The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-01


lump sum be appropriated for the uni
vSsliN IN order that should the girls dor
mltory be built there could be no question
as 10 inc consututionallty Of the hills,
s-as the house had specifically appropriated |
Spu,VO Tor the erection Of a girls dor1n |
ss9Iry 10 ne taken out OF the general fund. |
SuaW SAID the appropriation should have |
Deen itemized In order that the governor |
might be free to veto any Item he saw I'll |
70 ulsapproye Instead of being compelled
70 pass favornbly n lump sum or veto It, |
The governor should be free to single ont
any one Item such as the girls dormitory |
the experiment stations or other items.
henderson tbamar) asked II II was not
a fact that II cost 50 10 care for an eS.
confederate while the per capita per month
10 tue orphans was only about 50, 10
Wnlch Schlutcr asscntcd but he contcnded
tnat the governor could only strike out an
entire Item and not any part thereof. He
aumlttcd that the governor could strike out
me appropriation for the second year and
any sum left over from the first year
/ would 90 over to the second The uuivcr
slty appropriation carries Sl25,OuO for the
| nrSt year and $4,000 for the sccoud year.
a number OF questions were asked, among
tnem one by Walker asking why S3T,i9j
hod been taken from the blind asylum.
Schluter said the blind children were not
so much crowded as those In the deaf aud
dumh asylum; he said every member OF
tne free conference committee had done
| his duty and had brought the bill within
! the amount the taxes would justify.
| shaw called attention to a number OF
| changes In which salaries were raised aud
| me number of clerks lowered In depart
Schlutcr said there were some inaccu-
! racies IN the printing ~ the bill; those new
Items had been placed in the conference
sued by Governor Roberts administration
5000 for surveying school lands In mum
Der Of counties and $1,000 to pay for as
sorting and shelving old papers In the
comptroller's department.
Replying TO question by shannon.
Schluter explained that the edectlon Of a
NraNh .1uaVa a1uH NufN Tor
would cost the state nothing rho State
mad 500 acres In sugar cane and II would
he matter of economy, as the cane would
pay for the mill with the present and next
crop; in fact with the present crop. ON
further questions by shannon, Schluter said
the mill would cost from $4,000 to $lUOWn,
to be paid for from the proceeds Of the
crops Of cane raised By the State II was
not proposed to make the State Responsible.
Tho experience of the state was that the
farms and outside work Of convicts paid.
Napier said there were many lnconSiSt
encieS In the bill and ccrtatH sections were
Disseminated against Every eeemoSynnly
institution In the state, he said. had been
sacrificed in the interest of q few tnStitr-
tions and particularly in the interest or
higher education; Superintendent Piner In
a letter TO him said he could not accom-
modate applications for admission 10 the
blind institution. The bill proposed 10
erect buildings for higher educational pur-
poses, yet no provision was made for the
care and protection of blind children, lie
drew contrast between the $4,000 ap-
preparation for the university and the
Sll53o0 for the unfortunate and helpless
blind and denounced as unconstitutional
the $4,000 appropriated for a girls dorml-
tory, which would rob the ex-Confederates
and blind children.
Walker called attention to the fact that,
while the house had appropriated $3I.ScO
for the Prairie View normal for Two years,
the committee bin had Increased II to Sib.-
$50. He read The report showing that much
sickness had resulted from the overcrowded
and the faulty sewerage Of the buildings
At the blind asylum. Justice demanded
that the State protect the poor afflicted
wards Of Texas" he said. 1t was, he
said, but right that The State should edn-
cate the blind that they could earn their
own livelihood. There are at present ~,
600 blind children In Texas, while the pres
emit Institute could not accommodate hut
200 and those who were so closely housed
II in the present asylum had their lives en-.
dangered. He called attention to the tac,
that the committee had inserted an Item
appropriatinG $500 for tho purchase OF
. portrait of Ex-Governor Charles A Cul
Murray said he had fought in the com
mlttee to separate the items In the uni
versity appropriation. The house had Not
ed upon the appropriation for the uniyer
sity and had Endorsed the items; the sen
| ate committee had said they would no
p. support the bill unless 1t was made in
r lump sum. leaving to the governor the righ
to veto. II he saw tit, the Soopo appro
+. priation for the second year,
shannon asked II the house bill ola no
give any citizen an opportunity 10 20 mt
( court and contest any single Item, u
which Murray agreed. but said that tn
Q free conference committee had experiences
+ considerable difficulty In reaching an agree
a ment. lie said that IF any ADDITIONS nNs
o buildings were erected II would be neccS
r sary to procure more ground or hulid
new institution somewhere else. he. Sal'
g il would be better 10 wait ana ln lue ne, ~
o he credit to the State. In regard 7
pensions. the committee had met the sen
9 ate on half way ground. -
l., shannon said II was up to the house |
!. PASS the hill lie said the speaker ia
g acted unfairly in putting the girls dorn
itory in the bin, and he did not ga n'
10 the minority had a right 10 be represente
on tho committee, but 1t had been debarrc,
He accused schluter of having p E,n VI
e having stood by 1t in committee, and the
e twitting the. minority IN their dllelnIn ~
he said tine ,b RoI b nIversty yet II on
= Voted 81 - per capita TO the commo
'e school fund.
e. mpnt Of all committees he had followc
1t the principle laid down by Jefferson, an
<. had appointed only friends of the matte
10 as II was not good policy TO send n chl
10 an unfriendly wetnurse.
IS Kennedy moved the previous question an
III 1t was ordered, the ayes ana noes neII
,e r r5T' and recommltt,ed The motto
m Drevailcd-nNes o. noes ~.
u The speaker announced that the hi
n, would he recommitted to the same commi
~ tee.
y HARRISON suggested that as the majori
vi had assumed responsibility q new commi
Zee should be appointed. RaGlnnd move
ne TO reconsider the vote and Satterwhi
at moved 10 table, saying he believed the b
or should he recommtted to the same comm
lee The motion prevailed-,ayes 90, noes
5, StoIlenwerck introduced resoluti'
cs thanking Senator Miller RepresentatHy
shaw and Lively, NJ. B. Loonic and
I'd talnlng The legislature at the Dallas IA
W II went over until tomorrow.
oy Kennedy Q.mestone) offered a resoluti
" proyiding that the journal clerk he
ut tained for twenty days and the. asslsta
On journal clerk nfteen Jaws after the sess
ed closes for the apurposes OF indexlng NJ
nm arranging the Proceedings Adopted
Nolan moved that the senate be motif
Of the action Of the house in rejecting (
free conference committee ana that II
ouest n Sc 'ond conference.
The house then adjourned until o'clo
tomorrow morning.
canta Ee Amendment