El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-27
CONFLICT WITH GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS IS COMING TO A HEAD

and the state of Texas are involved is the climax
Speaker F. O. Fuller Of the house Of representatives
Texas legislature has caed the house TO assemble
Austin August to consider the university situation
and certain acts Of the which are considered to
reflect on his official and personal integrity.
Speaker Fuller ends his call thus:
Owing TO the seriousness Of the charges that here
made and other charges that an assured viii be fled
the presiding officer Of the house Of representatives
hereby call the house Of representatives, to meet IN session
its hall Austin, Texas, the first day of August
1917 z o'clock, noon to consider whether not the
house Of representatives shall present bill Of Impeachment
against the governor Of Texas the charges to be tired
thereafter by the Texas senate"
As for the university the governor vetoed apprO
paon for its maintenance, voted by the 35th legislature
except that he approved one salary OF $500 year Inc
governor vetoed the appropriation because Of dislike for
certain faculty members to whom he has referred, as
reclted speaker Fuers call grafters, liars and
traitors" And in endeavOring to impose his VIII
upon the regents who given the management
and control Of the affairs Of the university BY articles
2639 and 264O Of the revised statutes Of 1911 he has
moved members Of the board Of regents, apparently with
good sufficient The legislature viii deter
mine whether in its opinion, the entire proceeding Of
vetong the appropriation removing members OF the board
Of regents and demanding the removal Of faculty members
was Illegal
The matter of the location Of the West Texas = and N
college viii be subjected inquiry. The last legislature
provided for committee locate the college somewhere
western Texas. Governor Ferguson strongly IN
favor Of the selection Of Abilene. The committee met and
took two ballots After the first ballot it announced
had been cast for Haskell for Snyder,
for San Angelo and two Tor Abilene
On the se0nd ballot, Lieut.. Gov. W P. Hobby and
speaker O. Fuller changed their votes It announced
the vote stood One for Amarillo for Snyder and three
for Abilene The majority apparently being for Abilene,
Lieut. Gov Hobby and speaker Fuller joined IN voting for
Abilene by viva voce vote to make 1t unanimous.
After the committee had adjourned, It reported II
the press that three Of the five members had denied voting
Abilene that only two votes for Abilene could have
been Gov. Ferguson then announced that speaker
Fuller had voted for Abilene the second ballot to make
the third He later supplemented this by saying he
had seen Nj Fuller vote for Abilene However, speaker
Fuller has made affidavit that he did vote for Abilene
that he voted for Haskell first and Snyder second Lieut.
Gov Hobby the other member who changed his vote has
made affidavit that he voted first for San Angelo and
second for Amarillo. Commissioner Of agriculture F. W
Davis has made affidavit that be cast his first and second
votes for Snyder That for three Of the five
the second ballot. Then the question arises, how
could three votes have been cast for Abilene?
When agitation resulted from the publication OF
reports concerning the boards action and when
board members began making adavIts to their votes,
pressure brought 10 bear Gov Ferguson to call
meeting Of the board to vote the selection all over
again. He declined stating belief that the selection
previously made honest and far and he persuaded
some members Of the board to sign statement to that
effect which he had prepared. They signed, filing at the
sane time reservations to the effect that they understood
zfree members Of the board would not make affidavit
that they had voted for Abilene
This whole situation IS TO be reviewed By the house
Of representative is understood the representatives
VII also inquire into the alleged failure Of the governor