The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02
|raIiSF IS WORKING WELL
|. mare, and Expense of Special
Bills 10 Disguise.
I, crcyxEx ARE MUCH CONCERNED
.olslstion Desperately Opposed
7s''r - y. rom the North and West
" The Hogs Amendments

alt-A p",ontlv recognized II his nam
rse y while occupying a seat in tn
q, X the house day or SO Vso "
ritksii ,.....o oninlon that one OF
y s,,ssed amendments chat could be
o. nV .so constitution OF this State Il
ra y rould prohibit altogether or place
es 'ua' - restrictions around the pnssag
W. .,I bills This observing politician
hs . ~ have sat here this morning
$50 ,b,u an hour, and during that
,rtr bills have been sent up J
W .,,ons read by the clerk, and at least
y u, NJ the twenty have been special
...ur,s to cover some particular ease.
.,-atber thing about these spe ial bills !
J. .s.sryed. Nearly every one Of them
NJ emergency clause attached. IN
e recited that the world will
s,.,rly to an end unless the bill p sses
u hseones operative at once
=, ,,nsrks Of this visitor led to an in
n ,,,,lon as to whether his remarks wer
w n we're surmises, when some discoF-
wv rare made Up to - o clock yester
VA ,Sen, o7i bills had been introduced
" house, Of which number 1t Is safe
Y, .sst rs per cent ara specia. IN CD 'r
~, ana Intended solely to serve some
keil purpose AAA
,,,,b,r feature of these special bills was
,.Yrsred in pursuing this study, Man
Nam are cunnlngly devised schemes, and
~ saroitly prepared The first section
r.,tss the impression that they are in.
v,.,d for the good Of tho State at large,
N MS first section, while conveying this
spession to the mind, upon more critical
summation viii he found to be an idle
,,a meaningless tumble Of words. Intended
N, 10 divert the attention Of the mem.
w from the main purpose. A large mum.
Il M a such measures relate to the public
,ssoB and the affairs of public education.
Nipy communities have peculiar coudi-
fins Encounter peculiar Obstacles, which
broad. general law, however elastic In
tancttr does not and can MT he M d.
a b wrer and a special law is enacted to
ret The emergency.
n lnotser thing about these special meas
In Is noticeable. They rarely ever en-
f tNrter any serious opposition. but go
Trough as a rule, without n halt I'm tho
t'ftueus course required by all bills. Now,
"a luN " lup bbultt Gnu NhuHt VI WAuAtNNT
tns result from special legislation. There
& Y oal! a small per cent of the members
Il hr that have some bill OF the kind before
h ~ house, and very few are In position 70
s iai1oniLe one, for the reason that most
+ N Whole course Of proceedings In the
Nouse Is game Of tit for tat" and with
ass members who refuse to play 1t be
ne house convened on the 18th and Is
wv Old enough for another truthful and
Htsiestng diagnosis to be made. As n
Soay Il Ia brief. By this it must not be I'M
sayOod as meaning It is short" but sim.
4 W bh.t OF the 271 bills that have been
il'oduced up to this date, only a few are
cs or contain much detail. The Terrell
htdon bill contains 1900 words. With
DIS exception there are only a few of
sWt 100 words, and by far the great major.
\ NJ @ataiE from 800 10 500. Not only are
y nlls brief, but so far the speeches
nYsang them have been short, and only
euofl on the part of the authors TO ex-
~ ind get the provisions of their meas
w clearly before their colleagues
AZ az WIN nills, so with all resolutions
n KY ulYe been short and TO the point and
y, spseeaes advocating their adoption crisn
w lhe point. Not one member of
sIN the senate or house has de.
,ssped the disposition to inlet
4 IN and useless measures nm '"g +I,e
MI s' -, - pefseoute the members with ela b..
ss M ana useless speeches, All the wind
sSuiusing vas done In the beginning. since
4 ,r mEs ume It has been very severely
I, . Has respect in which the present
n. I T record much above the average.
~ Melty-eighth legislature ia nineteen
", od and 27l bills have heen introdnced
W. ~ sane age 200 had been introduced
d s,,S a"enty,nfth. 33S In the Twenty.
NJ, an, sna ls5 In the Twenty seventh. fen
hi n ,a n the Twenty fifth, slxty.three
ssn A sa 70 the Twenty.sixth and il5
'p u tne Twenty -seventh.
.,.. aon for the small number OF bills
M, lceo N the house is highly commend.
rs not given out by the members
MI. peen obtained by observing the
- o. The Proceedings of the var,ous
~, We. and listening to the confer.
'u oy members during the interim
tim Mis when two or more members
Rhi Of onv,1stllg the same subjects in.
nilJ dlfssssra. the record with ms
Y ssue, ana measures measures they usually pool
4 Fsss,tss when more than one hi is
"a n WIN The same provisions and
II IN IA r.sommlttee, the authors are tba
n Rhronn ft,t,upoee that all be REFERRED n :
nm ma ~ WIN Instructions to examine
Mems they ion se one embodying ,he pro
A.s.s shows thai +ho -
seiatt ~ 's sst are more anxious for tbee
N Ia Name .ne people Of their districts tbay
" a thA trnot OF going down on the racor5
esilhsr ~ ~ law. With the avera ~
fisne Of ,A iiouFmer Texas leeisiatures fbs
81 poney has been the rule.
n m. ~
'psa season 81 the bill to provide for an
( ails 49,, 'p' three months. during which
az l. Az south Of the quarantine line
VI nm, SnFeh across without insnection
! hVs,shInS 'es.oh much more serious and
4 b Ass NJ, perhaps, than he intended,
Dc s,s 81 only started all the eattlemeD
q veil som. talking, but those outside
tsAt h',s " whom will take a hand in
81 'ae bill becomes law.
a91eT tSpqerton stnckmau with
faIs 81 AQasds CITY rbD ep'itl
ise hlH n lAht week iu Austin
IA 81 fas. rF WIS huhlert eogpIna pritN
@gf6 4h4tf Introduced also N
N ~ k2lMs Clt,5 lana among IN.
tga @mey investei s ~ H, o6ad1 =,
s NJ s6os states thar In case tb NJ h h
\ uHl y Tine loans to TsEas catIte
ri We stoet NpE secured otherwise thau
tssa Il o. .epillaterals. viii bo Win.
y siocElnepS hieh win, so no says. fore.
x ast' On sma specially those IN ths
q the martat scale. to throw thelr
~ " ron ks sSen further said. tbot on hi.
III 49, q stt.ss SitT 10 Texas he met !
n ilssfa laaas Tsqen who are rancbine n
II sssas nann no Informed Informed him that thor
: Pat are M improvements on theIl
4 ts.essd. and IN, laraeter that can moi
x s,l,st them ',,stea in wsT tbst p, won, Y
s q lana. from using Il FOR Inc "g p1r
hsese 70 Rive therefore, thev would X.