El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-01
ASKS FOR MANY
JUNIOR COLLEGES
Bill in Texas Senate Calls
for One in Each Sena-
torial District.

Austin. Texas. Feb. Senator Suit
e. introduced in the senate today bill
providing for the establishment Of q
junior agricultural and mechanical col
Iege in each of the senatorial districts
Of the state.
A bill was introduced raising the age
OF consent from is 10 IS years.
Considers Highway Bill.
The house spent the entire morning
session considering the state highway
commission bill. and consideration of
the measure was resumed this after
noon.
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing that one-half Of the revenue de-
rived from the tax on automobiles shall
be returned to the counties
Confidence in President.
a resolution is to be introduced in
the house that it is the sense OF the
Texas legislature that the stand taken
by president Wilson IN the German
crisis be upheld.
Would Check office Making.
Senator Henderson today introduced
in the senate a resolution that it is
the sense of the senate of Texas that
no further offices should he created
by the enactment of bills such as
the public utilities commission and
ether commissions without such mat
ters having been submitted by cOnsti-
tutional amendment to a vote of the
people
This resolution caused considerable
opposition. II was still pending when
the senate adjourned. senator Hender-
son makes an exception as to a state
highway commission. Eighteen other
senators joined senator Henderson in
his resolution.
Labor kilograms Numerous
Another batch of kilograms was re-
csive6 today from labor organizations
touching on the confirmation of labor
commissioner g W Woodman- There
was one by a Galveston labor organ
ization opposing the confirmation of
WOodman- 4 delegation of about 200
labor leaders representing the various
labor unions and organizations. reached
here today to urge their senators to
vote for the confirmation OF WOOdman.
The delegation was headed by Ben J.
Flood. of Dallas. secretary of the legis-
lative board of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen.
Pool Hall Bill Defeated.
The Williams bill 10 regulate pool
halls, failed on the final passage by a
vote of 81 10 So The bill was revived .
however. on a motion 10 reconsider and .
on the calendar. This is the
bill which would require pool halls 10 /
close at 1880 every night and all day
Sunday
TO Change Primary Dates.
Senator Johnson of Harris, today in /
bill In the senate amending
the primary election law so that here /
after the primary elections shall be
held on the first Tuesday after the
fourth Saturday in July. and that this
shall be the legal primary election day;
also thar all polling places shall be {.
open at a. m. and closed at D. m.
instead Of at :, as at present; also that !
returns shall be made TO the chairman
Of the executive committee within four /
days after the day OF the election.
Another important change is that |
which provides that Immediately after /
an election the judges shall make a /
tabulated list of the votes cast and !
one copy shall be sealed. to be can )
vsssed later. and another copy made /
10 the county clerk. which shall be
available TO the newspapers, and if the
7Oting place is two miles from the
the judge shall receive 81
for making this copy