Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-03-02

a tax on billiard tables which was re-
turned by the house with the respect
full suggestion that, being revenue
measure, it should have originated
with the house as the constitution pro-
vides.
Liutenant Governor Davidson rec
ognlzed Sturgeon to speak on the sub
ject, saying: 81 have never during my
term in the legislature, or as lieuten-
ant governor, had to deal with q mat
ter like this. l believe that the bill
should be placed on the calendar for
disposition, however"
Sturgeon said: 1.-THE chair is correct.
don't believe that the present chair
or the chair of any other senate was
ever confronted with a proposition
like this. The bill was returned on
mere point of order and without dis
cussion. The speaker at once sus-
tanned the point of order, which indi-
Gates that it was understood that he
would do So"
Continuing, the gentleman from La
mar said that it occurred to him from
this incident that one man could con-
troll all legislation.
Speaker Rayburn, he thought should
have referred the bill to committee
to be brought back to the floor for
discussion.
The bill was ordered placed on the
calendar with the notation that it had
been rejected by the house.
During the afternoon session Stur-
geon, rising to a question of personal
privilege, delivered himself of the fol
lowing:
"As am the author of the bill just
returned to the senate from the house
looking to the regulation and taxation
of pool tables and billiard tables,
think the president of the senate is
eminently right when he says that he
has never been confronted with just
such procedure and that it is his opin-
ion that the bill should go to the cal
endar of the senate. / ask that the
bill be placed upon the calendar of the
senate, and, as soon as have time,
will present to the senate a protest
against the action of the house upon
this bill. Then the bill will take the
course as is provided for under such
state of affairs"
Cofer, Mayfield and McNealus has
adopted by the senate a resolution in
viting former Senator Senter of Dallas
to address that body. Among other
things Senator Senter took occasion
to commend Governor Colquitt for We
toing the Texarkana charter and
roundly condemned the recall as
form of government leading to chaos.
Dallas was cited by him as an in
stance of what the recall can do. Since
he had been party to placing the
recall in the Dallas charter, he apolog-
lied profusely for the part he had play
ed in the matter.
Former Representative Harris Of
Galveston also addressed the senate
by invitation.
Hudspeth secured final passage Of
his bill exempting water users asso-
Citations from the payment of franchise
taxes and charter fees, the purpose be-
ing to give relief to mutual concerns
in the arid West that have taken adj
vantage of the Newland irrigation act.
Finally passed Johnsons bill allow
ing purchasers of sections of school
lands to sell to bona fide settlers for
ty-acre divisions and multiples there
of after one years occupancy on con-
dition of actual settlement. A COM
mittee amendment restricting the OPP
Grafton of the bill to twenty-three wes-
tern counties in Panhandle section
was adopted.
Finally passed bill diminishing civil
and criminal jurisdiction of county
court of Kendall county.
Terrell (McLennan) moved to sus
pend to take up the Waco Central
Texas normal school bill.
Cofer moved to substitute the Light
foot $4,000 appropriation bill.
There was some parley as to what
the pending business was and the
lieutenant governor held that the Stur
geon bill governing constitutional
amendment elections had the call.
Pros Have New Bill.
Vaughan offered the pro caucus sub
stitute for his bill and Watson thought
that on account of the Importance o.
the proposition 1t should be printed II
the journal and considered Saturday
On the condition that Il would be tax
en- up. both sides agreed to Watson'i
suggestion.