The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-03
REPORT IS READY.
C~onference Committee on Congress.
siOnaI Districts Has Agreed.
S0ME CONCESSIONS WERE MADE
By the Representatives of Both of the
of the Houses.
The REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS BILL
Apreed On and vii Be Reported This
Mornine-More Members Than
Resolution Provided For.
TaE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS Bill
Austin. rexas. sentemher 2.

THE FREE tONt Gh tNtE 1ONMlIIEE
on congressional reapportionment bills
reached a final agreement late this even
ing after having been In session since
Friday last. The fight was n long aud a
Hard one and on several occasions there
MAS grave danger that the opposing In
terests would not be brought together
md that the committee would be forced
20 report no agreement.
THE ARRANGEMENT DECIDED ON is
more of a victory for the friends of the
house bill than otherwise. Both sides
made concessions, of course. and while
these concessions may not have been any
more numerous on the part of the sup
porters of the senate bill than on the
part Of those who upheld the bill framed
BY the house. the net result is favorable
10 the latter. The agreement was unan
imous except as to Senator Harris
(Bexar), who will fight for a minority re-
port.
THE STRUGGLE WAS GENERAL at
FIRST, all of the points at issue being in
yolved, but 1t finally narrowed down to-
day to the disposition of Austin county.
That county was placed in the Harris
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the opponents of that measure sought to
transfer 1t TO the DE Witt-Gonzales dis
trlct. Senator Davidson de Witt, be-
tween whom and Representative Garner
the principal contention lay, was vic
torlous in this particular instance, as Aus
TN is left with Harris. Brazoria county,
However, which the senate bill sought to
tack on to Harris, was placed with the
DeWitt.G onzales district and thus the
Concession made with reference to Aus
lin county was couuteracted, The clint
milton of Brazoria and the addition of
Leon were the only changes made in the
Harris county district as arranged by the
senate bill. Guadalupe county, the home
OF Senator Dibrell, was placed in the
same district with Uyalde, in which Rep
resentative Garner resides. Speculation
as to the probable outcome of the fight
for congressional honors between these
two gentlemen is already being INDUCED
In.
THE SENATE BILLS ARRANGEMENT of
the San Antonio district was badly torn
up, Bexar county being districted with Il
number of the counties which lie to the
north and west of it and which are sup
hSf Iu ht "a ~
Slayden. Senator Harris (BeXar) minor
ity report will touch particularly on this
point. The majority report Is not salts
Factory to either Harris or to Marshall
hicks, both of whom are said to have
serlous thoughts of opposing Mr.. Slayden
at the next election.
GALVESTON COUNTY was placed with a
string of counties which extend north to
and include Anderson. The district is
more than one county wide at only one
point and has been referred 10 as re.
Rambling the right of way Of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern road. Each
Of the principal ports of the state are
put in n separate district,
THE REPORT is of considerable interest
with reference 20 the relation of its dis
tricts to the present congressman. Con
gresham Shepard resides in the First OF
the new districts. In the Second,
Cooper; Third. DeGraf fenreid; Fourth,
Randell; Fifth. Wooten; Sixth (Corsicana,
district does not include the residence of
any of the present congressman, nor .loes
the Seventh 1.-THE Galveston district, the
Fifteenth dover Rio Grande) nor the Six
feenth (El Paso). Tom Ball resides In the
Eighth, Burleson> in the Tenth, Henry IN
the Eleventh, Lamar in the Twelfth,
Stephens in the Thirteenth and Slayden
In the Fourteenth. The only district In
which two Of the present congressman
reside is the Ninth, both Burgess and
Kleberg being included therein. There is
little or no doubt that the bill to he re
ported tomorrow by the committee will
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lis nature are being heard tonight, hui
On the other hand 1t is by no means &C
eeptable in certain quarters.
THERE is MORE REASON for dissatls.
faction In connection with the Harri,
county district than any other, for 1t Il
BY no means certain that that district
IS safely democratic. In fact, many are
OF the opinion that there is much danger
OF republican supremacy, anil that :
man Of less strength than Ball would
have a hard hight.
rhE FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
On representative districts is also ready
10 report. all Of the contentious before 4
AGving been adjusted this evening. Har
rs county Is to get three representative
ard is TO be in no way connected witt
aSy Pictorial district or districts. Tn
PIN as 1t will be reported is generally
acceptable. and will no doubt pass.
THE SENATE this afternoon, by a vott
81 sixteen TO eight, indefinitely postpone,
the McFal resolution requesting thu
Governor 10 submit platform demands II
Dis call for another session, should h,
decide to Issue one. This action kill
the resolution. Several bills were hnallr
PASSED in the senat during the day.
BOTH HOUSES held a session today
and the senate disposed Of some bust
hess, as IL had more than a quorum pres
emit. The house amendments TO the sea
wall bill were concurred In and tn
bin providing for the maintenance ant
Education OF deaf, dumb and blind whit
children in the State was passed finally
,rhe bill carries an appropriation .
<SO0O.
{HE HOUSE had Just n quorum presen
when il met today and the first part o
the proceedings consisted OF question
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