The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-30
NO CIRCULATION TAX.
Proposition Comes Up In House
and Ia Defeated

Austin, April 30.-RepresentatlVe
Savage created stir in the house by
introducing a resolution to strike out
the enacting clause to all bills now
pending in legislature. adjourn sine
die at once and go home and save the
state from any further expense with
the legislature. The resolution was
declared out Of order.
AS the time for the end of the extra
session Is drawing to a close members
Of the house are becoming restless.
This was evidenced when Representa-
tive Terrell of McLennan offered a res.
olution providing that night sessions
be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. during the remainder of the
session. He called attention to the
multitude of bills which are still pend.
Ing for consideration. The resolution
was referred to committee on rules.
Petitions were received in the house
signed by several hundred citizens OF
Navarro and Brazoria counties. pro
testing against the passage of 2-cent
railroad passenger fare bill.
When consideration of the gross re-
ceipts tax bill was resumed, Mr..
O'Bryan of McLennan moved to recon.
slider the vote by which the Baskin
amendment to the gross receipts tax
on stonk yards of l per cent was lost.
Representative Lane of Tarrant count,
ry supported this motion, but it was
l.. - -
The section taxing interurban and
street railways ! IL per cent on gross
receipts was passed without amend
ment
Clerk Robert Connerly OF the court
of civil appeals of the Third district
gave out a statement to the effect that
an item published in one of the papers
that the court of civil appeals, Third
district, had heldithat the stenograph.
ers' law with reference to statement of
facts In appeals of cases was uncon.
stitutiOnal is erroneous. Clerk Con.
nerly says that no such ruling was
made by the court and the correction
Is made SO that trial judges over the
state may not be mislead.
The afternoon session In the senate
Monday was devoted to discus
sion of the textbook bill. The com
mittee substituted meets the view of
the governor, except that 1t provides
the textbook board shall be appointed
by the governor state superintendent
OF public instruction and president
of the University of Texas. The
minority report is the same, except
the appointment of the board, which is
left exclusively to the governor.
MIR. Harper took the governor to
task and characterized his veto as un.
kind, In which he declared the gov
ernor insinuated that the authors of
the bill played to his book trust. and
In rebuttal, read the present, declar
Ing It literal copy of the last act
He called attention to the governors
connection with the textbook bidders
In the past.
Mr. Skinner defended the governor
and declared the chief executive was
right In his stand.
BY vote of So to 81 the house voted
down the proposed amendment to tax
newspapers 2 per cent on their gross
receipts. The original amendment was
for IL per cent. but It was re-
duced to per cent When this amend
ment was introduced by Representa-
tives Mears and Ballinger and others
It at once aroused considerable con.
fusion in the house.
Representative Brown of Wharton,
who was opposed TO the whole bill,
offered a substitute for the amend
ment to the make the tax amply to
newspapers having a circulation OF
500 He said If they are going to i'm.
pose tax on the big fellow he wanted
no discrimination. His substitute was
lost
In speaking to his amendment Mr..
Mears said that the big newspapers
OF the state escaping taxation He
cited one of the big dailies-the San
Antonio Express which. he claimed.
paid no taxes on machinery and plant
and outfit valued at 100000 He
roasted newspapers for roasting the
Legislature and said they should be
made to pay tax on gross receipts
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