The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-27

would be reflection on the democratic
phrtE and the next legislature rould and
Pttvpaet would refuse to recognize them.
~ Was the duty OF the revenue agent TO- do
INC me Investigating There was nothing to
Investigate, but there was need OF civil
ss sr and that should be provided for by
no rregulanty in dscai nfrairs. AS no money
could he paid out, except on warrants ard
.tHulgcuers, There was however, need of
ei,Ni services taking the clerks ont Of poll.
5ics. i would cost $4,000. instead OF $40
w. An Investigated man. department or
party was always besmirched He Vas op-
Pvsssu 70 listening 10 rumors or lnslnua Ion.
"a Ii, !, SAID the committee was needle !.
ments and not one In particular,
No4ie SAID ne favored the adoption OF the
rress.oiuuon, He did not regard It as a com.
mttee which was TO hunt up fraud. hut
ono which could point out where economies
might be lnaugurated In tho different
y oIHhCnes The committee could see wht re
one SoVoV'Oo appropriated was expended
una make recommendations on Their ind
lngs. No man In the house knew anything
n aoo9gt how the States money was ex-
Hawkins argued that the committee was
| unnecessary and would cost the State a
large sum Of money. He believed that TO
| the Nctors belonged the spois" and was
opposed to civil service.
Pierson advocated the appointment Of a
| Stamping investigating committee rs IL
would become more familiar with the work
..hhgS or the departments and institutions u
during regular sessions and the work would
be OF great value TO the State
Little moved the previous question.
Moore closed for the majority. He snld
When the resolution first came up he vo,el
no, rs he believed It's appointment was I'M
constitutional quoting the consti ION on
the Snhleei; He argued that the consutu-
uonal provision was for thp purpose Il re-
moving temptation from members Of the
senate and house 10 create positions for
themselves. The passage Of the resolution
would create offices or places for members
during vacation and was strictly In vol 2
hon OF the constitution, which they had
sworn TO support. Investigat ons could / @
made. but not under the provisions IT the
resol utions. The present legislature woull
go down TO posterlty notorious ms an In
vestigatlon body which had found no crime
In the departments He could see no
son for further investigation. If any one
could name anybody or designate any hin {
which called Tor invcstigat on he should o
specific. He said he had the highest regard
passed upon the objection which he tMoorC)
had raised In regard to the right Of the
legislators TO draw per diem. mleGge and
board money during vacation.
Kennedy tIAmeStonel asked if Governor
Roberts had not appointed a similar M
mittee when he was governor
Moore asked that Kennedy send up the
resolution upon which Roberts acted and
that effect In the attorney general letter.
Goodlett raised the point OF order that
Moore's time was up.
Wllacy moved that the time he extended
and the house voted. hut Moore yielded
to the expressed will of the minority and
declined to continue.
Decker closed for the minority. He gal !
the opponents of the resolution had hrSt
raised the constitutional objec ion thnt h
resolution had not been submitted hv tue
governor. Now they said II was unc ms lui-
an1 lna . #s.I = h .
attorney general ruled otherwise and he
had confidence in his Judgment He said.
following Judge Moore's construction Of the
constitution. the legislature could appro-
priate money for another purpose and use
W for the committees expenses He sa j
he stood out with attorneys general since
the DAYS Of the Republic. He cited the
commissions which had been appointed ia
Investigate the land frauds and the Inter
national and Great Northern recelversh p.
The opposition had selected as the le-
man to close their side OF the debate a
member who represented city tAustn). In
which nearly all State institutions were
located. He said he accused no depart
ment Of wrong. but he had heard charges
Twenty-sixth and this legislature
The democrats could not he hurt by an
honest Investigation and he believed I'm hay
ing an Investigation Of this kind every ton
1 years. The members who called II "a
/ smelling committee were not lue whole
1 people of Texas. He knew that his and
I other sections or the State wanted an IN
vestigatlon. Changes were needed in the
| departments not on account of culpabiity
but because Of the long time thev had been
conducted under the present system
/ The speaker changed the motion 10 read
| that those who favored substituting the
minority for the majority report should
vote ave.
As first stated it was to substitute the
majority for the minority report. The vns
resulted In the minority report being sub
sttued for the majority report--ayes 81
/ noes A.
/ The minority report was then adopted,
! SChuter called mp senate amendments II
/ the appropriation bill with the recon
/ mendation that Il do not pass and n free
conference committee be appointed.
! The house passed a resolution ordering
/ the sergeant at arms to remove the fu
moral decorations SO the hall might he dec
Grated for the Turner Franklin nuptlal
/ ceremonies.
/ The house then took recess until
| o'clock.