The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-17
WORLDS FAIR BILL
Is to Be Debated ia Sort of Com
mlttee Of The Whole.
The UNIFORM TEXT BOOK BILL
viii Probably Come Up This Week and
viii Meet With OPPOSITION
BOLlN BILL WENT TO ENDORSEMENT
The Governor Eias Signed the Bill Which
Creates New District Court
for Harris County
DOLIN BILL WENT TO ENDORSEMENT

ouse over resolution by Mr. Griggs aud
cNeral others allowing the committee on
tate affairs to have the use Of the house
Wednesday for a free aud full discussion
n the measure making an appropriation for
he Texas exhibit at the Worlds Fair
MI Mays wanted to know II the adoption
# the resolution would in any manner in.
llcate that the house was In favor Of max.
ng said appropriation?
Mr.. Grggs informed him that II would
lot as 1t simply rendered the committee 4
Dom large enough to accommodate the
members who wanted to hear the bill de.
)nted,
MI Grisham spoke for the adoption of the
resolution, and while he was speaking a
special order interfered for a while
Mr. Mays got an amendment adopted
striking out the preamble, and the resou-
lion was adopted. 1t read originally as FOL.
lows;
Whereas, There will he held in the city
of ST. Louis, Mo, In a. D. 1904, u con
gress of States and nations, where there
Will be exhibited the resources aud
other advantages Of such States ana
nations; and,
Whereas it is claimed by some that
, Texas is the only political subdivision of
the civilized world which is Inhibited
from legally providing ways and means
to at said time and place exhibit 20 the
world her vast and boundless resources,
her matchless products and her wonder
full advantages; and,
Whereas, bill providing for an ap'
Precipitation for such purposes Is now
pending In this body, before the com
mittee on State affairs, and is Of great
f,t n tho nonpla of the state NOW.
therefore, be 1t
Resolved That the said committee on
state affairs be, aud 1t is hereby re-
qucsted to hold and open session there
Of in the hall Of representatives, on
Wednesday, the lStt, afternoon ana
night. that the members Of the legisla
ture and others interested may hear tue
discussion upon said bill; and be 1t FUR
Their
lives be, and the same is hereby Ten
d6red 10 said committee upon aalI udIe
for the purposes above stated
The text book bill now before the hous
will probably be called up this week nn'
will provoke q long and animated debate
Mr.. Glenn Of Austin county has charge o
the bill and will defend It IN the debat
against all Corners and goers. In converse
tiou today he said he had read a grea
many criticisms of the bill and was amuse
to see that some Of these critics wer
Jumping on the wrong measure, and hghl
ing bills which are not under consideratio
at NIL. Two bills have been introduced !
the house, one by Mr. Marsh and one b
Mr. Glenn. Both were referred to the con
!,ittee on education. After considering bot
measures the committee decided that
committee substitute could be drawn
more completely cover the proposition. Th
committee substitute was accordingly PR
parod, the Glenn and Marsh bills returne
IN the house with an unfavorable rcpor
with recommendation that the commttC
substitute. which accompanied the repor
do pass.
The criticism offered have been made q
the Marsh and Glenn bills, and not on II
committee substitute which is the pendil
measure.
Mr.. Bolln got his bill, compelling cottf
SINNERS to keep record of bales OF cotl,
pinned. TO eug1ossment. The bill allows u
state to furnish It's own cotton statistic
and prevents fake reports as to the t'
|
crop, , L.. ,.s ~
,.is,ons with a movement inaugurated
the department of agriculture at Wash'n
ton last year to employ special enumerato
Tor each county in every cotton grown
sta+o 70 visit all the gin houses IN the cou
ras and get from the proprietoFs the eHu
,,,,r,bor If bales Of cotton ginned by u
Tor tbe wear. By this mSthod the nu'nu
=, haIss Of cotton raised each year can
so.,r,,,,ned TO a bale, and authentic stat
49, ~ the cotton crop compiled
SOME LEGISLATIVE NOTES
-, Tovss February l6.-ThoSe pc
"a ,rha constituted themselves INTO
ph.on4c hand OF hckers for the purpose
na,,'nr numerous predictions as 10 '.
,,-,ness and general lack of YIN In :
'',-,, sc..,on Of the legislature nave oe
rery much disappointed ana "'s ~" ~
IN the cold world all by thenls''',s' :.
80 without shelter aud hope Inc t"V1'
.ls,btb session Of the legislature H"9
, ID made a record for ITSELF a"u ~ .
49,, ,,ort has been thorough ana eou'p'e
, Nh, host Of harmony prevails ~ 'le ~"
= ,.,.a,,ob Of the law making BODY anu oN .
-, 70 nothing else, business nis NV
aTVUuHL "a win yigor and conSefNPt' ~
. llspalu"V a single legislative uA9
: % ~ ogldp Tor rest ana tht IN,
! nevH ,St'u vill be the hrst holll1g ~ r
Go',,6 hv me legislature sllt1 y"u.t1,' n
~ dov n convened, Iae oal ,'eesr,,ed
t-Il he I'm the nature 81 d Fhard.Str k,
"mrd FOR this busy poay 90 t-st for III
sgovs aud 1t would BE- uuJvsv Liking
Ict.OM ssi1,o',ts To cllticise them loT ' eetIre
coIs'.tu enjoyment from thtK n4uN
In ~ Of course, the senate Wnn.n,,nt
.s+ar THAN the house, on ~ =
te t~,SsT membership, ana eau t"A1 en-
l nv 9'' saIiouruluent at Its lelsu!g, hano,
o,fion M In keeping WIN
custom and precelG,htr ,tor, ~ the egis
me twenty-elglth sesSOjn 10 nix ory a,
tnre. 50 far, Will 20 uoNH NH work Is e
reco. md the peOp.e are pf uN
mculbers thereof.
rbe members Of tae lower nous NNo
..,.,r, to make record for me ',5'H,''
! ta ,,,s but not otherwise, are F'ius ~
geslt Win pretty frees N % 49, aa
tne newspaper correspondents siD,
oneniur Of the session al the 'loas y"
op ,,ing work on Friday, some men n1
lloIil'4'6 oves that the house slen
wns5 81 until Monday. lAsse I've
go 'a rssn,hers usually demand % az rec
4 80 vote on the motion, a srs ,hr drf q
~ voting against ", sba sfteruoon tfS
20 get out Of town on Wv