The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-15
UNDER The BIG DOME
A True Chronicle Of the First Weeks Do
ings of the Legislature.

getic to degree in dispatching the
business of the house. He ought to
make an ideal presiding officer and
if he does not practice the arts OF
the political capital maker too much
for future campaigns or try to make
the grind of the legislative mill
great in output rather than in fine
ness of product, he will make an
enyiable reputation. Whether he
will do this or not remains to be
seen and will be seen. The Missouri
legislature, which is now in session,
sent the house a telegram of con-
graduation on Mr.. Loves election
and the house, by unanimous vote,
thanked the Missouri Legislature
for the compliment.
The Political Capital Maker at Work
AS | previously said, it would be
too much to expect that among the
| large number of men in the house
| some attempt at the political capltal
play would not be made. Ihls de-
veloped in the report OF the temper
arv committee on rules of when
| Hamilton. of Hunt was chairman. In
his report there shines forth a
| grand stand play for the folks at
home" in the matter of prohibiting
| LOBBYISTS on the floor of the house
| which amounted to nothing more
than an opportunity for the ora
tors to declare before an unbeliev-
ing world how much more honest
they are than their neighbors. These
rules were presented to the house
for adoption on Friday, and II |
were a blind man and could not see
what they were up to | would say
that the purpose of these rules was
to prohibit any person from lobby
ing. except member, former
member, an official or an empioye
of the house The poor old newspa-
per men. those pack horses of pollt-
zeal fortunes. came in for 1uii
! share of base imputation and FORE
| ordained damnation. whereas they
were formally pointed out as the
arch LOBBYISTS OF the past, but mas
! much a. the daily press only mas
/ heen represented in the past ana
the said daily press has been AFRAID
IN SAY ANYTHING about the legisla-
ture expect in platidudious TERMS
the men of IN. press who have opih-
ions and express them nave no
crows 70 pick, The rules presenter
Inv this "holier than thou commit
tee provided In the first paragraph
fb8t mo- American citizen low enough
40 accept position as salaIlea
.mploy. OF the house could express
lhia opinion directly or indirectly
nu any subject 81 legislation for fear
that the weak legislator would p" lu-
nueuced thereby Cobb 81 H"Nai
made The committee ashamed 81 IT,
self iu "a yety few words and Eafi"fa
,g Grn,sou. who uy the wa} OPP
,..ar. to ns ycr tble as welt 'e
f,tr ana bfoad-minded man. offered
,n amendment which rook thr OFF,
GERS and employee out "' 'hv poem
lystss The newspaper fellows 'i ne
paat must have hesu terrible seq.
for ths rules if NOT stss iiieai1, go
t, tmui{eanou dtt Hare lbai th"
,,,.v..pauer representative heN"
lh.,.n th, psta a8cpts of corporations
.ra tass sunuvneod legislation. ~
hn. hs.n said that 'its 1sref hifa
tbat siiI b.foai ~ "wn nrs', and
.s tb. dally pfcss Boa ihc paH' hAf
. .ata nothing agt complimentary
thtnss ~ legislators. 10 iliy bss"i''ss
hat tusy nnw tu imsinaat" IA
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.urnf. IT corporations tn" ~"Fa
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ausssst. influences bus N" n"~~p"
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. -,-.tvtns s from auy one >"'hins
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