Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-20

from the Jack rabbit" counties cheer
ed.
Blair denied the right of the speaker
| TO designate clerks as officers and arm
| them with warrants to arrest members,
and also denied the right OF a house
lacking quorum to take any such ac-
tlon. Davis moved that the clerks
be sworn in as assistant sergeants-nt-
arms This was unnecessary, az the
4 clerks had been armed with warrants
without being sworn IN.
Blair called down the ruling. but the
fee billers were In the saddle and rode
rough shod over the rules, constitution
and other small tIlfes.
Jelhings declaied that there was no
rue Authorizing the speaker to adopt
the summary methods INDUCED In to
coerce the minority.
lie denounced the proceedings as re-
voluticnary. The speaker ruled with
am iron Rand. and 1t was evident that
he was In no mood TO be monkeyed
with. At $3.50, the house being under
call, proceedings were suspended and
members went out for refreshments
while the sergeant-at-arms and his
valorious aids hunted the absentees.
At SI5 quorum had been obtained.
Morrison moved TO excuse aosentees.
Lost, ayes, 80; nays, So.
Morrison moved to reconsider the
vote by which the main question was
ordered and to lay that motion on the
table. This motion prevailed by unan-
imous vote. and the war was on.
The house was tied up. The speaker
laid before the house the Kennedy la
Dor lien bill, with pending amendment
by Feagln, which was aimed at the
''p.uck-me-store" system in the lum-
Der and mining regions. Cough moved
u postpone the consideration OF the
bill. owing to the absence OF Its au-
thor, Kennedy.
There was opposition to this. and
RelBer OF Dallas declared that he was
IN charge OF the bill, and wanted The
house to 30 on record to pass or Kill
the bill, Peyton said he WAS opposed
10 the Feagin amendment, but favor
cd the bill as originally drawn. VIII
hams said lie favored the Feasln
amendment and wanted the people OF
his county to know IT,
Brooks Of Bowie supported the Fea-
gin amendment in very forcible way,
saving that the check system and
pluck-me-store' attachment We're
evils found In his district and he in
sisted that the time had come to wipe
them out. ONeai opposed the Fea-
gin amendment but favored the Ken
nedy bill. pure and simple
Owsley OF Denton mace a strong an
peal for the adoption OF the amendment
and the bill. Jennings made a power
fIl argument for the amendment, and
Poytpn made enc OF the best speeches
OF the evening against ii, and offered
an amendment Including farmers.
newspaper publishers, etc. The Peyton
amendment was lost
The Feagin amendment was defeat
ed Ayes, a; nays, 40. The check sys-
TEN and "pluck-me-stOres" Will con-
tinue 10 flourish. The bill was ordered
eugrosscd by a vote Of 80 to /, and on
motion Of Allen of Dallas the rules
were suspended. Harrison, Peyton and
ONenl offered amendments. Allen
made n speech against them and moved
to table. Carried
Ar midnight the house is considering
the lien bill.
The sergeant ut arms left for Hous-
ton for w. a. Moroney on the night
train, and this session Will be pro-
longed for hours. The majority mill
force vote on the fee bill before ad-
jOurning,