The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-18
|THE GOVERNOR TALKS
statement of Facts to the People of
Texas
/ prGAPDlNG GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
| A Showing That Every Loyal Texan
Can Feel Proud Of
;APDlNG GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
regardless OF PARTY VIEWS
something for the kickers and snariers
10 chew On During the Balance
of This Year.
.,,a pconle of Texas:

,rx1h
m, administration was charged with the
,opduc, Of the State government, and u
sincere appreciation of your confidence
induces me, for my associates and my
s,f to make you a general statement of
be more important operations of the
oyslative and executive departments dur
nc that period
Many laws enacted by the Twenty
ourth legislature are OF exceptional value
nd will materially contribute to the pub
ic welfare Among those CT general bene-
4 and with reference to which no de-
allied statement need be made Is that
egrlating contested elections. which, be-
des providing for the trial of the right
nd fraudulent removal of county seats
nd the consequent destruction of public
nd individual rights. The law regulating
Urinary elections, which will tend to
reserve the integrity of the primaries;
he revision Of the civil and penal codes,
Ehich will put Ill the laws in cheap and
ompact form; the laws making occupa-
ion taxes uniform by imposing them
non insurance agents and better ascer-
Inning the class of merchants; the fish
nd oyster law, which has arrested the
holesale destruction of the food fish and
aturai oyster beds on our coast; the laws
oualizlng the burden of taxation by levy
" II upon National bank and treasury
otes and the gross receipts of express
ompanies. and the law giving to the col
red people the management OF their
choos by the election of colored trns-
res.
rer several lines of railway and was
pst, damaged or delayed, the owner was
bmpelled, at his peril. to discover on
hat road the loss. damage or delay oc-
hlTed before recovery could he had.
he hardship Of this rule is manifest for
be facts in such cases are peculiarly
thin the knowledge of the railway com
anies and corrospondingly difficult to he
btained by the shipper. 1t has according
been changed. by law so that now In
hse of through freight in this State all
bilroads over which it passes are made
Pnnecting lines. each the agent of the
her, and either ls responsible to the
hiprer for damages and in turn wien
rec from negligence IT can recover from
be company on whose road the damage
las actually done.
from first TO last railway companies
ave Wronefully appropriated probably
n million acres of land belonging to the
iplic Within the past four years judy
Penfs for two millon acres OF this land
ave been rendered in favor of the state.
mere any OF the balance has passed Into
e hands Of actual settlers or innocent
urchasers considerations of equity as
Ell as sound public policy suggested
at the title he validated. reserving the
sht to recover the remainder, and this
as done by the act approved April G
t5. ''''''' o.
The Confederate Home was formerly
ppor'od by fees received from several
'a'e departments. AS these fees were
Ver'ain and varied in amount from time
''ihe' the efficient maintenance of the
''"e was doubtful and precarious. BY
act OF tho last legislature all question
removed and the home ,has been estab-
"e' upon permanent basis by appro-
'a''on from tho general revenue where
sapIed veterans Of the Confederacy nre
herously provided for.
among OF hprg ;u.N a,,;t,, ,,ar,,I.
o'h the operation of trusts and conspira-
against trade. one OF these is tho
''ic'ai Increase or malntainance of
'oeS' INC other is the concentration of
''"ess' throwing many out of employ
"' 'hhs continuing even legitimate
V''S 10 Few and creating colossal for
recognizing their injury to the
ave inc act of March 30, 1889, was
''eu 10 suppress them This law was
"'"ueu' broadencd and strengthened by
act approved April 30. 1895. ana the
IA" heen wholesome. The insurance
'S' mas publicly announced It's dissolu.
"' inc cotton seed trust has been de-
oS'o and an oil trust is now in the
s"eS or the law. To those who decry
passage and enforcement OF such laws
'' serious words OF Associate Justice
own Of the supreme court of the
''u states, the most thoughtful and
"oSophic member of that great tribunal,
''h'nended' Worse than this how
- Is the combination of corporations
called trusts to limit production.
competition and monopolze the nee
cares Of life. The extent to which this
already been carried is alarming,
sNent to which IT may hereafter be
- revolutionary. Indeed, the evils
aggregated wealth are no where seen
"oIe odious form. If no student can
NJ MS lamp without paying tribute to
ipahy' If no housekeeper can buy
s1"u oil meat or sugar without swell
Wv receipts Of two or three all pervad-
Ns's' what is to prevent the entire
industry of the country be-
Us ultimately absorbed by a hundred
aHue corporations?''
Is well known that the heaviest
ses against the State in the matter
are those paid as fees in felony