Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-25

: "A resolution Will be offered in
the house to recess the session for
Is days until Governor Moody is
ready to give us the appropriations
and revenue bills" was announced
by Representative w. E. Pope of
Corpus Christi.
In the senate, Sen. A. j, Writ
pointedly criticized the lack of these
bills in the initial call, and an
swered criticisms of Sen. T. j. Hol-
brook that an attempted change Of
rules. sponsored by Writ and others,
would give II men the power to
kill any bill"
Writ rule would give the appro-
priationS bills precedence over all
others in the same stage, and would
require a two-thirds' vote of the
senate to set any bill for special
order"
After 80 minutes vigorous argyll
ment, Lieut.. Gov. Barry Miller in
terpose dand referred the proposed
rule to committee.
In the house, it was rumored
early in the day that an attempt
would be made to break up the ses-
sion until Moody sent up the sub
ject of appropriations.
Representative Pope confirmed
this, and said, I'VE will send up a
resolution to recess for Is days, or
until the governor is ready to give
us these subjects. If he doesn't do
that, then we should quit and go
home.
These subjects sent up in his
message, the legislature already has
hashed over them"
Senator Wirtz told his colleagues,
I'VE should pass the bills on the
subjects sent up by the governor
today by the end of the week. We
have had these bills before. Three
Of them were before the regular SeS-
sion. The legislature is an indepen-
dent branch of the government. II
already has expressed its purpose
not to pass the bills in the form they
are submitted.
UNLESS it is the purpose Of the
governor, by holding back legislation
| and by a system of trading, to force
the legislature to pass these bills,
then I don't see why there Is any
talk about thwarting the governors
will.
THE people," he added, want us
to pass the appropriations bills, and
not too stay here all summer doing
it,"
He and Sen. T. J. Holbrook, au-
thor Of the prison bill, who had
protested the effect of Wirtz' rule
| change would be to hold up the
pending legislation for appropria-
ton bills, engaged in further re-
partee.
Il ought not to be accused" Sen.
! Writ told the senate, "by the ad-
ministration whip, Of trying TO
thwart the governors will"
The senator" retored H%olbrook,
seeks to assume the dignity and
provocative of the executive depart
ment, by saying in his rule what
the special session shall consider"
Both in the senate and the house,
| further encounters owe the delay
in offering the genral appropriations
was assumed of occupying part OF
the session. M.
~We don't know how far we will
get with a resolution to go home
| and wait until the governor gets
ready to give is the matters for
consideration" Rep. Pope said, but
we are going to offer it. unless we
find out the subjects are going to
| be laid before the legislature"
Representative Pope reports there
had been much talk in both houses
about action seeking to cause the
governor to turn the session loose
on the appropriations bills.
When the senate convened Mon
day 10 there were 20 members
present. Only Sen. Archie Parr OF
Duval county and w. D. McFarlane
of Graham were absent. Sen. Mar
gle Neal, who was i'll through the
regular session, was back at her
desk.
In the house, F. II. Marks Of Per-
rim was sworn in as successor OF
the late j. w. Ware of Germyn.
More than 100 house members re-
sponded to the first roll call ordered
by Speaker Barron.