The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-11
THE ELECTION BILL
FavOfabIy Reported by The House
Committee Is Patchwork.
IT WILL PROBABLY Be AMENDED
In Many Particulars, as II Is Regarded
as Unsatisfactory.
QUARANTINE BILL IN THE HOUSE
Whole Afternoon Put In Discussing the
Measure, Which Was introduced by
srysn---Senate in Session.
QUARANTINE BILL IN THE HOUSE


performed the duty aud WINS ready 10 rc
port. The subcommittee had adopted
mainly the Terrell bill, modifying some Of
HIS provisions with amendments Of their
own ana for portions Of other sections
substituting portions OF the Onion bill, thus
from the hotch-potch Of the two bills and
OF their own amendments creating new
bill however It's before stated almost en-.
tlroly from the Terrell bill.
Under this substitute bill the law. ss II
now stands, as to eligibility to Suffrage,
has heen changed so that only conycts who
have been restored to citizenship by par.
don can vote j also provides that no
election precinct shall have more than 200
votes as determined 10y the lust general
election FOR country precincts and the last
city election in cities
Under this bin every voter must have a
poll tax receipt giving his descriptive list
where be lives. what bis political faith may
he; he must pay his poll tax aud obtain
this receipt In person ana must swear be
has had 1t IN is possession three days
prior to the ele' Ion, else he can not vote.
only persons II ing in cities exempt from
poll tax must h We an exemption certificate,
and it conform IN al respects To the poll
tax receipt. A poll tax receipts aud e6-
emptory certificates must be taken out on
or before February ! Of each year and all
primaries must be held 10 Juue, no man be
ns permitted to vote at the primary OF any
party unless his poll tax receipt or c&emp-
tiou certificate shows be is a uemDer Of
that party The ticket Of each party is
printed ou separate slip of paper and the
voter eau ask for the ticket OF party alone,
OF he cun take them all and from them
nuke out u scratched ticket. Tue presiding
/ oniccr writes his name on the back of the
4 ucket, or tickets, handed the voter, ana
/ when the voter goes TO deposit his vote
he must have it nloseiy folded, but SO az
/ 10 show the presiding officers name on the
/ back. The other ticket he must similarly
f'Id ana mana TO one oil the Jouse" VINO
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PFeSloing 'u'ceI oi eu'n e!eeuoo precinct
iueSe "ie 20, W '"S 'DI'' 1,
lures % tne o''' 'u'o'lN " 49, -
the posslol''y o. l'uuS' .spe''A,' 81 ti'
matter oil tue pom tax l"e AuslI ai'0'
system OF poothS LOT country ID wen d
city precincts is PROVIDED
Every memoef OF tne committee t'auA'!
admitted that ne had k'ute up BIS siee''
for some portion or another OF the OIL an'
reserved the right 10 hasn his irenchm
DI"ue Oh 'Ae "oo' - 'ne "ou'o ~
! proper time came. All, however, expresses
l themselves as Endorsing the bill as WhoI
and as being heartily in sympathy with II
but each one thought some Of the detail
might be improved 1t VIII no an interest,"
: ing fight when 1t comes before the house
The plan is to have day set for It's hear
ino
:
S day or two age as reported III tues
dispatches d uouse -. ',,,i,,o
Tor Tue apPo'p'inet' VI - 49,, ~
. Of three rom tue mouse anu t"o it''" - :,
. senate to Visit tue p"'''ene'u ., %, ',,
!. sm,.,. o.. nuhlic mark WAS defeated
~ r.,s Tnor,,,, Senator Hale moved thf
the vote killing th"t resolution -
sldereu' WIZ Uo'1' $1,000 To this m
n that that vote ne rsseinoeu' 80 WAC ~
ton Senator Ldpscomn delivered "o,'
+ l9sue on the heroes OF Ie'aS ana "" s''' -
I, " t.a rp, IN sentiment. which was iisten'
", ,'' aitb marked attention by senators.
senstor Davidson Of Galveston also IN
y ,.n, fceuur remarks. supported the moti'
:, lew -o las,,S'
!, c,nlonat,on for the reason n n
5. .a ." with a brief resume at lasst
q t,,'' nertaiu,ug to the battlefield we
u r,"" NV senator McKamy Of Dallas can
a, s'''" ,,hn snnported the notion
''C.,as,,,on was made to the motion
4 opP"s'', ssyagc. who opposed the tral
q, ~ ,or,"a,,on Of the battlefield into u pa'
10 ,..snr. ,,o cream aud popcorn would
ot va WA ana above the graves OF the hero
'e ,',o,ant vendors would cry their wares
~ In. IN economical grounds,