Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-02
CYCLONE WAS HEARD FROM
The Democratic House Gave Him
the Privilege.
WHAT He SAID ABOUT CHARGES
Made Against Him With the Result That
He Was oensured
The senate Executive Session Was n
Regular Hummer, mt which Col
auitt Attacked GOV. Cuibcrson.s
Appointees-DiIis Introduced.

Austin, Tex. Feb. 1.-The question
before the house when the session
opens this morning Is Where are We
beautiful confusion In which the Jolly
Mr. o'Connor, tho popullst member
from BeNar. LETT the house when he
adjourned It In self-dcicnso yesterday,
brings about this gloom OF doubt and
Speaker Smith explains. "rhe ques-
ton before the house is upon the
amendment to strike out the onacting
clause In bill providing that railroads
shall furnish separate waiting room
FOR the races. Arc you ready for the
question:
"Queauonw
The amendment Is lost,
The report OF the special committee
to Investigate the charges against cy-
clone Davis was then read. ma
joriJy and minority report. The ma
Jority report is signed by j. c. Feagin,
Ben Rogern. W. A. Wurzbach. j. II.
Cough. Il. W. smith, $. =. Milla and
j. j. Davis, and is as follows:
Austin Tex, Jan. ~, 1870. To Hon,
r. 3. Smith, Speaker of the House OF
Representatives We. the special COM
mittee appointed in response to the
following resolution introduced IN TINS
house, which Is az follows
Whereas. II has betn reported
that u certain attorney who Is now
acting AZ counsel for the contestant In
the case OF Frost Va. o'Nou, now
pending before the house. and which
is now being considered by the COM
mittee on privileges and elections or
this house has wllfully and corrupuy
offered ana proposed to certain parties
that In consideration of 800 and tho
removal OF certain nombcrs on the
committee of privileges and elections,
that he, the said attorney, could and
would secure In behalf Of certain
measure now pending before this Leg
islature twenty-five votes In the house
and two In tho senate. which ~ re-
Election upon said members,
Therefore, be II resolved by the
house thai the speaker he and lH here
! by authorized to appoint n committee
/ of Ave whose duty II shall be 10 IN
/ vestigate the truthfunosB OF said re-
port, and snid committee OF nvc In
| hereby authorized and empowered 10
! send forth papers and summon Wit
ncsses before them and TO adninlstrr
| oatha and shall at the earliest date
| possible report 20 this house the result
| OF their inyctigatlon with such recon-
! mcndationa as TO them may seem Just
| ana proper.
ITO Investigate said resolutions and
TO report to this house.
submit the following as a result of
/ our Investigations;
I'VE caused to be summoned before
/ us MI witnesses who had knowledge
| of any fact relative TO the matter as
far as the committee knew. and here
with submit their evidence IN writing
and herewith submit the original an
swer filed by j II. Davis. We ind
upon inveAtiRation as "A fact thar j. IL.
Davis. AN attornoy-At-lnw, on January
10. 1895, In the Drlskill hotel. In The
city Of Austin, wrote and delivered to
the Hon w. n. Hudgins Of ToNNr-
kama a letter. of which tho following
is an exact copy;
'priatill Hotel, j. ". Alexander,
! Proprietor. Austin. Tex, jan - $780,
Take Harrell and Armlstead OFF that
committee on privileges and elections
and pledge over your own names that
there VIII be no effort 10 remove the
county seat 10 Texarlana IN five
years, and | VIII 90 before our caucus
and think can pledge you twenty
two In the house and two In senate
for the bill. Pay me $50 ana II the bill
passes. thon pay me $50 more, This
money l want for Frost, as he is TO
pay my expenses In this case while
here. etc. Signed.
J. II. DAVIS"
That after hearing all OF the evil
dence and maturely considering the
same II IN the opinion OF the commit
tee that the propositions contained IN
said letter arc not only n reflection
upon the speaker and the members OF
this house. and well calculated 10