The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-31

ne ipppy was next handled without
EioVos. that body OF men who swarmed
into the lobby In greater numbers than
mere are mon In the legislature These
men seeking 10 have laws passed which
are apparently harmless in themselves,
put which are insidious and dangerous to
n eAhtiiE laws on the statute book 80 that
tuo soou laws are repealed by construc-
.loh Hut you haven't got a half asleep
N'rutWe III your governors chair Cut
'orsoi is good lawyer and he has re-
! NratCdly vetoed tboec iusi,,;n,,, t,,,,,..,...
80 laws ''"'
, zen you about the prize fight 1t
'he o'egust fool thing 1t Is said that
sNc hoN'rhor paid two lawyers $1,000 Ia a
i"h"'lno"hor ease Well, III tell Won
HuNlraha mad great big flannolmouth
,Vlio" VINO claimed he could whip any
! hody and California had a staIwnrt tni
3 ~" 'olied Gentleman jim; he was a plug
from l'luerillo These two fellows wanfcd
10 i'Eht In no foreign country could they
iInd place TO pun on this bout. /, ,vns
asalnSi the laws. 1t was against the law
VI M'NNo' II was against the law In all tho
'ul'cu states; they couldn't oven fight in
Arkansas lint these folks in nallns
'pouEhl they could pull the WOO, over Tho
eyes OF HE young Christian governor az
lh'y ueriNNely call him they thought he
was Nnung man who would shin around
s,un'p uNo a cat squirrel. but they were
ml|aken ~ their man.
NuineiSon Issued proclamation that
,h' tlEhi should not come off In To>na
hu' thrN. won't ahead aud hulit pavilion
g. US these whole grounds mud every
"ld hlue hat, disrcputnblc gambler ana
! manipulation Of the ohir in The whole conn
! trN was hustltnE to ret n tirlsot far nal
'aa' hea The Dallas gamblers proceeded
( w 'u"h up so-calcd prizo tiehi butwrcn
/ NV" 'ouhrate r'ugh that couldn't intc;-
! eN' "us poiN' hut the two plugs wore ar
/ rested, and then they sued our ,yrit ,f
| iabcas corpus and Judge Hurt nrnrntiv
/ nrih thai the prize Fight law WAS unron
/ siliuuonal The host LAWYERS In Tho |
| N"Uif} were SuaAcd on the side of TN, /
/ ptl@e lighters. ana the governor seeing |
/ mat IN" Hsue was to be pressed ia n fln
'9" vuilrd ON my firm and asked what No |
""ulu 'harEc to represent the stat, ANA |
we iiNfd our fee at $210o. and it was 81 ,.i /
fpc'lnhle toc Had II been iwlre thnf IN.
Would hive pal It We were oirerr1
" n,, lh'l SUM on the other side Yon
an Know the result. The prigc fight
dld"'i couio oil In Texas and the A,,atraj
,oil aud gentleman Jim had 20 40 over mo
mexico hnd hide In a CANYON ia nu,ch
each others heads.
NOW the cost of calling the legislature
ana an OF the other cvpeusc a,no,,,,..1 t |
iust cent per capita Now If therc T..
any on sore headed lclcLor horc who is
EltNlnf about The enormous rxprpsn M
,n4' Ir'Ic irhl business VIII stcp up here
III pa} him his cent"
Nv i.""t3 question was nest discussed
asked for nt,y man ,cbr mi i ,'nVl
i'm his pocket 4, snnnlt an, 'a ''''p'
swercd This tbcn =. ,h ',,, ~
measure. Now how many ~ ,,, ,, W.
slleor dollar answer" In response ia the
shout u ave-" he snld And that Is one
ui the democratic measures
''\Vc want ma so. l ,,, 49,,
y,e roinrd from tg}l ~ ia '',a, ,in,
our f,ali,,e tnn b,a,, t H. V ,u''"' .. |
liEhi enough TOR general use. that win bpv
too cents worth OF goods
"tp to lN13. when silver was STRICKEN y
dawn / as , f..,,, t,tt , 81, ',n j
and silver and INV hoad and lndniu. n :
th,re ia n f,,,, b,,,L ,,.',tI',,' ,,as g
INV. a,n.t l,,,ou, 80 ' N''"' '''"'" n
Hero he road the low of t7o9 in r,fnrorco /"
tn forei,n coin ''tt stood far ohnu, otvtv VI
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