The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-18

NY NY reso.nuon would he In ,iot.,t.
est constitution. He pointed 81, thst ~
NJ as o. the recent tax commissin,, tns
accomn3,sbboII ana that nothing had been
,h Terrell Cherokee corrected him ..r,n.
I'LL ~ only ,S4SUOO had been snnnt' '"''nz
IN teit p pe,,, stood corrected. IIe went on
commission had failed 10 do s and dawes
~ Puiht mat all commissions ~ '' iIi,.
T 1h'giS , usually resulted In the same ,rss
the Henderson Te SpaHht to be made under
MMUuld need at least POO DAYS Tor H. ,,.i.i
committee Of nine members ro-Id Ne
by st l to py stenographer and probably
~ ~ Ieast one expert Accountant a. that
me expenses for per diem woria t ~ s sua.
Wy 10 700 per day at least V'N
~, nehneuy tl4mestone) said that the resolu
eommitt osiueq that the, members Of the
, roisuiiltlee should receive the Same AZ
members OF the legislature. which ,ne,n,
. .uaL they would receive So per DIV fop
SAY ggnys and after that only 10 nor
made 33 10 asked how the rule could be
n.aue 10 apply TO a committee created
az special session. and some ono eIse
asked Kennedy II the commitfee ,nerni e ass
tbe1ru moi n9t receive only 50 per day during
peglhnlng II they would have been al wors
lor siAty days in the Legislature
eiis went on to shy that when the
TorE Iva sought to be created finished It's
MMorh ana came back to report Ia the
hhmeh{ eighth legislature, II would he told
tnat, In effect, there was .'nothing do,ng "
yy oid as the present Legislature would have
auiu = IKE committee shnuld one have heeN
appointed by the Twenty sixth leriSloture
me Iwenty-elghth leglsla ture, the sneaher
s "a would not want any dead politicians
~ iSii ~ now TO conduct Its business n
its own nppo nn,, It's own committees and do
=, Mt Wells further made the point that
~ vas me duty Of the State revenue agent
to look Into matters which the rcsoj,iI6n
sought to have looked into by t tbe ioinl
committee Of nine. He further said that
ne uid not believe that the "offlciaI rotten
ntsS winch some complained Of existed
privilege to explain the trp of p conD1it
zee to the Melville experiment station DIR.
ing the regular session, mention Of which
tmas nlaue py Wells In one Of his speeches.
speaker Prince called attention 70 thA
RUE limiting all speeches to fif cen minutes,
v except those efsmovers or authors Of M as
uTes' lie said that he would herea flor
strictly enforce this rule.
sen ter asked II the time for resolu-
lions had not already expired III thcn hein,
ruled mi that ahf fbs speaker replied that be had
resolution and was therefore nor con me
TO the usual half hour.
r. falmer spoke In favor Of his substitute.
ne called attention to the case of a mrs
oher az Houston who had asked for n
sentence of twenty years in order thai no
might he confined within the walls Of tn
penltentlary instead of being sent to 4
G CO.. farm because he felt that he would
ne mlstreated at the latter place The
speaker drew pathetic picture of the st1f
Ierlngs OF convicts under hard masters and
during his speech stated that children In
SINE spe 81 the stare institutions had told him
lnaL they did not have enough to ca
The previous question was ord rod md
Palmer yielded to Seabury, who said that
ne had been in favor OF the original ESQ u
tton and was even more strongly in fovor
OF the substitute = said thot
mlttec only fixed the salaries In tho dannrt-
ments II would save four or FIVE d Tvs de
batp IN every legislature. The Chief clerk
in every department should be given stntu
tory authority to succeed the head of he
department should the latter die or r sign
He did not subscribe to the belief that cor.
lnptlon existed In the departments, but
thought that much good could he q Tected
by the committee in the way Of promot ne
etc
Perkins offered an amendment to the s.b
stltute;, providing for the striking ont OF
now generally expressed belief that ir-
regularity prevails in the management of
many Of tho said departments and institu-
tons. which recent DEVELOPMENTS tend t.
warrant such belief TO he well founded -
There being no objection this amend
ment became a part Of the substitute.
Henderson lLamarl. before closing the
debate, had the clerk read the editorial
headed ITO Promote Efficiency from Tao
Post Of the 18Th instant, also nm opinion
from the attorney general TO the effect
THAI the creation of the proposed committee
was not Inhibited by that part of the co1-
stitution 70 which attention was calie1 b7
Wells during his speech earlier in the
In beginning his remarks, Mr. Henderson
denied that all former investigations had
heeu barren Of results He objected TO
hcrh of tho mHtter, In which the substitute
differed from the original and said that tho
matters in question would impair the eff
cheney of the commission sought 10 he
created. There was no special reference to
any particular department In the ORIGINAL
1t laid down no plan Of pro G.
dure, MS to witnesses, etc. hut was broad
general and comprehensive
At the close Of the speech the house re-
fused 10 adopt the substitute for the orig
lnal by n vote Of 10 to 80.
The original resolution was then adopted
by a vote Of So 10 81. as follows: