Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-19
Senator Astin Explains Vote On Reso-
ton 10.

have not given public expression
NJ nv position and views earlier on
this resolution for the reason nave
been away from home and out OF the
state for several weeks and since my
return my business affairs have &C.
cupied my full time and attention.
There were three reasons that
caused me to vote for S. j. X. NO. Is
amending sections 40 and 81, Article
Q of the Constitution of Texas in the
State Senate at the regular session OF
the thirty-third Legislature. The llrst
and nrinciple one was that most OF
the friends of this resolution IN the
Legislature and especially those IN the
Senate promised to support and pass
6 T. r. No. II which was II. D. H.
No. %, which is we'll known IN SO lar
as II effected the University and the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
nroviding for three main things: First,
lsenaration of those institutions; sec
ond division of two million acres OF
Hand between the institutions and,
third q tax not to exceed ten cents
on the hundred dollars of property
taxable by law in this state TO De
known as a tax for higher education
for the maintenance, support and de-
velopment of the University of Texas
the Agricultural and Mechanical COL
,ege of Texas, the College OF INDUS
trial Arts for Women, the State Nor
, NAL Schools and the Prairie we"
State Normal and Industrial College
o The friends of the A. and NJ Col
. lege we're especially anxious and de
sirous of the separation of the A. ant
4 NJ College from the University o
- Texas and a division of the lands a
!, set out in Senate joint resolution II
= heing Fl. ]. r. No. % and as agree
- upon by the University and the GO
" lege. The division of the SAID ["
million acres of University land pre-
vided that 100000 acres of said Ian
should be given to the University an
400 900 acres to the A. and M. Colleg
As the A. and NJ. College is made
n branch of the University under OF
present Constitution, it is theret
- clearly entitled to a fair and equ'
able division of said land which aoo'
re- ratio is by many in the Legislatu
and out of it not considered Just
vision. but the friends of the Colles
with few and rare exceptions, we
willing to stand by this partition |
cause of the fact that the duly &C
" stituted and legal authorities OF I
University and the A. and NJ. Cole
had agreed and bound themselves a
80 ing for said institution to urge, ST
:, port and pass through the Legislatu
Senate Joint Resolution II, or H. j.
-. No. 2S
Notwithstanding the foregoing $
emn agreement made and entered II
in writing by and on the part OF So
institutions, yet many of the frien
of the University, aided and albeit
nv some of the friends of S. J. K. =
49, failed to keep their part OF S;
'I agreement and thereby prevented
final passage OF H. ]. r. No. Is at
regular session Of the thirty-third J.
islature, although |, together W
others, labored hard and vigorou
with them until the clock struck
final hour Of adjournment, they ia
utterly to keep the faith, all the u
promising but never performing.
It is true that after H. ]. r. No.
passed the House and was sent o
TO the Senate there was some opp
ton developed to same by some
ators because of the tax feature
again the friends of the College VI
ed and agreed to eliminate THIS
feature from the resolution and al
thew laid down and failed to q
across and pass H. ]. R. No %
they had agreed to do; especiall
this true of those in the Senate
~ were active champions of S. j. r.
~, IS with one or two exceptions
wv. the active friends of the Univel
who are members of that body.
ming "ro $500 so ATT, rosoI,
in the Senatt because | believed
s ]. r. No. II or H. j. R. Nc
would be submitted to the people
their action along with S. }. X.
Is and | was willing to submit
whole matter and the said two
resolutions to the people for
consideration and believing at
time that the College would be
west 'iino 'A ....a. &c
dealt with by the submission OF
o. amendments and thereby enable
people to pass upon the questlc
to whether there should be sc
ton of the A. and NJ. College
I the University which is so deV
! wished by the people OF this sta
EXPRESSED by them in the Demo
| uW platform in two occasions, one a
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