw about $40
a month from the city government
and 10 do aught else but fall on
your knees before them with pro
fuse praise and fattery, borders on
sacrilege. People have been burned
at the stake and newspaper offices
blown into atoms for less serious
O1fenses. The pugilistic officer has
been suspended from the force
pending an investigation.
Several heavy showers OF rain
have fallen all over Travis county
and the crop outlook is excellent.
The rains to the northwest OF here,
~ far as Llano, have been very
b0untifuI,
The latest charter amendment
bill, the one to authorize the cOun-
ell to issue %3OOO0D bonds to pay
NiI OIL lil't''ltuHtSc las dl ~ tu
and will probably be introduced in
the Senate. The bill did not come
up alone, but found County Collec-
tor Joe CasSiano, District Clerk
Nat Louis and others Of the Cal
laghan contingent close at its heels.
The bill, it is safe to say, will never
90 through in its present shape,
:. l. I, \
the charter, may not pass even if
amended so as to submit the pro-
position to vote OF the people, as
the Legislature is to shut SHOP next
week.