Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-27


beers have expressed themselves as
believing that the time is now ripe
Tor re-submission OF this question.
which. 10 will be remembered, VAS
defeated al the polls some six years
ago
Lobby Dispersed.
Only few members OF the third
house" or lobby remained In Aus
I tin during the meningitis scare OF
| the last ten days II seems that
those gentry are human after all
and have as much fear Of the dread
malady as members OF the Legisla-
ture They had one other incentive
however. In dispensing to their
homes and places Of business and
that vas lack OF material on which
10 work Arguments for or against
measures they were Interested In
must be addressed 10 members. and
as there were so few members on
hand they found themselves tenn
porarily with their occupation gone
Austin. since the break away mas
put on its ordinary appearance OF
listlessness There were no throngs
in the hotel lobbies and no crowds
at committee hearings and for lit
tic while a. least there has been no
encroachmonts on the anfi-lobby
law 10 such things were ever done
New Bills for the Hopper.
The re-osialishing OF the leg.sIa-
ture viii reveal the presence OF lot
lot new bills that are ready 10 dump
into the hopper The pont mp ideas
that have been accumulatlng iu the
brains OF absent members during tho
Interim have been placed Boo pres
entable bill form and come out Ia
The wash OF this week Many of the
members have occupied their time
Boo studying measures already intro
duccd and mentally outlining the
course they will persue In regard TO
them when they come up for consid-
GRAFTON They have had time In
which 20 reflect and reflection is OF
Lreat mcmcnt iu the work OF legis-
hitting for tlr poopl" Tho uumpr
of bills that have been introduced
BOO both branches now total exceeding
% thousand. county local and general
laws OF an kinds
MAY Reconsider This One.
When the full crew bill came up
in the house some time ago It vas
Killed by a vote of So 10 81 Is the
ull crew law dead II so. can il
revive Representative Savage OF
Bell who introduced the bin has 70.
turned to Austin and he SAYS that
bc is looking into the matter and
DO be- can find a way 90 do 20 he is
going 90 try TO bring % back 10 life
again IN this bin be- will have tho
backing of e great many members of
the House T. \ Calvin. who lead
the light against the bill says that
Dee viii raise the point of order that
10 do so is impossible and contrary
10 the constitution which says that
when a measure has been defeated
in either house II shall not then be
parimeutariau he also claims that
the farmers OF Texas are opposed 10
the enactment of the full crew law.
MAY lie Some Trading.
The report has been started that
there may bee some trading on the
full crew law by those who are anx-
ions 90 got the katy-Ceutral con-
soIdation measure passed over the
Governors veto This You tickle
me- and | tickle YOU policy. it is
claimed has been used with NOR, or
less success heretofore n there Is
Hrt truth Boo the statement 10 may
result iu the revival of tho mu crew
biN Hul fbp passage of the cpus1l.
dalton DIN over thD veto of fb, eot.
Drnor Man, members of tho lees.
wIr. are ay,rse to such methods
being employed. Iouhuug both tn,
Wisdom and The proprioty of such
tentative understandings and 10 may
be- that there Us no basis for on, ru-
NOR
Pleading for Nndcrp
Some forty OF the House and sen.
ate forwarded a petition 90 Washing
ton the past week appealing 20 the
United States government 20 bring
influences 10 bear on saving the lie
LOT the deposei president OF Mexico
Representative Lleweilyu OF Dallas
wired the petition. numerously
signed. % each OF the United States
senators from Texas This is to be
followed by a resolution TO b. intro.
duced In the house the first OF this
week. II is said that Madero is
high degree Mason and IL was stat.
ed that many OF the members who
signed the petition TO the United
states senator's from Texas were also
Masons. Senator shepherd respond
ed by saying he would do what Ne
could in the matter.
some Who stayed"
Among those members OF the
house who remained In Austin dur
hg the meningitis scare which drove
the major portion OF the member
ship 20 their homes were Speaker
Terrell. Spradley OF Collin. Temple