Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-06
SPRAOLEY BILL
WAKES INTEREST
Proposal to Create Public
Utilities Commission
Stirs Corporations
(By Worth ;. ,,ay)

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AUSTIN. Texas, Feb 9 THE bills
By spradley Of Collin county aud
Lewelling OF Dallas. 20 create a pub
Dc utilities commission has drawn .
10 Austin many OF the men who rep /
resent the street car companies, elee- |
.tric light companies telephone ana |
telegraph companies and other corpo-
|rations whose business Is 20 serve
the general public The proposition
EN- braced by these proposed meas
res ~ 10 place all such business en-
|terpriseg under strict supervision. 10
prevent discrimination and 10 iIk
rates for the service furnished con
Isummate with reasonable profits and
the general GOOD. II Is 10 be an en-
,largement OK the states jurisdiction
lin preventing discrimination and ilN-
ling rates such is now exercised TO-
wards the railroads, and II Is not al
lam surprising that these enterprises
lshould be- deeply concerned This wri-
ter would not attempt to say. WIN
Tout a most careful study % the bills
introduced whether In their pracii-
'ral operation they would be- beneil-
Iclal 10 the public or harmful 20 The
corporate business they seek 10 reg
nlaie. but he does not hesitate 10 say
THAT the men representing the COM
.panios engaged In business la This
state that will come under the oper-
alton Of the law n passed are going
to work early and late TO defeat any
and all such regulation measures.
Work Through the People
Tho corporatlons have long since
learned that the most effective way
10 defeat any law is 10 get protests
against the proposed law into the
hands OF the legislator from some OF
his home people Chairman aprad-
lev OF the House Insurance commit
tee has received a great many tele-
grams and messages on the subject
OF insurance from people In all parts
Of the state. likewise his authorship
Of the public utilities bill has brought
him a number Of protests from tele'
phone managers In his own district
Mr. Spradlry is confident that some
= Of these kilograms were written li
tho Driskill hotel In Austin and en-
: wording dictated and sent go h
friends or home and by them boz turn
wired iu 10 him he declares thai
C 'ho contents of some such message
.Norp such that he knew the met
whose names were signed to them u
IIs only a clever way the shroWd TOD
.hyisi adopts 10 secure pressure on the
representatives OF the people Sucl
methods are more often mcccssfn
than others and no one knows tn
better than the fellow who Is tryini
to defeat or prevent the passage o
some bill
Some star Chamber Work
The committee appointed 10 inyes
Iugato the relation OF members OF IN
legislature with certain poker game
alleged To have been interrupted b
tho police In this city a few night
ago began their so-called probe be
hind closed doors This commute
wants no newspaper reporters pres
cent while they are bringing ont IN
facts i'm regard 90 the little games
chance that have set the state ago
with gossip u Is doubtful u tn
lisa wise course for th" commItto
.fo pursue. because some times u
,, far better 10 have the real truth
-, such matters told them 20 leave sue
-. matters 20 the imagination OF n
II. .pooplo of the great State of Tex
, % who are jealousy watching eve
o.. move made by their representative
=. Ina tho legislature But speaking
sh gaming brings on more tai llo
I'll - Savage Of Bell county. HI
~ proposed a new law or rather an o
.puo. on the subject.
MAY Have Been iicpca,cd
m the new criminal code OF u
stat, of Texas there are now too a
rrl,s ou the subject of running
. gambling house one makes the q
ID Tense ID misd,mouar and the 9th
I makes 10 q felony The rules OF co
stru,tion usually followed by q
| courts i. that these two sections
law are .u conflict neither is ette
luy, and both are null and void
this is the correct rule then Tex
i has no law against running a gam
| ling house Mr. Savage has ntr
| ducod bin 90 reinstatc the law
La was before the new criminal co.
was adopted after a conference vi
Ia member OF the court OF Grimm
/ appeals and letter received fro
the attorney general on the suble
linz In fact there is now law agair