The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
(NE WORK WAS DONE
n. House After a Deal of Time
Had Been Lost.
ot me CLERKS TO BE RETAINED
u,vs Nothing to Do Except to
Gey Taeir sslaries-That Fact Was
~ Known 70 the Members.
Anstln. rezas. september le.

Austin, Texas, September 16.
r,rr that certain criticisms recently
IN The Post have accomplished
snrnose for which they were writ
"a ,s apparent during this mornings
|n' ~ the house After roll call and
"a ~ r,atters had been disposed Of Mr..
@& s.p,ns called up the resolution signed by
oatr calvin. Murrel, Kyle, Dean and
nwsr providing for the discharge of
|1 oierks save those serving the finance
~ an,ittee and the committee on judicial
&,',,lcts and the speakers private secre-
Mr. Kennedy tLimestone) offered
IL amendment providing that In addi'
~ 10 those named, one expert steno-
IL Aanher and typewriter be retained. The
"a .,andment was accepted by the authors
,hs resolution. Judge Perkins, in ad-
~ ,ossing the house, agreed with The Post
tho opnlon that 1t was Inconsistent
n he constantly attempting to practice
man economies in connection with GER
ain items Of the appropriation bill and
N the same time retain at the expense
M the State a large number of clerks who
"a al absolutely nothing to do. Mr.. Schlu'
Dr. chairman of the finance committee,
Expressed the opinion that the final pas
sa.e of the appropriation bill would en-
+aIl considerable amount of clerical
WORK. He was promptly answered by Mr.
5alepnedy Limestone), who made the
fbsnt that when the contingency referred
IA by Mr. Schu;er arose it would be q
merry easy matter To secure outside cleri
"A al assistance. as had been done In the
|hast Instead of retaining all during the
kesslon. large number of clerks who
'Roud have nothing TO do In the Interim
M. Gray lEastland offered an amend
Sznent providing for the retention of the
Fwarrant clerk. one of those sought to he
discharged by the original resolution. The
amendment went merrily through, the
frote being 81 to IS An amendment by
DIR Tarpey providing for the retention
HI the clerk to the sergeant at arms wa;
hlso adopted. Previous to this Mr.. Good
lett had moved to table the original reso
Button, but his motion was defeated. The
resoutIon Itself was finally defeated BY
"A vote of 40 to -.
tN0THER INDICATION of the fact TIM
&the criticisms Of The Post and othei
newspapers are having AT least a part O
Bthe effect desired was furnished by tall
with reference to newspaper criticisms
smade by Mr.. Henderson CLamar) durins
Sthe morning, The gentleman did no
Hspeak to question Of personal privilege
fnor did his remarks have any particular
preference to the matter under discussion
N However, he made the talk. what he sal,
Abeing 10 the effect that the amount o
4ume consumed In tho consideration Of
4measure should he considered If the meas
8ure In question. when finally passed. suit
led the people. In this connection II mn,
i be pointed out that The Post has no
AcHueIsed The legislature particularly OF
&account Of the amount Of time II ha
spent In considering the appropriation
fbnl' hut on account of the time It ha
wasted as n result Of the absence o
quornms and through the discussion o
resolutions which are mImportnnt an,
not pertinent, gormane, necessary or nd
/. wo,h ~ WV Nv" KY u""n
0o,oa,. A.. "iP''P''"''," "',i uht"
:, 49, Wv III 'ie ana ohe-nali hour
i me discussion Of the matters heretofor
referred To and Of the matter of ad
jorrning on the day of President McKin
ley's funeral. It was finally decided I
adjourn Thursday at II a. m. until Fri
day at $50 a. m. and to postpone III
hcuse memorial services from Wednes
day night until Thursday night. Eve,
when the hour of II had arrived withou
the appropriation hill even being take
up. Mr. Henderson namar) asked nnanl
nous consent for the consideration O
me general Investigation resolution o
which he is one of the parents. MI
Hendricks objected and the house wa
thus enabled to put in one whole hon
during the morning on the one subject 70
TIE purpose of acting on which 1t wa
!. called together by the governor. Inc
dentally It might he pointed ont tina
three roll calls were made necessary Will
the resolution looking to n reduction q
me clerical force was under considers
tion Each Of these roll calls consume
time estimated to he worth $40. or
total Of S1an Tho t,r,o consun,od /
leas, 5000 90" orouso' 'ne 'ot"l up 10
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