The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26
AFTERNooN SESSION.
The House.

The House.
The house Immediately took up the gem
eral appropriation bill, the pending busI-
ness being Stollenwerck's amendment pro-
vdlng for the payment Of 500 to Sheriff
II, Little of Bosque county.
Ellis said the bill had been discussed
for three weeks In committee and 1t was
time to act. lie moved tho previous dues-
ton on the amendment and bill and IL
was ordered-ayes d. noes 80.
Poole advocated the adoption of the
Srolenwerck amendment
Just then Phillips. Mho had been absent
for two days, entered the hail and was
greeted with much applause.
The Stollenwerck amendment was adopt
ed-ayes 90. noes A.
The vote then REQUIRED on ordering the
bill to engrossment and resulted-ayes 50,
Henderson q.amaD moved to suspend the
constitutional rules and put the bill on its
| final passage. He said, however he would
vote against the Dill on It's final passage,
but hoped the house would pass the bill
and get It over TO the senate
Morroy said he would vote for the motion
IL the house would be permitted To vote
at o'clock, as there were many who had
amendments to offer and should have the
opportunity to do so.
Attention was called to the fact that the
bill being engrossed amendments could only
be adopted, by two,-thirds vote.
me speaker ruled that on It's third read
ing the bill could be amended, hut that
IL took two-thirds vote Some were under
the impression the bill could not be amend
ed on its third reading.
Morrow's suggestion was adopted
The roll was called on Henderson's mo
tlon to suspend the rules and resulted as
follows; Ayes 9s, noes 7. il requires 1903
votes TO suspend the constitution. 50 the
noes prevailed. The seven voting In the
NEGATIVE dan were we're AAllred Beaty, Conway.
Smith called up the reports Of the com
mlttee which investigated the report that
their salaries, BOYD moved the adoption
of the majority report.
Seabury made the point Of order that the
house had no right to indorse the report.
as II is simply a mass Of testimony which
| the house had no way Of knowing was
correct The speaker Overrulcd the point.
smith advocated the adoption Of the
minority report.
message from the governor relative to
| appointment OF a committee to Investigate
gil state departments was read and re-
ferred to the committee on State affairs.
Smith yielded the floor to Seabury. who
lions made by the governor. scabury stat
| ed that he was anxious to otfer the rcsO-
lutions. as he was going 10 be married
OF the session.
Smith said the minority report which he
presented did not condemn Air. Love- but
Il did copdemn the practice Of clerks even
| voluntarily contributing money for their
chiefs. He argued against the practice.
saving IL was undemocratlc and clerks did
| not dare TO refuse TO contribute when the
clerks were raising voluntarily sUbscrlp.
tons. The majority report said Love had
not assessed his clerks. but took no mo-
| tice Of the clerks assessing themselves to
pay OF Mr.. Loves note
Perkins advocated the adoption Of the
majority report lie said there was moth
ing 70 condemn. There was no practice
| In existence although I'm one Instance,
! without the knowledge OF head OF a de-
partment. the clerks had paid on one OF
Mr.. Loves notes. In fact. when Mr.. Love
had heard Of 1t he called up his clerks
and urged them not TO raise any money
Beatty, author OF the original resolution.
| said that when ne introduced II he was
under the impression that clerks In al
| the state departments were being assessed
| hy their chiefs. II had been told him that
| friends OF Love had said he (Beaty) had
| laid dawn and they would put him IN a
hole He had found by Intercepted wit
nesses that the clerks 10 Loves office were
paying 10 per cent Of their salaries for six
months. This was certainly practice and
reprehensible one at that. He said the
democrats criticised Republicans for assess
ing the postal and other clerks and the
party should be consistent or the republi
cans would he electlnR republicans to OF.
fee. in Texas
Murrell said in the last campaign he was