The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-21

'"i' VI Wv tNpcusc ana were without
power 10 compel the attendance OF a single
witness, and were unauthorized TO admin
lister an oath to a witness II one camn no
iure them that the conuiainants must hear
we expense ana procure the attendance
OF witnesses. This was Of course an I'm
reasonable and unjust burden to place on
'ho comniainants as well cNpect the Wit.
n'ss peiote a grand jury to prosecute the
lhulclcd We very promptly notified thr
board OF education at Austin that ,yo ,vouId
nave nothing TO do with the matter. After
'nih the board sent Mir. kimbrough chief
V'orh IN Mr. Chrlisle's office TO Eaglc Pass
10 MAKE the investigation Had ne pur-
Su'a the proper course he could hive very
Easily procured the evidence with no fur
,her hl1 Than guide. He could have
'uN'h the census roll and a copy of the
charges that contained the lbs Illegal
iaueh' got IN buggy and asccrtained It
'he charges were true. AZ the convent he
would nave found about thirty frauds con
'S'luf ui non resident boarding pupils at
lehdlns this school. and he could have as
'ertalhed from Mrs Dell the fact that her
'"liu was but b years Of age and he
couid have obiaiard from Clcto Ohvas the
fact that he was ~ yelrs olI and vntsd in
we previous election. He could have
learned from Mir ID. NJ Stopp that he had
moved with his mothers family to Mexico
some time before the census was taken
"uu 'hat no member Of his family had
kN'n the names OF the two children to
we census takor lie could have learned
from MT g. i. johnson that the family
ot !. II, Lavelle. with their three scholas-
''s' had moved TO san Antonio in Feb
ruary before this census was made and
mat HIS children could not be ON the rail-
legally and 80 on with not only the first
~ names, bat with the lbs supplemental
nhni'a Wlih which he was furnished but he
- a. la..a.. d.
was mat we represent the state school
board and procure the voluntary attend
ah'e OF the witnesses. which We did The
result was in one day 5 time The other
"aY o. the time allowed was used nv the
accused as respondents IN this one dnv
we proved about siNiN-aiN frauds on his
lo''' consisting of about thirty children
attending convent aud who resided in
M'Nl'o ana other counties In Teas MANY
on these children were ON the rnlie of nt.ir
hoHHn school The remaining uumb,r ,vrr.
'ihor over axe, under age or those vhner
parents had left the county long before Nh.
census was taken Some OF these children
WY, AZ Young as Years and nnmo as old
aH ~ years, some were on tho RON VIII,
AAd Intended the school the wear h,for. ,s
Pay scholars TOO old for the free form
We proved that this census roll had ma
caption Nou could not ten by LOADING AT
u 10 Mhai school II referred We pruv,l
al the roll was not signed hy any nno
i"H could not hive known Who WINS lts
u"Ntr we proved that It WAS not sworn
10 ny us maker or any ono else Tim law
is that all thcsc requirements Ia, "h
served Strange the, were moi esn,,i,li,
ON q ron increasing The scholastic pop,ln
'l"h hali OF he Old number sa, g,0 vor,
strange indeed
we were again greatly surprised when
y,,s,,,,ii...' "uNn announced that the in
non would close at the end of The
t''ou' day Notwithstanding Tim; hc IN
mad more than Toe names 10 ,r,..,,,. '''''
"'' W. were vigorously prntostine that fla.
u6'lHh be continued MIR Kin,
p."EH never inumated to us that he womb
'l'. NV, 'tdlr the entire list CHARGED ,,,
"a'h ia De illegal We had Mr. car
li' . assurance that il would be "thor-
oush and searching" ''''
W. hsion. desire tn saw that ,h.
EAGLE Pass school ccnsus y ,. ~
"''n l"t iro" wears ruI b. nov ANA ,h,t
7'liSi' 81 'ulhorsoN aud NayGnl1t. ~,
I'h'on ha" bee" called 20 the n.,t,er 'rba,.
VI" noi lar" INVESTIGATE The thing, n ,h,,
,''' 'l''E WIN 'nrri.t fheir hcuunuan un1
"'S iNN's' .sltrd iho hrst one thcv woull
wv 'u'Fl,ied ihe'r friends. and the, know
w. "'N'ifl 10Y thoF political friend. md,
rl'frimaros tc lustn irving TO sim t,t.
'"N'"i ~ Nlo1, hrd Nnur N;fle cnrrr.p,plcut
"lI Mhdt tr prul 70 bolster their etn..
ne present school crusu. Was taken I
am informed ny a AloNican. Jceus Gntn.7
ana nov hy the 1n91 whose namr e nj
ia'hed. II contains NgG nance. m, ..l,,oi
mas AN attendance of t10 pupils Wore IN Il,
census correct there would be- d. rs children
IN Eagle Pass entitled to cprnllu,cnt 10,
me school not attcuding one hundred mn,
hiiN are in Attendance II B. , fr,,,d 49,
II" iarH " those sac chidro1 w,rr in
M"s'' ass IN July 1896, they are there
nov ana 'aA he found An honest man
ought to hc ahlr 20 take tl, census MI
asFislod hy lho man who made II ,nJ hc
nhle IA Two DAYS time 10 Hrd ,hrsc obil-
dren verify ths ron and thus coudonn M.
i0r waklnr this accusations viii nay
MI fulborson Sloo To dcfrpy the ,xpe,.cs
OF any ha2r'' ran to do his wnre only
reGuiIgs that he permitted to send 4
man alone 20 seq the children
dGr, them defy them to accent TN.
chaliouyc
As citizens taxpayers and iatr,os Of thc
school We asked foi ~" arsr tnrosttc,-
ton We msdc Ch'rloN taha S227 away
rom them anI ma e. back into the STATE
treasury II 'ho school WINS entitled to mis-
money. why wac It withhold from NJ If n
was not entitled tc IT, what become, uf
Your charge tAol Tow sljSht md unin
ien'l9ral r1ors Vof discovered ana cor
rooted. hut the PATRIOTS pllceations uf
fraud fen to the Ground al ,hrIr own
weight In enc article your corrcs y I'D
Ont used the above lansuygc i'm IN. SEQ
ont plon mat he makes for tho def Hants
he adrl.ts that ni a." rs names th,t Wrrc
CHARGED 10 he Illegal hat sir lrlmhraurb
found Gi 90 De nad tina, tho inyestiultioo
caused The governor to pu' back iuto the
State TREASURY {a27 90 the ssnC that was
withheld No C..uc 20 Pad thr ccusus roll
OF a li'tle town oven 81 names at 345U-
AZ al tho childtt n money, \ forged war