The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-16
PROCEEDINGS.


AuSun, Iexas, FEBRUARY 15.--The senate
met with a quorum present this morning
and Immediately considered the general
dehcienoy and additional appropriation
bill Dihrell secured adoption Of an amend
ment inserting $4,000 to refund filing fees
to those who filed on public domain un-
der the acts OF 1879 and 1881, but Il
whom patents We're not issued. The bill
was then finally parsed with emcrgenc,
| clause attached.
Public buildings and grounds committe,
made favorable majority and adverse
minority report on Vets bill donatiug 70
the city Of Austin for the site OF a public
library the north one-half of the bloeb
now occupied by the ruins OF the old TEN
porary capitol, which was recently de.
stroyed by FIRE.
Committee on education reported the
house bill as A substitute for the senate
bill providing for the eleu.iop OF school
trustees TO meet the objections OF the
supreme court.
The senate next considered STAFFORD !
bill, placing in the hands Of the counties
the printing OF all blanks and reseipts
used In the assessing and collection OF
iaXes Amendments by Miller and Terrell
were adopted providing that such print
| Ing bear the printers union label, waere
practicable. Goss, MCGEE, Patterson and
Yantis opposed the BILL while its author
defended II. Turney and James also OPP
posed the bill. motion to postpone fur
Their consideration OF the bill until Mon
day was lost--l2 ayes to Is noes. The
senate refused to postpone until tomorrow
and also refused to print the bill,
Yartis offered amendment providing
that the State and not the county shall
bear the expense Of such printing; lost:
ID ayes, II noes.
Yantis moved a call of the senate, but
the absentees were excused and the bill
was passed finally by vote Of 16 ayes
| to IL noes.
The special order (the Lewis ard Odell
double header bib was taken up with
Greer's substitute pending. The substitute
transfers the question TO the railroad
commission. giving that tribunal jursdic-
ton over either the regulation or total
abolition OF double heading.
Senator odel secured recognition and
opposed the substitute. He prtfaced his
argument by refuting the statements that
| he had dealt in personalities In his speech
OF yesterday and stated that on the other
| hauu IT ~ was nOl IuE lHe ihCN IHdt ne
had the reputation OF being conservative
in speech and senatorial courtesy he
would approach with fear and trepidatlon
| the making of another speech In view
OF certain remarks made OH The door OF
the senate. He said that at the last ses-
| sio1 the same senators who now desire
TO refer this matter ID the railroad COM
mission did not propose TO REFER the con
! soidation bills to the commission, aud
continued, saying that the railroads de-
sired that legislation and Il was speedily
enacted and that row it, Is different
matter entirely, because the lsborers re-
! quest 1t, and these senators are attempt
| ing TO shift the responsibility and refer II
10 the commission. He said that, in this
connection, his motives had beeH assaiel
and It had been insinusted that his posi-
ton is one of demagogy. He said Il
siding With labor denotes a demagosus
he expects to be one the rest of his life
He next enumerated the accidents oc-
curing on double headers and declared
that the statistics show IL is extra hazard
Gus to operate such trains. He impl9ret
the legislature not to send these mel
knocking from door to door to seek relief
that if the legislature sends them to The
commission. God only knows where th'
! coInnissi ion will send them. and begged
lnt lSslsldtuTe MOI 10 seHu tueSe men away
from legislative halls.
Senator Grinnan offered an amendment
to the substitute, which will lay on tbs
table until the substitute is adopted, and
If the substitute is rejected, the amend
ment can not be voted upon. The amend
ment is as follows;
Amend the substitute by striking M
section I. and insert the following;
Section l, 1t is an abuse OF its fran
chise and privileges for any railroad COM
pany. or receiver, operating line OF rail
road in this State, 10 run or operate more
than one working locomotive at the sam
time in propelling or moving any ont
train Of cars, except in moving trains VI
steep grades or where locomotive pro
polling the train becomes temporarily dis
abled after leaving the terminal and i
shall be the duty o. the railroad commits
sion to investigate such abuses and Sc
that the same are corrected, regulated o
prohibited as hereiuafter provided.
Senator Alice spoke in support of th'
substitute, taking the position that TIL
evidence thus far adduced doss not justit,
The enacting of law totally prohibiiinl
the operation of double-headers.
Atlee insisted that the substitute b.
adopted, which would clothe the commits
sion with Judicial authority to invest
gate this question and determine wheihe
or not such practices should continue.
Dibrell secured adoption of resolution
expressing regret on the death of Hon
W o. Hutchinson OF San Marcos, an OK
senator page in the journal was Sc
aside for its publication.
Adjourned until 3 o'clock.