The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-29
AFTERNOON SESSION

M lERNO'fN SESSION.
AZ the afternoon session. on motion Of
Doyle. the regular order was suspended to
pass Col4uirs bil validating the iacor-
poraton of towns and villages heretofore
regularly Incorporated fou free 3, hood uir-
poses having within thclr limits towns i'm
oornrratct Cor municipal purposes which
laticr had ceased to exercise their nnc-
tiGns ass such or which had not assumed
control Of the public schools within their
limits. and to provide TINT uoh towns
and villnges incorporated for tree nchool
PURPOSES shah have exclusive control Of
the puolc free school within their limits
Other attempts Yaro mad. TO suspend the
regular order but without success a0d
Holland OF l,urrs suggested that ouough
Tine had already been lost IN duatory
mo lpns auc that ihc proper thing to do
would be to proceed with the fellow SER
want hill, which was pointing business
Randolph called up senate concurrent
resolution providing Tor sine die adIouru-
Wrpt ON May !. VOTERS Jffored an
m'nimcnt changing the date to May TO-
Love opposed setting ANY dag Tor ad
journmoht uutE the platform demands had
been disposed or II the ohstruoti onists
would come forth aud face the .,ue like
mon, it would be cay enough to get
through in ten days
Carpenter maintained that uuduo haste
10 the natter OF Adjournment was fraught
with cvil and fun OF menace for the dom
ocrauc party
Dies offered a substitute for the VOTERS
amendment fixing May as the date for
Adjournment.
Holland Of Harris supported pies sub
sulute ana iutnmatod that tho legislature
IA IAa H.. 4-.,
OF it In two days now II IL would qnit in
dulging in almlcss talk.
Burns opposed the early Adjournment
proposition bocause tho appropriation bill
could not be- disposed OF by the date sus
goSted.
iiaaiolph said his constituents ala not
expect him 10 stay here for the purpose
OF making record clamoriug for the
passage Of platform demands,
Tracy said his people we're tired OF the
legislature and that he was Tired OF stay
INK here himself
Rriganro opposed setting day for al
journmsnt until all tho revenue bills have
hron disposed Of He was as anxious to
30 homo as my man on the floor but there
were some important matters vet to be-
disposed Of before dissolving thu session
Speaker nashiell took the foor aud called
tho houses attention to the fact that for
two mouths he had been showing platform
demands at H. He aid not claim that the
rohiStriciiuE hill thu Wayland ice hill or
| the fellow servant bill were strictly IN
conformity with the platform. but no had
presumed that il they wore not the house
has sufficient intelligence 10 make thnln
conform. n ho had been mlataken. the
house had hcucr adjourn and go homo
and admit lts ncapacity 10 perfect legisla.
/ llon AS promised hy the democratic cnnveu.
| ton. Some OF the remarks made I'm sup
/ port OF the aIinuWupsgpt y 4
1 seemed 10 reflect upon the chair. and he
! wanted to meet the issue squaroly and
rhalithse any ono 10 say that he had been
+ uerelict In his duty. He wanted 10 aerve
I notice that he proposed TO continue to sub
in't platform demands until the sound OF
! 'he SaNoi was heard for the last time Some
! gentlemen had said that they were tired
OF nearing tho cry Of platform demands"
/ Rlght there ho wanted to say that certain
1 elements had been at work during the
session to defeat platform demands. Enc.
mics OF tho rcdistricting bill had traded
w'ui enemies OF the fec bill, and enemior
OF tho Fec bill had traded with enemies OF
the fellow servant bill aud colludsd with
| opponents Of the Insurance tax bill to de-
teal NOSE measures and put the democratic
| party IN hole. He had been criticised
Tor certain Inconsistencies In his rulings.
nut he wanted TO say that he had less re-
| snnct for precedent ard parliamentary
mar splitting than he has for common
sense. He had us much respect for the
rights OF tho minority as anybody. but
| he proposed 10 see, "a far was In his power
that the majority should not be prevented
| from carrying out the platform
He admitted in answer to questions that
he had brcn part OF the minority which
defeated the fee bill In the Twcnty-four
legislature but insisted that II was not A
platform demand and said that he had not
traded with opponents OF other bills to ac.
oompllsh his purpose. He believed IL to be
to large extent claptrap. but since the
platform demanded fee reform he proposed
that the house should take the responsible
ity OF either passing or killing fee bin
Woltera had no criticism to make OF the
remarks INDUCED in by the speaker He
was not responsible for his conduct to the