Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-01-14
II Contains no Sensational Features
aud Is a General Review
Past Years.
REFERS TO DECISION
OF JUDGE MCCORMICK.
In This Partlof Ills Message the GOV.
ernor Shows Some Temper
Tax LeVles Receive
Attention.


* legislature got down to business yester
day and received the governors message
In the senate the various committee,
-. were appointed and the house elected
" the remaining officers as follows: Chap
K lain Rev. Mr. Gatlin; journal clerk,
Marshall Buney; assistant journal
clerk, J. @. Robertson.
Immediately the governors message
was sent In and read to the assembled
lawmakers. The readers OF the docu.
ment, as is the case with all reading
I. clerks,attended strictly TO their business,
that Is, IN reading what was laid before
them. Therefore. not one member In n
dozen could digest the executive docu.
ment hs it was being read, aud therefore
opinions on IL airs scarce. When il ap.
pears IN the journal or newspapers. they
will be able to pass Judgment upon 1t.
The following resolution by Mr Nor.
ris was unanimously adopted in the sen.
ate yesterday by rising vote:
Resolved, that when the senate nd.
journs To-Day that such Adjournment 10
= a. a mark Of resu.cJ 20 the memory of
General W. II Mabry and those other
gallant officers aud men who laid down
their lives for their country in tho ~.
cent war with spai,, and nl,o. asa
s mark Of respect ANA sympathy of this
n body with tho families 81 such deceased
p, soldiers q Texas
There are really no sensational tent
nres IN she message, though the gov.
q ernor on two or three occasions ui. IL
C shows the least temper one of these
2 occasions u when he ailudes 70 Judge
1 Mccormick tnot by name however and
hn decision cnloining the railroads last
month. Another h whea he asserts
~ that the old ime enemies q the consti-
tuition are now giving aid ana comfort
K TO the last as-ault on that commission.
and the other occasion - when he
descauts on the conduct Of certain Ia.
= sumnee companies
k Ho differs with both his predecessor,
10 and bis successor as 20 whst should be-
done with tho growing school fund.
Hogg wanted it invested In railroad "a.
- curitics. sayer' suggests that Il be in.
'h vested in the bonds OF othor states.
ld Governor Culberun gives .is reason.
X. for opposition 20 beth propo.i.
30 mons and advises that they b. invested
2, In county bonds ~ such price a. IA,
state can obtain them, aud that the 70
he quiremcnts that such bonds shall bear
certain rate u interest before they arr
purchasable by tho state be- repealed.
Tho presentation OF thar condition
T.. whore the taxes lowed are avoided, Wi
M. rivct the attention Of the Legislature
A above all else Ia the message. and ina.
much as tho incoming governor ha
o." made the question NJ a reform IN Ia
81 present system OF taxing and collectia
II. taxes a paramount issue, 70 il cxpcote
.d that the Legislature will tackle the sul
nd. ject IN downright earnest.
.. The governors message h a comploi
~ review Of the administration for Oh
&c past four years. lie says party pledge
rs should be- redeemed and tine interest ,
f.. agriculture demand, some special after
3. ton, especially the collection of fari
~ statistics
lie recommends that labor huren
bc established and that life insuranf
companies bo required 20 invest In Oh
state a reasonable percentage Of the
premiums
Hc estimate. that tho general expens,
OF the state Tor the next four wears wi
on De- s5, essen and that the receipt. vi
all reach 81, 1l20oo. leaving a balance /
the treasury OF s!1t7iI
Tho total expenditures for the four n
, cal years ending August 3D., 1895, d
shown by the warrants drawn ON IN
- general revenue, amount 10 e.. sos. 58l. .
against f9,13S.s21g0 FOR the prccodin
.,. four years, or q reduction OF 500. zoo %.
a. the appropriation year ends Fob. q
ma 1862 this reduction docs not includ
I'M. what will be realized between that dai
and August ~, 1897, aud is weighto
with the heavier appropriations Of III
preceding administrations between IN
the end Of the fiscal year August q
re- 1894, and the beginning Of the Apr,
priation year March !, 1895 II these I
considered the actual reduction OF o.
penses by this administration will Is
coed ono million dollars.
Tho total bonded debt Of tho state not
outstanding is 80 002 03O. OF which n
permanent school fund, the uniyorsit