Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-16
SENATE SCRAP
STARTED over
APPOINTMENTS
Opposition is Develop
ed Against the High
way Commissioners
Named by Governor

AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. l6.--tPl-A
bone Of contention has been thrown
in the back yard Of the senate and
house Of the 39th legislature in
called session for validation Of the
slOO.000,000 district read bonds.
In the senate the solons are primed
for a scrap over a number of Gaver-
nor Miriam A. Ferguson's recess
appointments, chiefly Hal Moselty
of Dallas and John Cage Of Stephen
Vile. highway commissioners.
Investigations into state depart
ments started the row in the house
a. the state affairs committee
Wednesday night voted that an in
vestigation be made as outlined in
the King-Purl resolution. II was
presented TO the house today and ar
gumcnt began.
The governors nominations com
mittee, headed BY Senator j. G..
Strong Of Pamela county, is expected
to report on some Of those submitted
Wednesday. and the fight will be
behind closed doors.
Partisan political fires flared
Thursday, when the house discussed
the king-Purl resolution providing
for an investigation Of state depart
ments after adjournment Of the spe
cial session.
With enc exception, proponents
led by Representative Alfred Petsch
OF Fredericksburg. won on every i'm
portant amendment test. practically
assuring passage late Wednesday OF
the bill by a substantial margin and
a decisive victory for supporters Of
Attorney General Dan Moody.
The exception was adoption OF an
amendment providing the committee
of nine investigate the books of the
treasury department and railroad
commission to ascertain whether
sand and sulphur companies and
have paid the full state gross produc-
ton tax.
Representative Masterson Of Bra
zoria suggested investigation Of the
oil companies. Petsch termed his
action an effoet to play politics, and
Re1. George Purl suggested that
sulphur companies be added, pro-
rosal that Mastcrson accepted. The
amendment passed, 65 to SO.
Representative Rube Loftin of
Henrietta led a spirited sally of
Ferguson forces in the effort 70
amend the resolution TO provide the
investigating committee. charged spe
sificaIly in the original resolution
with investigating the highway COM
mission. text book commission. and
pardon boaH. should report TO the
seth legislature Thursday afternoon
X. B. Bobbitt Of Laredo. will close
for proponents and Loftin for the OPP
position.
Among rejected amendments were:
Limiting expenditures Of the inves-
tigation to $4,000: striking out the
term experts" and providing the
speaker appoint three attorneys
from the house membership; provid-
ing for a committee membership of
five, instead Of nine; providing COM
mittee members would be paid five
dollars a day for first sixty days,
and two dollars day thereafter, and
limiting per diem allowance 70 one
round trip. from their homes to
Austin and return.
Under suspension of the rules the
senate forged forward to the valida-
tion or the road bond bills.
The first one engrossed was SEN
ate bill Z, for district number one in
Guadalupe county, and il was
passed. Twenty-eieht bills were dis
posed OF in this manner at the morn
ing session.
Governor Ferguson submitted two
more of her recess appointees for
confirmation by the senate. They |
are Charles O. Austin. state banking |
commissioner, and Turner +. Hubby, |
state game. fish and oyster commits
sioner. They were referred to the |
committee.