The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-11

pohucal outcnst as Galveston Not one
MAJ sndS vyyaugpons counties is willing To be
fro oniieu Win the county. of which San An,
MI, ry1iio seems 70 be the largest nart, ami n
VIII be Interesting TO note future ,levaiop.
neh,s IN the premises A wnrgish r,S,nn
,o ep nas suggested that Bexar and Calves
sS" oe maze separate district.
~
Indications Of the conrrsss,or., an.
lnat Is TO be made In the present Twelfth
district are becoming stronger evsrv 40,
IL may develop that either Hicks or HAIRS
w'n withdraw In favor Of the other, but IL
- quite possible that the tight viii be
.uree'corhered, With both the gentlemen
JUST named In and the present congress-
nlan' Mr. slaSden. as the third contestant.
MT Harris will be here ali during the
session and he has many friends TO helo
MN Tight his battles lie is chairman ,f
lhc senate subcommittee GU amor ione
nlenI ana eX-oftcio member OF all the sub
committees.
me house subcommittees on senator nj
anu representative districts are exne.
rlencing much less difficulty than is N
nouN which Is handling the matter Of con.
gressional districts. The appertlonment
as to representative districts has alres DIV
pYten decided on and the report will prob
apiy be placed before the full commift .
monday, ALTHOUGH there Is nos IN ~
that the work OF the subcommittee wi 4 MT
ne taken up until after the eport on con
L. a.
1871. - pi"'ei d.
!, Harris county, with her two representa-,
yves and one toatpr Is affected only y
/ the addition of the latter II is affected 10
u very decided extent, however uN tue
/ action Of the house subcommittee on SON
ne"fiai dlsirSts. which has agreed on the
counties OF BaiTis, Waller ana Fort BEND
| Tor the Sixteenth district There Is no
doubt that such district >could easily ue
placed in the republican eel mn For two
Q Inst saln itgt . ,n ~
! sixteenth district was represent ed ~ n
republican senator. There was a triumph
LOT democracy last November. hut II was
gained with the assistance OF Austin .sfun-
", Wnlch rs now part OF the sixteen b
district This county being eliminated aud
1ne district lei rs agreed on by the com
nhptee, there Is little doubt that the next
vote would be hcpelessly repurllca How.
ever a determined night on the prss Mt
ariansement VIII be made by he lIarr
county representatives and others and IL
Is thought that satisfactory change G n
he Drought about Ihc Sixteenth district
as provided for in the Moran bill com
posed as IL was of uarr : Waller an
Montgomery was acceptable to the Harris
county interests but the bill pnt II +
Bend with Galveston and othe,s in lha
seventeenth district, and the arrang IN mt
was defeated. 1t being urged that I. y ib-
hcan district would be the inevitable re
suit
1t seems rather unlikely that any I'd /
fee bill, will be brought before the session
| However, very determined efforts ire
being made to induce the governor to cali
attention to some other matters which
are considered important, among them the
double-header bill ana bill to fund tn.
debt Of Galveston. 1t Is, under the dir
cumstences, impossible to accurately fore
/ cast the future in this particular IL IA
] governor 4 n
! anything IN addition to the matters now
/ before the session all hopes that the W. rk
Will be finished In thirty days VIII wants h.
| Congressional booms Will he much in evi-
dence all during the session and, of coulsc,
! the work OF reappOruiunment will lie
watched with intens' luttrts b. tho Q
/ who haye congressional aspirations. of ,ae
! present Congressman Sluyden. Sheppard,
Henry and Burl, son have been here nur lg
] the week and dozens Of others who want
/ 10 90 to congress are more or |, IS qu4etly
7 putting up political fences un0 rtain
4 length and strength. As mas already pe n
/ pointed out in th s. dispatches, tue
/ chances of all Of these pro spec i've cand =
1 dates will be aflecteu b. the mann & n
which the redistricting is accomp shed II
/ IL Is accomplished at all The consututi u
says that the legislature saa,l ed STR CT
/ the State; yet there Is no possible pl IN by
/ which II could be compelled % do 81 unless
some genius contrlves plan 20 ilnpeac /
the entire lawmakng body or cours
such contlngencl Is quite improb De,
/ but should the Legislature fail to red str ~
ami the Satterwaue repeal bill b pushed
Through. II would be necessary 10 vote t,r
! sixteen eongrt s>man at large. While ueai-
{ ing with possibilities 1t night not he n
I app orus TO point OUT that Ghs congress o
( the United States is the final iudge as to
who shall occupy seats therein and time
4 when sixteen congressman at large appear
/ AZ Washington. they aie all liable to re
refused seats. The good people OF Texas,
however. need not have any ri us fer
/ that any of these unusual things will come
/ to pass. c. Arthur Williams.