Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-10

Possponemsns Of Tax Bin Make.
Il Inevitable.


Austin. April e.--There will be
special session OF the Legislature
This was settled when the house Ia.
bled the Kennedy gross receipts tax
bill by vote OF 81 TO 40. This Is one
Of the governors measures and when
It's consideration was resumed Tues.
day morning Representative Alder.
dice moved that Il be tabled. as he
said that there were other measures
Of far more importance TO be consid
cred during the remainder OF the
session. lie concluded By saying.
Let II go over TO the special session.
which Is bound to come" Represent.
alive Kennedy. author OF the bill. de.
ciared that n special session was Just
as sure as the light of day. conse.
quently he was willing that his meas
ure 80 over for the extra session.
Just before the Kennedy bill came
up another effor.. was made 10 ward
Off an extra session by Representative
Alderdice introducing n resolution 20
rescind the action OF the house In de
Gliding to adjourn April IL and fix the
Gate for April 20. This was voted
down by vote OF "a to -.
The house concurred In the senate
amendments to the Baskin- McGregor
liquor bill.
The house passed finally the char.
ter fee bill, which was one Of the bills
recommended by the governor. and
doubles fees on foreign corporations.
The platform demands were prac
ticaly repudiated In the house by
vote OF So to Al. The question came
mp when Representative Cobbs called
his resolution up. which was intro.
duced last week. resolving that mem.
bers Of the Legislature need not be
bound to supper, platform demands
that were not discussed before the
people. Mr. Cobbs said that the
adoption OF this resolution would
prove an object lesson regarding plat
form demands jumped up on the spur
OF the moment In state conventions.
A motion was made to table the res.
olution and this was lost by vote
OF 5s to II. which means that a ma.
jority OF the members favor the reso.
luton. Before the resolution could
be adopted the time for consideration
OF resolutions expired and II went over
snatched the girl from an old iecherer
A death blow was dealt bucket shops
by the legislature. The senate con.
Cured In the house amendments to
the jenkins and Mayfield bill. which
suppresses bucket shops altogether
and even prohibits the operation OF
legitimate cotton exchanges To n Ger
tain extent The vote concurrlng In
the house amendments was 10 TO II
The bill becomes law upon receiv.
Ing the governors signature.
Consideration OF the James blanket
primary bin. which has passed the
house. consumed most OF the time OF
the senate Tuesday morning. The bill
came up from the committee with ad.
verse majority and favorable minori-
~ report. After considerable debate
the minority report was adopted.
which brings the bill before the sen.
ate in the same shape as Il came from
the house.
Senator Murray created quite a stir
In the senate by offering resolution
that In the future no political party
snail ever place In Its platform az a
state convention any specific legisla
ton for the consideration OF the leg.
islature without first submitting such
demands to 1 vote of the people. This
resolution occasioned considerable dc.
bate without action.
The railroad commission gave no
tice that on May II II will consider n
proposition TO direct the attorney gen
eral TO institute suit against the War
rem and Corsicana Pacific railway for
forfeiture OF charter for failure to per.
form duties OF common carriers.
The governor was closeted from all
visitors Tuesday. II was reported that
he was preparing his veto message Ia
the legislature on the Santa Fe mcr
ger bill
The state tax board heard attorneys
for the railroads on the intangible as.
sets OF those corporations.