The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-20
A the Proposed Antitrust Law by Com
n1ittees of Both Houses.
VERY IMPORTANT AMENDMENT OFFERED
Will Be Reported to the HouseSenate NAV Also
Seek to Have an Important Condition Attached to the
Bill Before Its Passage.

lions or understandings, whether made
IN or out of Texas il to be executed.
performed or applied in whole or in mari
IN Texas; but 1t is not to be so construed
as TO amply to such above contracts
agreements and UNDERSTANDINGS made
elsewhere. and to be executed and per-
FORMED wholly outside of Texas and With
respect OF commodities and property
situated without this State
Amend section by adding after thu
word persons" in line 81, page 8, the
Following: Made in or out Of Texas TO
be executed, performed or applied A
whole or in part in Texas"
THE RAILROAD CONsoLIDAToRs re-
turned to the assault in the house this
evening and once more undertook to get
action on one OF the reformed bills which
has been introduced since the governor
set them back notch or two. MIR.
Stewart moved to suspend the regular
order to set the Houston and Texas
Central bill for mex. Tuesday evening.
whereupon Mr. Garner made the point
of order that said bill contained the
substance of bill previously considered
Mt this session and could not therefore
be brought before the house second
time. The point was overruled. Mr.
Smith of Grayson made the point of
order that this being senate bill day
the regular order could not be suspend
ed for the purpose of setting house
bills. The chair declined to rule on
this, and passed II ZIP to the house to
decide. whereupon the Stewart motion
was defeated, through failure to receive
the necessary two -thirds vote. With re-
gard to the Garner point OF order, the
speaker (Mr Sherrill stated to The
Post correspondent tonight that he had
overruled 1t simply because he did not
consider it in order on a simple motion
to set bill and that Mis- ruling in this
case was not necessarily an indication
of what he would hold should the point
be made on the bill II It Is ever laid be-
fore the house.
THE HOUSE today rather carelessly tossed
upon the table subject to call motion
no doubt done in ignorance of the fact
that the comptroller has notified the
chairman of both finance committees that
the appropriation for per diem is about
exhausted. Said appropriation was made
on the basis OF ninety day session and
amounts to $4,000. The session is al
ready 100 days old and is being prolonged
at cost OF s605 per day. and the balance
on hand amounts to but $4,000, with a
number of uncashed warrants outstand-
ing, so that il the legislature proposes
to stay here any longer it will have tc
set aside another slice OF the peoples
money with which to pay board and
wash bills. unless it proposes to tarry
in Austin without pay.
THE FOLLOWING FRIENDS of the
Greenwood libel bill held a caucus this
evening, over which Mr.. Garner pre-
sided: Thomas of Fannin, Meitzen
Monroe, Terrell. Wilrodt Murray, Dies
Mcfarland, Collins, MeAnally. Green
wood, Jones, Clemens and Adams. Th'
following were appointed to prepare sucf
amendments to the bill as might be con
sidered necessary. Thomas of Fannin
Adams, Monroe, Greenwood. Garner, Kit
trell and McAnally. An agreement wa
had to meet again tomorrow night u
hear from said committee and to pre-
mare a plan for obtaining immediate
action on the bill.
THE GOVERNOR today signed the bill
creating a purchasing agencfor the stat
eIeemosynary institutions; also the bill
changing the time of holding court u
the Thirty.sixth judicial district. In
Huntington grant bill reached him thi
evening.
THE REPORT Of the free conference CON
mittee recommending that the shannon
amendment to the Texas and New or
leans consolidation bill be reoedcd iron
was received In both houses today an
ordered printed in the journal ana actio
thereon postponed. 1t will be tough
in the house.
1T is UNDERSTOOD that tho senate com
mittee to which the antitrust bill va
referred will recommend that it be r
amended as 10 provide that 1t shall nc
20 iato effect before January next. B
so doing control thereof should It's pass
age prove as detrimental as predicted
can be retained. as It is generally under
stood that there will be an extra sessio
about that time. at which it could easil
be repealed.
PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.
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