The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-15

per day whether he is present or absent.
Fitted against this formldhble array Of tai
ent, the conscientious men whose sole de-
sire Is to servo the state can make but lit
tie Roadway.
at both OF the special sessions, during
which there has been need for not more
than one-fourthl OF the clerks and officers
of u regular session, the full force has been
retained at n great and unnecessary ex-
peuse TO the State. Some OF the legs
lators who voted to retain all Of the OIL
GERS clerks and employees and who are ap
parently willing to remain here at the ex-
pense of the State for period OF time out
Of all proportion to the amount of work
that Is being done, are the same ones who
are so strenuous In the efforts to cut iu
fnitesmal amounts from the salaries OF
department clerks in the interests of econ
omy." This class Is inconsistent In. every
thing; but q certain wise man having once
said that Inconsistency was the virtue OF
fools. the class referred to seems quite VIII.
Ing TO accept the statement as a fact and
TO continue to parade its own particular
brand OF wisdom.
The inevitable resolutions made their APP
pearance early On the week 1t was EN-
inently proper that the legislature should
have passed a resolution OF sympathy for
the sorely stricken president Of the United
States and the resolution condemning the
act OF the assassin who shot him down
was perhaps In the best OF good taste
The resolution providing for an inyesti-
CATION of all State officials, departments,
institutions, etc, has already been dis
cussed very thoroughly In the columns of
The Post. 1t Is apparent, at a glance, In
view of past experiences of the kind, that
IL will be practically impossible to keep
politics out of the matter, and unless this
be done the investigation Will result in no
real good TO the state. The expenses of
the proposed committee would be heavy,
for IL would take weeks perhaps months,
to complete the work mapped out, and In
addition to the i've Representatives and
four senators composing the board a con-
siderable amount of clerical and expert as
siStance would be necessary. OF course IL
any really beneficial results were to ac-
crue. this expense would be gladly borne
by the taxpayers, but instead of believing
that coming events cast theE shadows he
fore the taxpayers are thinking that what
has been will he again, and they are max
ing up their minds accordingly.
The principal opposition to the appro.
priation bill as 1t was reported to the
house has so far been on the State uni
versty and railroad commission depart
ments The fight on the railroad commits
sion item may be said to have only lust
/ commenced, for Chairman Schluter Of the
| finance committee has given notice that he
| will, as soon as the bill gets through the
hands of the committee of the whole and
! before the house again. move to reconsider
/ the vote by which $500 was deducted from
| the commission appropriation aud one OF
| the expert clerkShips abolished As was
| told Of in these dispatches at the time,
| the amendment, which was offered 10y
| Representative Shaw OF Dallas, a pro-
! nounced advocate Of the maximum rate
/ idea. went through with only a very few
! dissenting votes and without any protest.
| Just why there was no opposition is not
| quite clear. unless the reason may be found
! In the fact that the house paVinu
attention to the important matter before
| IL and that the members voted without
! knowing what they were voting on, After
the emendment was adopted the friends
| Of the commission discovered that Mr..
Shaws bomb was l0aded and loaded heav
lily. There is no doubt that the fight "a
be made over the matter in the house viii
be a bitter one, and 1t is possible that a
sufficient amount of strength to reconsider
the vote may be developed.
1t is a matter Of much qualification to the
friends of education In general and the
State university In particular that the
amendment striking out the appropriation
OF $4,000 for a girls dormtory was not
adopted, The amendment was very vigor
ously supported, the element which is mp
parently opposed to the university on gen
erai principles being reinforced By other,
who based their action on constitutions
grounds. The constitution played yer!
important part in the premises, in fact
: and when the amendment In question wa
Q defeated its friends began TO wake up L
. the realization that the paragrapher AM
a the cartoonist who has been Informing U
9 for some time past that this was a ha
' year for constitutions. knew what the
were talking about. The constitution wa
y referred to so often aud SO PERSISTENT
{ during the fight or the university apprC
prlation that Representative Fears wa
= moved to offer an amendment striking on
the entire Item and giving the university
i In place of the money, leather bount
7 copy of the constitution wherewith to main
s tain itself The fact that the item O
S3564 for refunding to Colonel George w
{ Breckenridge money which he advanced Il
1 make some needed improvements at N
{ university was stricken out is characterize
4 by some Of the members of the house VIII
t fought II as nothing less than a disgrace
r TO the State.
e IL there is a quorum present next Mon
: day aud the friends of the general In
= yestgation resolution do not secure unani
{ nous consent 10 continue the debate o
j. their measure beyond the original hal
/ hour, the consideration of the appropria
. ton bill will be resumed. If the hous
q makes such progress as will enable the hl
/, | to be sent to a free conference commltte
o by the end of next week some Of tn
= people who are hasing their opinions o
I what has been done in the past viii b
< surprised.