Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-03
PALESTINE LADY WINNER.
Miss Marie Cronin to Paint the
Steele Portrait.


Austin, March 2-Tuesday was sus.
| pension day in the house, when by ma.
jority vote bills could be taken up. The
first action was the killing of Briscoe's
bill, providing for a commissioner OF
highways and approprlating $4,000.
The bill requiring railroads to pro.
vide suitable sheds for the protection
of their workmen was ordered en-
crossed.
After discussing for an hour jenkins
bill, defining homicide and fixing pun.
! ishment and abolishing first and sec.
ond degree murder the measure was
killed.
The house investigating committee
to investigate the appointments Of
Speaker Kennedy, held meeting
Tuesday and organized The meeting
was executive. After Chairman Hill Of
the committee announced that the ses-
slons would be executive except that
newspaper men would be permitted to
be present and take testimony for pub
lication. He said the committee would
begin work Wednesday.
The senate finance committee re
ported favorably Weinert's bill appro.
priating $4,000 TO build monument at
Gonzales to max the birthplace OF Tex
as independence; also favorably Sen.
atOr MastersOns bill appropriatng
$4,000 to build chemical laboratory
building at the medical branch of the
university, Galveston. out of penal
ties in antitrust suits which may
hereafter be collected
Lieutenant Governor Davidson an
nounced the commission to paint the
portrait OF Captain Alonzo Steel, the
only surviving of the battle of San
Jacinto. has been awarded to Miss
Marie Cronin of Palestine over half a
dozen other competitors Miss Cronin
is daughter of Tom Cronin, a veter.
an railroad man The portrait is TO
cost $500
Texas independence day was OBJ
served here. although the legislature
was in session.
The anti-racing bill which passed the
house was reported unfavorably by a
majority of the senate committee hav.
ing il in hand. the pari.mutuel amend.
ment being favored.
In the absence of President David
son and President pro TEN. Terrell the
senate elected Senator Brachfield to
preside as president pro TEN ad in.
terim
The senate committee on mining
and irrigation reported favorably on
the senate bill creating a state mining
board
The senate went into executive ses.
sion and confirmed the appointments
of the governor of the new livestock
sanitary commission sent up some
lime ago
Senator Meachum introduced a bill
calling for an appropriation of $4,000
to purchase from Mrs. John H. Reagan
the Reagan papers and memories
Other bills introduced were:
BY Watson: Revising all insurance
laws of the state and to bring the
laws up to date.
BY Kellie: Providing better sani-
tation of cities and towns and author
iZing city councils to make sewer con-
nections with private corporations.
BY Cofer: Two bills, one fixing
Limitation at ten years at which suits
for delinquent taxes can be brought
and the other providing the method
of bringing such suits.
House committee privileges, suf- !
frages and elections reported adverse. |
ly house bill relating to manner oe
holding elections and house bill relat-
ing to expenses of candidates for of /
flee.
The house committee on constitr |
tional amendments reported favorably |
on the resolution to reward the nine
teen men who defended the stats
treasury in 1866 from robbers.