Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-24
THE FEE BILL WAS KILLED IN
THE HOUSE.
THE MINORITY DEFEATED THE
MAJORITY BY USE OF RULES
AND sHREwD TACTICS
THE SENATE HAS A wREsTLE
WITH THE GovERNoR-ANoTH-
Err SILVER MEETING TO BE
HELD TO PREVENT A DIVISION
OF TEXAS DEMOCRATS.


After prayer and roll eau THU, l.
ing, Mr.. Mills in the chair. Mr.. x .
son moved 10 suspend the regular. >
der that Chester Halle. chief clerA
might make presentation to the
speaker. Tha motion prevailed. ami
Mr.. Halle. in behalf Of the officers and
clerks CT the house, presented Speaker
Smith with gold-headed cane.
Representative Ward offered the fol-
lowing resolution.
BE IL resolved, That the folio wing
order OF business be obtained by the
house: That We continue TO consider
the general deficiency appropriation
bill until II Is finally passed; after that.
II the fee conference committee IS
ready to report on the general appro-
priation, that then the report OF the
fee conference committee be considered.
il not, that after the deficiency appro-
prlation bill Is disposed of, then she
I'LL recodifying the civil laws be dis
posed of in the order named. Next ;he
general revenue and taxation bills be
disposed of, and that this order be OBJ
served without variation IL possible"
The resolution was read the second
time. Mr.. Thomas offered the follow
ing amendment:
"AmInd by inserting after the con-
sheraton OF the general deficiency Dill
the following: After this the fee bill
until finally disposed Of
Representative Dashiell moved to
table the amendment, upon which the
ayes and noes were demanded. The
motion to table was lost by the fol-
lowing vote: Ayes AZ, nays %.
Representatives Moody, Kennedy,
Stokes and Watkins We're excused for
the week by unanimous consent.
The question recurring on the amend
ment by Representative Thomas 10 the
resolution by Representative Ward,
the gentleman from Cass county, Rep
rescntatiye O'Neal, moved to postpone
indefinitely further consideration.
Speaker Smith announced mat he
had prepared the resolution and hand
ed 1t to Representative Ward to IN
troduCe The question of the fee bill
never entered his mind. He apologized
to the house saying: This Is my hrst
resolution during the session. 1t Will
be my last"
"Blg lnjun" Morrison rose and gave
notice that he had made a hard light
for a fee bill against a illibusterlns
minority, but other measures of great
interest to the people demanded his
attention, ana henceforth he would
insist upon the consideration Of such
measures. The Big Injun" had made
ms llklN lDE lAt lee bAAl anu " do llNA
ready to die In the last ditch He did
not think 1t necessary to continue a
hopeless fight for a hopeless cause, or
words to that effect. He was fee
bill man. but the time had come TO
wind up the business ana 60 home.
, his announcement made the Zee billies
sick at heart and while in the face.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
prevailed by a vote Of 65 to 30.
1RnnTaaarTQflNa Smith a ltrHVng
notice that he would offer the follow
ing tomorrow;
"Resolved, That rule 90 be and the
same is hereby amended so IS to here
after read as follows:
'29. All bills and joint resolutions
which have passed their second read
ing and are ordered to be engrossed
shall be presented to the house for
their third reading written in a fair,
legible hand, or typewrltten, without
erasures, interlineationS or additions
In the margin thereof
Representative Monroe offered res
olutlOn providing for night sessions in
order that important bills may be dis
posed Of.
Representative Evans of Hunt said
he had fought the minority to a finish
I'm an earnest desire TO secure the pass
age of fee bill, but he was now in
favor OF taking up disposing OF the
important bills which had been enum-
Grated in the Ward resolution. He
was fee bill man, but not TO the ex-
cluslon OF everything else.
The Zee blllies were weakening. Nor
rison's talk had fallen like wet blan-
ket upon them.
BY a vote OF 90 to A the Monroe res
olutlon was lost and the night session
advocates we're defeated.
Representatives Greer and Brignnce.
who had exchanged compliments when
the Greer stock bill was under consd-
alton last Friday night. made appro-
pirate explatlons and buried the hatch
ct.
Representative Ragsdale Of Denton,
"a never-say-di lie fee billie. sent up the
following;
"Whereas, A contingent of the fee
bill men have inglorlously and uncon-
dluonnlly surrendered to the damands