El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-03

the Morris Sheppard ulSIElcL ana SsE-
eral weeks ago rendered his sdgnaLloh
to the governor and was to have LETT
tonight for Washington Instead now
ever he withdrew his resignation from
the governor. The question arose as 10
whether this could be legally done
The attorney general neld ulal II
could be done and the governor ue-
cIared that it was UP to the senate a. 70
its action with its members Inc sen
ate held that Vaughan could WlJndrs1W
the resignation. consequently vaughan
will hold his seat The reason TOT tllls
Sc that Vaughan is wanted to assist IN
the passage of the Katy ConsonuaIeo
hill in the senate over the governor
veto the house Saturday evening ny
5Dg having DasSed the bill over the
veto BY vote Of IS to %
The Katy bill is scheduled TO come UP
mass also in the senate over the gov
ernOr's veto ce+
Senator Collins introduced Dill IN
+,,s senate today to prOhibit. newspaper
ans such practice as "a species OF
The The senate spent the forenoon con
zideTing- the Collins employees conrs2en-
sa4iOn bill which is still pending me
Alamo bill is to be consloeIe9i -, Ils7-e
TODAY made a favorable majority reIOt
On +6e hin by Hudspeth and others 70
with an adverse minority report
AntI-PaSs Measure.
The house spent the entire mofhlIlS
considering Lanes DlI amen l7l5,fe5-
crate veterans and their WIDOWS "
vide on passes. also TO permit rsllIL %!
men to still retain Ihelr $3.50 80 E,o-7a
4bev are elected alderman OF JnelI - IlolllS
Ci+v This caused endless dlscGSs7lol
and the bill was still under cOHSLee ~ a
fio1 when the house recessed win d
motion TO kill the entire Dlll Oy
inc out the enactin@ clause
over COIGuitt's Veto
Rv a vote of IS to 4S the mouse %
CONSERVATIVES Saturday oFerroue SON-
ernOr Coluuitt's veto Of the Katy cor
solidation bill 1t IS salu lhaL ~ 49,,
will be no difficulty IN selJlns -
senate TO override the governor aIS as,
Ind that the Katy consolidation OLlL
will become a law some uIne -
eroTarDOT COlduitt intimated that ne
Thought the Katy liable for recelNerSItLp
- Fr-fsf+77ra of charter proceedings
Action may now be TAKEN 1OL -
cr0yernor attorney general and ra1lroad
commission all receive a WallOp rum
the legislature in the matter
Froon Movement Approved
The house adopted a resolution m
dorsfng governor COIqultJS Stahu IN
sending troops to the border ana IN
7orsed senator w A Johnson Tor a
Ma On the public utilities comnls-
The railroad hospital bill, giving
o-9DIovas control. a bill amended 10
nrovide that in both civil and criminal
cases the judge shall charge Ine JIIS
before arguments, the bill auIhorlIl ~
surety companies TO make bOnQS LOT
state officials, the Allison Dill I0rold-
ding intra-state shipment OF uquOE
INTO local option territory but permit
ting OersOns TO carry II IN ana one
77erson 10 give it TO another DIS au-
afbOrizing residents OF territory aoJd-
cent TO towns to vote as to WheJner
or not they shall be annexed, prOnlu
mo for verified pleadings IN civil
cases. providing for issuance OF DoLiuS
for county hospitals: providing 1oL d
travelling public healJh car ~ vi n
against communicable diseases. anu
TTovidine a state school and home 1oE
Tbe feebIe-minded were finally passed
in the house
The senatS began consideration OF
Collins employees compensation a.
amended f. to exempt railroad en-
Moves and refused to allow employ q >
~ common law plea where they 90
not accept the plan Ihe Dill was nOI
finally acted on
Retiring senator. Horace W. Naug .Ili17
was presented with a handsome S1Lu
headed umbrella and penknlte- he
leaves to take q seat in congress
The senate committee on lrrlgaIloIl
reported favOrably bills authorizing
formation of irrigation companies ana
-fhe HudsDeth- BrelsfOrd bill provlQlh5
regulations for the formation OF L!Ll-
cation districts, regulating the IaAllS
of water for irrigation purposes anu
revising the irrigation laws
Hudspeth's bill providing a central
board of control for all state eleemosy-
1nary institutions was also given Id
working at Night
For the first time since the present
session Of the legislature ms LeSl - ~
session. both branches held night ses-
sions Saturday, and while the arrange
ment in the house is only temporary II
is likely the senate may make 1t
permanent feature, as the upper
branch is still away behind in its Work
as compared to the house There are
4 mass of local measures pending on
the calendar in the senate which neeG
consideration and it has been found
that it is only by working overtime that
these bills can be reached
To Reserve Mineral Lands
Senator Hudspeth has introduced
quite an important bill in the senate
being a proposed act providing for the
sale of all public free school land IN
the state with the reservation Of the
mineral rights and without the cOnd1-
ton of actual settlement or residence
The governor has recOmm ended Sucn
legislation and believes that these school
lands now held subject to actual settle
ment should be thrown on the market
for Development especially OF the west
ern section Of the state. There are
over 2OOO,OOO acres Of such land Whlcii
would be thrown on the market in the
event the Hudspeth bill becomes a law
More Pay for Higher Judges
Senator Watson has had passed in
the senate his bill which increases the
salaries Of the judges Of the supreme
court and court of criminal appeals
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. and that
of the judges of the eight courts of
civil appeals from $500 to $500 a
year The house has not as yet taken
up this bill The bill originally pro-
vides for salaries of $4,000 for the
judges Of the supreme and court of
criminal appeals. but the amount was
trimmed 1t is likely the bill will pass
the house IN its present shape
Houston Man Endorsed
Frank Putnam. a Houston newspaper
man, has been Endorsed by the Texas
senate for the position of consul al
Bremen, Germany, under the incoming
administration Of president Wilson A
resolution presented by senator Bailey,
signed by practically every member Of
the senate. was adopted indorsing Mr.
Putnam for this post
RedistrictinE Bills.
That it is absolutely certain that the
house and senate viii be unable TO
agree on a congressional bill. admits Of
no doubt and that the question Of the
reapQortionment Of the congressional
districts Of Texas will have 10 be set
tied by a free conference committee, is