The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-31
! The CAPITAL CITY
stafford Proposes . Bill that win
Meet Hearty Opposition.
! mtD OF 4 NEW CONSTITUTION
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In Texas. December so.-of the
Nils the introduction of which ut
spproaching session of the legislature
,rom what has been said for publica-
" members elect of that body, the an
S,sted one which Senator Sebastian has
-...ryo will be sure TO stir things up.
orrectly reported the gentleman from
.<ns county proposes to undertake to
~ the repeal OF section 8. article ll9i,
Az Revised Statutes of 1895. which au-
AIS persons contracting in writing to
sofn an obligation TO waive their right
I. sued only in the county OF their res
"a. hot fight was had over a bill
~ character In the Twenty fourth leg
.sre and the majority by which 1t
defeated was very small. 1t was at
time contcmptliously referref to by
ocpanents as "a bill for the relief Of
<ntry lawyers it being charged that
purpose Of its author was to divide
litigation which is now almost exclu-
Nh confined TO the larger cities. Dallas
San Antonio. owing to the large
0BUt OF DuSlupSS uCIle III
NJ would be most affected by the pas
y Of such bill, although the other big
hmercial centers would in certain
sasnre find II necessary to change some
their methods of doing business should
Escape decapltation. In support Of tie
it Is advanced THAT as matters rtangl
persons who by force OF circumstances
compelled to 80 in debt for agricultural
chinery, supplies and the like, are forced
greater expense than they can boar when
becomes necessary to litigate In the
mlises owing to their distance from the
nnty In which the venue of the suit lies
oontract. and that as result Judgment
often taken by default against them
SUBSEQUENT forced surrender OF val
Ae rights.
THE coLoRED UNIVERSITY.
y, H. Broyles. professor of mathematics
tbs Prairie View normal school, who
here today to attend the meeting of
sred educators. called for the purpose of
king action in the matter of securing
slslative aid for the establishment OF
colored university provided for in the
stttution. was Interviewed by The Post
respondent as follows:
VIII your O0-TGSOl1l1b
ad1ourn as usliAI?"
don't know. We are only here to
ye our people, hoping to be means Of
npraging the industry. stimulating the
fnlity, Strengthening the mentality and
sntfng the morality Of those whom we
pc. II In any Of these we can be in
amental in the least, we can feel q
pc of pride in that we have done a
Y something toward promoting the cltI-
Whip of the State and consequently ad-
cling the civilization OF the times"
What do you think OF Booker Wash
BON and his methods of educating your
n"
ptpitak To my mind Mr.. Washington
May the most unique citizen in America.
is not only Let most popular and de-
fsdly the foremost American OF coiUr,
as man OF affairs he ranks among
few largely successful business men
ne country. A man who, with only his
given talents, can build UP such an
Mutton for good as he has reared in
Mama In the last seventeen years Is
Riy Misunderstanding an admiration
II to reverence. The impressions which
Y to this opinion however. are those
kch I get as view him not upon the
ichts to which he has attained. but IN
sdepths from which he came. But sup
xA all the teachers OF colored youth in
nerica for the last thirty three years
a had as clear foresight. as accurate
1sment, as much common sense and had
INched with such prophetic utterances as
Washington. and suppose they had
bought along the same lines as he does,
zsoning upon the strength of union bas-
Inference upon consequent results, i'm
Natlon and other agencies promoting
selogeneity of citizenship being as they
Asa 49, Tsw..I..
Pana on every plantation in the South
)1d in every factory in the North / NEAR
express an opinion-which Is my con
raon-the reasonable inference of which
that. were 1t possible to so change tn,
pAcy Of all the schools In which coloret
NH are now Instructed in America a!
hxe them modelled after Mr.. Washing
20 school, thirty three years hencs Their
Qud be in this country ten million able
1AtsA machinists and tradasmen OF tn
@ro race. Under such conditions tn
xAral sequence In the struggle for exist
~ would be the precipitation of com
nifty conflicts between the races. VIVA
ed naturally follow tho horrors Of his
NJ tell"
Then you do not think that the polio
maintaining only trade schools for YOU
- will produce the best results?"
y believe we ought to have as man
- schools as the judgment Of the bss
freest thought of the times Nigh
nate as being instrumental in promotln
greatest happiness and evolving tn
snest possible state OF usefulness on tn
q those TO be affected"
what will your committee demand
kgislature?"
We Will demand nothing. We are
nparatively helpless race Properl
iy,rx 49, .lA,xS and
only petition. II the legislature an
1s Of the far seeing fathers of the CON
Rfalth, we can hope for hearing;
y We can hope for nothing
NEEDS OF THE NEGRO.
fM p. l.. Blackshear, president OF II
sne View normal school. was here toda
9e purpose Of filing his annual r.
Nth the State supertntendent OF publ
roctiop. He points out that the grea
need Of he Texas negro ls good comme
~, which can not be obtained witho
neE OF character and experience
mem and says there Is danger
lng an injury to the negro schools
more attention to industrial thi
aagogic training at Prairie View. {
w tia proposition to Increase the nun
Mate appointments to Prairie Vie
afshap from forty-nine to ITO and
.!se sppointees to pay two-fifths
expenses. The aid which has be-
ssc from the Peabody fund 10 high
PFeiAted. he says.
A NEW CONSTITUTION.
~ Thomas o. Murphy. mesnber-ele