The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-18
GENERAL INVESTIGATION
il Deemed Necessary by a Bare Ma
jority in the House.
MD. LOVE is TO BE ENUMERATED
-. Committee Has Reached Its Deei-
sion and VIII Make Its Report to
the House Today.
AustIn, rexas. september II.

Austin, Texas, September II.
TUE HOUSE this morning adopted the
henderson Terrell. Kennedy general inyes-
tlgation resolution by vote of 55 to 81.
zach of the opposing factions fought
enormously, as is evidenced by the close
ness of the vote. The resolution was
only slightly amended and there is no
ao,,bt that the senate, having already
a opted the resolution, will concur in
tbe house amendments. substitute res
.rutlon by Palmer, providing that the
members of the commission be sworn and
making n provision with refernce to the
,.ting Of testimony of convicts was lost.
sneaker Prince says that he has so far
gven the matter but little consideration
and that he will not appoint the mem
N,,s of the committee from the house
rrtll a date to be later decided on.
s7p HENDERSON tLamar) during one Of
his speeches this morning stated that the
governor was opposed to the resolution.
since then attention has been called to
The fact that the veto power may be ex-
erclsed in this case as in the case of an
ordinary bill.
THE HOUSE sitting as committee of the
whole considered fifteen pages, contain
ing eight departments, of the appropria.
ton bill during the day. Sixteen depart
,nents must yet be passed on by the com
mittee before the bill goes to the house
proper The principal changes made to-
day was In the Confederate Home and
quarantine departments. The approprla-
tlon for the former was increased $29.S2o.
The item providing for the purchase of
floating fumigating plant at Galveston
was cut from S67s4O to $4,000, but a
new item approprating $4,000 for new
iron residence for the Galveston quaran-
tine offices was inserted. Up TO date
the hill has been increased S57657 and
decreased S46,s04 making net increase
Of SlO,S53.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE appointed to
Investigate the report that department
clerks are compelled to contribute 10 per
cent of their salaries to the campaign
fund of their respective chiefs will re
port tomorrow. Comptroller Love and all
Of the other department heads will he
exouerated just as The Post said they
would be when the matter was first
brought up.
THE GOVERNOR has signed the senate
bill naming the counties that shall com
pose the Fifty-drst judicial district, as
passed at the last special session of the
legislature.
FROM PRESENT INDICATIONS there
will be no appropriation made at this
session of the legislature for IDENTIFYING
the capitol grounds. The senate finance
committee in its appropriation bill in
serted $4,000 IL be expended for bcauti
flying the grounds. but the house did not
allow anything for this laudable purpose
The grounds are sadly ia need Of in
prOvemcnts although they are now in
better condition than ever before. With
the little appropriation at his disposal
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds Harlan has improved the
grounds wonderfully, but with suffl
Client appropriation they could be made to
reflect credit on the legislature and the
State at large.