The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-07
The Post Bureau.
Austin, Texas, April 9.

Austin, Texas, Aprit Y.
~,1ur over the Huntington grant bill
l''s ..r.Ued In the house today and lasted
~. IN the afternoon. The Kennedy
Wv ..,art and tho Powell substitute were
1000 and the bill, by vote of 20 to 80,
snally ordered engrossed In all Its mo-
,,v.bearing glory. During the discussion
,sotea BIZ its consideration. Mr.. Powell
~ =, ~ address prepared by the special
...so,,tee representing the city Of Galveston
3. r,.csmber and sent to the members OF
N, legislature prior to Its organization. In
-s,,b Il is stated that the only available
....r front on the island, outside OF that
..r,a by the wharf company and the Santa
:. Railway company. consists Of 300 acres
~. vest Of the wharf company's prop
III and that the State would be asked to
s,-,.nder It's rights therein to enable the
a, 10 establish free wharves and free ter
Finals.
rovpA RING THE ADDRESS with the bill
mich was now being pushed, the gentleman
,,,,r Ellis asked to be shown where the free
thar, and. terminal proposition outlined in
A. tcrmer came in at, and what had become
!, the promised safeguards aud limitations
/. nroteet the title the State was asked to
r,gruuish. But II was no use
rue HOUSE WAS DETERMINED to give
u, huntington anything no might ask for
u,der the guise of assisting in the Develop
Z usnt Of the port OF Galveston, and every
,nsndment designed to check his well
lawn propensity for acquiring exclusive
triyIeges was defeated. Mr.. Pitts made an
,,rpest appeal for further time on the bill.
,,o pointed out the danger OF hurriedly
Welding TO the demands OF the great boss
ID compliance with the prayers of an ex-
t.sd.ngly persuasive lobby. representing the
oily people In the State who are oily enough
10 send republican representatives to con-
tess and democratic representatives to tho
legislature and TO get what they may want
from both bodies.
The GENTLEMAN FROM HILL failed to DO
anything but amuse his colleagues however,
& for the majority of them had made up their
minds to blndly follow the trail OF the Cali
iornia lawmakers, who step by step delv-
sed their State over to the chief and only
Beneficiary OF the bill engrossed this even
Ing and enabled him to reign supreme ovei
he Pacific coast.
RON A HUNTINGTON STANDPOINT, Mr..
Whaess made magnificent speech, and II
nay be said without exaggeration that he is
mainly responsible for the large vote the
III received. He is an orator of no mean
power and talks with an air of sincerity cal
talitsd to "hoodoo" the unsuspecting and
ue uniformed, and It may be said, In
ru'n, that many members of the house be-
nns IN the latter category ms to this par
usuA measure. With regard to the Harris
ooniy representatives, Mr.. Browne voted
i'r every amendment designed to remove the
E'aopoly flavor from the bill, while Mr..
A'''sl voted exactly the other way.
'hERE WAS A QUORUM OF the senate pres
" today and much business was transact
'ssy that branch during the three hours 1t
vac In session. Among other things, 1t
issse' the remodeled Gulf, Beaumont ana
Aaasss City consolidation bill and adopted
aHsolution providing for sine die adjourn
nsns on April 20.
~ 'IioSD Katy consolidation bill, passed
~ ns governor, was not sent to the house
We senate today, although 1t was expect
aa' as soon as that body got down to
again 1t would forward the thing to
WYE across the way. With regard there
y a. sough. its author, stated this even
: 'aas ne had not yet determined what he
saa 10 about it; that he had Just returned
asl Zip to North Texas and had not yet
snzsd himself sufficiently with the
~. me land In the house at this time to
..s nlm In coming to conclusion In the
s' AR. Cough has. 1t is understood,
~ ~notner letter from Judge Reagon,
A''n 10 maintains, as on former occa-
w, mat there is nothing Objectionable in
aaV Dill As to the governors friends
a, ~ house, they are anxiously awaiting
WI arrival and are prepared to do 1t
pin short order.
- NEW Houston and Texas Central con-
~. su0n OIL was introduced In both houses
~ provides that the suits filed for
&. is'ure Of the charter of the Austin
a's'.d thereby.
d, SENATE COMMITTEE on towns and
S,, pofa'ions tackled the Dallas city
\, w. 0'A today and stood 8 to thereon.
vi. er' the chairman, cast the deciding
IA. favorable majority report, but
s.p,, ,s that be would offer amend
WI, , .S on the floor Of the senate pro-
In !, - .ne commission and other feat
nm. sae bill be submitted to the people
''l's for ratification.
s,s s.aslRRILL. speaker Of the house. re-
u, b,, rom Greenvile today. His atten.
s.ss ing been called to the announcement
II. p,,.' '.sraay by the speaker pro TEN.
lio, nv, mat In case the vetoed consolI-
sseh,,. should come up while he was 10
'sss i =. e would rule that it would take S.
IA. s. Pass such of them as had originated
ssinss over the governor Mr.. Sheriff.
p. 70 state what his opinion was about
sass,s1 merely smiled when the subject was
b. srsr. snc remarked that 1t would be
ips.a 10 erOss the bridge when i, was
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