El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-07
VOTING
BILL IS PASSED
Senate Measure Is Adopted
And May Be Used as
Substitute in House.

Austin, Tex, May THE AIcNealus
soldier vo,ing bill having been passed
unanimously by the senate late yes
terday. the legislature assembled to-
day with the probability that the SEN
ate bill would be substituted for the
house bills on the same subject and
passed
Unless new subjects are pressed by
: the governor. the legislature viii be
: ready to adjourn by Thursday or Fri
/ day Of this week.
Would Enlarge Soldier Suffrage.
! Senator Bailey of Dewitt today in
{ PRODUCED a bill in the senate in which
/ he seeks TO extend the right Of
suffrage not only to soldiers and
I sailors who have already been dis
: charged but also to those TO be dis
/ charged between now and December
l. 1913 He proposes TO accomplish
this by deferring the date for counting
I the votes on the constitutional
amendments TO be voted on next No
vember TO December l. In the mean
time soldiers who may be discharged
may register their ballots with the
county clerk in the county in which
they reside and to be counted on
To Extend Control BIZ.
There was passed finally in the
senate today the bill by senator West |
brook extending the time TO Jan. /.
1920. In which the central board of
control bill shall become operative.
Senator Caldwell sought to make the
date Jan 20. 1921. when the 37th legis- {
lature would be in session. but this
was voted down in the house. Repre- I
sentative Poage. chairman OF the peni- I
tertiary committee, introduced a con-
current resolution proposing a COM
rN nHa invest tim Of - q loo
farm transaction. the committee TO |.
consist OF five members, three from
the house and two from the senate
BY a viva voce vote the house to-
speaker is to name the house mem
bers and the lieutenant governor the /
senate members.
McNealus Bill Amended.
The 8IcNeaius soldiers bill after
having been amended was passed /
finally. M 7e- suspension OF the rules.
The amendments recommended by the
house committee 10 the Davis bill
which is the same as the bill intro
duced in the senate by McNeIlus were
adopted by the senate before consider
alton Of the NcNealus was begun sec
ton by section.
Section five which sought 20 segre-
gate the votes Of soldiers from other
votes cast in any election. was strick-
en- out Anather amendment adopted
provides that applications for a man
damus 10 compel election officers 20
permit soldiers TO vote shall be filed
in district courts instead OF. as pro-
vided in the original bill, with the su-
preme court.
Revising Primary Law.
The bill by Thomson, Of Hunt. re-
vising the primary election law. which
had been reported favorably by COM
mittee yesterday was killed by being
Indefinitely postponed The house
by a vote Of 63 to 50 concur
rent resolution by Brown Of William ,
son requesting the secretary OF war
that all Texas soldiers be returned
home as soon as possible and act so as {
to make IL effective January. 1920. was
introduced by Mcmillan. Fry and !
sacket and referred TO the committee
yesterday afternoon reported the bill i
put favorably-
House bill by Pope giving vote TO
soldiers and widows Of soldiers with !
out payment OF poll tax was adversely ?
reported. II
PROPOSES House Bill
House bill by Pope. a companion {
measure was indefinitely postponed.
Its author agreeing that it is not es-
sential to his soldiers voting bill.
There's much opposition to the other
bill by Pope. Il being practically the
same as the one passed at the regular
session and which was vetoed by the
governor. Three amendments to the
Davis soldiers vote bill were recon-
mended by the committee. the most
important was !
THAT. whereas. Il was declared in
article I. Of the Texas state consti- :
tuition that all free men when they
form a compact have equal rights and .
no man. or set Of men. is entitled to
Exclusive separate public emoluments :
IH.ral ! $50
&c services. etc, and IL is here declared
hat such soldiers. sailors and ma :
ines in consideration OF public serv-
ces are entitled to exclusive separate .
lublic emoluments and prerogatives-
Hobby Submits Control Bill
Gov Hobby yesterday submitted TO o
ne legislature the subject Of board u
n control recommending that the act