The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-16
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The Post Bureau.
Austin. Texas, March IS
MR. LINN SECURED CONSIDERATION from
the senate today for his bill validating an
ordinance OF the city council OF Galveston
closing the streets and alleys on ten block
OF ground fronting on the bay sad relil-
gushing to C. p Huntington such rights
and title as the State may have In said
ground and passed II under suspension of
rules. In doing this. however. hs eacoun-
tered the vigorous opposition CT Mr.. Greer
whip contended that u the State had any
title to the lots in question said tide Is
vested in the permanent scaool fund ana
can not be parted with b. Legislative grant.
in reply. Mr. Linn said that II was his
opinion that the state had nothing but a
riparian right to rellnquish in this Instance
and that said right was all that his bin
eought to transfer to Mr.. Huntington. M
Burns spoke in favor OF the bill and urged
its passage on the ground TINT 1t would
hasten the enlargement OF Galvsstoa's
wharf facilities. In the development OF
which the entire Transmississippi country
is interested and there is little doubt but
that 1t was the belief that It was so
framed as to aim ut nothing else that the
sona;e swallowed 1t SO gracefully.
THE FACT REMAINS, nevertheless. thar
those who voted for It are Just as much In
the dark now as to the reason for which
Il they were asked TO relinIulsh the States
rights In the preniscs-aithough 1t Is as
serted by the makers Of the request that
there arc no rights of that character in
exstence-as they were when the bill was
q first called TO their notice. To help the bill
n along. as 1t were. its friends submitted
4 TO the adoption Of an amendment giving the
Il railroad commission control Of the charge
4 to be made for wharfage by MIR. Huntington
Il after be constructs docks and warehouses
Il on the lots turned ever to him mindful of
n the fact that said control practically
n amounts to nothing. established as 1t is
n over something which in majority OF
81 cases forms but part of an interstate or
IA international rate. An amendment conpell-
81 ing Mr. Huntington to open his wharves -
n ell lines. rail or water. terminating in Gal
y weston Oh terms to be mado by the co H.
" mission would have been more to the point;
= but It was not offered
THIS WAS HOUSE BILL DAY in the senate
N and the reverse in the house. The former
81 body cleared the presidents table of avery
~ house bill resting there, dieposng OF pine
81 teen. The house worked pretty fast, also,
S% but did not do quite as well, Considerable
~ time was wasted in exchanging compliments
III over the bill to exempt lawyers as wsli as
rs doctors from the payment of an occupation
!# tax and much eloqucncc was turned loose
ri In discussing the constltutionality Of a bill
81 (Which was finely killed. appropriating
"a certain amount to pay tax sssHssors for the
'# collection OF agricultural statistics several
# years ago before the discovery WAS made
M that authority for compeasatirs them for
'% dsine this work had been dropped from the
statutes when they were last revised
TOMORROW Is, THE LAST DAY lsft the
|I# governor In which u dispose of the bill aa-
M thorizing the Houston and Texas Central
E Railway cornpeny to absorb the Austin and
~ Northwestern and ether short roads, but no.
81 body has yet succeeded IN extracting any
HM thing from him that would indicate what
H his decision in the premises will be.
&1TlE SENATE PROPOSES tomorrow TO take
IA up its appropriation bin and to continue
& its consideration until 1t is finally disposed
N of. knowledge of this has increased til,
M restiessness of the house and moved several
ID OF Its members to go into the sine die ad
M journment resolution business again in the
81 hope of stirring up its finance committee
IA and inducing it to mako haste with its bill
# The proposition is now to adjourn finally
on some date between April / and Is.
#rTIE FRIENDS of the Dallas charter amend
81 n ent bill have determined il possible to
W secure a suspension OF the rules so as 10
lW bring Il up either tomorrow or Friday so as
WI TO avoid having the quorum broken on them
'# Saturday Qocal bill day. on which il Is
3% hard to hold members who bsva - ,...t
x bills in hand to hold them. aud ON whi,h
Is 1t is generally pretty easy for determine
VA and well organized opposition such as has
developed with regard TO this measure {,
impede legislation.
GERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE are
' developing a reprshensihle penchaut for
obtaining notorlety out of the Hogg fee BY
attaching their names TO all sorts OF resoiu
lH tiors with regard thereto. Several OF tse
M resolutions were sent In this evening for
rt& the ostensible purpose Of forcing the issus
:, but the thinness OF this explanation is 70,
Nh apparent, as everybody knows that th
/, mouse can. without going out of its way.
~ meet II whenever 1t feels so disposed By
.acking either the Kittrsll bill or the
odell-Hanger resolution.
HE GOVERNOR this evening approved tn;
,st Following bills; Requiring city and county
!, treasurers to report the condition OF sinking
W and interest funds to the comptroller
= changing the time for holding elections OF
80 school trustees 10 the first Saturday in
H. April. terms OF those elected TO begin on
III the first Of May. and the trustees to be d.
Itt vided into three classes. whose terms shall
u DO determined by lot and who shall hold