Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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for the claims Would still come up
in ever recurring deficiencies and
have to be recognized and honored. ”
For the past two years (1,030,000
sheriffs, clerks and attorneys in fel-
ony cases-and for expenses of at-
tached witnesses, about one-fourth
of the cost of the entire state gov-
ernment. Showing the extent to
which the compensation of county
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tion and corruption, Governor
Hogg said in bis message in 1895:
“In some instances in this state it
is well known that a single couhty
official receives fees and salaries in
the aggregate far in excess of the
three supreme judges, or more than
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treasurer all put together. Many
others receive more than any dis-
trict or supreme judge or any other
ate pursuits, but who ongoing into county in the state in which 3000
from (3000 to (12,000 a year.”
The necessity for this legislation
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portant to enquire into it? leading grand juri^ in foi
features. Manifestly the control- would materially ]
ling principle should be just com-
pensation for the services jendered,
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money at public expense It
should protect the state treasury a^ tachmerits- in the first instance "to
well as offbrd relief to individuals
and tttigants. The money which
After Mx Days a. Quorum Ta logical conclusion it will result in
Secured, and Organisa-
tion Effected.
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THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
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Additional asylum room
—r--- —r----Jed. For lack of ..means
involves a threat or retaliation and jt is impracticable to enlarge all of
the asylums, and at one titae it was
believed that the proper course
was to increase the capacity of the
one at San Antonio only. Fur-
ther consideration*of the*.subject,
and especially in view of the great and not an opportunity to - make
distance from this asylum to the
our population, thus af-
fecting materially the cost to the
..... var’°,d8.countiesand the state of
The special session of the legis2®anra£'es which are -the ieBull of Transporting the patients, leads
.— me to suggest that the Terrell asy-
lum, which is nearer this distant
population than Austin, as well as-
that' at San Antonio, be enlarged.
With trie appropriatiorf*of (63,920
for permanent improvements and
maintenance at the Terrell asylum,
1 an appropriation of (71,000
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islature*of reducing expenditures.
Taking the appropriation bill
' 1 as a
basis, it is believed these reduc-
tions may be safely made for the
nSxt two years exclusive of some
small items: In the governor’s
office, (5,000; relief of liquor deal-
ers, (10,000; in the university,
(10,000; in the agricultural .arid _
mechanical college, (10,000f in the ing the amount of appropriations,
Sam Houston normal institute, —-•*»—*■ - ■>-- «— —-
. (20;000; forffeee ill examinirig tri-
- plnTas take the risk of ths^xMwrii- «Ja.. >20,000.; permanent injnroyfc
' pence of their associates and that meats at the Austin lunatic asy-
to compel the companies to. pay 1— <m»a ;m.
damages for such injuries wotrid
increase railway chargee. Neither
———--“of the80^ontentiDTre;it is •utmrit
. ted, is sound. Persons who en
•j, gage in the"service of railway com-
panies do not, for the wages con-
tracted for, as-is frequently insist- wv
ed, assume the risk of the negli- nuklly for the latter,
' gence of.-their fellow servants''*"”''^ a •”rnnA-
Tbe 1 ■ ‘ ’
and their compensation is based
upon the services rendered and the
peril of the employment. Thou-
sands of
killed wL .
..byteyre accidents and casualties,
wholly free from the negligence of
any one, and these only are the
risks paid for and assumed by the
employees and for which they
should not recover damages. JLis
a common argument .pt raijjga^
coihpanies to insist that the modi-
fication or abolition jt* ■*“
trine will authorize an
freight- and passenger charges be-
cause it will increase company ex-
d, v—
ren’
der the dispensary ’taw nugatory. S
June 11 is the date fixed for the
the convicted murderer of* '.innie *
Williams and Blanche Lamont, at
Sacramento, Cal., and Gov. Budd
has refuted to interfere. Under
the laws of that state, the party to
be executed is given the right to
invite five relatives to witness the
,----- V execution, and the warden must
system. .It could net possibly af- admit persons-presenting such in-
vjtajjong Duarant’s mother has
expressed a determination to be
present, if his execution can’t be
Avoided, and accordingly he has
directed'invitations issqed to his
parents.
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Neuralgia, and long depression,
cause the hair to turn gray prema-
turely. -Hall's Hair Renewer will '
restore the color, and prevent the
hair from ailing.-----------
With a reason- -s-—-•—
•• * ’ - For first-class needy prints ad-
dress, Record Pub. Ce., Dallas. «
Ohio has put a state ticket in the
It also passed reso- -
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return rut and McLean for senator; ’ • .
The postril > department has no- *
tified all postmasters that- no law >
has been enacted, as general belief
seems to have it, authorizing the
use of private*post Al cards inaiK-
ble at one cent rate of postage.
At San Antonio, Bud Franks, a
horse trader, wound up'a drunken .
spree by murdering his yrife and
then killing himself. He ran th®—,
woman out of the house and shot • •
net four times in the back. Then
he sent a bullet through his own
brain. ~ . - '• • ■ r
At Atlanta, Ga., a“ young lady
af 16 summers was out with a ■- .
gentleman companion wheeling.
A negro youth was also out taking
a spin; and he and trie young lady
collided, with the’ result that the--
negro died in a few hours and the
young lady was pronounced fatally
injured.
There is an old negro Baptist “
preacher in Chesterfield county,
South Carolina, named Wfllihm *
Pegues. His distinction comesi-
about froin the fact that he is the
proud father of 43® children and *•; ■
150 grand children, the majority
of whom are alive. Pegues is 76,
and is remarkably active.
•Charles Martin shot and killed**
.Vincenzo Sirchio oh a train at
Plaquemine, Louisiana. Sirchio,
flTho was a handsome young Ital-
ian, had induced Mrs. Martin to
elope with him and they started
north with a grip packed and (3000
belonging to Martim Martin fol-
lowed, and after the xillihg surren?
dered. MYs. Martin said she was
glad Sirchio had been killed. ’ . '
. The South Carolina dispensary
44 w has received another-chemt. It
has been decided in the United
States circut court at Charleston -
that any person may import and
sell liquor in original packages.
that "state under a constitution fa? The decision, it is sakUia based on_
the interstate commerce law, the
j b , -r — ooutt holding that the right of im- J
•m>-eh case -is’-femsd'ic In— ^tjrtatinp coiuprehends ..the righj..^^^..^^..^,.
----- .. .... ofatte If sustained -on a]
this decision will, it is claim’
lum (63,926, and permanent im-
provements at the San Antonio in
sane asylum, (59,000, aggregrting
(2t»7;920. ; The tees in fekmy
cases and expenses of attached
witnesses should be so fixed that
an annual appropriation of' (300,-
000 for the fofirier and 50,000 an-
‘ '' . “ against
o ux.- tuvii 2011UW Boivauuo (375,000 and (75,000 respectively, which me compensation <
business is extra hazardous will be sufficient. In considering officials has grown, thus
’ appropriations for the Sam Hous- | “ r
ton normal institute, agricultural offefflUjT occasion for pplitical dicta
and mechanical college, university • •
f persons are injured or and insane asylums, it is not a
bile employed on.railways question of friendship, but of
'■ * ' ■ ability. The-bill disapproved in-
creased appropriations for the
three schools mentioned (100,000,
and the foregoing recommendation
allows (60,000 increaae, divided
between the college and univer-
sity, based upon the fact that the
officials of the normal do not in-
.increase in >ad that the college and university
n the present financial condition
of the state should bo satisfied with
cases and for attached witnesses
represents taxes paid by every tax] and scandalous?
payer, and consequently a reduction
of these operates far more gener-
ally for the public benefit than a
reduction of fees paid by compara-
tively few citizens who have oc-
casion to engage in lawsuits.
What has been termed the scaling
method of reducing fees, that-is re-s ..-poom,
during the efiarge for each service i-outfnied, any”reasonabFe ’biff. wS ‘ ■
rendered, has in its general, features *- . ™. . •- - -• •
it appears to me, important advan-
tages over the system which li-riitS
the aggregate of fees ^ach officer
may receive. The limitation sys-
I Not only are we pledged to re-1 tern requires complex bookkeeping,
general form the fee system, affecting dis- a return of -any surplus -to the
i a uniform operation of such a law
From this throughout the -. state; Any .de-
ixpenses of | forcing our criminal laws under the the principle; of just compensation
such cases, |,existing statutes, you may likely^ and it would not be repugnant to
0 in twyidiscover an explanation of the the constitution to so frame a
In my judgment the doctrine if apy substantial additional
fellow servants, that a person Lance is given these “institu
Votes were oast at the preceping
election. Repeal of the law allow-
ing fees in examining trials and
plainly existing, it becomes jm-Uttatchment of witnesses before
- Jr®gio counties—> .
would materially reduce official
fees and expenses of attached wit- —■
nesses without injury to’ the pub-
lic service. Under existing law
it is common practice to issue at-
* 1 ’——,—
counties other than that of the
trial and have sheriffs carry the v •
witnesses before thp court. Abu-
ses of the law have been frequent
1 “csndHloiie. The’ per diem
and the actual fraudulent traveling
expenses of sheriffs iri such cases
can be paved by issueing subpoenas
instead of attachments, clothing
the court with ample authority to
punish witnesses for disobedience
of the .process. While favorable - J
to the characters of measures thus
be approved. The demand is for -
immediate relief against laxtrava- v
gan^e and injustice and it matters
little through what constitutional
form It may be effected.
C; A. CpLBEBSON.
LATE GENERAL NEWS.
The Socialist ‘ labor phrty' of
Ohio has put a state ticket in the.
. i • - - - fieldj with Wrp. Watkins of Day-
—party lfae hands of the taxpayers in fees1 ton as leader. It also passed rese-
deliberate and sincere. < Paid by the state, avoiding assess- ! lutions in opposition to both Han- .. - '
2, ~cpllection r~1 -**-- ----
by importunities from state insti- against The present classification of) of any ^surplus to
2. L *. " • ' .f*]fees arises from the enormous
islstlire to enact lawsjwhich would drain upon the state treasury in j the hands
authorize them to reduce heavy felony cases and the heavy agre- paid by individuals, who are en-
. items ofappropriations as tetuake.gate of fees-reeeived- bv officials mi titled- to it,-instead.-of-taking. U
“2 , In 1889 and from them and putting it into the
tures insisted upon within the rev- before the populist party wits or county, treasury as so much more
* J in a ganized Governor Ross called at-• of their share of taxation. Except
in the case of district attorneys,
j iciuny cases, j who are paid entirely by the state,
ge of that year: J the limitation plan is difficult of ap-
J*. t . ____ .1. nllzsrtllzsM Ra/xaiiaa Im ezxrMA 1 MnfA mzsac
state
of counties as that the total com-
pensation tn the sevecaiwxounties
would be a reasonable reward fdr
the labor performed. In fact, the
uniform - rule o> tees operating
t the state has brought
About the disparity in total com-
pensation in officials which now ex-
■ists, reasonable in some cases, high
in some and exorbitant in others-,
and a rule less uniform in detail
but looking chiefly to fair remuner-
ation iu .the. aggregate would be
cofistitutionaL .A law of Ohio,
limited in operation to one county,
which regulated official fees, was
upheld by. the supreme court of
more restrictive than ours. (State
vs. the Judges, 21 Ohio, i .) A
"THana, where it was held that a
statute in which the salaries of
judge*.varied with population was
constitutional. (State vs Reitz,
luu., 159 / RkcJxJ LUHl
a scaling process which is not
made applicable to all counties
would concentrate business in the
larger counties where the separate
items of fees were smaller,' but it
occurs to me that this would be in-
appreciable and should not weigh
against the general good of the
feet the treasurer, assessor, collec:
tor, district attorney, county at-
torney or the recording fees
of the county clqrk. In rare
instances it might induce the
institution of .^uits in the larger
j rather than smaller counties, hut
the governor, attorney general ud with our venue laws and the small
.--------■< —- . saying in. isolated cases it would
, be of slight consequence. If . the
r scaling system should be adopted
state officer. Plenty of men are the nM Hi felony Um sliuulu tw
cent. ’
iri civil fees, and it
de tri every
• . tHB MK88AOE.
The following is the full text of appropriation bill the
tne governor s message to the spec - ' f ’
lai session of the legislature-'
----Executive Office, May 25, 1897.
» —To the senate and house of rep-
repentatives: • It is 1
recommended that^ laws^be passed },ored with commendable industry promise
isting deficiencies, amending or ab-
rogating the law relating to fellow
servants, making appropriation^
>. “ for the support bf the state govern-
— —5^-2°' ot*pp*up4 i*uuub m uj uuu^ . gate 01 leesjeeeiveu
Haren 1, ■ 897. and other needf 1 it impracticable to bring expendi- many of the counties,
purposes as is usual in general ap- ---------- I. , :. -
propriation bills and fixing and reg- enue receipts. As stated
ulating the fees c-d :c= 1„rulcI wluluuu;vav;uu, Uu. ...
ot district attorneys and county and llnder existing laws would create a !||
precinct officerjr- ' 1’- - - - - - --------1
The . deficiency appropriation ttnd for the trim years (313,913d-'Tnthis connection “it is worthy of plka.tio.1? because in some instances
bill which was —•—*- u,y T_’ 22L ___r—" J -- -----
by the~'finance committee of the the recent opinion df the attorney i branch of the government, and and counties, and in others.by the
from ■ The good in the limit plan which
paid entirely by the state,
cases,
gate sums'hiay be approximated in
the scaling plan by so adjusting-the
ratio of reduction as to reach sub-
stantially the same results. It
seems to be objected to the scaling
plan that it will work injustice to
officials in small counties by re-
ducing fees while now they barely
afford a livelihood, but this' may
not be an insuperable obstacle
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fund may not be used for the sup- charitable institutions seem f. ,
' i to have been-'is fo’und iri fixing definite aggre-|
given that kept strictly confined in their ex-1 gate sumsTnay be approximated in
moo! fund, penditure? within the. limit of ap-
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courts of civil appeals for the sec- for the two years. ThU bill, con- j have coyered back into the treas—
ond, third and fifth districts. Em- mined an increased appropriation ury unexpended balances from
ployment of stenographers by these of 365,000 for educational jnstitu- last year, the judicial department
i„ ....4L 1 .1 —2- tij insanb asylums, has transcended it§ appropriations,
not enjoined (Rev. Stats., Art. From Jthis statement, three things and the deficiency to be provided
1012), the services havebeen |>er- I<re. apparent, first, excuses must > for 1D payment of fees of sheriffs,
formed -and being just, the ac- o© reduced dr Aaxes increased;'clerks, attorneys, special judges at-1 not oe an msupciauic vu^uiuc.
counts, i( sbarns tome, should be second,, in the_abetacri of increased^]tached witnesses and justices-and-; The constitution does not require
j in examining 'courts
.. . „ .... —-- | institutions above mentioned'..can I amounts to (337,600. T
should bq promptly satisfied as it hot lie allowed, and third,, the fees. enormous incr ase in the cost of en- serving fee system must rest upon
would be clearly unjust to delay 1 ifi felony case* and er--— - - • • - -> —-r -------u—
payment of them by reason of ob- attached witnesses in
j ection to the claims of steriogra- aggregating (1,0^0,000 in twgl,
phers.. ■«. years must be materially reduced probable stringency in our pub measure by refergnee to populatiqji
of fellow servants, that a person Lance
damages of his employer for per- of education should be fostered government as . well as the others.
'* eonal injuries, nor his'family if and the insane dared forj ah well as “L-L .
•■'death ensues, if the injury or death general public interests subserved, paid district attorneys, sheriffs and throughout the state has brought
vra»-eaused by the negligence of. the serious duty confronts the leg- -•—*———-- c—-------——* •’— ^r>m_
v- Aiellow tervant, shoqld JtKi abrp- i ’
rated by express law; because it is’Taking the appropriation
illogical, indefensible and unwise, passed at the regular session
If this be not done the measure on
this subject which passed -the sen-
ate abrogating the principle as to
certain railway employes and oth-
’er'Wise relieving the cruelty of the
rule, as demanded by the demo-
cratic platform,'should be enacted.
. ■ Opposition to this policy in the
legislature seems to rest upon (he
propositions that railway em-
tions. 1 efforts towards a-reasonable
penses. It is the familiar corpo-
other liability, audacious because it be provid
unseund because if pursued to its
absolute relief for the corporations
against either liability or taxation.
If the basis of these arguments were
true legislators should not hisitate
to make the change, if it be just,
to the large body of railway bulk of
a vicer*.. D._.ad rsr piatterm »«<». employes regarffiess of such oon-
ta. ■’■'••-O’mu*—Frat.™., ate. sequences. But it is untrue.
1 1 W 11,1 - W—1 I
— — £Fh<K>aWU VTA U4V 1C¥13- I .. . . ” , . a 1 »a«
lature convened Saturday, May their . are not legitimate
22, pursuant to the governor’s call operating expenses upon which an
and immediately adjourned, neither jm rates may be justly
house having a quorum. Adjourn- Pre^^ted, for that in a measure
t memt was taken from day to day would reward wrongdoing. For-
' until Thursday, When a and under different man-
- appeared in both houses.* Agements when judgments were
The governor was then .notified remlered against railway compa and — -------- —
that the legislature was ready to do niea’ whether ln favor of emP‘°ye8 f for the San Antonio asylum fof an
business.' The governors message or steers, it was usual to increase additional wing and maintenance,
was read in both houses Up to freiKht rat«s on town where '*00 additional patients can lie ac-
Saturday evening the time ‘was the tnal w“ had and ln “ few i commodated. This will probably
•taken rip in routine and other wee^ recoup the> damages from answer present necessities and ro-
bustness incident, to organization people, but the railroad com- i.duce asylum expenses<(130,080 as
and the introduction of bills mission now establishes rates and i compared with the bill which was
- this species- of injustice is im-[disapproved. ‘
j practicable.' , onjy are we pledged
In the consideration of a p-"“~ ’ ’ - - ■ -
... . i one passed ! trict attorneys"and county and pre-) county in proportions difficult to
by the two bouses may be taken cinct officers, but it Is likewise de-! esti“ate and removes a stimulus
as i^Jaasis. The ffnariee^ wmmit-1 mAuded by' the public "welfare.*] forithe performance of official duty
tees gjive the subject of state! Non one acquainted with the pres 1 a*ter the limit is reached/’ The
. finances most thorough and ex- ent system can dotlbt tlje necessity ! scaling system leaves the money in , UD1U) „1LU „
rttpectnilly hBU8trve examination. Thby la- for this reformation, and the party lhe hands of the taxpayers in fees! ton as leader;
T . ‘ : was <’ '2 1________-’* * ~-
and zeal, but were so embarrassed;Speaking generally the complaint; meat, cpllection and. 1
by importunities from state insti- against the present classification of j any surplus to tire state
tutibns and the failure of the leg- fees arises from the enormous treasury,"arid leaves the money in
; islsttire to enact lawsjwhich would drain upon the state treasury in ] the hands of litigants in fees
authorize them to. reduce heavy felony cases and the heavy agre-" by individuals, who are
In 1880 and i from them and putting it into the
.J wa.s or
— —a-—-ye enue receipts. As stated in a ganized Governor Ross called at-1
and compensa ton former communication, this bill j tention to the abuses of the. system
„ i a In Us application.to felony
rl* ; deficit the first year of (38 <,282, saying jn his messa;
“'-y CppropnstiOu fvn the twv jsmuo (313,313... in ibis connection it is wortny ot fjwmw ucvausc <u su uc iusi
reported favorably To this should * be added, under retfiark .that while the executive compensation ft paid by the
htuse of representatives and which general that the available school
passed,the senate carries appropria- ' ’ " ' ' .
_Hons aggregating (121,192.42. port of the Sam Houston normal present information
•To this'there seems to be no ob- institute, the (28,000 i !
lection except as to compensation; institution out Of the scl----...
for stenographers engaged by, the making a total deficit of (341,913 propriations provided, and
ond, third and fifth districts. Em- , rained an increased appropriation
. .ployment of stenographers by these of 365,000 for e-1 L‘"u 1 taaiitn.'l
courts is certainly authorized, if' tions and- the i
l__ _,'/__2 2 _L ,
-. — 1012), the aervioea have boon per; I
formed -and being just, the ac- be ri
>- paid; IL however; tbri pp|5ositibh faxition the entire increase in the constables
is unyielding the remaining claims; institutions above mentioned can ; amounts t<
should bq proipptly satisfied l_, w
, ' would be clearly unjust to delay • ifi felony
payment of them by reason of ob- attached witnesses in si
jection to the claims of steriogra-; aggregating (1,030,000 in
r to be provided
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-taxes increased: [clerks, attorneys, special judges at- j
In my judgment the doctrine if apy substantial additionalfallow-! jr. finances, and it may direct your
of fellow servants, that a -person Lance is given these Institutions, efforts towards a-reasonable re-
engaged in service cannot recover As it is importarit that the <$use j trenchment in this department of
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The amount of fees'in felony cases
clerks i i district courts for the year
1881 was (i 78,796.65, and in-
creased in 1882 to (404,606.98,
ben diminished in 1883 to (230,-
862.83. But from that period the
increased ratio has been uniformly
rapid until it has reached the enor-
mous sqm in 1888 of 509,155.55.
It is needless to suggest that any
effort at retrenchment and' reform
in this direction by merely restrict-
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