The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-24
n IS A RECORD BREAKER.
|, .,isl,tme in Session Five Months
- and No Appropriation Bill.
|,,s RFFN DISPOSED OF IN COMMITTEE
=. Go Through the House Proper,
~. '.,.yer-several Amendments OF
nv I,,notanoe Were Adopted.

su,' y .1sr-seyeral Amendments Of
NJ l,,poranoe Were Adopted.
,rsTtN TEXAS, September %.
,ur SESSION of the Twenty-seyenth leg
ihn bos been record breaker II
h'A' soou in session nearly five months,
a IA has failed to pas a general appro-
phatlcn bill.
urrpr WAS NOT A QUORUM present
lhpN ,hs house was called to order The
,,,wa.ino members were absent; Grad
w. s nean. Cunningham, Fears, Garner,
s,,op Greer, Grlsham HARRISON,
uoslen. Houts, Jones, Kennedy (Harris),
~ tone. Little. .Looney, Marsh, Nc
en- Neltzen. Moore, Morris, Moursund,
Nc Unlikely. Nicholson, Nolan, Parish,
n,ssins Perry, Pierson, Robertson ular-
.,son Russell. Seabury, Stewart, Terrell
WSLennan,, Thurmond, Walker and viii
lngham.
vpr HOUSE this morning decided to
ohio subject to call, the committee re-
norts rs 10 the Investigation OF the State
senartments. The reports will be taken
IN when the appropriation bill gets in
mo hands of the free conference com
mlttee
TUE GOVERNOR today approved the fol
lorpr bills passed by the first called SEES
sion Of the Twenty-seyenth legislature:
nm amending the nsh and game law and
known as the fish bill;" bill allowing
certain towns or villages to incorporate
for free school purposes only; bill pro-
Knitting the sale of Intoxicating liquors
IN independent school districts and local
optlop precincts and known as the blind
tiger blll;" bill relating to boards of
health in unlncorporated towns and viii
lagos. The following bills were filed
with the secretary of state and will be-
come laws without the signature of the
chief executive: Bill creating a more eff
Client road system for Grayson county;
Bill defining the boundaries Of certain
cities and towns.
CHAIRMAN SCHLUTER of the house
finance committee took occasion to make
few patriotic remarks" this morning
on the floor Of the house as TO the dere-
lIcton Of the house with reference to
the appropriation bill. He implored the
members to quit wasting time and get
down to work and pass the bill or some
other bill He said that charges had hecn
made against the bill and the committee
arralgned without cause when not one sin
Gle item OF the bill had been allowed
that was not an imperative necessity. lie
said: at Is the duty of the legislature
TO take up the bill and pass il, as the
house has already spent $4,000 of the
peoples money in trying to cut the bill
and the bill has been raised. The incon-
sstency Of the house is something re-
markable You say the bill is carrying
Il too much, then You 20 to work and re-
4 dUce the appropriations for the railroad
commission but at the same time give
them an appropriation for an office (aud-
itorl which they do not need. why do
you wish to cripple this department when
II controls seventy railroads in the State?
i II there is auttc1n in the bin that should
be stricken out do It, and not consume
4 so much time with foolish amendments.
a Some say that the governor will veto
the bill II It is too large, That is none
Of our business Let us do our duty by
passing the bill and II the governor wants
\ 70 veto 1t let him do II. If deficiency
\ arises let It come, ms the unfortunate
4 people Of this State must be taken care
& Of. Let's get away from here by pass
ing this bill or some other one" Hender-
4 son Lamar said the finance committee
4 chairman should not lecture the house.
kBi VOTE of forty-four 10 twenty Ave
'he house retained the live stock com
mission after devotlng the entire forenoon
10 an amendment to abolish the depart
n ment, The house today scaled the bill
Il S''6-5 This Includes an item for S26,-
\ y" 10 print the reports of the appellate
courts The item proviuing for heating
A 'ae capitol building was cut $1,000. Under
Tue mead of miscellaneous" every item
4 reimburse sheriffs for money paid ont
% account of attached witnesses was
stricken out.
4 'niuus offered an amendment to appro-
plae $4,000 to beautify San Jacinto
n saVieneld' He made an eloquent plea
II ,Or MS amendment, but 1t was defeated
Oy vote of 80 to SO.
S AMENDMENT by Mcknight to pay j.
q : hogg $500 commissions for money
sunected from the National government
n was voted down.
y. HOUSE got out of the committee Of
~, whole this evening and the approprla-
NOn Oil is now before the house proper
4 PROCEEDINGS.
~, The House.
~, e was no quorum Of the house pres
N1eh the roll was called this morn
lfevcIOped ''"''eS quorum was
I'M .ae motion of Mr.. Boyd the report Of
Unmittee which investigated the
se mat certain officials had assessed