Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-13

democratic voters of his home county o
Kaufman, where he has resided for many
years, and his nomination was secured
through a minority OF the democrats o.
Texas.
Colquitt vetoed an appropriation for the
| A. & NJ College of $4,000 for addition
| to the steam, electric, water and power
plant, thus leaving the college without
adequate fire protection, as has been dem
onstrated by the disastrous fires whicr
have since occurred at this place. He also
vetoed an appropriation of $4,000 for ar
animal husbandry building, and OF $4,000
for plumbing and wiring. blouse Journa
first called session Thirty-second Legisia'
Governor Colquitt also vetoed an appro.
priation of $131,545 for the support and
maintenance of the state University
(house journal first called session Thirty.
second Legislature, page 675), as result
of which 1t has been necessary to erect
on the campus of that institution mum.
Der of temporary wooden shacks 10 meet
the growing demands of that institution
The, Thirty second LEGISLATURE s,.s alsU
and establishment of normal school az
Waco on the condition that the citizens
of that city raise and contribute the sum
of 500, 900 to build and equip 1t: The
the state treasury This bill also was
vetoed by Colquitt, one of the reasons
given being that II carried a charge on
the state of 100000, when In fact the
building carried no charge against the
state, but expressly provided that this
sum should be furnished by the CITIZENS
of Waco. blouse journal Thirty
Legislature, page 1851
The Legislature OF Texas In 1911 passed
an act increasing the scholastic age from
II to 20, and this bill was vetoed by
Colauitt. (Senate journal Thirty-second
Legislature, page 1224)
In his first message to the Thirty sec
ond Legislature, as governor, Colquitt ad !,
yocated the abolition OF the state school
tax using the following language: "Fbe-
llieVe, however, that a change In our or
ganic law should be made so as to allow
the collection of county tax Tor school
purposes in lieu of the state tax" (See
Gonzales speech, title "Gubernatorial
Denial.")
AS governor. one of Colquitts first steps
was to remove the entire board of regents
of the State University, with one excep-
ton to provide places for his partisanS,
an act Unprecedented in the history OF
our state.
He next caused the removal of Prof.
T. G.. Harris from the position of princi-
pal of the Southwestern Normal School
of San Marcos, refusing to give any rea-
son for doing so, thus bringing the spoils
of Office into our school affairs.
AS state senator in 1895, Colquitt vigor-
ously opposed increasing the general state
school tax which was advocated at that
state constitutional term of six months
free school, and in an interview published
in the Dallas News of Sunday, October
6, 1895, in which he announces this mes
sage and condemns the teachers advocat-
ing it, he makes use of the following ex-
pression 1.-The school teachers of the
state, as a rule, are taxeaters and not
taxpayers. They contribute the minimum
to the support of the school system and
always demand the maximum Of benefits
the waV of salaries
At the request of representatives OF
practically all of the labor unions OF
Texas, the Thirty-second Legislature
passed what Is known as the eight-hour
law, prohibiting contractors engaged In
state work from requiring their employees
to work more than eight hours a day.
After the regular session of the legisla-
ture had adjourned Governor Colquitt at
tempted to veto this law and filed his
veto message for that purpose with the
secretary of the state. blouse journal
regular session Thirty second Legisla-
ture, page 1879
AS member of the state senate Col
quit vigorously opposed the amendment
to our state constitution granting PEN
sions to Confederate soldiers and their
widows.
At the time of Colouitt's election as
governor Capt. e. A. Bolmes was acting
as pension commissioner, he having been
appointed to this position at the request
of many of the ex-Confederate camps OF
Texas. and having previously served as
pension clerk at the comptroller's office,
his term of office did not expire until