San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-17
CULBERSON SLIPPING.
If He PROPS UP FOR 0. S. SENA.
TOR, BEWARE.
The New Election and Ballot Law Which
Will More Than Likely Be Adopt.
ed l. Legislative Gossip.
Special Wire To Sunday Light.

| Friday afternoon was until Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, ut which time
the vote for governor and lieutenant
governor will be counted.
| Today the members spent the day
| in laying around the two chambers
and talking with one another. There
were few committee meetings, but
nothing of any Importance marked
the day. The members will all be
on hand Monday morning and will
| participate in the joint session to
count the vote for governor and lieu
tenant governor.
| There is Il feeling of unrest already
developing in the legislature and it is
attendant upon Il feeling on the part
of the new members that they are be-
| ing sent down on Il siding for while
ut least. In the House the feeling is
arising over the appointment of COM
mttpcS. some of the members not be-
! ing satisfied with the appOrtiOnment
and there are strong indications that
| they intend to make Il row in the near
| future every time the opportunity Of
| fcrS. There is also some feeling be-
| ing engcndcred by the ultra ecOno-
miStS and ii may be that the line will
he closely drawn on them early in the
action with the object of knocking
them entirely out of the ring. Taking
ii all in all the House is ut present not
| in an entirely harmonious condition.
Yesterday morning the House COM
mittcC on revenue had Il meeting and
agreed to report favOrably on the
| House bill. No. 10. the same being
Robbins bill to transfer to the gcner-
nj revenue account the unCNpended
| balance Of the United States direct
tax fund remaining i'm the state treas
ury on the md day of March. 1897,
the same to he used in the payment
of the current expenses of tn" state
government.
| In talking among the legislators a
peculiar condition of affairs exists.
| This peculiar state of affairs is none
other than that many of the sOlons
have absolutely no use for Governor
| CulbersOn. II is really surprising to
hear some of them talk on the quiet.
| They say that they would not have
supported him this time for governor
| but for the fact that he was the NOM
ineC of the party and that he had bet
ter not try for the United States SEN
atOrShip as he will certainly be knock
ed out then. That in case he runs
for that position he will be seeking it
on his own hook and will not be call
ed there by his party, which will re-
| lievc them from any responsibility in
| the matter of supporting him. or
course the governor has some staunch
| friends in the legislature and while
none of the legislators or rather very
| few of them. are OutspOken against
him. it is wonderful as to the number
that will "cuss' him out on the quiet.
| Many Of the old members who are
rather prone to talk about him say
| that he has not enough get-up about
| him to suit them: that during the 9th
legislature they repeatedly asked him
what Kind of legislation he wanted
on certain matters and invariably he
| would not answer them. This eSpe-
| cially was the case in the matter OF
| the fee bill in the oath. The members
who were working for this bill did
| their best to solve the problem and
asked the governor what he wanted.
| His reply invariably was that they
must 20 back and try again and that
| he had no suggestions TO make. This
lack of decision on his part disguised
the members. Many of the old and
not Il few of the new members say
| that the young governor will not
seems as though they have been read
reach the United States senate. 1t
| ing the hand writing on the wall
The election bill introduced i'm the
| House by Representative Ward. of
| Travis, Friday. is most excellent
| measure and has many redeeming
qualities in its general make up. The
bill is too long for anything like an
exhaustive review of it, but among
the principal features to be noted are
that the bill provides that all party
organizations shall present to the
county commissioners court at least
thirty days prior to the day of cleo
ton the list of candidates they want
to run for the respective offices, duly
sworn to by authorized party officials.
In case any one desires to run as an
independent candidate he shall like
wise present his name to the commits
siOners thirty days previous to the
election. After all names are in the
commissioners shall meet fifteen days
before the election and pass on all
nominations and settle all contests for
positions on the ticket. After having
done this they shall then arrange and
have printed the official ballot. That
ballot shall be the only one voted at
any election and it shall be arranged
so that the party casting the largest
vote at the previous election shall be
first and so on down the list. In vOt-
ing this ballot, in case any one wants
to vote a straight ticket all they will
have TO do is to make a cross Mt the
head of that ticket and it will be
counted and he need not erase any
| other ticket on the blanket form, as
only the ticket with the mark at its
/ head will be counted. In case he
wants to vote a scratched ticket he
must 60 down the line and place a
cross opposite the name of each man
he wants TO vote for In other words
no name or ticket viii be counted I'M
| less there is a cross opposite IT, This