The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-13

tuition providing for an investigation dur.
lug vacation of all State departments.
which was offered In the house yesterday
n m which was printed In this mornings
The resolution was read twice. savage
9uered the following amendment: "Amend
g teks testimony of inmates OF penitcn-
ttrts OF the State reformntory, such evil
dencc may be taken In the absence OF
s,nIPc 6, aud employees of said In
Sebastian moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Dibrell opposed the motion,
nSyInh that stories had been going the
rounds TO the effect that campaign funds
wtrc being collected from clerks that In
some departments the work could he done
ny hnli the present force and that. above
shohiu be brought about. He said In eff
feet that II ruined man or woman to stay
IN one or the departments few years.
II he was compelled to make n choice be-
tween sending his boy into a state de
partment or into the penltentlary he would
choose the latter. He knew that at ,enst
n part of the stories that were going
around were true, for he had seen re.
copt for $50 paid into a campaign fund
He understood that the lady who made
the contribution had had the money Of
fcred back to her He did not know
whether or not the head Of the depart
mcnt In which the lady worked was cOgni-
2unt of the case. The senate had plenty
Vf time now and the matter should be
Sebastian explained that he wanted the
resolution laid on the table Ond printed
In he journal because he did not believe
1t was generally understood. As to tho
OWL service phase Of the matter he point
el out that one Of Comptroller loves cam
ptEn promises had been TO DUST the
.cnronlcs' In the comptrollcr's department
lie had carried out this promise and the
slcaber thought he had done right.
Turner thought the matter should be
taken M right now while there was plenty
OF time, H@ favored the. resolution.
Patterson Thought that the matter should
b. handled by an auditing committee OF
thjee but since that was impossible he
favored the resolution.
Sebastian withdrew his motion.
LicyC spoke In favor of Savages amend
mrnt
Gosa favored resolution which would
tend to correct some of the Irregularities
which were understood to exist.
/ rLger said that II any contributions
had been made In the comptroller'S depart
nrnt they We're entirely voluntary and
no mere wrong than II the employees Of
the senate were TO present the president
with watch or any other gift as n token
of esteem. The attempt to make sen
sltior ont OF the matter was hnlderdash
Il, VI. Love, he said, was above suspicion.
lie had no authority TO speak for Mr. Love,
hui he believed that gentleman courted the
fullest possible investigations He told OF a
move by Mr.. Love to sell his home on ac-
count of financial embarrassment. His en-
ployts, hearing of this, started to get up
a fund. MIR. Love forbade their doing this,
hi tNtN tlu IL lAeNNElNtlt'NNs iilfA Ahl0'A
StlOC with which they paid on note.
The speaker said nc had no desire to de-
feat the resolution. He favored Its passage
aud thought the committee should be
slveI all the power II wanted.
stafford spoke against Savage's amend
mont which was finally withdrawn.
Peterson offered an amendment llmi ting
the committee to one stcuographer at a
time
Neal said ne favored the resolution. He
referred to the remarks of Lloyd where
upon the latter arose and explained that his
rcmRrks with reference TO the Difficulty
of obtaining Information from convicts had
NJ reference to the present management
% the pcnltputlaries.
Staples said that ne favored the resolu-
tiou lie referred TO information he had
to the effect that department clerks
tiavclc6 over the State campaigning while
d,nwlng salaries from the State
Tln Patterson amendment was adopted
ana the resolution as amended was unnni-
mously adopted.
~ motion Of Goss the senate adjourned
60 10 Il. III. Monday.