Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-11

At the afternoon session the house
again tackled the fee bill. Seabury's
substitute was tabled.
Fengln OF Polk sent up an amendment
TO the bill The Feagan amendment was
accepted by the more extreme fee bin
reformers. II gives sheriffs and dis.
trict attorneys $4,000 per year, all other
county officers $1,000 a year. assistant
county attorneys 800 n month. first
deputy sherifs S1j per month and all
other deputy sherifIs SG5 all other
deputy officers $50 per month: sherlffs
10 receive 30 per cent OF the excess fees
after all salaries and expenses have
been paid; all other officers II per cent
Evans of Hunt said these in favor Of
fec reform would accept the FeaFin
amendment I'm order 20 pass some sort
Of a bin and TO defeat the aims OF the
fllbusters. He therefore moved the
previous question on the bill. the sub
stitute and the amendment,
Mills moved n call of the house.
A. motion TO excuse abscntees was
lost-yeas. 81: nays. IS. II takes a two
thirds vote TO excuse absentecs
Roy asked permission to take up his
bill permitting Incorporation Of
natural rromlnm insurance companies.
Feagln objected and hotly declared
that n majority or the house had de-
clared for n fec hill and that he would
object to taking up any bill out uf its
regular order. The house refused to
suspend the regular order. and Tarvcr's
Joint resolution to require aliens to de-
clare their Intentions twelve months
before election was called up
Fearn moved tn postpone until Mon
day at 10 o'clock.
Turncy and Mckinney deprecated the
action Of the majority, They had. they
said. voted with the fee reformcrs, but
! believed that II was unjust to block
0 10 lHl Nt4Na 10
| fee bill had exercised their consttu-
| tional right. The majority changed
their tactics and became fuil-biown
| filbusters, threatening to block all
| legislation Owslov leoturod the ma
jorlty for their nlibustcring tactics ANA
| appealed TO the house to take up the
| regular order.
| Feagin defended the majority.
! Patterson Of Bell said that he was
| friendly TO the fee bill, but he refused
] to be gagged. He begged the house
/ TO get down To business and pass Tar
vcrs Joint resolution.
Feagln withdrew his resolution and
tho majority surrendered to the MI
norlty
Bailey sent up an amendment provid-
| ing poll tax qualification.
The amendment was tabled and the
| Joint resolution was passed. II provides
that every male person Of foreign birth
/ who not less than twelve months bgfOrn
any election at which he offers To vnte
shall have declared his intention To
become n citizen of the United states in
accordance with the federal nnturaiizn-
ton laws. ana shall have resided In
this state one yenr next preceding suoh
election, and the last six months In
the county in which he offers to vote
shall be deemed n uunlidod ,lector.
The resolution passed bv vote Of ~
10 10. and II is said will knocl, ont tho
blanket vote on the Rio Grande border
Fearin moved TO excuse tho aboenteos
Dasflai1 called FOR the ayes and NAYS
avos. 20: NAYS. "a.
The Populists voted ave Tho nh
sortees were excused
The substitute Of FeauIn was odonteI
o~d the Zee hill as amended. was MISE
a To rgrossment-nves an. NAYS a.
Tho fee biz advocat. mad Won tbeir
first fght. but the bn 0rst reported nv
fhom was dIsnglred bevond recon-
milton.
The speaker laid before tho bouse an
It's third reading and ami MASSAGE tho
Nlil FOR ibe relief M John a Conlon
The bill was read n third lime ana
passed
The bouse bIu nrovi1lnr for the nroae-
outinn under one indictno,nt OF all eases
of forgery rrbwInp, out Of nne trans
action wns Sr5ored eneroeeo6