The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-26
After the reading Of the above Mr.. Bli

spoke ag INST the motion TO rarpie'
| Fisher asked II the majority wouii agree
| not to more the previous question, woniu
| the minority agree not 10 hloNe YAH VI
! the house ,.,
Blair--Ve will not throw away the little
| rnifa we have We will never consent to
such bill as the one proposed by Evans
OF Hunt ,,
Wolters replied that as Mr.. Blair hao
stated t,e minority would never consent 10
,ha Eva,s measnre there was a gulf be-
tween mo two factions thet could lnt be
hridged and he urged the friends of the
Mn IN die in The last ditch. ana let the
nao,le xnoy who wah responsible for the
res,llta,t obstruction OF legisla'ion
Evan, OF Hunt followed with nesu.,orS
talk. n the conclusion OF ~rich tie ~ -
enro,,rced that he would hencelor'n paro's
,o member without unanimous consent, ana
mot f,rther discussion would be oohnie'
within parliamentary pounus. ,,,s ao.
,,,,tion IN excuse the absentees was de-
nv a vote of ~ TO i3, aud the nou'''
Of a. took a recess for an honr'
The house was called to order asain al
1910 and the following resu.u''o Of Iii,r
Inv Negsrs Seabury, Evans vi iiul ~
iiebsr Shelburne and Wolters, was reau
Wbareas IL appears from the report U.
,,a sorgennt at arms that the said sergeant
NJ arms of this house. Mr.. j. o. pusss
was ON the afternoon OF February "a 80,
while in the. lawful discharge oil ms uut,ss
forcihIv resisted by one Marion Robertson
~ o ,' s,tennt tn execute a lawful warrant
issued Inv the speaker of this house lor the
arrest of Hon. J. ID. Rudd. a member OF
his house. and that said Robertson ny
such forcible resistance prevented Inc eA
ecutlon of such warrant and the arrest Vi
the said Hon. ]. u. Rudd; ana
Whereas. The said reported vloieht con-
duct of said Robertson constitutes preach
of the privilege of this house, and a con
tempt of this house in and against 'he
nerson of an officer thereof, lawiully act
ing under it's authority; therefore pc II
Resolved. by the house of representa-
tivos, That the speaker be and is hereby
authorized and requested TO ISSUE luI
with a warrant for the arrest OF tue sau'
Marion Robertson, directed and placed N
the hands Of the proper officers and re-
ti,rnablo iustanter. that the said Robertson
nay be brought before the bar OF this
house 10 SHOW cause why he should not oe
dealt with according to law for his saiu
contempt. ,.,
A second reading of the above having
been called for, Mr. Plar Objected thereto.
and MIR. Seabury moved tii~ second
reading be had, upon which Mr.. bar
moved call of the house which was or
dered The roll was called and the ioi.
lowing were absent without leave; I'M OF
Gonzales, Logan, Rudd, Vaughan OF
hNtudluIt
VOTERS moved that the house be at ease
until s a. m.
Blair objected and made the point OF
order that the rules did not permit such
motion
The speaker held that in the absence OF
rule he would hold that motion to
he at ease is not in order and can not he
considered except by unanimous consent.
Seabury moved that for the purpose OF
protecting the officers OF H. house and
enforcing the warrants of th,s house that
the absentees be excused.
Blair made a point of order that the
absentees could not be excused for single
purpose He further stated that Mr.. Rob
crison is consumptive and is In san
Marcos for his health.
VOTERS said this house is not responsible
for the i'll health of the gentleman. II
the sergeant at arms was interfered with
by MIR. Robertson, the latter should be
made to suffer for it,
The speaker overruled the point of order
and the motion to excuse the ahsentees FOR
the purpose Of voting on the Seabury res
| oluti0n vas put
| On a vote the absentees were not ex-
| cused-yoasG0, nays 81.
| The Speaker-The chair will state that
| it is his purpose TO see that the sergca.t
at arms is supported in serving the .'rt-
cesses from this house and tomorrow morn
| ing the chair himself will make afida''t
before The proper authorities in this city
| and have the offending party arrested Tho
| chair will state further that the chair can
not issue warrant for the arrest of any
person except by lrde- CT the house, but
the chair proposes ID support the sergeant
at arms regardless of consequences ans
| regardless Of the wishes " this house
He wa.s frequently interrupted with APP
plause.
I,tg m
Childs' bill regarding divorces, Turner
| moved to substitute the words "habitual
drunkenness" instead of continual drunk
enness." Tho bill was ordered engrossed.
At II 80 Welohs bill to prevent the black
listing OF railroad and other employees was
tal'en up and excited considerable opposi-
ton, Dickinson of Webb fighting it with
some bitterness, Messrs. Browne and Hol-
land seconded Mr.. Welch in advocating its
Massage. Likewise Messrs. Love and Evans
of Hunt.
At 1910 "a. m, February &c, Wolters
moved to excuse the absentees on the call
of the house ordered on the resolution of
fered by seabury, providing for a warrant
Tor the person who resisted the efforts OF
me sergeant at arms TO arrest absent mem-
ters.
blair said the members Of the house are
wiiiiT to support the officers Of the house
and call of the house was Withdrawn.
The resolution was read a second time
and adopted
AZ 1;i5 O'Clock the filihusters were
caught mapping by Neighbors He moved
lhat the house stand at ease un-
~ o'clock There was no OBJ
lection heard and the speaker declared
onlectton heard and the speaker declared
me mouse at ease, pending business being
the blacklist hill
Austin. Texas, February 26-At Q o'clock
TINS morning many members OF the house
gre asltep about the floor, while others are
enjoying themselves singing.
Hiied ON the SANTA Fee.
wore City, Texas February 2i.-Yester-
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