The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-17
HOUSE HARD AT WORK.
Got through with a Number Of the
Representative Districts.
sFNATES CONGRESSIONAL BILL IS IN
That Body Received the Report and
Then Adjourned 10 Study Tiff
nance Committee Is Progressing.
Austin. Twas. Anrnst 1a.


Or ready early next week The commit
tee today passed Mvoruhly "a the item or
Sanu 20 pay tho state m'lltiamen Who
served at Galveston after the STORM.
THE HOUSE TO-DAY resumed coasI6cta.
tlon ot tho committee hill ca representa-.
tive districts ana during tho f,tcronn
passed faSorahly on thirty sis 81 the
lai districts. after having made several
minor changes san Augustine was put
IN the place OF rolk IN the Nineteenth
district. Jasper fepia MI san ArHLAlae
IN the Twenti TIL Tq,rr was mt Ia
the plsce ~ san Jacinto In the Twenty.
first and the Twenty-slxth was made M
Of Polk and San JRcinto instead Of Jas.
per aud Tyler Grayson county, with a
population less thar ,hst ., HARRIS was
given three geprcse natives. lIarris 30
FAR has but two representatives ana an
interest In two others and a noatcr
Consideration NJ the hill will be resumed
tomorrow morning.
TIRE HOUSE committees ga little darne
the day and those ia thc senate a. Mss
The Rpportionment committee Of the high.
er body held a anal session 10 tho MORT
ing and the finance committee was at
work during the day. otherwise there
was nothing doing, lhv tenato ,,self
after bcing Ga session pNly hong euoprh
10 have laid before Il the committee all
Oh congressional districts rdiorruel IN.
IN Tuesday morning Tho hiu just re-
fcrrcd 10 will undo ubtciy nr,e. with cont
siderable opposition when IL Is nua,y
taken up, The proposed rev districts
d. moi 10y any means accord with the
Ideas ot many congressmca, present and
prospective, and the friends of those
gentlemen are no doubt, prepared to put
NJ stin aght on the otnor baud, thu
bin viii he ably defended The result
will he very pretty contest the out
come ~ which is more than doubtful
REPRESENTATIVE PERKINS appeared
before the house finance committee this
afternoon in behalf of an appropriation
Tor librsvy and teacherS at the State
penltentiaries He asked Tor $3.50.
HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE on judicial dts.
tricts was at work an afternoon trying
to cqualiae the districts II wiz MOI be
able to report Il bin dntll next week.
The following petition was introduced
by Mr.. GriRgs Of Harris
To the Honorable Mentors Of the TWENTY
seventh Legl, ture and the Commikce
on General Appropriation ~ the twenty.
eighth Legislature OF the State az Texas;
Sau Jactnto Chapter, Daughters of the
Republic Of Texas. respectively urge the
mcorpratlon In the general appropria.
ton bin ~ the accompanying clause, ap.
proprlaung $1,000 FOR Improving tile
the lowest arrived az after thorough
examination and careful estimate by
those best qualhed q ascertain aud de
termlne the cost
The women u your State do NOT ash
public Office. nor The right 10 vote. etc.
but We feel that Il Is simply o part Of
our duty rs csre for the memory OF those
who iu battling FOR Texas independence
suffered every endurance " hard
ship-eycn to The loss of blood aud
lifc-for the freedom ana comforts
we enjoy new. In this line Of duty
we ceme to you asking that you use the
authority vested In you to aid Us Ia this
mobile work The responsibility Tor do
ing this In a manner worthy OF the great
Stutc that sou represent. and Of the men
who built II, Hes entirely with you,
We do not ask You 60 outline the bat
tleheld OF San Jaciuto With q wire feuc,
for the purpose OF keeping out tho catt,s
that now wander uufesfraincd over fht
plain that should be held as sacred
ground, hut We ask YOU TO put around II
n fence that win he &C the same time
protection aud IN ornament
The held where the decisive battle ri
the war for our Independence IVES fought
IS one that should be equally valned b,
every man, woman and child In the stat'
Of Texas, aud IN considering this uucs
tlnn there should be na North Texas. ~
South Texas, no Bast Texas. and no IVES
Texas rhe g0od and the glory OF Il be
longs alike 10 all portions OF the St0tr
Furthermure we hex TO call your atten
tion 10 the fact thar within the past a.
months money has hecu pouring Into IN
the humorous oil. hand and lumber com
pauiCs formed IN this section; that y
one day two Of these companies. Will
headquarters IN Houston, paid into IN
give the income OF two days In the year
derived from the soil 10 tho commcmu
rution OF her glorious dead who gave u
the soil, and whose deeds consecrnted w.
W. appeal 10 ynur sense OF Justice o
what e. due. not oniy to the men VIII
fought Of san Jucinto nut 10 fhe rcpu
tatiun Of Texas, ana TO her n~her Dot
at home aud among other people W
oppcal TO YOU 10 remove from our he
loved state thr-aias, too we'll merited
repr0ach OF an almost criminal tudluef
puce 10 the uhuuiathf inti ite "lfulh nv
borders landmarks that point backward 9
hcroism. endurance and results obtained
almost unequaled in the worlds history
and now are standing reproaeh In thel
Committee.
Mrs. ]. ]. MeKceycr. Jr., president.
Mrs Carlisle Il Martin. secretary.
Airs. Charles II. Milhy, treasurer.
Mrs Margaret " Foster.
Executive Committee
Mrs Marie y, urwitK chairman, hou'
Mrs. Adele u. I.ooscan, Houston.
Mrs Cornclla Il stone, Galveston.
/ Ms Charles ri MllhyN Harrisburg,
Mrs Walter Gresham, Galveston.
! Miss Ilunv r. BRYAN, Austin.
Miss Rrttle Blllinger. Galveston.
Mrs Jnseph b. nihrell Segun.
4 Mrs W ~ Kendall, Houston.
| Officers of the Association,
| Mrs Ansnu Jones president, Houston.
Mrs. Mary j Brisc0e, hrst vice pres
/ dent. Houston.
MIR Mr.. Z. *. stone, third vice presiden
"s shs Kate S. Terrell fourth vice pres
Ms. Waiter. Gresham. nfth vice pres
Mrs. Adele r. Ioosean, historian. Hou
I ton. ... ,,,.,
ton. ~ -. -
/ tary Harrisburg -
| Miss Belle Fem, treasured Houston.