The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-12

ing shat the committee be composed Of
seven instead o. four members was
ADOPTED. Other amendments wcre o.
fcred, pending discussion Of which Mr..
MeFalls colleague, Mr. Moore. sup
ported proposition to change the
Ncnbiage Of the resolu.icn 50 as To pre-
vent the appearance OF any preterde-
termination II the case before II Is
tried, and took occasion to state that
he had had no knowledge Of the con-
tents OF said resolution until It was
read in the house this mornins
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SPEAKING TO HIS RESOLUTION. Mr.
Mcfall went over the history Of the
legislation with the waters pierce Oil
company. maintaining that It's read
mission 10 the State was fraud and
critic.sins Mr. Bailey for taking part
In the negotiations from which he
claimed that said fraud had resulted.
He spoke in quiet und unimpassioned
tone Of Voice, wiShout resorting TO
orator.cAl expedients or impassioned
speech to help his resolution along.
and occupying less than ten minutes
In the delivery of his remarks. which
were but a retoration OF what no has
already said in his published inter-
views on the subject. He took ocea-
sion 10 blush unexpectedly, however.
for Texas because when the defendant
had begun TO talk compromise after
having been convicted. there had been
State officials ready to talk compro-
mise with it.
WHEN Mr.. McFall had concluded, Mr.
ffill of Denton offered an amendment
striking out the word Concurrent"
so as to make the resolution simply
house resolution. In explanation of
lis amendment Mr. Hill said that
his purpose was to get immediate ac-
tion in the matter He doubted
whether there was member OF the
senate willing to go into partnership
with MoFall and introduce his resolu-
ton in the upper house. Therefore.
In order to prevent any smothering
or sidetracking thereof, he wanted its
author to take the whole responsible
ity therefor. and TO charge directly
what he was merely alleging instead
OF saying 1T has been chargers Mr..
Bailey and his friends wero counting
and ready for aG investigation and
he hoped the gentleman from Travis
would be manly and honest enough TO
get out from behind the corner OF in
situation.
MIR. LITTLE ASKED Mr.. McFal
whether it was the purpose of his res
oIErion TO reopen tho controversy boz
tween the State and the Waters Pierce
Oil company or to investigate Mr..
Bailey. McFall replied that the reso-
luton was couehed in plain language,
which the members would have 10
construe for themselves. He thought
the resolution broad enough to cover
both subjects.
MIR. HENDRICKS CHARGED Neral
with Inconsistency. The gentleman
from Travis, he said. recited that the
courts had failed to find that the
Waters-P Pierce oil company was part
CT the Standard Oil trust, yet he de-
clared that every member of the house
believed In his heart that the two COR
porations were closely connected with
one anothcr For his part he wanted
10 repel the instruction and to state
emllhatically that he neither knew nor
believed that the Missouri company was
part OF the big oil trust
Mr.. PERKINS THOUGHT the question
one already settled by the courts aud
that the raising thereof at this time
and in the Legislature was out OF place.
AS to the question of the connection
OF certain State officers and OF MIR.
Bailey with the negotiations leading
ITO the readmission of the Wuers-
Pierce Oil company. that was a po-
ftlcal question which had been settled
in the primaries and in the state con-
vention. lie therefore moved to lay
the resolution on The table.
Mr. S0HLUTER HOPED that out de-
ference to the wishes OF an honor
able gentleman counting Investigation
in connection with these charges, he
would withdraw his motion to table.
Mr. Perkins did so temporarily.
Mr.. GRESHAM DECLARED that Mr.
Baily courted investigation. arbhouga
the MoFall resolution contained no
direct charge. He wanted the matter
cleared UP end hored that the rssolu-
tion would he acted upon at once.
MR.. MuRREDL APPEALED for immc-
date action.
after RECESS, Perkins motion 10
table was defeated and the resolution
was on motion of McFail amended
by adding the words 1T is charged"
after the word whereas" in the ..re-
amble. thus placing the responsibility
for the charges to be Investigated upon
other shou ders than those Of the leg
ls.at1re
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