El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-24
Constitutional
Contention Is
To Be Decided
Resolution Comes Up In
Texas House With lndi-
cations Of Adoption.

Austin. Texas. Jan. 24.-Now that
statewide prohibition and woman SUI
frage are out Of the way and both
propositions will be submitted to a.
vote Of the people on May "a. the leg
fslature is in position to turn its at
tention to other important legislation
which has been accumulating since
the session convened. Both OF these
proposed amendments viii be signed
by the governor and filed in the state
department. There are several other
Joint resolutions proposing amend
ments TO the constitution but these
are not worrying the members as
much as the two herein indicated one
important proposition being consid-
cred is the Tillotson joint resolution
. calling a constitutional convention.
this resolution having come Up IN lhe
house today. There IS Conslderapie
opposition 10 it. but the indications
are il viii be adopted, as the last
LEGISLATURE passed such a resolution
! and it was vetoed by the governor
/ THE resolution provides that the dele
gates shall be selected this 1all ana
I the convention meet next January
Vote on Everything May -.
Because Of the great expense IN
holding special elections in Texas the
cost being approximately S3OO,OOO,
majority of the lawmakers have de-
cided TO fix Nay "A as the ua-te on
which all proposed amendments shall
/ be voted on. which IS the date tiNed
for the Joint resolution passed In the
senate, 10 abolish the Office OF county
treasurer A strong effort VIII be
made by senator HerJZbergs OF san An
tonic, TO have adopted his proposed
amendment increasing the salary OF
lei. EMN0u aNU-Uuu
year
Garage Incorporation Bill Passed.
Senator borough today obtained
I the final passage IN the senate OF MS
Z bill providing FOR the Incorporation
Of garage companies The Dill per
mits such corporations TO also ope-
rate iitnes and service cars.
There was also passed finally the
bill by senator r N Dudley OF Ii
Paso. providing for a double platoon
l Of firemen in all cities Of $4,000 and
I over.
Two bills by senator borough, one
| providing for the forfeiture Of the IN
I terest Of the beneficiary on Ike IN
/ surance policy when the insured con-
1 tributes 10 his own deaths and the
other that suicide shall be no defence
/ on the recovery Of a lie insurance
D policy. We're passed. Senator smith
I had passed finally his bill providing
I for the teaching Of fire prevention IN
/ A bin BY senator Dudley. Of FL
| Paso, providing that any defendant in
/ a criminal action shall be permitted
I 10 testify in his own BEHALF and ms
I failure 10 testify may be commented
I upon and considered by the prosecut-
{ ing attorney was killed by the enact
I ing clause being stricken out
] With a view TO preventing control
! Of elections by the use o. money SEN
I ators Westbrook, Dean and others to-
1 day introduced bill IN the senate
limiting the expenditure OF various
] candidates. The Dill limits the cam
I paign expenses OF United states SEN
/ ator 10 $4,000; governor, $l0,veO5 Tor
D all other officers TO be chosen by the
/ voters Of the entire state, including
judges Of the courts Of last resort ana
] members OF the congress at large, -
500 for each candidate district mem
beers Of congress $4,000 district attor-
ney or district judge. SbO0i MEMBER
Of state senate, $500; member OF
] house, $500, county officers IN coun-
( ties having population OF over $4,000,
Z $3.50, and for counties having pop
latiOu Of 10000 and less than 5vUV,
I $500, and $500 in counties Of less than
state to ReIInquish Oil Rights.
In the house today. a bin was in
troduced by representative Marshall,
/ providing for the valuation OF the
( sales Of school land, releasing BY the
/ state all mineral claims. This IS one
l Of the most important bills affecting
! development OF the oil industry in
/ Texas, which has been so far intro
| duced. The passage OF the bill would
mean the REIMBURSEMENT by the state
/ OF all mineral rights now claimed on
I land heretofore sold rs grazing land
There are millions OF acres OF such
lands involved
Endorses Wilson's II Points.
BY a vote Of IS TO 8. the senate to-
day adopted the house concurrent res
olution by Fly endorsing president
/ Wilson's Il points as a basis for per-
manent peace The resolution was
I opposed by senators Dudley and NC
! Nealus. the latter declaring he was
! opposed to a league Of nations on the
ground that such a league would be
Z Of advantage TO Europe but he doubt
/ ed whether IL would be to America
Attack on Texas Hangers
Charges against the Texas rangers
I were made on the floor OF the house
i Of representatives yesterday by rep
I resentative J. T. Canales, while de-
I Tending his measure to reOrganlze
the state ranger service Opposition
I to the measure compelled him to bring
/ to light alleged outrages committed
/ in Cameron county, representative Ca
males asserted
one man arrested by rangers six
months ago has not been seen since,
serted that another taken from a jail
1 by them later was found dead with
I three shots in his body. The rangers
>. explained they freed the man and he
I committed suicide, Nj Canaies said
Men were taken from their homes and
shot. while dead bodies lay unburied
for days. he charged.
says Rangers Murder Men
Representative George B. Terrell
/ said he had been informed "by the
! best citizens Of border counties that
more innocent people have been muir
dered by rangers than by outlaws in
that country"
Senator Clark. Of Schulenberg. was
the only senator who voted against
the prohibition amendment The other
anti senators saw that Il would avail
nothing to oppose the final adoption
Of the resolution as there were more
than a sufficient number OF votes
pledged to pass II.
Libel Bills FavOrably Reported.
House judiciary committee has
made favorable reports on three bills
on libel, introduced by Miller, OF Dali
las, and in which the newspapers Of
Texas are interested. One or the bills
provides for venue in libel suits and
fixes the venue in the county OF the
7 residence Of the plaintiff where the
cause accrued and the county OF the
domicile OF the defendant. This would
remove the present rule that a libel
suit may be brought in any county OF
the state II It can be proved that one
copy OF the defendant paper Is clrcu-
lated therein
sential TO the success Of a suit for libel
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