The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-11
LEGISLATIVE
MISCELLANY
SENSATIONS IN BOTH HOUSE AND
SENATE.
Governors Big Stick Has No Effect
Bill Recognizing Newspapers
Right to Make Contracts Is Defeat
ed After Forensic Struggle.

Austin. Texas, March 10.-The
week has been sensational one at
Austin The speaker of the House
started the ball rolling by asking for
committee to investigate his Of
fetal conduct connected with the ap-
pointment of house employees and
for time the inquiry threatened
to temporarily eclipse the Thomas
investigation and like the Thomas
lobbying charges, proved tempest
| in a teapot The committee exam
| ined employees from the Governor to
| the janitor but found only one semi
complex transportation, which was
fully explained by the interested par
| ties and the speaker was fully exon
Grated by the investigation.
Closely following this case the
big stick" of the governors -four
ished over the house and senate de-
handing a cessation of the junketing
and a fulfillment of platform de-
mands, but the weapon only. stirred
the ozone, the solons pursuing the
even tenor of their way, accepting
an invitation to visit Ell Paso and
San Antonio, and no platform de-
mands were enacted into law during
the week.
Senator Perkins of Collin County
made a plucky fight for the right of
contract between newspapers and
railroads. The Senator's speech was
recognized as one of the strongest
appeals to reason" that has been
made during the session of the leg
| islature. but the administration per-
sistently fought the bill Senators
| Holsey, Brachfield and others bitter
| ly opposed the measure and after a
heated discussion affording one of
the most brilliant forensic encounters
in the senate during the present ses-
amending the bill in such a manner
that it was practically destroyed
The first veto of the governor came
this week and served to warn the law
givers to keep off the sacred domains
of the Goth legislature 1t was the
| bill seeking to reduce the license on
circuses and wild west shows, but the
| governor was opposed to any tamper-
ing with the 30th. The establish
| ment of a Labor Commission Bureau
has received the signature of the gov
ernor. This law will bring about an
| increase in the official family at
Austin and number of applications
have been received by the governor
| for the places but it is understood
he will make no appointments for
several weeks yet
The product map of Texas issued
NV -
Association was placed on the desk
of the senators and representatives
this week and caused favorable COM
ment. The senate passed the anti
| race track gambling bill, which now
awaits the signature of the governor
| to become a law 1t is GAINED by
| the opponents of the bill that it will
kill the Dallas and San Antonio
| fairs as well as all other fairs which
depend upon the gate receipts for fl
| nancial support but this contention
| is denied by the supporters of-the bill.
The senate on Friday passed the
concurrent resolution sent over from
the House adjourning the legislature
on March 18th. This appropriation
bill cannot be passed this week. At
a special session, of course, only such
matters as the governor refers to in
his message can be considered by
the legislature and considerable spec
ulation is being INDUCED in as to the
purport of his message. The knowing
ones predict that he will include all
the platform demands and then
some and the welding of the big
stick" is looked for during the special
session