The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-20
3 Committeeman DISAGREE

II the committee saw fit But he did no.
see that any good would result from qoing
PACK number of years TO and ont 9hnR
Tue institution had been managed under
previous administrations.
MIR. henderson said he had heard thi.
khd OF tax before. Mr. STAFFORD was
pretty talker but most Of his talk was
sypndstry according to. the chairman, who
CANNED TO be made Of sterner stun than
The senator from Wood. II Mr.. stafford q
sootning process was adopted netting
would be accomplished. in his opinion, and
courage TO accomplish the task before n
furthermore, IL The past was not Disturbed
WIN regard t0 the deaf and dumb asylum
Of pp oeIiue tn might Dc set IN the matter
lions aud departments when IL might he
necessary TO 30 back for a number OF wears
with the Investigation
Would the committee ston sbor, of o,s
administration In going through the land
oInce, Tor instancey' he asked
but land ofnce matters are rlatters of
record, interjected Mr. Stafford.
UndisturDed by this interrnptjon Mr.
henderson continued to insist mat his
proposition should be adopted and declnr.
gu that ne was prepared 10 adjourn and
60 nome II the committee was 10 cop5ne
used to gossiplng over what had trans.
pIfed In the past few months. In SO far
as ne was concerned he was determined
IN, 10 On p toi ana md out what had been 90
mug on lor as many years as possible The
SLeal democratic party could not stop short
wi Win In one re- administration; be thought, and
.etaln tne conndtnee OF the people 1t
east three administrations and he intend.
ed TO do It II he could get help.
MI stau9m moved division Of the ques.
| ton. and Mr.. Savage offered. as a substi
| tute for Mr.. Heudersons mo ION v mo
| tion Providing for the taking and adding n
| we report or sworn testimony relative Il
classification Of the work and increase d
the payroll compared to the relative in
crease Of students and labor
me SUBSTITUTE was accepted by Mr.. Hen
amendment limiting the period Of time {,
be inquired about TO three years.
MI. Henderson objected to tying th.
hands of the commit &c in this way nnt
| sald that he was not here to shield an,
man or administration. The commi tee. HI
! th9ugnt, could not adopt the amendmtn
| without stutifying Itself.
| Mr.. Stafford .ctolted that the gentleman
from Lamar was unfortunate IN his Ian
gNaRe. as j. might be construed TO lmpl,
mat While he VAS got ryi1g to shield AM
dlsclaimed any such intention ana 5fr. Stat
ford continued, saying that ne did not weu
70 whltewash anybody, but that he though
u absolutely useless 70 go back and hun
discovery would serve no good purpose ant
long after the possibility Of remedying mis-
management, II there had been any b +,
passed. lie vas willing to do anything tina
might make for the good Of the public ser
vlee; but DID not propose to waste time 4
rubbing up healed ove- sores or reviHn
dead and forgotten scandals
Mt. Boyd agreed with Mr.. Stafford bu
would have TO vote against three year liml
tstlon, as there might be cases where
would he necessary to 20 farther hack the
mat for the purpose Of making comparisons
he was opposed TO going scandal hunting
however.
50 am l." put in Mr. Henderson, 'hu
40 not want to be tied down. | am no
n oh .l.Im
hnd out how the States business has bee
taken care of. "
, vote having been ordered. tho starfor
amendment was defeated and the savag
snhstltute was adopted and Mr.. Stafford
report on the deaf and dumb asylum wa
laid on the table for the present
Inc committee Immediately afterward al
tourned until tomorrow morning, whcu VI.
, X Hd's reports on the supreme court sp
the Confederate homo will he taken up.
, This evenings meeting disclosed what ha
oeen apparent for some time 10 outsider
1 who have been keeping up with the con
i mittees actions, and that Is that its men
! bers are not agreed as to n method Of prt
: cedure Mr.. Stafford, and. 10 a certain el
tent, Mr.. BOYD, are especially interested
finding out how the State departments an
institutions are managed at present and
making such suggestions ms existing co..
; di,lGns may warrant for improving tn
! method OF conducting them. Mr.. Hende
, son Is argressively determined to 20 haC
al least ten years into the u tails Of m
management of these Institutions and d
+ partments after the manner of a gran
? jury, ana Messrs. shannon and Savage al
= backing him up.
: Galveston, Texas. February 1e-Repr
5 sentative W, T, shannon of Bell count
and Tom Henderson. secretary TO the chat
4 man of the legislative investigation cor
mttee, who have been investigating Il
= financial records Of the State quarantiI
4 station here, completed their work ~
. afternoon and left tonight for Aust
2 Their mission was to secure data whereof
y the receip's and disbursements of the sta
quarantine department could he trac,
q from 1891 TO the present time. The rccor
. AT Austin were incomplete and the col
. mittce found the records here also incoi
Il plete in that the books In which Il
I records were kept prior to the storm
. 1890 were DESTROYED, They have. no,
i ever. secured bank books. cash books nj
: other data whereby they hope to trl
| the records hack To the date mentinne