The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-01-18
JOINT SESSION HELD
Of THE TWO HOUSES
THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR AND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
COUNTED.
Tomorrow James +. Ferguson of
Temple viii lie Formally
Inauguarted As Chief
Executive.
By the United Press.

Austin, Texas, Jan. Is. - Both
branches of the legislature organized
| last week and were ready for real
business when the session got off to-
day. a little Formally was staged
| when the houses met in joint session,
canvassed the ballots for governor
and lieutenant governor and formal
| ly announced the election of James
+. Ferguson as governor and w. P.
Hobby as lieutenant governor.
Tomorrow comes Governor Fergu-
sons inauguration.
Acute politics defeated the attempt
in the house to curtail the speakers
move 10 have committee on com
mittees seemed certain of success
when John W. Woods was elected
speaker. However, some OF the men
who voted for him believed they
could get good assignments from Mr..
Woods and their votes went against
the movement they naturally were
expected to support. 1t is generally
believed thai had Mr.. Woods been de-
ieated the committee on committees
suggested would have carried over
Whelmingly.
The West Texas members of the
house consider Woods election a de
serving recognition Of that section of
the state. 1t is the first time man
ever was chosen to preside over the
house from a county as far west as
Fisher
Woods is an outspoken prohibit
ZIONIST and it is apparent that the
''dry8' are in a majority in the
house. The senate has a bare dry"
majority. With both houses dry" it
is likely that some anti-saloon and
liquor legislation will be attempted
But the ranks of the "drys" are di-
Vided on this question, some declar-
ing it would be useless when Cover
nor Ferguson's pledges spell veto for
any liquor legislation, pro or anti
1t Is a remote possibility that Gov.
Ferguson may consent TO consider
amendments to the Allison law
which the courts have crippled.
The election of c. w Nugent as
speaker pro TEN of the senate was a
surprise in certain quarters but OF
no political significance. w. p. Hob
by, the lieutenant governor, really
named the committee in the senate,
he having been here since the session
opened.
The usual flood of bills were in
troduced in the first week of the
Legislature. They cover a variety of
subjects and among them is the usual
quota Of freak measures. The fare
well message of Governor Colquitt
was received with the usual degree
indifference shown the official re-
marks Of retiring governor. His
Influence is just as great, however,
as that of any OF his predecessors at
the same corresponding time. With
every legislature it is The King is
dead. Long live the King!'
The large number of graduates of
the University of Texas in the legis-
lature bodies we'll for the support of
that institution. There is a larger
perceMag than usual of men of past
middle life in the house. Young and
old alike are impressed with the
Unsanitary condition of the capitol
and the agitation in the senate for a
complete disinfecting process is GER
tain TO spread to the house this weeR.
A big fight is brewing on the
question of redistricting the states
congressional districts There is no
good reason why the matter should
be deferred any longer, except the
wishes of the politically ambitious
among the present congressman
Bills proposing the new plan Of dis |
tricts have already been introduced
and are among the leading topics OF
discussion bV memberS